ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 19, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Zachary Meyer, Public Works Director
DATE: November 5, 2025
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2023-294 with The Open Door Network (Increase compensation by $305,760 and extend term to December 13, 2026), to continue recycling and sorting materials at the Mt. Vernon Organics Recycling & Composting Facility.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this amendment.
BACKGROUND:
Organic materials from the City's curbside and commercial green bin organic waste programs are collected and taken to t he Mount Vernon Organics Recycling Facility (Facility) located at 2601 Mount Vernon Avenue. Commingled organic waste is processed by separating nonorganic materials from the inbound collection program. A sorting crew is used at the Facility to fulfill the manual sorting component of the process. In October 2023, the City issued a request for proposals and received two responses. After review, The Open Door Network was selected based on experience and providing the most reasonable fee rates.
On December 13, 2023, Council approved Agreement No. 2023-294 with The Open Door Network, not to exceed $300,000, for a one -year term with the option for (4) one -year extensions upon satisfactory service delivery.
On January 8, 2025, Council approved Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 2023-294 with The Open Door Network, not to exceed $605,760, for a one-year term with the option for (3) one-year extensions upon satisfactory service delivery.
Amendment No. 2 proposes to extend the term to December 13, 202 6, with the option for (2) one-year extensions and to increase the compensation by $305,760 not to exceed $911,520 to continue recycling and sorting materials at the Mt. Vernon Organics Recycling & Composting Facility.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Payments to The Open Door Network will come from the Solid Waste Operations Budget, which is funded by the Refuse Enterprise. There is no impact to the General Fund associated with agreement. In addition, approximately 60 percent of the cost will be reimbursed by Kern County per the City and C ounty Green waste cost sharing agreement.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Community Character & Quality of Life
Innovative and Efficient City Government
ATTACHMENTS:
Open Door Network 2023-294 (2)