WHEREAS, the Streets Department requires the support of a contractor to process and market recyclable materials; and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., has been selected through a competitive process to provide recycling processing and marketing services for materials collected by the City and other authorized governmental agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Streets Department acting with the Procurement Department has requested the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to enter into an agreement with Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. for recycling processing and marketing services (“Recycling Agreement”), and the Recycling Agreement will require the City and the Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement through which the City will assume certain rights and obligations of the Authority under the Recycling Agreement; now therefore
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Streets Commissioner and Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, through which the City will assume certain of the Authority’s rights and obligations under a Recycling Agreement that the Authority will enter into with Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc.
SECTION 2. The authorization in Section 1 of this Ordinance is conditioned on the Recycling Agreement being substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto.
SECTION 3. The Intergovernmental Agreement authorized in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit “B” attached to the Recycling Agreement.
SECTION 4. The Economic Opportunity Plan for the Recycling Agreement, which will be an exhibit to the Recycling Agreement, is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.
SECTION 5. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and approve the agreements necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, and to impose such terms and conditions on them as the City Solicitor may deem necessary and proper to protect the interests of the City and to carry out the purpose of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. The Chief Clerk of City Council shall keep all Exhibits to this Ordinance on file and make them available to the public for inspection and copying during regular offices hours.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
[Note: Exhibits to this Bill are on file in the Office of the Chief Clerk.]
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