02-23-2026 - Agenda Packet City Council - Work Session

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❑ Basic hauler reporting requirements Require haulers to provide information to the City and/or County: data required by the county and the State, and other data as defined by the City. ❑ Multi -unit and commercial containers Require that multi -unit residential and commercial properties have containers for trash and recyclables. If the City does not furnish carts, language may be changed to require collectors to furnish containers. A city may wish to reference their zoning code here. ❑ Waste Processing Designate a preferred facility in the license between the city and waste haulers. Cities that simply license haulers to operate in their city may not legally require waste/recyclables to be taken to a specific processing facility but may share the city/county/regional/state perspective on preferable facilities. Better Ordinance/License Practices ➢ See the Better License Template for legal language that would be adopted by ordinance and included in the license -- see Services Agreement Template -- a city issues to solid waste/recycling hauler(s). ❑ The Good practices Include all the Good ordinance/license practices: background checks for haulers, daily hauling districts, multi -material collection, volume -based pricing, hauler fee transparency, basic hauler reporting, multi -unit and commercial containers, and ordinance/license enforcement. ❑ Solid Waste Standards Authorize the City Administrator or Manger to develop standards, which allow for timely changes of items such as the types of recyclables collected or hours of operation, through an administrative process, instead of through an ordinance process. ❑ Commercial licenses Require licensing of haulers of wastes from businesses and multifamily properties. ❑ Maximum number of residential hauling licenses Cap the number of residential hauling licenses at the number in place on a date selected by the City, with licenses in subsequent years contingent on serving a minimum number of residential accounts. A city may determine however that maintaining a minimum of 2-3 haulers provides the benefit of competition that would otherwise be assured if the city organized garbage collection and issued a periodic RFP for services. ❑ Bi-weekly garbage collection / weekly recyclables collection Require residential haulers to set 4 cart size/frequency categories, with prices for service varying by the size of the container (approximately 30, 60 and 90-gallons) and frequency of pick-up. A "very small generator" category is established: a 30-gallon (approximately) cart collected every other week. There should be at least a 35% difference between the prices of the 4 cart size/frequency categories. Bi-weekly garbage collection pairs nicely with weekly recyclables collection (and adding organics collection). Ordinance/License BMPs (Oct. 2015) Page 2 26