17 - SANITATION HOLIDAY COLLECTIONItem 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.