HomeMy WebLinkAboutINTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AND BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA FOR DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AT THE AUGUSTA LANDFILL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
AND
BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA
1. Parties: This Intergovernmental Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") is
made and entered into by and between Augusta, a political subdivision of the State of
Georgia, acting by and through the Augusta Environmental Services Department
(hereinafter referred to as "Augusta"), and Burke County, Georgia, a political
subdivision of the State of Georgia (hereinafter referred to as"Burke County").
2. Purpose: The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the terms and conditions under
which Augusta shall permit Burke County to utilize the Augusta Landfill located at 4330
Deans Bridge Rd, Blythe, Georgia for the disposal of waste generated within the
incorporated areas of Burke County.
3. Terms: This Agreement is effective upon the day and date last signed and executed by the
duly authorized representatives of the Parties to this Agreement and shall remain in
effect until September 20, 2023. This Agreement may be terminated, without cause,
by either Party upon thirty (30) days written notice, which notice shall be delivered by
hand or by mail to the address listed in Section 6 below.
4. Payment: The Parties agree that that Augusta shall allow Burke County to dispose of its
waste in the Augusta Landfill at the non-profit rate of twenty-three dollars and fifty cents
($23.50)per ton. Augusta shall provide an invoice to Burke County on a monthly basis.
Burke County shall remit payment to the Augusta Environmental Services Department
for the invoiced amount within thirty (30) days of receipt of the invoice.
5. General Provisions
A. Amendments. Any Party may request changes to this Agreement. Any changes,
modifications, revisions or amendments to this Agreement, which are mutually
agreed upon by and between the Parties to this Agreement shall be incorporated
by written instrument, and effective when executed and signed by all Parties to
this Agreement.
B. Applicable Law. The construction, interpretation and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia.
C. Authority Granted and Chain of Command. The Burke County Administrator and
the Augusta, Georgia Administrator, acting through the Augusta Environmental
Services Department Director, are authorized to coordinate the planning, exercise,
execution and operation of the terms of this Agreement. Unless otherwise
provided by law, ordinance, resolution, or this Agreement, the above-mentioned
individuals do not have the authority to commit funds of either governing body
without proper approval thru their respective organizations.
D. Entirety of Agreement. This Agreement consists of the entire and integrated
agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior negotiations,
representations and agreements, whether written or oral.
E. Severability. Should any portion of this Agreement be judicially determined to be
illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in
effect, and either Party may renegotiate the terms affected by the severance.
F. Sovereign Immunity. Augusta and Burke County, and their respective governing
bodies do not waive any sovereign immunity by entering into this Agreement.
Each entity fully retains all immunities and defenses provided by law with respect
to any action based on or occurring as a result of this Agreement.
G. Third Party Beneficiary Rights. The Parties do not intend to create in any other
individual or entity the status of a third party beneficiary, and this Agreement
shall not be construed so as to create such status. The rights duties and obligations
contained in this Agreement shall operate only between the Parties to this
Agreement, and shall inure solely to the benefit of the Parties to this Agreement.
The provisions of this Agreement are intended only to assist the Parties in
determining and performing their obligations under this Agreement. The Parties
to this Agreement intend and expressly agree that only Parties signatory to this
Agreement shall have any legal or equitable right to seek to enforce this
Agreement; to seek any remedy arising out of a Party's performance or failure to
perform any term or condition of this Agreement; or to bring an action for the
breach of this Agreement.
6. Notices. Any notice require to be given by any Party pursuant to this Agreement, shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given, rendered, or made only if
personally delivered or if sent by Federal Express or other comparable commercial
overnight service or express mail (in each case for delivery on the next business day)
addressed to each other Party at the addresses set forth below(or to such other address as
any particular Party may designate for notices to it or each other Party from time to time
by written notice), and shall be deemed to have been given, rendered, or made on the day
so delivered or on the first business day after having been deposited with the courier
service or the United States Postal Service:
If to Augusta: Augusta, Georgia
Office of the Mayor
535 Telfair Street, Suite 200
Augusta, Georgia 30901
With copy to: Augusta, Georgia
Office of the Administrator
535 Telfair Street, Suite 910
Augusta Environmental Services Department
4330 Deans Bridge Road
Blythe, Georgia 30805
If to Burke County: Burke County Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 89
Waynesboro, GA 30830
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties to this Agreement through their duly authorized
representatives have executed this Agreement on the days and dates set out below, and certify
that they have read, understood, and agreed to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set
forth herein. The effective date of this Agreement is the date of the signature last affixed to this
page.
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