SOLID
WASTE AUTHORITY BOARD
REGULAR
MEETING
February
11, 2026
9:30 AM
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solid waste authority OF PBC 7501 N. Jog Road WEST PALM BEACH, FL. 33412 |
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A.
CALL TO ORDER
B.
ROLL CALL
C.
INVOCATION
D.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
F. ADJOURN AS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONVENE AS THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY
GOVERNING BOARD
1.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. AGENDA: Additions
/ Deletions
3. MINUTES: A) December 10, 2025 [Regular Meeting]
B) January 30, 2026 [Bid Protest Hearing]
4. MINUTES: A) Citizens’
Advisory Committee
February
4, 2026 [Receive
& File]
5. RECOMMENDED
CONSENT AGENDA
a.
Environmental Crimes Unit Status Report - (September
– December 2025)
Recommendation: Receive
and File
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken due to
the lack of a quorum.
b.
Solid Waste Management Facility Operation Permit
Renewal Atlas Peat & Soil, Inc.
Recommendation: Authorize renewal of Operation Permit # AP 0067 VR03 to Atlas Peat
& Soil, Inc., for a Yard Trash Recycling Facility through February 28,
2027.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken due to
the lack of a quorum.
5. CONSENT
AGENDA (continued)
c. Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR)
Recommendation: Receive and File
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken due to
the lack of a quorum.
d.
Evaluation Committee Recommendation and Award of
Contract for Providing Professional Consulting Engineering Services for GIS
Centric Asset and Work Order Management System
Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to execute a contract
with Jones Edmunds to provide Professional Consulting Engineering Services for
an initial (3) three-year term with an option to extend an additional (3) three
years, subject to legal sufficiency approval by General Counsel.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken due to
the lack of a quorum.
e.
Granting an Easement to Florida Power & Light
Company
Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to execute Easement Agreement with
Florida Power & Light Company, subject to legal sufficiency approval by General
Counsel.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken due to
the lack of a quorum.
6. MATTERS
BY THE PUBLIC
Anyone wishing to address the Board should complete a Request Card
furnished on the Agenda table. Upon completion, please
pass to the Clerk BEFORE
the beginning of the meeting. Thank you for your cooperation.
7. PUBLIC HEARING / WORKSHOP
8.
OLD BUSINESS (POSTPONED ITEMS)
None.
9.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR (Ramana
Kari)
1.
Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) Appointments
Recommendation:
Approve
CAC appointments for the upcoming year.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken
due to the lack of a quorum.
B.
LEGAL COUNSEL (Michael
Jones, General Counsel)
None.
C.
OPERATIONS,
FIELD SERVICES AND UTILITIES
(Patrick Carroll, Chief Operating Officer)
None.
D.
CUSTOMER
INFORMATION SERVICES (Paul
Gonsalves, Director)
1.
Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Services, ITB
26-401 for Service Areas 1 through 4 and RFP 26-201 for Service Area 5: Award
of Contracts
Recommendation: 1. Award Franchise Collection Agreements to
Successful
Bidders for Service Areas 1 through 4 and Successful
Proposer for Service Area 5;
2. Adopt Resolution 2026-001 ratifying and
confirming Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Franchise Awards; and
3. Authorize
Executive Director to execute the Franchise Collection Agreements subject to legal sufficiency
approval by General Counsel.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken
due to the lack of a quorum.
E. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES (Nate Mayer, Chief
Engineer)
1.
RFP No. 26-202: Lease of the 5.249-acre
Authority-owned property located on Pike
Road, part of the former
Cross State Landfill site.
Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to execute a Lease
Agreement with Coastal Waste & Recycling, Inc. for an initial term of 20 years with an option to extend for
two (2) additional five
(5) year terms, subject to legal sufficiency approval by General Counsel.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken
due to the lack of a quorum.
9. NEW BUSINESS (continued)
F. PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS (Mary Beth
Morrison, Director)
G. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (Hugh
Dunkley, CFO)
1.
Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC) Appointments
Recommendation: Approve SBAC appointments for the upcoming year.
CAC
Recommendation: No action taken
due to the lack of a quorum.
10. OTHER
SCHEDULED MATTERS
11. COMMENTS BY GENERAL
COUNSEL
12. COMMENTS
BY AUTHORITY STAFF
13. COMMENTS BY THE BOARD
Vice Mayor Marci
Woodward, Chair
Commissioner Joel
Flores, Vice Chair
Commissioner Bobby
Powell Jr., Secretary
Mayor Sara Baxter,
Member
Commissioner Maria
Marino, Member
Commissioner Gregg
Weiss, Member
Commissioner Maria
Sachs, Member
14. CONFIRMATION
OF MEETING DATES
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 9:30
AM - Regular Meeting
Purpose: To discuss general
business of the Authority
Location: SWA Administration Building Auditorium
"If any interested person desires to appeal any decision made by
the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing,
such interested person will need a record of the proceedings, and for such
purposes may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made,
which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be
based." (F.S. 268.0105)
In accordance with
the Americans with Disabilities Act and Florida Statutes 286.26, persons with
disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this proceeding
should contact Jessica Whitcomb at (561) 640-4000 ext. 4330 at least three
business days prior to the proceeding (whenever possible) to request such
accommodation.