17-Establishing a sanitation RFP review committee

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Supervisor The current supervisor would continue to manage the Traffic and Sanitation divisions and lighting operation. Each remaining service area will need to be closely managed by the supervisor in order to assure safe and efficient operations, as well as provide effective administrative service. In the past, the residential collection operation has been very effective which has permitted the supervisor to use the majority of his time directing the other operations. The operational change will permit the supervisor to work even closer with the remaining services in an effort to improve the overall performance of the two divisions. General Compost Site Operation This operation is currently performed by one (1) Hiring Partner employee, to allow a trained budgeted employee to operate the second sweeper. However, any type of grinding procedures requires a minimum of four (4) employees for the safety of the employee and the public. The grinding operations vary from month to month, considering volume and weather conditions. When this process is done it is necessary to do it either on an overtime basis or by using personnel from other work areas which tend to reduce the effectiveness of their individual service areas. One (1) employee can sustain the operation securely by performing the minimum of duties with a small range of operations. A Saturday rotation of employees is scheduled every month for non collectors. All operations and procedures are as follows: • Processing raw stock limbs into Type B mulch • Processing Type B mulch into Type A mulch • Mulch Aeration and Hydration Process, Type A and B • Residential check-in of brush and limbs • Residential mulch load outs, Type A and B • Monitoring of loads • Site maintenance, litter control, mowing, weed eating, pad repairs, shop clean up. • Equipment maintenance for loaders, horizontal processor, tractors, mowers, trucks and vehicles • Data collection of operations- residential waivers, tires, computer monitors, mulch, water consumption and inspections. • Temperature and data collection of static mulch piles. Residential and State Right of Way Sweeping This operation for residential sweeping is performed with one (1) authorized M-4 position as previously discussed. A second sweeper is currently operated by one (1) department employee that is actually authorized for the compost site in order to provide the service needed to maintain the desired service level. The sweeper operators are trained in a two day program along with follow-up training sessions due to updates of equipment parts and procedures. Both operators perform duties in one of the four sections of Paris. Each "Section" is broken into zones. (Example- N.W. Paris , Zone A, N.E. Paris, Zone D and so forth). Operation schedule hours are generally performed from 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. After hours rotation schedule are perFormed by two operators and one standby employee each week. Friday morning operations start at 6:00 a.m. to work ahead of the traffic intake at the Plaza. Once per month operators perform a manual curb and debris removal for the deep inset curbs. Each operator performs 134