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NO, NO, IT'S QUITE A RIDE NOW.
[CALL TO ORDER]
COMMISSIONERS.THANK YOU FOR, FOR LITERALLY TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.
I, I HONESTLY UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES WE ALL FACE DURING JUST DURING LIFE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, UH, STAFF.
YOU GUYS, UH, AGAIN, I GOT TO SAY, SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN GETTING THE QUORUM SET UP.
LET'S UH, TRY TO MOVE THIS ON.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS IN, UH, LET'S SEE.
THE AGENDA'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 9th, 2021, Regular Meeting Minutes]
DO WE HAVE HERE? WE'VE GOT A NUMBER ONE, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 9TH, 2021 MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING.I'LL UH, AGAIN, ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM THOSE MOMENTS.
IS THAT IT? I DO MOVE APPROVAL.
I DON'T HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER GET TWO.
SO SECONDS CALLING THE MOTION.
DO I HEAR ANY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES NOISE OR THANK YOU GUYS.
I SEE YOUR PICTURE MOVING UP AND DOWN.
ALL RIGHT GUYS, UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[2.a). Discussion and Action: Annual Chair Report – Chair Gerry Acuna]
ON TO THE SECOND ITEM IS WE'RE, WE'RE GOING IN A NEW BUSINESS HERE.IT'S THE, UH, DISCUSSION THAT ACTS ON THE ANNUAL CHAIR'S REPORT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A MID-YEAR REPORT THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AND THAT'S, UH, ITEM TWO A AND UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A KNOCK BOARD, VERY AWKWARD REPORT TO BE DOING AT THIS AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, I WANT TO THANK, THANK YOU GUYS.
KEN, RICHARD, TAMMY, THE LEADERSHIP THERE DURING THESE, UH, UNTHINKABLE TIMES.
I MEAN THIS PANDEMIC ONE MINUTE, YOU THINK YOU'RE OUT OF THE WOODS AROUND DECEMBER OF 2020, YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU STUMBLE BACK INTO A DARKER FOREST.
AND I GOT TO SAY, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND ARE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB NAVIGATING THE SHIP.
HAVING SAID THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A COMMISSION, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO PLEASE, PLEASE RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS STAFF HAS AND HOW DO WE WORK TOWARDS SOLVING THOSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, I, UH, YEAH, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT DURING THE, I THINK THERE'S FIVE MEETINGS WE HAD THERE'S IS FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, JUST SOME OF THE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS.
I MEAN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS A FORMALITY TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT, UH, JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I GUESS, I MEAN THE JANUARY 13TH THING, WE, UH, ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING ABOUT ELECTRONICS RECYCLING.
I THINK ANDY GAVE US A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAD, UH, THE, UH, INSIGHT TO RECONVENE THE A C AND D SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS AGAIN, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE ROLE IN THAT ONE.
THAT'S, UH, AN ONGOING ONGOING COMMITTEE THAT, UH, AS, UH, A MEETING ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK, UH, MOVE ON TO, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, YOU MOVE ON TO FEBRUARY THE 10TH, FEBRUARY THE 10TH.
WE, UH, LITERALLY JUST CANCELED THAT DARN THING.
WHY, BECAUSE VALENTINE'S DAY WAS CLOSE BY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT NONETHELESS ON THE 11TH OF MARCH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A GREAT MONTH FOR NEW PROJECTS.
I MEAN, WE HAD LITERALLY A FEW ITEMS HERE.
WE HAD THE BROWN BROWN FILL ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WHICH WAS A GIFT TO SAY THE LEAST.
UH, LET'S SEE, WE HAD, UH, THE, AGAIN, YON TAKEN THE ROLE IN THE LEAD IN THAT C AND D C AND D UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY WE HAD THE, UH, PILOT, UH, ROLLOUT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, ORGANIC COLLECTION PROGRAM, SKIPPING DOWN TO THE SPECIAL CALL TO RETREAT THAT WE HAD GUYS THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AT THIS RETREAT TO SIT DOWN AND AS, OR VIRTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TO DISCUSS WAYS TO MO MORE COHESIVELY WORK TOGETHER AS A, UH, AS A GROUP, AS A
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COMMISSION AND ENDESA STAFF TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THE, UH, THE GOALS AND THE, AND THE RESOLVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.AND, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY NOT VIRTUAL, BUT LIVE IN PERSON.
AND MOVING ON TO APRIL 14TH, I MEAN, WE HAD A, WHAT WAS THAT? THE, UH, UM, GUM LOSING PEOPLE HERE, BUT, UH, WE HAD A, WHAT IS IT THE, UH, ARR FORECAST GIVEN TO US BY VICTORIA, WHICH KIND OF, IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUING PROCESS TODAY.
WE HAVE GOT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
THE RESULT OF THAT A FORECAST IS ON THIS AGENDA, BUT, UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN ON THE 23RD WOULD WE DO THEN WE HAD A GUY WHERE HE, UH, LITERALLY JUST, UH, HAD A GREAT SUB COMMITTEE MEETING WITH YON AND, AND THEN UPDATE YON AFTER THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WAS, WAS WONDERFUL.
IT ACTUALLY BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND, UH, BROUGHT THE ATTENTION BACK TO THIS C AND D ORDINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT IT FACES, UH, LET'S SEE ON, UH, IN MAY WE DID WHAT, UH, REVISIT IT A VERY, VERY TIMELY AND MEANINGFUL, UH, TOPIC.
AND THAT'S THE HOMELESS THAT CHALLENGES AND KEEPING, KEEPING A CLEAN UP AND, UH, LITERALLY DOING OUR FAIR SHARE FOR THE CITY IN THAT.
AND AGAIN, STAFF, YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WORKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.
AND THEN A GAP, WHAT IS IT JUNE 9TH, I GUESS WE MET AT, WE END THIS, THE, UH, LITERALLY JUST KIND OF WENT OVER THE BEAUTIFICATION CONTRACT, THE, UH, CLEANUP ISSUES, AGAIN, EVERYTHING DEALING WITH THIS HOMELESS CHALLENGE THAT, UH, SEEMS TO BE A ONGOING, UH, ISSUE AND, UH, DIFFICULTIES TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT NONETHELESS GUYS, THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST, UH, FIRST, UH, HALF MONTH OF THIS, I'M SORRY, FOR SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE SECOND SIX MONTHS WE'LL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE.
NOT THAT THIS WASN'T PRODUCTIVE, BUT A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND WE'LL WORK MORE COOPERATIVELY WITH, UH, WITH STAFF IN THIS COMMISSION TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, AGAIN, THE GOALS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, AND I WILL STOP THERE AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR ADDITIONS THAT I MIGHT'VE, UH, LEFT OFF ON THIS.
UM, SO I JUST SEE THAT THERE'S NOT, UM, THERE'S NOT KIND OF SECTION ON OUR GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
OH, JUST, I THAT'S USUALLY PART OF THESE REPORTS, RIGHT? OKAY.
