05-Council Minutes from December 13, 2010 Meeting

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Regular Council Meeting December 13, 2010 Page 4 10. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat, the Final Plat, and a curb and gutter variance request on Lot 1, Block A, McClendon Addition CB 305, located at 2690 Campbell Street. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 11. Deliberate on proposals received for landfill services and residential collection services. Interim Public Works Director Steve McFadden and Supervisor Ed Wayne Samis gave a presentation on the current sanitation operations. Mr. Samis outlined the services that should be considered in the event of privatization, which included weekly illegal dumping removal, weekly tree brush removal; assist in large animal removal as needed, weekly residential bulk removal, and the use of non-collector sanitation employees for use in Traffic Control. Mr. Samis said the Traffic Division areas of operation were sign design and fabrication, field sign installation and maintenance, pavement and curb marking operations, right-of-way delineation, fleet graphics and lettering, traffic data collection, intersection vegetation clearing, and Federal Highway Administration Mandates for 2012, 2015, and 2018. Mr. McFadden said sanitation concerns were what would happen to these services if privatized. Council Member Rhonda Rogers inquired of Sanitation Solutions and Waste Management about these services. Mr. Bray of Sanitation Solutions said they had included the fees for these services in their proposal. Mr. Sims of Waste Management said their proposal did not include illegal dumping. Both expressed their rates were the same rate as the City's for collecting large brush stops and for collection of large bulk stops from residential curbside. Also addressed were the sweeper services. Mr. Sims said their proposal included a fee for this service. Mr. Bray said it was included in their proposal. With regard to after hour calls, Mr. Bray and Mr. Sims said those calls would be taken care of the next day. Mr. McFadden said that personnel reduction in the Traffic Divisions would create safety issues when work was performed on streets/roadways. He said the use of employees from other divisions would reduce service level in those areas. Mr. McFadden proposed restructure of the traffic supervisor position with additional duties and retaining two non-collector sanitation employees, in the event of privatization. Council Member Pickle said that he had prepared a spreadsheet and had spoken with Waste Management and Sanitation Solutions. He also said that both companies had not the seen the other company's numbers, but had seen their own numbers and were comfortable with their numbers. Council Member Rhonda Rogers said the spreadsheet did not include the three employees discussed. Council Member Pickle said there was enough money to take care of the three employees. City Council did not take action on this item.