TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Anna Luke-Jones, Public Works Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Solid Waste Franchise Agreement Status Update (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ACCEPT REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Recommends that City Council consider whether to extend the terms of its current solid waste franchise agreement with Waste Management for an additional 2-year term, commencing in July 2018.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal implication associated with this discussion. Pending direction, staff will evaluate the potential financial impacts of any actions taken by City Council.
BACKGROUND:
Waste Management (WM), formerly Western Waste, has been the City's franchised solid waste hauler since the City privatized solid waste hauling in the early 1980's. The most recent contract was executed in 2011. It included a 7-year term (through June, 2018) with an optional two-year renewal, which if executed would extend the current terms through June, 2020 (Weblink to current Franchise Agreement provided in Attachment 4).
Both residential and commercial services are franchised under this agreement. Residential collection takes place weekly, Monday through Friday, while commercial collection is established by the business based on individual needs. Thus commercial collection services can range from weekly down to daily service. The agreement also includes municipal waste collection, collection of school recycling waste, support for various special events and implementation of other programs as summarized below.
Single Family Residential Collection Services
During the last contract transition in 2011, a key change was made to the residential rate structure for landfill trash collection. It changed from a flat rate for any cart ...
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