BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia is seeking an authority from the City Council to sign the contract of service between current garbage hauler IPM-Construction and Development Corp. (IPM-CDC) and the City Government for the P150-million environmental and sanitary services deal.

Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said he received the mayor’s letter Monday morning, requesting them to hold a special season at 3 p.m. today to take up the matter.

He said the representatives of IPM-CDC will be around to make a presentation about their facilities, and obligations to the City Government.

Familiaran added that the two-month extension contract of IPM-CDC will end today, and they will start with the new contract on March 1 for the 10-month garbage hauling and collection services at P14.858 million per month.

The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) had earlier released the resolution stating that the IPM-CDC was declared a winner after passing the post-qualification.

The IPM-CDC had the lowest and responsive calculated bid of P149,696,384.53.

Familiaran said that after the granting of authority to the mayor to sign, they will hold a regular session tomorrow to ratify the contract of service.

“While we are finalizing the contract with the garbage hauler, the IPM-CDC will continue their services until their contract will be ratified,” he said.

Familiaran said the IPM-CDC is already doing good in addressing the garbage problem of the city.