THE, THE GOAL, THE ANSI END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE THE HALF YEAR, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I THINK IT'S IN JANUARY DWIGHT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
JANUARY'S A REPORT IS THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE ONE THAT BASICALLY EXPLAINS AND GIVES THE ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMISSION.
THEN WE SET OUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
THE WIFE PLEASE CHIME IN IF YOU CAN.
WE WILL COMPILE THAT IN DECEMBER AND HAVE IT READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE, AGAIN, KIND OF, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
I MEAN, WHY NOT SET A GOAL? AND WE KIND OF DO SET SMALL GOALS AND I, I LUMP THOSE INTO OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE ITEMS. I MEAN, YEAH, YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I ASKED BECAUSE WE JUST DID THIS FOR ANOTHER COMMISSION THAT I'M ON.
AND I GUESS OUR REPORTING CHAIN CYCLE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WE HAD ONE DO AT THE, I GUESS AT THE END OF JULY, AND THAT WAS LIKE OUR ANNUAL CYCLE.
SO THAT'S NEVER HEARD THAT QUESTION.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE ON A DIFFERENT CYCLE, BUT I SEE THE DATES NOW.
I'M CONFUSED MOST OF THE TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM AND WE CAN, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EITHER APPROVE THEM AS PRESENTED OR MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THEM.
DO I HEAR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND YAWN OR JONATHAN SECONDS.
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FURTHER DISCUSSION.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AGAIN, DO SOMETHING THAT MOVES A SCREEN, PLEASE.
[2.b). Discussion and Action: Recycling Reset Presentation- Victoria Rieger]
SEE.THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM TWO B AND THAT IS THE, UH, RECYCLING RESET, UH, PRESENTATION.
I THINK, UH, VICTORIA RIEGER WAS GOING TO GIVE US, UH, THE PRESENTATION ON THAT.
A CHANCE TO BRING UP THE PRESENTATION.
THAT'S THE FIRST PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU THINK AGAIN, VICTORIA, RIEGER AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, FINANCE DIVISION MANAGER, UM, JULY 29TH, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AIR R'S REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE SCHEDULE TO THE CITY'S EXISTING SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY'S RESOURCES AND TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS. I HAVE A FEW SLIDES OF INFORMATION TO PRESENT ON THE CURRENT TERMS OF THE RECYCLING AGREEMENTS AND A TIMELINE FOR THE SCHEDULED CONTRACT.
THE CITY OF BOSTON IS CURRENTLY IN A 20 YEAR MASTER AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE PREVIOUSLY NAMED VENDORS FOR THE CITY SINGLE STREAM, RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING PROCESSING.
THE AGREEMENTS REQUIRE THE VENDORS TO RECEIVE COLLECTED MATERIALS INTENDED FOR RECYCLING.
THE BASIC SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE VENDORS TO OPERATE A MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY OR MURPH FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACCEPTING SORTING PROCESSING AND MARKETING.
THE CITY'S COLLECTED MATERIAL SLACK AS MENTIONED IN THE LAST SLIDE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS ARE 20 YEAR CONTRACTS.
EACH MASTER AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR A RESET TO CARRY OUT RENEGOTIATE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT A OF THE MASTER AGREEMENT.
THIS EXHIBIT A'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, SERVICE SCHEDULE, OR SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR SHORT THE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS, STIPULATE PERIODIC CONTRACT RESET.
SO, AS I MENTIONED EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE FIRST RESET OCCURRED IN 2016.
THE SECOND RESET PERIOD, THE RESET WILL ESTABLISH THE AWARD PERCENT, WHICH IS THE CITY'S PERCENT OF RECYCLED MATERIAL DELIVERED TO EACH OF THE VENDORS FOR THE TIME PERIOD FROM, UH, THE SECOND RESET TO THE THIRD RESET EVALUATION CRITERIA USED IN DETERMINING THE AWARD PERCENT INCLUDES THE VENDORS PRICING PROPOSAL AND THE VENDOR'S PERFORMANCE.
AFTER THE FIRST RESET DATE MEASURED IN PART BY THE PERCENTAGE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL THAT THE VENDOR SOLD TO REPUTABLE RECYCLING PROCESSORS OR OTHERWISE DIVERTED FROM, UH, DISPOSAL FOR REVIEWS, THE VENDORS, GOODWILL, TEAMWORK, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND RECYCLING EDUCATION EFFORTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RELEVANT FACTORS WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE CURRENT TERMS OF THE VENDORS AGREEMENTS BALCONIES CURRENTLY RECEIVED 60% OF THE CITY'S COLLECTED MATERIAL WHILE TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS RECEIVES 40%.
THE CURRENT SERVICE SCHEDULE PROVIDES THE CITY MUST DELIVER AN AVERAGE OF 2000 TONS PER MONTH TO EACH VENDOR.
THE INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, UH, DIFFERENT THE ROUTES.
SO FOR ABOUT COUNTIES, UH, THEY HAVE THE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, ROUTE, AND TDS HAS THE THURSDAY, FRIDAY ROUTES.
SO ONE OF THE KEYS TO A FAIR AND HEALTHY MERV CONTRACT ARE THE FINANCIAL TERMS. ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF BOTH AGREEMENTS IS THE REVENUE SHARE REVENUE SHARES, HOW THE VENDORS COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR THE RECYCLABLE MATERIAL.
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IS A PERCENT OF REVENUE THAT THE VENDORS SHARE WITH THE CITY.THIS PERCENTAGE IS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO THE VALUE OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIAL.
THE VALUE OF THE RECYCLED MATERIAL IS DETERMINED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE PARTICULAR CLASS OF MATERIAL, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO, BUT THE PARTICULAR CLASS OF MATERIAL GOT, UH, TIMES THE VALUE FOR TIME BASED ON PUBLISHED MARKET INDICES.
THE PROCESSING FEE IS SET BY THE VENDORS AND IS PAID BY, UH, BY THE CITY PER TON DELIVERED THE NET VALUE TO THE CITY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE SHARE AND THE PROCESSING NEEDS.
THE NEXT FEW SWAT SLIDES WILL DISPLAY SOME DATA RELATED TO THIS OFTEN COMPLEX AND MARKET DRIVEN FORMULA.
WHAT DID ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENTS DRIVING THE NET VALUE TO THE CITY IS THE PROCESSING FEE REVENUE SHARE.
BOTH OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE SET DURING THE RESET CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THIS TABLE DISPLAYS THE CURRENT TERMS AND CITY HAS WITH BOTH VENDORS BRI AND THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN SIGNIFIES BALCONIES RESOURCES.
THE PROCESSING FEE ASSESSED BY BELL COUNTIES IS TIERED BASED ON THE TONNAGE DELIVERED.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROCESSING FEE RANGES FROM $79 PER TIME TO $55 PER TIME.
