04/22/1991 - Minutes UTILITY & FRANCHISE COMMITTEE MINUTES
April 22, 1991
1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL:
Present: Gerry McReynolds, Chairman
Thomas Sullivan
Elden Wogen
Don Jacobs
Mike Leichner, Pride Disposal Company
Tom Miller, Miller Sanitary Service
Larry Schmidt, Schmidt's Sanitary Service
Liz Newton, City staff member - until 7: 30 PM
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 3/18/91
Consensus of Committee was to approve minutes as amended.
Amendments included an amendment to 6a to add the word "not" in
the fifth line between "profit" and "bell , and change 7b to note
a 24% increase or $68.00 per ton.
4. RATE STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENT DISCUSSION
Consensus of Committee was to authorize Chairman McReynolds to
meet with Wayne Lowry & Loreen Edin to determine what the pass
through should be spread to residential customers only. The
information should be faxed to the haulers and prepared for the
5/21 Council packets at the same time it is prepared for the
5/20 Committee packets.
Discussion was held regarding whether rates should be set for
loose containers based on the weight of the containers.
Consensus of the Committee was to not require weighing of the
containers at this time since it would be very expensive for
the haulers to retrofit trucks and in some cases buy new trucks
that could not be retrofitted.
5. SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE UPDATE
Consensus of Committee was to tentatively approve the ordinance
update with the following amendments:
0 11.04.040, B, 3 - change the name John to Larry Schmidt.
0 11.04.100, A, 1, j - correct typo availability "or"
equipment to "of".
0 11.04.105, C, 7 - delete subsection 7 and renumber 8 as
#7.
0 11.04.130, A - change the word "may" to "shall" in the
sentence proposed to be added regarding public hearings.
It was noted that this would be brought back to the Committee
for final review at the 5/20 meeting. Legal Counsels for the
City and haulers will be reviewing further.
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6. ILLEGAL HAULING COMPLAINT
Chairman McReynolds reported that there was hauling occurring
by the theaters in a truck which used to belong to a third-
party hauler in the area. This item was referred to the Code
Enforcement Officer for further action.
A letter was received from Mr. Jeff Hepler regarding behavior
of an employee of Schmidt's Sanitary Service. Larry Schmidt
noted that the employee had been let go and didn't anticipate
the problems continuing. Staff was to followup and report back
to Mr. Hepler.
7. WASHINGTON COUNTY WASTESHED UPDATE
Chairman McReynolds noted items were in the packet for the
Committee's information. If there were questions, they should
be directed to Loreen Edin.
8. OTHER BUSINESS
Chairman McReynolds noted that in order for the Committee to
accomplish all it needed to over the next year, that perhaps it
would be helpful to have subcommittees assigned to do research
and report back to the U&F Committee as a whole. He suggested
subcommittees to review the following areas: public education,
recycling, yard debris, & hazardous waste. This suggestion
will be discussed at a future meeting of the Committee when
more members are present.
9. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Utility & Franchise Committee went into
Executive Session at 8:50 PM under the provisions of ORS
192.660 (1) (f) & (h) to consider records that were exempt from
public inspection and current/pending litigation.
10. ADJOURNMENT: 9:00 PM
Minutes prepared by Gerry McReynolds
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