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| Pgs. 96-144 |
Agenda No. Pgs. 96-144
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| City Council - Regular Meeting |
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POLICY DECISIONS TO BE MADE:
1) Authorize the recycling contract with Basin Disposal, Inc.? (Y/N)
2) Include plastics of value in the commingled collection mix? Y/N
- The contract includes a list of what should be collected. This decision is just whether or not plastics should be on the list of items collected/accepted.
3) Authorize glass collection? Y/N
- This element directly affects the level of service and rates for recycling.
KEY CONTRACT ELEMENTS:
See the attached presentation.
HISTORY:
During 2007-2009, the City went through an extensive process to arrive at the current contract/vendor, Basin Disposal, Inc. (BDI). In 2008, the City published a request for proposals for recycling services. BDI was selected as the top proposer. Following negotiations, the City entered into a contract with BDI in 2009 to provide curbside residential recycling services to residential and multi-family dwellings of 10 or fewer units within the City. The initial term of the contract for services went through January 31, 2017 and included an option to extend the contract to January 31, 2024.
Contract negotiations on a new contract have been in-process since December 2022 and have primarily focused upon structuring a contract that fairly and equitably manages risk for each party with three primary cost components:
1) Service costs - adjusted by CPI.
2) Fuel costs - pass through adjusted on an annual basis.
3) Commodities costs - pass through on a monthly basis (consistent with the current contract).
There have been numerous discussion with Council over the past six years regarding recycling, contamination, glass, and plastics.
NEXT STEPS:
Set recycling rates. |
| POLICY ISSUES: |
Municipal Code 8.20.030 requires residential recycling.
China announced their National Sword initiative in February 2017. Enforcement/inspections began in January 2018. Since that time the cost for recycling commodities paid by the City have averaged $89 per ton (January 2018-June 2023). To address this financial impact, the City implemented a recycling commodities surcharge in 2018 (Ordinance 2018-14). The current recycling commodities surcharge is set at $0 (Ordinance 2021-30). Since January 1, 2022, the City's Sanitation fund has absorbed the recycling commodities costs. The proposed contract includes a commodities component to address and include the commodities costs within the recycling rate.
The findings, priorities, and goals in RCW 70A.205.005 state that:
(5) Source separation of waste must become a fundamental strategy of solid waste management. Collection and handling strategies should have, as an ultimate goal, the source separation of all materials with resource value or environmental hazard.
(6)(a) It should be the goal of every person and business to minimize their production of wastes and to separate recyclable or hazardous materials from mixed waste.
(b) It is the responsibility of state, county, and city governments to provide for a waste management infrastructure to fully implement waste reduction and source separation strategies and to process and dispose of remaining wastes in a manner that is environmentally safe and economically sound. It is further the responsibility of state, county, and city governments to monitor the cost effectiveness and environmental safety of combusting separated waste, processing mixed municipal solid waste, and recycling programs.
(c) It is the responsibility of county and city governments to assume primary responsibility for solid waste management and to develop and implement aggressive and effective waste reduction and source separation strategies.
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(8) The following priorities for the collection, handling, and management of solid waste are necessary and should be followed in descending order as applicable:
(a) Waste reduction;
(b) Recycling, with source separation of recyclable materials as the preferred method; |
| PLAN COMPLIANCE: |
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (Ordinance 2018-15):
Land Use Goal 1 Walla Walla grows in a responsible way that maintains or improves the quality of life for its residents.
LU Policy 1.1 Accommodate new residential and commercial development in areas with available infrastructure and services.
LU Policy 1.2 Annex and provide services to all lands within the Urban Growth Area.
Capital Facilities and Utilities Goal 4 Conservation of the natural environment and sustainable use of limited, renewable, and non-renewable resources protects and enhances the natural environment of Walla Walla.
CFU Policy 4.1 Support recycling of municipal and household waste as part of the City’s commitment to sustainability.
2014 WALLA WALLA COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND MODERATE RISK WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (Resolution 2014-121):
Recycling Goals and Objectives
Section 3.3 Recycling- Recycling is the second tier in the hierarchy of solid waste management in the State of Washington.
Section 3.3.1.1 Goals and Objectives
• Work toward reaching a recycling rate of 50% by 2023.
• Continue to encourage and educate residents and businesses to compost and recycle.
GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY (Resolution 2012-31):
Continue to promote and expand recycling programs...improved management of waste handling, reductions in waste generation, and expansion of waste diversion programs. |
| ALTERNATIVES: |
| Council could direct staff to issue a new request for proposals/bids and/or direct staff to negotiate different terms of the contract. |
| STAFF RECOMMENDATION: |
| Authorize renewal of the contract with Basin Disposal, Inc. for residential curbside recycling. |
| CITY MANAGER COMMENTS: |
| Concur with the Finance Committee's recommendation and approved for City Council action. |
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