OH, COUNTY'S REVENUE SHARES ALSO TIERED BASED ON TONNAGE, DELIBERATE TDS ASSESSES, A FLAT $90 AND 50 CENTS PER TON PROCESSING FEE WHILE THEIR REVENUE SHARE IS 77% IRRESPECTIVE OF TONNAGE.
THESE TERMS WERE NEGOTIATED AND AGREED UPON DURING THE LAST CONTRACT RESET THAT OCCURRED IN 2016.
ANOTHER CRITICAL ELEMENT AFFECTING THE NET VALUE TO THE CITY IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE MATERIAL THAT THE CITY DELIVERS.
EACH CLASS OF HER OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS SET DURING THE SEMI-ANNUAL COMPOSITION STUDIES THAT OCCUR AT EACH VENDORS.
MERV ONE TYPICALLY OCCURS IN THE LATE SPRING.
SO THE APRIL TO MAY TIMEFRAME AND THE OTHER IN EARLY AUTUMN OF TOBER TO OCTOBER, TO NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.
SO THE DATA AND THE TABLE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE OF STUDIES PERFORMED SINCE 2016, APRIL, 2016, THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2020.
THESE PERCENTAGES ARE APPLIED TO THE TOTAL TONNAGE DELIVERED AND THE RESULT FOR EACH CLASS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS USED TO CALCULATE THE VALUE OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
WHAT IS NOT DISPLAYED ON THIS SLIDE AND IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN HOW THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THE RECYCLING PROGRAM IS THE MARKET COMMODITY PRICES FOR EACH OF THE MATERIALS YOU SEE LISTED IN THE TABLE.
THIS SLIDE PRESENTS TONNAGE DATA DELIVERED TO EACH VENDOR OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS NOTED.
OUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS REQUIRE AN AVERAGE MONTHLY MINIMUM OF 2000 TONS DELIVERED TO EACH VENDOR.
AS YOU CAN SEE UNTIL 2020, THE SECOND TONNAGE HAD REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE, BUT IN 2020, WE SAW AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 7% LIKELY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
WE EXPECT 2021 TO REMAIN AT 2020 LEVELS.
EACH MONTH THERE ARE PRODUCES THE SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING REPORT FOR THE COMMISSION.
YOU WILL LIKELY RECOGNIZE EIGHT C AND EVERY MONTH FOR EACH MONTH REPORTED, YOU WILL FIND TONNAGE OF INFORMATION FOR EACH VENDOR, AS WELL AS THE REVENUE SHARE.
THE RESULT IS THE NET AMOUNT DUE TO THE VENDOR OR OWED TO THE CITY.
AS I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO BRIEF YOU ON OUR CURRENT TIMELINE FOR THE SECOND RESET.
ALL OF THE DATES IN THIS TIMELINE ARE PRESCRIBED IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS.
WE BEGAN THE PROCESS LAST YEAR BY NOTIFYING THE VENDORS, UH, IN AUGUST OF 2020 OF THE UPCOMING RESET CONTRACT PERIOD, BOTH VENDORS HAVE SUBMITTED PRICING PROPOSALS FOR EVALUATION.
OUR NEXT STEPS INCLUDE CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION WITH BOTH VENDORS.
WE ALSO WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK, AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THE COMMISSION'S THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AS WE CONTINUE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.
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I'LL CLOSE MY PRESENTATION BY SHARING THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S GOALS FOR THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND RESULTING AGREEMENTS.WE AIM TO CREATE AGREEMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW EACH PARTY TO THE CONTRACT AND NAVIGATE FROM RANGE OF MARKET CONDITIONS.
WE'D LIKE TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT IN WHICH THE CITY AND THE VENDORS SHARE IN BOTH THE RISK AND REWARD AS WITH ANY VENDOR THAT THE CITY PARTNERS WITH OUR HOPE IS TO ALSO CREATE A STRONG LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND CONTINUED COLLABORATION, ALL ESTABLISHED WHILE ESTABLISHING CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.
THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING PROGRAM MUST BE SUS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE CITY WHILE ACHIEVING AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMMISSION.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS TIME.
THE COMMISSIONER IS I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE.
YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF BREAKEVEN THEN ACROSS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THESE CONTRACTS IN TERMS OF TONNAGE AND REVENUE SHARE, HOW HAS THAT WORKED OUT BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND OVER TIME? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, UH, OVER THE PAST, UH, FIVE YEARS DURING THE, DURING THE LAST RESET, UH, MARKET CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN FAVORABLE, UM, UH, EITHER IN THE CITY OR POTENTIALLY THE VENDORS AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S, UM, RESULTED IN THE REALLY, NOT EVEN A BREAK, EVEN FOR US, WE'VE HAD TO PAY, UH, EVERY MONTH AND EVERY YEAR, UH, TO THE VENDORS, WE DO OBVIOUSLY RECEIVE A REVENUE SHARE, BUT THE EXPENSE THAT, THAT WE INCUR, UH, HAS EXCEEDED, UH, THE REVENUE GENERATED EVERY MONTH FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS, UH, IN THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS IS TO TRY AND SHIFT THAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THE TWO DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS, ONE CLEARLY RELIES MORE ON REVENUE SHARE AND THE OTHER LESS.
SO IS THERE, I SUPPOSE THE ONE THAT RELIES LESS ON REVENUE SHARE IS THE ONE THAT ENDED UP BEING BETTER SITUATION FOR THE CITY.
SO WE WOULD PROBABLY, UH, BE EITHER UNLESS WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE MARKET, THAT'S PROBABLY THE DIRECTION WE WOULD WANT TO GO IS SOMETHING THAT REDUCES OUR REVENUE SHARE AT THIS TIME AND REDUCE AND GIVES US A LOWER RATE PER TON.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING BOTH PRICING PROPOSALS FROM THE VENDORS.
UM, THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY CHANGED, UH, FROM, FROM THE CURRENT RESET, UM, TERMS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS AGAIN, TO, TO, TO MAXIMIZE THE TAX PAYER VALUE, UM, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS MEAN THE BEST PRICE.
UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO GAIN MORE FAVORABLE TERMS FOR THE CITY.
AND DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? SURE.
COMMISSIONER, KEN SNIPES, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, AND WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OR WORKING WITH THOSE WHO TRACK THE MARKET SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO INTO THE NEXT NEGOTIATING PROCESS, UH, WITH, WITH BETTER INFORMATION.
SO, UH, THE HOPE COMING OUT OF COVID IS THAT THE MARKETS WILL PEAK UPWARD.
UM, AND WE CERTAINLY ARE, UH, HOPEFUL FOR THAT.
SO, UM, GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IS, UH, MORE REVENUE, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
YOU KNOW, I CAN, UH, I'M SORRY, GO, GO.
I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT NO, ACTUALLY I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, WITH KEN.
I MEAN, AND I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO ALWAYS HAVE A FIXED PRICE.
