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From YouTube: Public Works Director Explains Organized Collection
Description
Public Works Director Karl Keel explains organized trash collection and the questions and concerns that surround the issue.
A
B
Currently,
we
have
a
system
that
we
would
refer
to
as
partially
organized
that
is,
we
licensed
haulers,
and
then
we
restrict
the
days
that
haulers
can
pick
up
trash
in
a
given
neighborhood
into
a
specific
day.
What
we're
talking
about
for
organized
collection
is
that
we
would
have
a
system
where
the
city
would
contract
with
one
or
multiple
haulers
and
then,
rather
than
contracting
directly
with
a
given
hauler
each
individual
property
owner.
The
city
would
do
that
as
a
whole,
and
people
would
use
the
the
contract
that
the
city
negotiates
so.
B
The
years
the
council's
received
a
great
deal
of
input
from
from
the
community
with
concerns
about
our
existing
collection
system,
and
so
they've
heard
from
residents
about
a
wide
range
of
things,
probably
the
largest
having
to
do
with
impacts
in
the
neighborhood.
We
do
have
seven
licensed
haulers
and
to
collect
trash
that
takes
three
trucks
from
each
hauler,
one
for
garbage,
one
for
recyclables
and
one
for
yard
waste.
So
there's
the
potential
in
a
neighborhood
that
you
might
have
twenty
one
vehicles
on
garbage
day,
which
is
quite
a
few.
B
If
you
move
to
organize
collection,
you
reduce
that
down
to
three.
So
there
is
the
potential
to
have
a
significant
savings
in
the
number
of
trucks
that
are
in
the
neighborhood.
Another
kind
of
important
issue,
as
we've
gotten
into
this,
is
that
we
found
that
there
is
the
potential
to
save
money
on
the
whole.
Currently
residents
in
town
on
average
pay
about
$27
per
month
for
solid
waste
services,
that
is,
for
the
recycling
and
for
trash
in
cities
that
have
negotiated
with
haulers
in
an
organized
fashion.
B
They
have
reduced
that
amount
on
average
to
about
nineteen
dollars
per
month,
and
the
communities
that
have
gone
out
for
competitive
bids
have
actually
seen
a
reduction
on
average
to
about
fourteen
dollars
per
month.
So
in
town.
Currently
we
spend
as
a
community
approximately
8
million
dollars
per
year
on
recycling
and
on
trash.
B
A
B
The
biggest
concern
that
people
have
expressed
that
they
will
no
longer
have
the
ability
to
choose
their
hauler
and
I
think
with
coming
the
choice
of
a
hauler.
Some
people
are
very
much
attached
to
the
service
they
receive
from
a
given
hauler
and
others
feel
that
by
having
the
ability
to
fire
a
haul
or
that
they
can
insure
themselves
of
having
very
strong
customer
service,
so
I
think
the
issue
of
a
free
choice
and
and
free
market
is
is
a
large
issue
and
the
other
large
issue
has
to
do
with
customer
service.
So.
A
B
I
think
the
the
first
point
to
make
is
that
the
council
is
only
considering
organized
collection
at
this
point.
They
have
not
made
any
decision
to
move
ahead
with
organized
collection,
so
our
existing
open
system
still
prevails.
The
process
to
go
to
organize
collection
is
outlined
in
state
law
and
even
before
we
started
the
state
mandated
process.
The
council
about
two
years
ago
started
a
master
planning
process
for
solid
waste
management
plan
to
kind
of
look
at
all
solid
waste
issues
in
the
community,
including
organized
collection.
B
We
began
the
actual
formal
process
and
fall
of
2014
last
fall
and
the
first
step
of
that
was
to
develop
a
list
of
specifications
first,
the
service
of
garbage
collection,
and
then
we
had
negotiations
with
the
seven
haulers
that
exist
in
the
community.
Today
we
note
again
there,
as
we
talked
about
this,
we
are
talking
about.
B
Organized
collection
only
applies
to
residential
properties,
it
does
apply
to
multifamily
buildings
and
to
commercial
properties,
so
only
for
single-family,
residential
and
for
some
townhomes
is
what
we're
talking
about
here,
and
so
we
had
negotiations
with
our
existing
haulers
and
those
negotiations
came
to
a
close
last
week.
So
we
have
a
final
proposal
from
them
before
for
price
happy
to
report
that
on
most
issues
we
had
had
agreement
with
them
about
what
types
of
services
we
provide
and
how
those
services
would
be
provided.
B
The
one
thing
that
we
haven't
reached
agreement
yet
is
on
the
actual
price.
So
that's
something
we
were
continuing
to
work
on
earlier
this
year
we
started
the
second
phase
of
that
process,
which
is
the
formation
of
an
options
committee.
We
call
it
a
no
COC
and
organized
collections,
option
committee
and
that's
a
committee.
That's
made
up
of
three
City
Council
members
and
two
staff
members
and
the
charge
of
that
committee
is
to
develop
options
for
consideration
by
the
City
Council
recommendations
to
the
city
council
about
other
ways
that
organization
organized
collection
can
be
implemented.
B
So
probably
the
the
important
things
that'll
be
included
in
those
recommendations.
There
will
be
a
discussion
about
the
hauler
negotiations
and
working
with
a
negotiated
contract
with
existing
haulers
would
be
one
option.
That's
considered
and
likely.
The
other
option
would
be
some
form
of
RFP
or
RFQ,
which
is
a
competitively
procured
contract.
So.
A
B
The
ococ
will
put
together
a
report
that
will
go
to
the
City
Council
and
that
report
will
be
consist
of
the
recommendations
of
the
OCLC
itself
and
the
feedback
we
received
through
an
open
house
that
will
be
held
and
that
report
will
be
sent
to
the
City
Council
on
May
4th.
And
at
that
point
the
council
will
make
a
decision
about
how
they
proceed
or
if
they
proceed
with
organized
collection
and.
B
The
best
place
to
find
that
information
on
the
city's
website
and
if
you
go
to
the
the
main
page
of
the
website,
there
is
currently
a
tab
that
will
bring
you
to
our
organized
collection
site
or
you
can
always
just
search
on
organized
collection,
and
that
will
get
you
to
that
information.
So
I
would
encourage
people
to
go
there
first,
if
that
doesn't
work,
there
are
a
number
of
contacts
on
that
site,
and
so
please
have
folks
call
us
and
we
will
answer
their
questions
directly.
B
I
would
also
note
that,
once
the
council
decides
to
proceed
if
they
were
to
proceed
that
that
we
would
anticipate
that
in
early
August,
there'll
be
a
public
hearing
that
will
be
held
before
the
City
Council
before
they
would
make
any
decision
about
actually
implementing
organized
collection
and
if,
in
the
end
they
did
decide
to
proceed,
we're
anticipating
that
service
would
begin.
Probably
in
the
spring
of
2016,
so
about
a
year
from
now,
all.