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Online Training:
Pre-Transition Contract Management

Now you know when your community will transition to the new producer-led blue box system, but, in the meantime, what's the best way to address challenges in existing collection and processing contracts? 

Objectives

• Understand your responsibilities as a contract administrator
• Understand roles & responsibilities of all contract parties
• Identify common issues & potential problems/pitfalls
• Understand potential responses to deal with contract deficiencies

Some example topics include:

• Price adjustments: renegotiating collection, processing, and/or service rates
• Scope of work adjustments: changing the list of targeted materials (e.g. remove glass)
• Addressing lack of competition: especially in rural areas with few local service providers
• "Off Ramp" clauses: early termination, extensions, reassignment, unbundling, and what to do if there are no off ramp clauses

The course

The course is being delivered in four, two-hour sessions over Zoom (dates and times below). There will be a mix of lecture, quizzes and interactive discussion. This is an opportunity to examine your existing contracts to determine their strength and limitations, as well as what to do if recommended clauses do not currently exist in your contract.

Participants will be required to complete a pre-course assignment prior to the start of the course. Information will be sent out once registration has been approved. 

This session is limited to 20 participants. Register using the link below. After you submit the form, your registration will either be approved if there's room, or you'll be added to the waitlist for a future session. Please allow 24 to 48 hours for a response. 

Participants of this course will be eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEU) in the 
Datacall. Municipalities are encouraged to maintain a record of staff that attend.