TO ME, GIVES ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I FACE EVERY SINGLE MONTH WITH MY RESPONSIBILITY, MY OBLIGATION IS GOING TO BE, AND, AND AGAIN, WHEN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTS WERE, UH, NEGOTIATED, UH, GOT TO HELP ME STAFF WITH 10.
I THINK WE STARTED THIS 15 YEARS AGO TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT, UH, I MEAN THE MARKET CONDITIONS WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND YES, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT DOWNTURN.
I THINK THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLY FAVORABLE TODAY, BUT DO YOU BANK ON A, ON A, AGAIN, ROLLING THE DICE EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
I MEAN, THIS PANDEMIC TURNED THIS, THIS, THIS WORLD ON ITS HEADS.
I KNOWINGLY, MY POINT IS ME PERSONALLY.
I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW
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WHAT I'M GOING TO OWE OR WHAT I'M GOING TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE MONTH.JUST THE SECURITY OF KNOWING THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT THERE IS A WAY TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER VALUE FOR THE CITY IN THESE CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER WHO SIGNED UP, UH, JOAQUIN, UH, WITH, UH, BALCONIES AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
WE COULD LITERALLY JUST DEFER OUR DISCUSSION STAFF FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
UM, JERRY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UH, MY NAME IS JOAQUIN MARIELLE.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT BELL RESOURCES.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT HAS BEEN REFERENCED IN THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THIS GROUP THIS EVENING TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO THE LAST NINE YEARS OF, UH, PROCESSING SERVICE THAT BELL HAS PROVIDED FOR THE CITY.
UM, I, I HAD TURNED IN A FILE WITH THAT WITH A ONE PAGER.
WAS THAT INCLUDED IN A PACKET FOR EVERYBODY OR NOT? I DID NOT SEE THAT.
UM, WELL I WILL HAVE TO DO MY BEST OF DESCRIBING IT THEN.
UM, UH, W W AS WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE CITY AUSTIN, UM, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, RECEIVES A NET, UM, INVOICE EVERY MONTH.
THAT'S NET OF, UH, REVENUE SHARE AND PROCESSING FEES.
UM, AND OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS FROM THE ONSET OF THE CONTRACT IN 2012 TO JUNE OF 2021, UM, THE NET IMPACT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, OF THAT TRANSACTION, UM, WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO VENDORS AND THE CITY ABOUT TONY'S IS OFFERED A $4 A TON BETTER BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BASED ON THE WAY THE PRICING WAS SET UP, UH, AT THE 2016 RESET.
UM, AND, AND I WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL THAT HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THE VISUAL BECAUSE IT LAYS OUT THAT NET NUMBER YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 2012 TO NOW.
UM, BUT, UM, I, I BRING IT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN 2016, THE CITY ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER PRICING THAT AS A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS HAVE MENTIONED, UH, REALLY INSULATED THE CITY AGAINST MARKET FLUCTUATION.
UM, SO AS, AS, AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED OR HIGHLIGHTED SO FAR, UM, A LOWER REVENUE SHARE, BUT A LOWER PROCESSING FEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS HAS ACHIEVED WHAT WE WANTED IT TO THE STRATEGY WORK OF, UM, A NET BETTER EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT WEATHERING THOSE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MARKET BY HAVING A NARROWER CEILING AND FLOOR, UM, BETWEEN WHAT IS POSSIBLE, UM, FOR THE CITY.
AND, AND AS, AS, UH, UM, UH, UH, JERRY MENTIONED, UM, BEING ABLE TO REALLY FORECAST OUT WHAT, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT EACH MONTH.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A PARTNER.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS EVENING IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, ADDITIONALLY, AND TO KIND OF BRING ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ONE OF THE GREAT SLIDES THAT WAS THERE ABOUT THE COMPOSITION STUDIES, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE TWO AVERAGES OF APRIL, 2016 AND NOVEMBER, 2020, UM, THEY THEY'RE RELATIVELY SIMILAR, RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, COMPOSITIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WHAT IT DOESN'T SHOW IS REALLY HOW RECYCLING COMPENSATIONS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE ONSET OF COVID AND SOME TRENDS THAT WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING BEFORE THAT, UH, BALCONIES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I'VE INVESTED OVER $6 MILLION IN UPGRADING AND RETROFITTING OUR FACILITY TO REALLY RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES.
AND, AND WE'VE NOT ADDRESSED THIS GROUP IN SO LONG.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE LAST SECOND THAT I HAVE HERE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THESE UPGRADES AND BECAUSE THEY WERE DIRECTED AT, AND THE MOST RECENT ONES THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, UM, WERE DIRECTED AT, UM, CAPTURING MORE, UM, UH, HIGH VALUE COMMODITIES THAT ARE SHOWING UP IN THE WASTE STREAM IN HIGHER VOLUMES.
AND THAT'S, UH, OCC, UM, USED BEVERAGE CONTAINERS OR ALUMINUM CANS AND PET BOTTLES.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT IS, IS DUE TO COVID RELATED BEHAVIOR CHANGE.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR GOODS SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THEIR DOOR
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AND BOXES.UH, PEOPLE ARE BUYING MORE, UH, AT HOME COOKING MORE AT HOME, AND THAT'S MORE CONTAINERS IN THE WASTE TREATMENT, MORE CARDBOARD NOISE STREAM, UH, AND FOR YOU ALL FROM THE CITY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE THOSE THREE ITEMS REALLY DRIVE UP THE VALUE OF THE ENTIRE BASKET OF GOODS.
UM, W W WHEN WE SAY THE BASKET OF GOODS, WE NEED JUST THE, UH, AGGREGATE VALUE OF ALL OF THE MIXED RECYCLING.
UM, AND, UH, AS A PROCESS OF THOUGH, UM, YOUR SYSTEMS WITH, WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, UM, OLDER RECYCLING SYSTEMS ARE REALLY INEFFICIENT AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INCREASES AND CAPTURING THEM OUT OF THE STREAM AND PREVENTING THEM FROM ENDING UP IN RESIDUES.
SO WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO ADD THE LATEST AND GREATEST TO OUR FACILITY.
I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAS AN OPEN DOOR FOR ANY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO COME VISIT OUR FACILITY, UM, IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, OFF OF JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD IN TWO 90, UH, THE EASIEST WAY FOR ANYBODY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY OR HOW THIS WORKS, HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP WORKS, UM, FOR THE CITY, UH, BETWEEN THEIR RESIDENTS AND WHERE THIS RECYCLING GOES IS TO SEE IT IN REAL LIFE.
UM, SO WE WELCOME ANYBODY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY JUST WANT, BECAUSE THEY HAD ADDRESSED THIS GROUP FOR SO LONG.
UH, THE LAST NINE YEARS OF, OF WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, AS WE TALK ABOUT HISTORICAL CONTEXT IS REALLY HELPED US, UH, BECOME EXPERTS AT THIS WHOLE THING.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UH, BALCONIES VERY MUCH ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOAQUIN WALKING.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? I HAVE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, I'M SORRY, KATHY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
THEY ASK, WHO DOES THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDORS, UH, KEN, YOUR TEAMMATES, MICHIGAN, NICE WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY AS STAFF DOES THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VENDORS.
