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WS – Item 3 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item No. 3 Date: December 7, 2020 To: City Council From: Andy Nelson, Environmental Coordinator Re: Solid Waste Hauler Licensing Background At the April 1, 2019 City Council Work Session, Council discussed the number of garbage hauler licenses available in the city, and whether this number could be decreased through attrition. Specifically, a concern was raised over the number of trucks travelling on city streets. This issue has been raised and discussed multiple times by the Council in the past. At the conclusion of the April 1st meeting, the Council requested more information on reducing the number of haulers, and on how other cities handle licensing. Section 504 of City Code establishes the regulation for solid waste collection. The City currently allows four licensed residential haulers to operate within the city. Each hauler is required to provide curbside recycling pickup once every two weeks. For collection purposes, the city is broken up into two districts. The east district pickup is Thursdays and the west district is on Fridays. The city does not require provision of yard waste services. Yard waste collection is provided solely as an added service of the hauler. Yard waste se rvices are typically provided between April and October. Currently, there are four waste haulers operating in the city. Each hauler currently pays $75 for the first truck and $45 for each additional truck as part of the licensing agreements. ACE Solid Waste 15 trucks $705 Republic Services 5 trucks $255 Waste Management 9 trucks $435 Walters Recycling and Refuse 7 trucks $345 Based on the number of haulers and the services they provide, the number of trucks on a given street could range from 3 (assuming one hauler has all properties) to 12 (assumes all haulers have customers). The number of trucks also varies based on which week recycling pickups occur, and if yard waste is being picked up that season.