B 26-0629 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Contract No. CW127336 with Compost Crew, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2026

This emergency bill approves a contract with Compost Crew, Inc. to provide organic waste collection, hauling, and processing services for single-family households in Washington, DC, including supplying waste bins to participating residents. The legislation authorizes payment of up to $4.1 million for the initial contract period and corrects an error in the original contract proposal. The contract is set to run from January 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, with potential for future extensions that could serve additional households. The bill allows the District to proceed with the agreement despite procedural requirements that would normally apply to such contracts.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Council Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Mar 17, 2026 Signed Apr 10, 2026

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Introduction → Enrollment · 3 edits

MINOR

The document was converted from a Mayor's cover letter and draft bill into the final enrolled version of the legislation. The primary substantive change is the removal of detailed contract summary data regarding future option periods, which previously listed potential funding increases for up to 20,000 additional households in future years. The final bill now only authorizes the initial base contract amount of $4,120,588.45, while the specific details for future contract extensions were stripped out, likely because the final enacted text only covers the initial emergency authorization rather than the full multi-year plan.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from a multi-year contract plan with specific funding commitments for future option periods to a single-year emergency authorization for the initial contract amount only.

FISCAL

Detailed financial projections and explanations for four future option periods totaling over $30 million were removed from the contract summary.

TIMELINE

Specific dates and household counts for future contract extensions (Option Periods 1-4) were deleted.

TECHNICAL

The document structure changed from a cover letter with a draft bill to the official enrolled legislative text.

Floor votes · Council Mar 31, 2026

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Mar 31, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 31, 2026

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Mar 31, 2026

Committee

Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Public Works and Operations

legislature

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

B26-0629 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors