293-22 Exhibit A.pdf

Article 3.13 Operation of the Township of West Orange, Recvcling Center 590 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Proposal Form (continued) Reliable Wood Products LLC ("Reliable") is submitting a Proposal for the Operation of the Township of West Orange Recycling Center. Reliable believes the Proposal should be considered as a way to reduce negative perceptions of the operations and to recognize that the activity at the West Orange Recycling Center has evolved materially since the contract was last awarded. Reliable has successfully operated the Township's Recycling Center (the "Site") since 2006 and has demonstrated experience in the operation of the Class B, Class C, and Convenience portions of the Site. During that twelve year period Reliable has become very familiar with the concerns of Township residents who live near to the Site, as well as with issues that result from normal operations or from the impact of weather related Acts of God, such as, Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, and the more recent Nor' easters, which dramatically increased the amounts of material brought to the Site by the Township and by others. Even if Reliable only accepted the Township material generated by those events, the increased handling, processing, and transportation costs that result outweigh any possible marketing benefit realized. In fact, the glut of material produced by abnormal weather events has the opposite effect of depressing the market value of all material, weather related or not. The Reliable Proposal is intended to address those concerns and issues as they would impact Reliable, as the successful incumbent, and the Township Administration. The Reliable Proposal will reduce grinding and other processing at the Site to those events, be they Acts of God or otherwise, that create extraordinary amounts of raw material that must be accepted at the Site. Those events will require processing at the Site to volume reduce material to allow for efficient transportation to other of the Company locations for further processing. Other than meeting the Township's needs resulting from those extraordinary events, the Reliable Proposal will reduce equipment needs, noise, dust, and odor potential while continuing to provide the Township and its residents with the same quality services and

e extraordinary events, the Reliable Proposal will reduce equipment needs, noise, dust, and odor potential while continuing to provide the Township and its residents with the same quality services and recycled products. As presently operated the Site receives, processes, stores, colors, and ships vegetative waste, leaves, and convenience center recyclables daily. To perform those functions Reliable must grind the raw materials to allow for processing into a finished product. By the nature of the activity the grinding process is noisy, produces dust, and has generated complaints from residents and from the Administration. Movement of the processed material for coloring and storage also produces noise and dust but has the potential to also generate odor which can migrate off the Site and result in regulatory violations and fines even though "best practices" were observed. Reliable monitors the weather conditions and suspends processing when the wind direction is likely to move toward any residential area. Reliable has also employed an odor neutralizer dispersal system to counteract any naturally occurring odor but with spotty success.