TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Duncan Miller, Town Clerk
DATE: January 25, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Kevin Burke, 480.348.3690
End
AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Consideration of Single Trash Hauler License Agreement with Republic Services and associated resolution
Body
Town Value(s):
? Primarily one-acre, residential community
? Limited government
? Creating a sense of community
? Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
? Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
? Preserving natural open space
Mitigating the impacts of multiple trash haulers on neighborhoods creates an improved sense of community.
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Responsiveness to Residents - Identify and consider resident concerns in a timely manner and seek solutions to the best of the Town's ability. Trash - Explore a single hauler solution.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Consider Resolution 2018-03; single-hauler license agreement
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
For the past two years, the Town has been examining the impacts associated with multiple trash haulers in Paradise Valley neighborhoods. The Town divided its mitigation work into two tiers. Tier one were legislative changes that maintained multiple haulers but limited collection to two days per week, required new vehicles with less emissions, and required the implementation of technology that reduced noise (such as smart back up alarms and operation at idle hydraulics).
The second tier, and one identified in the March 2017 Council Retreat, was to explore the possibility of a single hauler. The outstanding items to be mitigated included impact to Town streets and economies of scale from a single provider. Both impacts were anticipated to be mitigated by a single trash hauler.
Regarding the impact on Town streets, Council requested information to help quantify the impact particularly from a fina...
Click here for full text