2003_0929_packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Date: 09/29/03 Item: f fI F A. Presentations Request for Council Action Residential ec ye ling Contract Date: September 15, 2003 Item NumberiVIR. A. Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section Item Description: Consider Changing the City's Recycling Contract with "waste Management � nxent Back ound: At your August 18 meeting, you asked that this item be placed on the e tember 1 � � meeting agenda. Some of you had questions you wanted Waste Management to answer about changing the � � contract. I sent Waste Management a letter asking those questions. See Attachment 1. Waste Management responded ponded with th a letter. See Attachment 2. In addition, the City has received phone and e-mail messages regaTding regarding recycling, See Attachment 3. Discussion: Our current contract with Waste Management continues our existing wo -sort recycling . g yc ling service 1n most of the ity, but provides for a single- stream pilot project in part of the City. The contract addendum suggested. by Waste Management proposes that the it � . � l� � begin c�ty�vlde single - stream recycling this winter. (At your request, the City Attorney has also drafted a contract addendum in ease you decide to move to single - stream recycling inunediatel .{That addendum i s attached hod as Drell. the City Attorney can describe the differences between the addendum Waste Management proposes drafted.) � and the one the City Attorney Financial f rnpact: Single- strewn recycling is more expensive than two -sort recycling, Y g Council Action Requested: Either: 1. Fake no action, which leaves the existing recycling contract In place (meaning we continue two sort recycling in most of the City, but we have WM conduct a sin le- stream ilot or g p project in part of the City), 4 Approve a motion adopting the Waste Management contract addendum or the addendum drafted by the City Attorney (meam'ng the entire City changes to single-stream recycling • g y g this winter).