Public Works Committee

That Report PW 37-2021, dated August 10, 2021, respecting Expansion of the Walker Environmental Group Composting Facility, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That Regional Council APPROVE a seven (7) year extension of the term of the existing agreement, dated April 30, 2008, with Integrated Municipal Services Inc. (since renamed Walker Environmental Group Inc.) at a processing rate of $107.98 per tonne beginning in 2029, together with such other amendments to the existing agreement as may be required in order to provide for an expansion of the Source Separated Organic (SSO) Material processing facility at the Walker Organics Recovery Thorold site as described in Report PW 37-2021; Public Works Committee Open Session Minutes PWC 8-2021 August 10, 2021 Page 3 2. That Regional Council APPROVE entering into a contract with Miller Waste Systems to redirect, from time to time, up to approximately 2,500 tonnes of Source Separated Organics material from the west end municipalities during the months of December to March to the Miller Systems Digester facility in Grimsby at a rate of $100 per tonne; and 3. That, following the successful negotiations of the final agreement terms and conditions, the Regional Chair and Regional Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to execute: (i) an amending agreement with Walker Environmental Group Inc. consistent with Recommendation 1; and, (ii) a new contract with Miller Waste Systems consistent with Recommendation 2; along with any other req

That Report PW 43-2021, dated August 10, 2021, respecting Approval of Public Works Single Source Purchase Order Requests and Purchase Change Order Requests Exceeding $100,000, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the Single Source Purchase Order Requests identified in Appendix 1 of Report PW 43-2021 BE APPROVED.

That Report PW 47-2021, dated August 10, 2021, respecting Special Procurement Rules for Public Works Single Source Exceeding $100,000, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: Public Works Committee Open Session Minutes PWC 8-2021 August 10, 2021 Page 4 1. That staff BE DIRECTED to discontinue the interim procurement approval procedures for Public Works Single Source purchases exceeding $100,000 introduced July 30, 2020; and, to return to consistently applying the provisions of Niagara Region’s Procurement By-law 02-2016 as amended February 28, 2019; and 2. That staff BE DIRECTED to provide information reports to the Corporate Services Committee each quarter identifying all corporate non-competitive procurement activities that exceeded $100,000 in the intervening period.

That Report PW 38-2021, dated July 13, 2021, respecting Niagara Regional Transit (NRT) OnDemand – Port Colborne Inclusion, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the report from the City of Port Colborne titled, “Transit Enhancement Opportunity” (Appendix 1 to Report PW 38-2021) BE RECEIVED for information; 2. That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute any amendments to the Agreement and/or Service Order between the Regional Municipality of Niagara and River North Transit, LLC (a.k.a. Via Mobility, LLC) in the amount of $898,840 (excluding HST) to enable the inclusion of a turnkey, on-demand transit service pilot in Port Colborne to be branded and administered as part of the Niagara Regional Transit (NRT) OnDemand pilot; 3. That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Niagara Region and the City of Port Colborne to allow for Niagara Region to facilitate and administer the deployment of on-demand transit services within the City of Port Colborne as approved in the terms and value outlined in City of Port Colborne report 2021-15; and Public Works Committee Open Session Minutes PWC 8-2021 August 10, 2021 Page 5 4. That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute amendments and/or extensions to both the MOU and the Agreement/Service Order such that it facilitates the continuity of services as a result of the Niagara Transit Governance Study.