R2016-57 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT - Midwest Fiber Inc.

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Section 2. Accepted materials under City's Single Stream Recycling Program Plastics shall include plastic bottles, containers and packages made from various resins including PETE, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, PP, PS and other plastics, codes#1 through#7. Metals shall include Aluminum beverage cans (like household beverage cans made of aluminum); Tin, Steel, and Bi-Metal containers( like food, beverage, nonfood and aerosol cans made of mixed metal, such as tin and steel). Paper shall include old newspaper (ONP), advertising supplements and other paper grades as delivered to local subscribers of newspaper distributed in the area; magazines, junk mail, paperboard and telephone directories; paper from offices such as computer paper, sorted white ledger, copier paper and office stationary. Cardboard shall not include waxed cardboard Glass: Includes household glass containers, bottles and jars, including amber, flint, green, mixed and/or crushed glass. Under the City's Single-Stream Recycling Program, the above materials will be collected and must be processed, marketed, and sold. Please note that the City will not require the customers to flatten any recyclables. In addition,plastic bags, labels, lids, nozzles and metal neck rings may also be present in the recyclable materials delivered to the processing facility. Section 3. Commencement and Length of the term ' Subject to approval by the Council, the term of this contract shall be for five (5) years commencing May 1, 2016 and expiring on Apri130, 2021 Section 4. Location of the facility Since the SSMRF is not located within the City limits, the City agrees to direct all the recyclable materials collected through the City's Single Stream Recycling Program to the Contractor's RTF located at 1781 E. Hubbard Avenue in Decatur Illinois. , Section 5. Scale and Tipping Floor Access Requirements The Contractor must provide a scale and recyclables tipping floor with the following minimum hours of operation: Weekdays 7 am to 4:30 pm Saturdays 7 am to 5:00 pm(only if required as stated in section 7 of this contract) The scale and recyclables tipping floor operation must: • Have electronic reporting capabilities for the scale as needed to meet the electronic format reporting requirements as identified in other sections of this contract; • Provide paper weight tickets for each delivered load (if Contractor scales are improperly working or in need of maintenance, the Contractor will be responsible for material 3