Minutes - Board - 2001-03-22COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
• Board of Directors Study Session held March 22, 2001
The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District attended a duly noticed
Study Session on March 22, 2001 at 6:00 p.m., in Conference Room 5A at the
Civic Center, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Arlene Schafer, Arthur Perry, Greg Woodside, James
Ferryman, Dan Worthington
Staff Present: Robin Hamers, Manager /Engineer; Tom Fauth, Assistant
Manager; Joan Revak, Clerk of the District; Marc Puckett,
Treasurer; Alan Burns, Counsel for the District
Others Present: Ernie Feeney
1154 Dorset Lane, Costa Mesa 92626
Ed King
2777 Lorenzo Avenue, Costa Mesa
• Bob Osgood
962 Magellan Street, Costa Mesa
Ben Castleberry, Toter Inc.
6 Alegre, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Raul Rangel, Roto Industries
1251 N. Jefferson Street, Anaheim, CA 92807
Kerry Holmes, Roto Industries
1251 N. Jefferson Street, Anaheim, CA 92807
Mark Rangel, Roto Industries
1251 N. Jefferson Street, Anaheim, CA 92807
Raul Rangel, Costa Mesa Disposal
2051 Placentia, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Jennifer Kho, Daily Pilot
Topics discussed at the Study Session were the proposed Standardized Container
• Program and Financial and Purchasing Options.
Costa Mesa Sanitary District 2
Board of Directors Study Session March 22, 2001
• District Manager, Mr. Rob Harriers, presented a review of information received at
the previous Study Session on February 15, 2001, pertaining to the three container
manufacturers under consideration. Mr. Harriers explained that of the three, Roto,
Toter and Rehrig, Roto Industries provided both linear and cross link material and
were the lowest bidder of each. Mr. Hamers further related that Rehrig was the
highest of the three for linear containers and the company would charge a large
monthly fee to maintain the program, approximately $20,000 /month. Toter offered
incentives for rollout and enhancements of their products. The cans specified in
Toter's bid have less resin than the linear specifications and less than the Roto
product and at a higher cost. Toter also specified changes for change -in, change -
out services after the initial rollouts.
Mr. Harriers further explained that the Roto proposal has both cross link and linear
material. A chemical analysis of the two types of material performed by Chevron
Phillips revealed cross link as superior and the containers should last longer.
Additional incentives from Roto include agreement for three years to provide a
storage area for containers, a truck or vehicle to perform change in- change -out of
containers, and manpower associated with running the program at a potential
savings to the District of $300,000.
Mr. Kerry Holmes of Roto Industries explained the advantages of cross link versus
• a linear product and related that Roto is the largest manufacturer of cross link
containers.
In response to residents concern of having extra trash not fitting into the
standardized containers, Mr. Raul Rangel emphasized that all trash in bags left
next to the containers will be picked up on trash day and nothing in the level of
service provided by Costa Mesa Disposal would change with the implementation of
standardized containers.
Toter Representative, Mr. Castleberry addressed the Board and related the
company extended their warranty to fifteen years and Toter serves more cities in
California than any other container manufacturer.
Mr. Puckett addressed the Board on the financial aspect of purchasing the
containers, explaining it appears feasible to purchase the containers without the
purchase impacting the trash rates for at least two years.
The Board directed Staff to bring back a complete proposal from the preferred
manufacturer, Roto Industries, with their cross link containers. The proposal will
include a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be accepted by the District
and Roto Industries to outline the basic parameters of the program prior to
preparation of an amendment to the agreement with Costa Mesa Disposal and
finalization of a purchase agreement with Roto Industries.
Costa Mesa Sanitary District s
Board of Directors Study Session March 22, 2001
• President Schafer advised the selection of a vendor would be made at a Special
Meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2001, at 12:00 p.m,
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