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Subject: Adjustments To Public Works Department Budget
From: Oakland Public Works Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Oakland Authorizing The City Administrator Or His/Her Designee To: 1) Appropriate To The Adopted Fiscal Years 2014-2015 Operating Budget, Increasing Budgeted Revenue By One Million, Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000) In Fiscal Year 2014-2015 In Fund 1710 (Recycling Program), For Reimbursement Of Expenditures Incurred During The City Of Oakland's Zero Waste Procurement Process, And 2) Authorize The City Administrator To Include In The Adopted Fiscal ' Years 2014-2015 Operating Budget Two (2) Exempt Limited Duration Employees Not To Exceed Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) To Support The Environmental Services Division With The Transition To California Waste Solutions; And 3) Allocate To Oakland Public Works Department Adopted Operating Budget For Fiscal Years 2014-2015, Fund 1710 (Recycling Program) In The Amount Of Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000), For Contractual Services To Execute The Transition To California Waste Solutions By July 1, 2015; And 4) Award Professional Services Contracts With Various Vendors Within A Budget Amount Of Up To Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) For Professional And Legal Services Related To The Transition Of City Of Oakland's Zero Waste Collection Contracts With Waste Management Of Alameda County To California Waste Solutions, Provided That Prior To Expenditure Of Any Funds Staff Will Award Contracts And Establish Contract Amounts For The Controller's Bureau; And 5) Waive the city's Advertising, Bidding And Request For Proposals/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Requirement For Each Of Professional And Legal Service Contracts.