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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER ~Ia~or and Cirn Council 6.-1 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY ~Crork Session Jul~r 9, 2012 Rebecca Haug, En~-ironmental administrator ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Residential Garbage and Rec~clii~g Contract Renewal (;al Portlier, Cit<- administrator Tim Simon, Finance Director REVIEWED BY Peter Beck, City ~ttornei ACTION REQUESTED Discuss extending the contracts with _~llied Waste and Rand~'s En~ironmentll Ser~-ices, Inc., to continue pro~-iding collection sei-~rices to Elk Ri~-er residents. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The Cit<- of Elk Ri~-er has had an organized garbage collection program since 1991. In the beginning of the program, the city was divided into tour sections with tour different haulers. 0~-er the gears, the smaller haulers were bought out b~~ Rand~~s Environmental Sei-~Tices, Inc., and allied ~~aste. The city currenth has t<vo collection districts ser~-iced b~ these haulers. The positi~Tes of ha~-ing an organized collection include the ability to contract for a set price, control over «-here the material is disposed of, less «-ear and tear on cit<- streets kith less thick traffic, and impro~-ed safetywith fewer tn~cks on the roads. The contract with the current haulers is due to ezpire on December 31, 2012, and staff has worked with the haulers to eztend their contracts. There are se~Teral proposed changes to the contract. The first is a term change from a fire-i ear contract to 1O ~-ear contract with biennial re~Tiew. The premise behind extending the term is the haulers are able to keep rates lower and offer additional ser~-ices. The contract does ha~-e language to terminate the contracts it either part<T is not satisfied with the ser~rices. B~- continuing with the existing contracts, rates are kept low and the residents will not have their ser~-ices disn~pted. The second change is a switch from a dual stream recycling program to a single stream recycling program. Currently, we require residents to separate paper products from plastic containers and place them in paper bags in their green rec cling bin. R'ith a single sort s~~stem, the residents recei~-e a 32-gallon container similar in size to their trash container in which all reci clables can be placed for reci cling. Residents ha~-e requested this set-~rice for manor gears and in manor communities single stream collection has increased reci cling immensely. The haulers requested a 10- ear contract to offset the in~restment in new recycling containers. rawEnlo ar N:',Public Bodies City l ~tinal'~,Council RCS. agenda Pacbet ~)`-09-30L~,6.~ Garbage Contracts.doc~; ~~~~