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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> No. 04-143 <br /> September 15, 2004 <br /> TO: Mayor Paul Osbome and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager rn� <br /> Dane C. Bragg,Assistant City Managei�� <br /> SUBJECT: Recycling Contract <br /> SUNiMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the attached five- <br /> year recycling contract with Suburban Disposal & Recycling, Inc. to provide curbside <br /> residential recycling. <br /> The new contract will continue the current level of service for weekly curbside pickup of <br /> sorted recyclables including paper, newspaper, magazines, plastic, glass and aluminum. <br /> Through discussions with the contractor, sorted items will no longer be required to be <br /> placed only in paper sacks;paper or plastic sacks will be acceptable. <br /> The fee for service is scheduled to increase 3.5 percent, or $0.05 per month, to $1.45 <br /> monthly per household, effective October 1, 2004. Subsequent annual increases or <br /> decreases, based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPn, will take ei�ect each <br /> October 1 for the remaining four(4)years of the contract. There has not been an increase <br /> in the recycling fee for the past five (5) years. <br /> BACKGROUND: The current recycling contract will expire September 30, 2004. At <br /> the direction of the Council, staff has negotiated an extension of the current contract and <br /> existing levels of service with Suburban. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: N/A. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: N/A. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Dane Bragg at <br /> 424-2727 or dbra��(cr�decaturnet.org. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: Recycling fees are collected in the quarterly <br /> municipal utility billing and paid to the contractor upon provision of service. <br />