LITTLE RICKY MISTAKE MISTAKE AFTER ALL THESE MONTHS AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I, I LOVE HAVING THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL.
I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CART SIZE ISSUE.
I KNOW THIS COMES UP REALLY OFTEN.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CART SIZE DISTRIBUTION, AND IT LOOKS FROM THESE PERCENTAGES.
LIKE THERE REALLY WASN'T AS MUCH OF A SHIFT FROM LARGER SIZES TO SMALLER SIZES, AS WE THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN WITH THE ORGANICS ROLLOUT.
BUT SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE THAT THEIR VOLUMES WOULD BE REALLY REDUCED IN THE TRASH CARTS AND, AND REDUCE THE VOLUME ACCORDINGLY.
UM, COULD, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IS THAT, UM, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'D EXPECTED AND IS, IS KIND OF EMPHASIZING THAT OPTION? SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT STILL SEES AS VALUABLE? SURE.
WELL, WE, WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THE, UH, OVERALL NUMBERS TO EVENTUALLY COME DOWN.
UM, AND I THINK IT MAY TAKE TIME.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE TRACKING ALSO IS THE, UH, NUMBER OF, UH, NEW CUSTOMERS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, ENTERING OUR SYSTEM AND GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SIZE CARTS THEY, UH, THEY ARE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY DO SEEM TO BE ON THE LARGER, AND THIS IS ANECDOTAL AT THIS POINT, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE NUMBERS.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE GRAVITATING TOWARDS SOME OF THE LARGER CARTS.
AND SO, AND WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS, UH, OVER THE COMING YEAR.
UH, AS WE START TO SEE THAT TREND, UH, YOU KNOW, GO DOWN WHERE WE THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME SUCCESS, IT JUST TAKES TIME TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE LARGER CARTS AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMPOSTING CARS.
JUST A LITTLE FOLLOWUP ON THAT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE COST OF SERVICE FOR TRASH COLLECTION, IS THAT INFLUENCED AT ALL BY CART SIZE? LIKE WILL THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICE GO DOWN IF MORE PEOPLE HAVE SMALLER CARTS OR IS THAT JUST SUCH A SMALL DIFFERENCE? AND THAT'S NOT THE REASON, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL HAVE TO SEND THE TRUCKS OUT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO IS THERE A FACTOR BASED ON CART SIZE THAT RELATES TO HOW MUCH IT COSTS THEM TO PROVIDE SERVICE
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VICTORIA? YES, ABSOLUTELY.THE CARD SIZES ARE, ARE A FACTOR IN DEVELOPING THE COST OF SERVICE.
AND IN GENERAL, WOULD YOU SAY IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO SERVICE THE LARGER CARTS, JUST SLOWER, PERHAPS LESS EFFICIENT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PER GALLON COST? THE ANSWER I THINK IS YES.
UM, BUT I I'D HAVE TO JUMP INTO THE NUMBERS TO, TO VERIFY.
I WOULD ASSUME, YES, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TO SERVICE.
THE BIG GUYS OR TRUCKS GET FILLED QUICKER.
THEY GET OFF THE ROAD HEADING TO THE, UH, DUMPING SITES AND, UH, THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO BRING THE GUY BACK THAT'S FUEL.
THAT'S LABOR THAT'S KNOW THAT'S A COST, BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
UH, I'M SORRY, VICTORIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
UH, AGAIN, I, I HAVE A QUESTION AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO KIND OF GET YOU TO TAKE ON THIS, THIS CLARIFYING HERE, JUST TO JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION, CAN STAFF THIS, THE ACTION COUNCIL GAVE WAS AN ACTION, ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATION TO RESET THESE CONTRACTS.
AND WE'RE STILL KEY WORD HERE, NEGOTIATING WITH BOTH VENDORS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS STILL A MOVING TARGET.
I WOULD LOVE, AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT DEADLINES HERE AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD EXTENSIONS TO THIS ALREADY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK TO US WITH, UH, AGAIN, JUST, UH, IF POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT IT AUGUST 30TH, THE CUT.
AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE GO TO GO TO COUNT, OR IT GOES BACK INTO EFFECT LATE SEPTEMBER.
IS THAT RIGHT? OR WHERE'S THE LINE SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
I WONDER THEY COULD COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER AT OUR MEETING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF REVISIT IT AND JUST GIVE US A, UH, AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE GOT TO WHERE WE GOT, OR HAVE WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE? WE ARE AND, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE IMPACT GOING TO BE TO THE CITY? AND AGAIN, WE CAN USE THESE WONDERFUL WHAT IF NUMBERS, WHICH CAN BE BASED ON OUR CURRENT, UH, I MEAN OUR CURRENT, UH, VOLUMES, I MEAN, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH PLUG IN WHICH YOU'RE GUESSTIMATING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCES OBVIOUSLY ARE CRYSTAL BALLS ARE BROKEN AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKETS ARE GOING TO DO, BUT WE PRETTY MUCH WILL KNOW WHAT THE PROCESSING FEES ARE GOING TO BE.
AND, UH, WITH THE PROCESSING FEES, I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE A RUNNING AVERAGE OF, OF WHAT, UH, REVENUES HAVE BEEN.
I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING THIS AND, AND STAFF, SOME OF YOUR, SOME OF YOUR GUYS WHO WERE AROUND BACK WITH THE GREENSTAR DAYS, I MEAN, I KNOW WE USED TO DO THE FORECASTING.
THEY USED TO GIVE US A RUNNING AVERAGE ON, UH, ON WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT THE MARKETS WERE DOING TODAY.
AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO KIND OF GET A BALLPARK FIGURE THERE, THEY'D GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU KNOW, COULD HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOTHING IN STONE MARKETS MOVE EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT NONETHELESS IT, US A BETTER IDEA AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IMPACT IS THIS GOING TO BE LOSING? AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT ANY FAULT OF THE PROCESSORS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB, BUT TO BE LOSING ALMOST A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH IS SIGNIFICANT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE RATE PAYER.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW AGAIN, TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE AND THE RETURN THAT THE RATE PAYER DOES GET FROM THIS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE THE GUYS THAT PROVIDE ALL THIS, ALL THIS MATERIAL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AGAIN, JUST LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND COMMISSION, PLEASE CHIME IN, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS AFTER WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS PRESENT, IT, LET'S SAY WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND THE CALENDAR AND WORK OUT AN UPDATE.
ONCE WE HAVE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A RUN JUST, JUST A LITTLE AGES TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND OPEN UP THAT OLD BIBLE CALLED, UH, THE RECYCLING NEGOTIATING, UH, YEARS OF WHAT, I GUESS, 15 YEARS WE PROBABLY HAVE BEEN, UH, FACING THIS, THIS, UH, THIS CHALLENGE.
