Item B: Solid Waste Collection/Fee Structure

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Solid Waste Collection/Fee Structure Meeting Date: August 13, 2007 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nancy Young www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-6849 ISSUE STATEMENT The purpose of this work session is to respond to the council poll to review the City of Eugene’s solid waste and recycling collection system and fee structure. No action is required at this time. BACKGROUND The City of Eugene adopted Ordinance 19603 in 1989, making significant changes to the solid waste and recycling system. The ordinance established the following: 1.Rates to be set by Administrative Order, within a minimum-maximum rate range; 2.Additional collection practices to encourage recycling, with the recycling rebate as part of the ordinance; and 3.A limitation on the number of licenses to those haulers licensed in 1989. Since 1989, the City Council has periodically reviewed the structure of the solid waste and recycling system in Eugene; most recently in 2001. Those reviews resulted in consistent direction from the City Council to maintain the existing solid waste and recycling collection system. Other council actions have included the adoption of a bi-weekly curbside collection yard debris program in 2000, direction by council in 2001 to the City Manager to blend residential and commercial expenses for the purposes of rate calculation, and council adoption in 2002 of an ordinance rewriting the City Code to move operational issues for waste and recycling collection to administrative rule (Attachment A). For a summary of the rate-setting history see Attachment B. A variety of solid waste collection systems exist in Oregon. Many communities, such as Springfield and single franchised hauler West Linn, are served by a . In this type of system, only one hauler is contracted to collect solid waste. A competitive procurement process typically takes place at the end of Exclusive franchise territories the contract term. are another common collection system and also use a competitive procurement process. These exist in many areas of the state, including Portland and Salem. The community is divided into distinct districts and haulers are given the authority to collect within open competition those boundaries. A third system type is which allows anyone to collect in an area. Regulations are essentially non-existent and rates are set by haulers. This system exists in the rural areas of Lane County. L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070813\S070813B.doc