09-11-17 Public Works and Property Vacation

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O�SpU T11 N U d W PEACE S 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER,CITY CLERK PUBLIC WORKS & PROPERTY VACATION SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 3:30 P.M. Committee Members Present: John Voorde, Jo M. Broden, Gavin Ferlic Committee Members Absent: Randy Kelly Other Council Present: Karen White, Tim Scott, Oliver Davis Other Council Absent: Dr. David Varner, Regina Williams-Preston Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer Presenters: Jitin Kain, Mike Bronstetter Agenda: Substitute Bill No. 53-17-Addressing Special Fees and Procedures related to Solid Waste Committee Chair John Voorde called to order the Public Works and Property Vacation Committee at 3:30 p.m. He introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the presenters. Substitute Bill No. 53-17-Addressine Special Fees and Procedures related to Solid Waste Jitin Kain, Deputy Public Works Director with offices on the 13'floor of the County-City Building, stated, This substitute bill proposes a few changes that we are recommending to clean up the language in the current ordinance. We are proposing some reduction in rates for yard waste as well as a few new rates. These are implemented to reduce the abuse of the program and will not impact the regular rate payer for the solid waste and garbage program. We currently offer weekly yard waste pick-up and if you would like an extra pick-up,residents have to call for that pick-up. The fee for that is twenty dollars ($20)per cubic yard and we are reducing that to ten dollars ($10) a cubic yard. A cubic yard is defined as ten(10)thirty(3 0) gallon paper bags. We are trying to make it easier for people. We currently have a container replacement fee of fifty dollars ($50). We are proposing a change where if the customer can show proof, in the form of a police report,that the container was stolen the fee will be waived for the first time. We added a return trip fee of ten dollars ($10). If a resident forgets to put the trash out and cannot wait until the next trash pick-up day, you can call the crew and it would be ten dollars ($10). If the resident claims their house was missed, we have a way of telling with our software system that tracks each truck stop. We added a contamination fee as well. Often times we'll see regular trash in the yard waste bins. It is a challenge for our crews because we then have to separate the yard waste from the regular trash because we cannot take regular trash to our organic resources facility. We 455 County-City Building-227 W.Jefferson Boulevard-South Bend,Indiana 46601 Phone 574-235-9221 -Fax 574-235-9173-TDD 574-235-5567-www.SouthBendrN.gov JENNIFER M.COFFMAN ALKEYNA M.ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK OPERATIONS