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File #: Res.0343-17    Version: A Name: Programs for Collecting and Disposing Yard Debris and Green or Brown Waste
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/3/2017 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 5/22/2018 Final action: 6/5/2018
Title: Programs for Collecting and Disposing Yard Debris and Green or Brown Waste Resolved, that a City-wide mini leaf collection service the second full week of each month from May through September, with residents placing their yard waste and properly prepared brush/branches (cut no greater than 4-feet long, no branch greater than 4-inches in diameter, and bundled no greater than 2-feet in diameter with twine or rope) in the gutters of their street is approved. Further resolved, that instructions for the disposal of invasive species be provided to Racine residents. Fiscal Note:The estimated $70,000 per year incremental equipment cost to perform five city-wide “Mini Leaf Collections” was included in the 2018 city operating budget under Org 22140 Object 52210, Property/Equipment Rental; and was offset by a $2.60 increase in the annual Recycling Fee reflected in a $70,000 increase in Org 22140 Object 46435, Charges for Services. Implementing “Mini Leaf Collections” will prevent four workers...
Sponsors: Q.A. Shakoor II
Related files: 660-17

Sponsor

Alderman Shakoor

 

Title

Programs for Collecting and Disposing Yard Debris and Green or Brown Waste

 

Resolved, that a City-wide mini leaf collection service the second full week of each month from May through September, with residents placing their yard waste and properly prepared brush/branches (cut no greater than 4-feet long, no branch greater than 4-inches in diameter, and bundled no greater than 2-feet in diameter with twine or rope) in the gutters of their street is approved.

 

Further resolved, that instructions for the disposal of invasive species be provided to Racine residents.

 

Fiscal Note:The estimated $70,000 per year incremental equipment cost to perform five city-wide “Mini Leaf Collections” was included in the 2018 city operating budget under Org 22140 Object 52210, Property/Equipment Rental; and was offset by a $2.60 increase in the annual Recycling Fee reflected in a $70,000 increase in Org 22140 Object 46435, Charges for Services. Implementing “Mini Leaf Collections” will prevent four workers from being reassigned to the Street Maintenance Division for a total of five weeks during the summer construction season, reducing the anticipated increase in labor available to perform street maintenance activities resulting from the semi-automation of solid waste collection by 23%.