2015-11-10 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                       10 NOVEMBER 2015


                                                                                            ATTACHMENT 1
Essential Decisions required for drafting the Waste Contract
Tender. (Includes Council decisions on Community Jury
Recommendations).


                                                                                   Council Workshop
                                                                                   Decision 28/9/2015
Serviced Area Mandated Garden Waste Service
Rural Towns Serviced:
       Cooroy, Pomona, Boreen Point, Cooran                                        Yes
       Kin Kin                                                                     No
     Areas such as urban Lake Cooroibah                                            Yes
     North Shore                                                                   No
Rural Residential Areas and Rural Areas                                            No
Should we introduce a local law that prevents GO in the general waste bin          No local law –
for unserviced areas – i.e. they must compost garden waste, self-haul to           Encourage
landfill or use a gardening service to deliver segregated garden waste to          Composting
landfill.

Serviced Residential Properties and Minimum Service Levels
Single Residential premises in Urban areas 1 x 240litre                            Yes
Duplex – 1 x 240 litre shared                                                      Yes
Residential Units – share 1 x 240 litre per 4 units Or 60 litre capacity/unit in   Yes
bulk bins fortnightly
Mixed Residential/Commercial combined developments - Optional                      Yes
Increased Service frequency and less bins for larger developments coastal          Yes
areas (Bulk bins, wheelie bins)
Phase out 140 litre wheelie bins in new contract - 240                             Yes

Commercial and Industrial Premises
Optional GO service for Commercial and Industrial Premises in Serviced             Yes
Areas
Bulk GO bins 1100 litre low noise for larger unit developments                     No

Exemptions from GO Service
Incapacitated Service Policy – Include GO Collected on property if Doctors         No Exemption
Certificate provided of occupiers incapacity
Hastings Street Residential Premises – (Access issues)                             Yes – No GO service
Resident claims to compost garden waste and wants exemption                        No Exemption

Charging Policy
Single 3 bin waste charge for single dwellings in serviced area                    Yes
Single 2 bin charge (waste and Recycling) for rural, commercial and                Yes
industrial properties.

Collection Fleet
New vehicles required at start of Contract                                         Yes
Collection Vehicle for GO to have Stainless Steel Body for Corrosion               Yes
Smaller vehicle available for servicing confined streets in urban areas            Yes
Council to approve the paint scheme on the collection vehicles to impress          Yes
the need to reduce organic waste to landfill.
Council pays for the cost of new wheelie bins and their delivery (Use carbon       Yes
tax Revenue)
Contractor pays for the supply and cost of BULK GO bins                            No Bulk Bins
Contractor pays for the maintenance of all bins during the contract                Yes
Council owns all bins at the end of the contract                                   Yes


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