17 - SANITATION HOLIDAY COLLECTION

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Item No. 17 memorandum TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: John Godwin, City Manager SUBJECT: SANITATION HOLIDAY COLLECTION DATE: January 17, 2017 BACKGROUND: On January 9 the council discussed making changes to the collection schedule related to holidays. For the last several years, council- approved policy has required that if a collection falls on a city holiday (there are ten annually), those collections are skipped. In response to discussion on the 91h, we offered to bring back some options for the council to consider. STATUS OF ISSUE: One option would be to continue as is, but try to educate /communicate better so that residents do not put solid waste out on a non - pickup day. The other extreme would be to pick up waste regardless of holidays; this would be the most expensive option due to overtime costs, and also have an impact on employee holidays. More middle -of -the road options include: • Eliminate the maximum amount that may be set out following a missed collection day. • Use Wednesday as a catch -up day, so that Monday holidays would be shifted forwards one day. This would result in some additional OT, but pick up any Monday holidays. • Use Saturdays as a catch -up day. This would also result in some additional OT, and would pick up any Thursday or Friday holidays. • Use only major family holidays, like Christmas and Thanksgiving, as sanitation holidays, reducing the number of missed days from 10 to perhaps 2 -4. • Make up all missed days on Wednesday, Saturday, and /or Sunday. This would be the most expensive option and also the most disruptive to staff. It also sometimes confuses residents. BUDGET: Some changes would affect overtime costs. RECOMMENDATION: Provide direction to staff on any changes desired.