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RICHARD, YOU WERE PROBABLY THERE POCKET CABLE.UM, I GUESS, UH, MY, MY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ELEMENT TO THESE NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE SERVICE PROVIDED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MATERIAL, WHAT TYPES OF MATERIAL ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE BEING RECYCLED, ARE BEING DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN, IN THE FACILITIES.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO OUR WASTE PROBLEM IS, IS FOR PEOPLE TO USE A LOT LESS, YOU KNOW, DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS AND NEARLY SINGLE, SINGLE USE PLASTICS.
UM, AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT, BUT, UM, I GUESS MY PRIMARY CONCERN REALLY IS WITH, WITH THAT DIVERSION.
AND, UM, YEAH, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE NEGOTIATIONS JUST ABOUT THE COST OR ARE YOU PUSHING THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH ENTITIES TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN, EVEN IF SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE USE, IN SOME CASES, THERE IS SOME KIND OF MANUAL SORTING ON THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FRONT END OF THE CONVEYOR, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE OUT, TAKE OUT MATERIAL THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE SORTING MECHANISM, BUT COULD BE RECYCLED IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HAND, HAND SORTED.
HOW SO? UM, I'M WONDERING IF, IF THERE'S ANY EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP AS MUCH OUT OF THE LANDFILL AS POSSIBLE AND MAYBE INCREASE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT IN THE RECYCLING COMMISSIONER, THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ARE DEFINITELY PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING THE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EVEN ON OUR STAFF TO LOOK AT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE MAY BE IN THE MARKET TO CAPTURE THINGS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY CAPTURE.
UM, ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE SYSTEM.
I THINK, UH, BOTH, UH, VENDORS ARE INSTALLING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THEIR, IN THEIR OPERATIONS THAT, UH, INCREASED THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY IN THEIR, IN THEIR PLANTS, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE THINGS ARE SCREENED OUT AND MORE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE RECYCLED ARE BEING RECYCLED.
SO, UM, WE'D DEFINITELY CONSIDER AND ALL THOSE THINGS AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND, AND THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS.
ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS THAT THE, MAYBE WE CAN EXPECT TO, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKELY GET RECYCLED THAT ARE MAYBE CURRENTLY HAVING TROUBLE? NOT YET, NOT YET.
UH, WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, SO, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THESE THINGS.
SO NOTHING YET, UH, THAT I WOULD SAY IS TANGIBLE THAT WE COULD POINT TO.
ARE THERE ANY MATERIALS THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? UM, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF THE USUAL ARE GLASS.
OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, I GUESS, LOOKED OVER, I MIGHT BE MILK CARTONS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE SOME SYSTEMS WHERE THOSE ARE NOT RECYCLABLE AND THERE ARE OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, USE OR SEE EVERY DAY, UM, IN, IN WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO START TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MORE DIFFICULT TO RECYCLE ITEMS? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THOSE TWO BECAUSE, UH, DEFINITELY THE CURTAINS ARE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE VISITED BOTH FACILITIES AND I KNOW THAT AT LEAST TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, GDS WAS KIND OF SOME, SOME TIMES AT LEAST THEIR WORKERS ARE KIND OF PULLING THEM ASIDE, UM, PERHAPS TO RECYCLE, YOU KNOW, TO RECYCLE THEM.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IF THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME, ALL THE MILK CARTONS AND I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET THAT SAME MESSAGE AT COUNTIES, SO IT'D BE NICE IF THERE WAS CONSISTENCY AND FTDS IS DOING THAT.
IF PEOPLE CAN GET THE MESSAGE THAT THEY CAN PUT THE CURTAINS IN THE RECYCLING AND, AND I, YOU MENTIONED GLASS.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH SOME OF THE GLASS KIND OF STOCKPILING, AS OPPOSED TO MOVING IT THROUGH TO ACTUALLY BE, YOU KNOW, RECYCLED.
UM, SO I DUNNO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE FACILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WELL, WE HAVE, OF COURSE WE TOURED THE FACILITIES ON A, ON A FAIRLY
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REGULAR BASIS.UM, AND THESE ITEMS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE ISSUES JUST FOR AUSTIN, RIGHT THERE ISSUES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO, UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY PARTNERS IN, IN WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRY, UH, IN, IN FINDING OUTLETS FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THOSE ARE JUST TWO THAT JUST JUMP OUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON ALL OF THOSE AND CONSTANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, DO RESEARCH AND HOMEWORK TO FIGURE OUT, UH, WHEN NEW TECHNOLOGIES COME ABOUT, THEN WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR US TO, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IN OUR SYSTEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST KIND OF ZOOMING OUT AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE TRENDS, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT, THAT LIKE ULTIMATELY DO AFFECT US ALL IN, IN, UH, IN EVERY, EVERY KIND OF ASPECT OF OUR, OF OUR LIVES.
WE JUST MIGHT NOT SEE IT, YOU KNOW, UM, KIND OF AT OUR CURB OR NOT REALIZE THE CONNECTION.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT, UM, TO HAVE THOSE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE AS MUCH MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY, I COMMEND BOTH PROCESSORS.
I MEAN, IT'S A CHALLENGE AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, KEN MARKET CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING.
WHAT IS ACCEPTED TODAY? PROBABLY WON'T BE THERE OR ACCEPTED TOMORROW.
AND WHAT WE TOOK YESTERDAY IS NOT HERE TODAY.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A HECK OF A JOB AND REFRAINING FROM CUTTING ANY OF THESE ITEMS OUT OF THE RECYCLING COLLECTION PROGRAM.
MANY CITIES DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPTION.
MANY WELL-KNOWN CITIES HAD TO HAD TO CUT CERTAIN COMMODITIES FROM THEIR PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF MARKET CONDITIONS.
AGAIN, PROCESSORS, THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO RECYCLE THOSE MATERIALS, MISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A SEVEN 30 STOP, AND I KNOW WE HAVE
[2.c). Discussion and Action: FY22 Budget Presentation- Victoria Rieger (Part 1 of 2)]
A BUDGET, UH, UPDATE THAT, UH, THAT THE TORY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US.SEE, YOU GET PAID DOUBLE FOR THIS.
JUST SOME HOUSE CLEANING REAL QUICK.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM.
AND JUST FOR FORMALITY SEX GUYS, I WOULD, UH, ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, A RESOLUTION OR NOT A RESOLUTION.
IT'S JUST A MOTION TO, UH, THAT HAVING HEARD THIS.
AND, AND AGAIN, I WOULD, I ASKED THAT THE STAFF BRING THIS BACK TO US NEXT MONTH.
IF WE CAN DO THAT, PUTTING CLASSICALLY, WOULD WE BE APPROVING JUST ENTERING THROUGH CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS INCORRECT? CORRECT.
