Iqaluit awards $28.6-million waste-services package to KBL

Iqaluit Council approved a five-year waste-services award to KBL Environmental valued at $28,605,840 excluding GST on October 27. The motion was read in public after Council returned from its closed session, and the chair announced it carried unanimously.

What the award covers

The motion names the mandatory service categories A1, waste transfer station operations; A2, landfill operations and environmental management; and A5, cross-cutting responsibilities. It directs administration and City legal counsel to proceed with contract negotiations based on the RFP submission.

Residential waste collection and institutional, commercial and industrial collection remain the City’s responsibility under the selected option. Administration can assess future collection-service arrangements separately.

A five-year value, with negotiations ahead

The $28.6-million figure is the stated value across five years. The public motion does not establish an executed contract, a service-start date or an immediate change to residents’ collection schedules.

Councillor Romeyn Stevenson declared an interest in the second closed-session item at the beginning of the meeting and was outside the room for this public decision. He was invited back after the vote. The official registry records motion 26-208 carried unanimously with four votes in favour. It does not identify every individual ballot.