I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, WE COULD HAVE, UH, HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK TO US WITH, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT IS THE RATE PAYER GOING TO BE RECEIVING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? AND I WOULD THINK AS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN INCLUDE THAT TODAY IN THAT, OR ASK THAT THAT'D BE BROUGHT BACK TO US.
SO JERRY, IF I MIGHT, UH, JUST ADD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK KELLY'S EXPRESS, WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO COME BACK TO, TO THE COMMISSION, TO, TO PRESENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP WITH.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, DIVULGING INFORMATION DURING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, UH, INFORMATION WOULD NEED TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL WE ACTUALLY EXECUTED IT UNTIL WE CAME TO AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH VENDORS AND SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE.
UM, AFTER THAT POINT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE.
YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD.
NO, NO, I, I, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF, UH, THE, THE END, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT FOR ADULT.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR THE BANG.
AND, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE.
SHOW US, YOU KNOW, SHOWS WHAT, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AT THE END.
I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND WE SHOULDN'T BE THAT'S YOU GUYS' RESPONSIBILITY, BUT NONETHELESS, I WOULD LOVE TO, FOR US TO FIND OUT WHAT'S TRANSPIRED FROM THIS CABLE.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH,
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RECOMMEND, UH, THAT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE WITH, UH, BOTH OUR COUNTIES AND TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE, UH, SERVING AUSTIN SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING SERVICE AND, UH, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING WHEREVER POSSIBLE, UH, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL COLLECTED AND, UH, THAT THIS COMMISSION BE UPDATED ON THE RESULTS OF THISCOMMISSIONER WHITES, KEN, I'M SORRY.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAIRMAN 10 SNACKS.
IF I COULD, IT WOULD BE MORE TIMELY FOR US AS WE ARE SHORT ON TIME TO, UH, SWITCH THE PRESENTATIONS AND ACTUALLY BRING FORTH THE PRESENTATION ON THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, UH, IT WILL BE MORE TIMELY FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE YOU SEE THAT ONE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, THAT'D BE THE WILL OF THIS COMMISSION.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, BUT UH, BACK TO THE MOTION, WE HAVE A MOTION YOU'RE ON KATHY.
I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION THAT GUY, BUT WIFE SUGGESTED.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS HERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, DO SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WAIT GUYS, JONATHAN, I'M ASSUMING IT'S A YES.
[2.d). Discussion and Action: Interlocal Agreement- Andy Dawson]
AND, UH, MOVING ON GUYS TO THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT, UH, I GUESS BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL YELL AT YOU LATER, VICTORIA, ABOUT THAT LITERALLY YELL AT YOU LATER.UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, ANDY DAWSON ALSO RESOURCE RECOVERY.
UM, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY IS REQUESTING A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, RELATING TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THE RECYCLING NEWS DROP-OFF CENTER.
THIS AGREEMENT WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY THAT RELATES ONLY TO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
UH, THE NEW INTER-LOCAL WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A BROADER RANGE OF OUR DOC SERVICES TO COUNTY RESIDENTS.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS UPCOMING ILA.
WOULD THIS MEAN THAT ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY CAN DROP THINGS OFF AT THE RECYCLING CENTER? YES, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE WOULD, UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY THE CASE.
UM, BUT WE WOULD WANT, UH, TO TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE THAT THE CURRENT ILA DOES NOT EXTEND FORWARD.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, EXTEND AS FAR AS THE OTHER RECYCLING SERVICES AT THE END, THE OTHER HALF OF THE DROP-OFF CENTER, THIS IS ONLY THE CURRENT ONE IS ONLY FOR THE, UH, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE SERVICES.
OH, YOU CAN COUNT ME IN STRONG SUPPORT.
LET ME, LET ME ASK A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS HERE.
JUST KIND OF HOUSE CLEANING STUFF HERE.
UH, ANDY CAN, I MEAN, STAFF IN A LOCAL AGREEMENTS OBVIOUSLY ARE TRAVIS COUNTY AND CITY OF BOSTON WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL OR A MISSION.
I, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES, THERE WAS AN AUDIT CONDUCTED BY, UH, THE AUDITING FOLKS RECENTLY.
AND I'M CURIOUS WHETHER WE MADE A GOOD LIST ON THAT.
I MEAN, OUR, OUR, UH, INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS, OR ARE THEY PART OF THE PURCHASING PROCESS THAT IS APP THAT IS OVER LOOKED BY PURCHASING OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE INTERNALLY DO? AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT A CHAIR I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE AUDITING TEAM.
THEY HAVEN'T LET ME KNOW THAT WITH ANY OF OUR PRACTICES OR PROCEDURES.
UH, AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT ANDY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT, ON THAT END, EITHER THAT YOU'VE HEARD, BUT I THINK WE, WE WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM THEM NOW IF THEY HAD CONCERNS THAT WE HAVEN'T, AND IT WAS JUST SIMPLE HOUSE CLEANING.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW DO WE KEEP THE BOOKS ON INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS? I MEAN, HOW DO WE, UH, AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT THE PARTMENTS ARE BEING FUNDED FOR THIS PROCESS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE FUNDING BACK OR PAY HIM BACK.
I SHOULD SAY TRAVIS COUNTY WHEN WE UTILIZE THEIR, UH, FACILITIES AND THEIR RESOURCES, BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, UH, AN ITEM THAT, UH,
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THAT CAME UP AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR HOUSE IS IN ORDER OF WHICH IT IS.BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID THAT COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR RANDY OR KEN OR STAFF ERIE, NO QUESTIONS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SUPPORT.
THIS IS INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
I'LL MOVE TO LET IT OUT TO SPORT YON.
DO I HEAR A SECOND GUY? AVA, THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE AGAIN, JUST THERE YOU GO, JONATHAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH UNANIMOUS.
[2.c). Discussion and Action: FY22 Budget Presentation- Victoria Rieger (Part 2 of 2)]
I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO, I DON'T KNOW, VICTORIA, YOU CAN DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND IN WHAT, UH, SEVEN MINUTES.BUT IF YOU CAN, I THINK WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THINGS, DATA TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
IF A CTM WILL BRING UP THAT PRESENTATION, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WAS PULLED UP PRIOR TO THIS.
SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN, VICTORIA, RIEGER, UM, FINANCE DIVISION MANAGER FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.
UH, THE PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU IS DATED JULY 14TH AND IT REFLECTS THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE PLANNED ON PRESENTING THIS TO YOU.
UH, LAST MONTH, UH, SINCE THAT TIME, THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 12TH, AIR R'S PROPOSED BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL'S ACTIONS.
THEREFORE, THE INFORMATION THAT I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT REPRESENTS THE DEPARTMENT'S 22, UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 APPROVED BUDGET.
AND WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST SKIP OVER THAT SLIDE SINCE IT'S KIND OF JUST A SUMMARY, NEXT SLIDE SLIDE NUMBER THREE.
UH, LET'S GO BACK A SLIDE TO THE CLAIM COMMUNITY FEE.
SO THE CLAIM COMMUNITY FEE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE LITTER, A NUISANCE NUISANCE ABATEMENT, UH, THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE IS BILLED TO ALL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
UH, AS OF MAY 22 AIR OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, WHO PAY THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FOR YOUR COMPRISING OF OVER 423,000 CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, AND OVER 25,000 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, UH, THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT PROPOSE A CHANGE TO THE CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE IN FISCAL YEAR 22.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR, UH, CUSTOMERS, UM, SUPPORTED BY, UH, TRASH CART FEES.
SO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, AS YOU CAN SEE, 98% ARE RESIDENTIAL NEXT SLIDE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARP SIZES AS WELL, UH, IS, IS DISPLAYED IN THIS SLIDE.
AND THIS COMMISSIONER WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, ALLUDED TO THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH MOVEMENT IN, UH, SOME OF THE LARGER CART SIZES, UH, IN THE BLUE CHART, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THEN THE PROJECTIONS ARE, ARE BELOW EXCITED ARE, UH, I DON'T MAJOR RATE IS THE BASE CUSTOMER FEE.
THIS FEE ALSO SUPPORTS OUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICES FOR THE SERVICES YOU SEE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN.
A 98% OF THAT, UH, REVENUE IS, OR 98% OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE, UH, RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE AND THAT'S 208,000 NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS KIND OF JUST PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON, ON CUSTOMER COUNTS.
UH, AND I'LL LET YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ONE ALREADY NEXT SLIDE.
HERE'S THE COST OF SERVICE, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
UM, SINCE, UH, SINCE THIS PRESENTATION WAS DEVELOPED, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED OUR BUDGET.
THERE HAVE BEEN SLIGHT CHANGES, UM, FROM
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SOME AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT FORWARD, UH, ON THE DIOCESE DURING, UM, THE BUDGET READINGS, UH, THEY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT SINCE, UH, IMPACT, UH, TO, FOR INSTANCE, THE BLUE LINE, THE NET COST OF THE BASE, UH, CURBSIDE SERVICE COLLECTION, UH, ADDED LESS THAN 5 CENTS, UH, TO THAT COST, UM, ON THE NET COST OF, UH, CURBSIDE TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES THAT INCREASED, UH, NOT 3 CENTS.UM, SO NOTHING TOO HUGE, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE, UM, THE EMPLOYEE STIPEND, UH, THAT ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT FORWARD, UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND, UM, SOME EMPLOYEE, UM, LEAVE TIME, UH, THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY THE MAYOR, UH, FOR, UM, AUTHORIZING LEAVE DURING COVID ALSO IMPACTS OUR BUDGET, BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS THE BUDGET BY STRATEGIC OUTCOME.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, 71% OF OUR BUDGET IS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED, AND 28%, UH, IS TRANSFERS AND DEBT SERVICE.
AND THEN 28% DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE TRANSFER WE MAKE TO CAPITAL, UH, TO PURCHASE, UH, VEHICLES NEXT SLIDE.
AND AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, UH, THE, A RATE CHANGE TO THE BASE CUSTOMER FEE, UH, INCREASES BY A DOLLAR 50, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AND NO CHANGE TO THE TRASH CART OR THE PLAIN COMMUNITY FEE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF THOSE, UH, UH, RATE CHANGES OR THE RATE CHANGE, UH, IN THE BASE FEE FOR THE LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.
UH, IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, UM, TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR PO'S FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 IS 111 MILLION TOTAL REQUIREMENTS, JUST OVER 112 MILLION.
UH, AND THAT EXCESS ONE POINT THREES IS COVERED BY OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN SLOWLY EATING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE, UM, WITH, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH NO RATE INCREASES.
UH, WE'VE HAD TO UTILIZE OUR, ANY FUND BALANCE TO COVER, UH, THE COST OF SERVICE.
BUT, UH, THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR BASE, UH, CHARGE, UH, AND THAT GETS US INTO A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION SO THAT WE CAN, UH, THE GOAL ULTIMATELY IS A STRUCTURALLY SOUND BUDGET AND EXELON, RIGHT PROPOSED REVENUE BY 111 MILLION, UM, 75, 70 5 MILLION IS A RESIDENTIAL 29.5 IS QUEEN COMMUNITY FEE.
YOU DID I BELIEVE THE FINAL SLIDE, FINAL TWO SLIDES, POP EXPENSE CATEGORIES, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S, UH, SLIDE, YOU KNOW, OR THE BIGGEST POT OF, OF EXPENSE IS GOING TO BE PERSONNEL, UH, CAPITAL SPENDING ON VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENTS 14.3 MILLION, UH, AND ADDED TO THE LOGIN POINT TWOS.
YOU CAN SEE A HUGE CHUNK OF OUR, OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON, ON OUR FLEET.
THESE ARE ALL THE SAME CATEGORIES OF EXPENSES BY THE WAYS AS LAST YEAR, UH, AND JUST QUICKLY, UH, TOUCHING ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, UM, OR SPENDING PLAN, UM, IS 15.5 MILLION, 14.3 OF THAT IS, UM, OR NEW AND REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AND THE PROJECTS YOU SEE LISTED THERE, UH, VEHICLE FLEET, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE, UM, SECURITY SYSTEM UPGRADES, MABEL DAVIS.
THOSE ARE ALL ONGOING PROJECTS, UM, THAT THE DEPARTMENT AT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT AT THIS TIME, GUYS.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT THANK YOU VICTORIA.
I, UH, AND NOW THAT IT'S 7 31 COMMISSIONERS, I, COUPLE OF THINGS DID JUMP OUT AT ME AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS
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LAST MONTH OR FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT NONETHELESS, VICTORIA, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.COMMISSIONER'S REAL QUICK QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, BUT I GUESS, UH, AND I REALIZE THIS IS 30 ADOPTED, SO MAYBE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, I KNOW BE THINKING ABOUT IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT BULK COLLECTION IN THE PAST, AND, UM, I KNOW THERE'S THE PILOT FOR LIKE, KIND OF ON DEMAND, UM, BULK COLLECTION.
AND I DUNNO, JUST AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEES SPUR FOR TRASH CARDS, YOU KNOW, IT DOES GET ME THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE LARGE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE SOCIALIZE THE COST FOR.
I WOULD LIKE OUT LIKE THIS COMMISSION TO SPEND SOME, SOME TIME, UH, THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THE BEST OPTIONS ARE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STAFF.
AND, UH, I WILL COMMENT LATER, VICTORIA, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND, AND CAN I GIVE YOU GUYS A SHOUT AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON COST OF GOODS SOLD, BUT NONETHELESS DEAL WITH THAT LATER AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION STAFF AS USUAL, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I MEAN, PLEASE, ALL OF US STAY SAFE.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW FOR GERMANS, JACK YON.
IS THAT YOUR EMOTION? I'M ASSUMING YON MADE A MOTION TO A HARRIS SECOND ON THIS.