Agenda - Council - 10/28/2025 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Councilmember Buscher said she does not have a preference for whether they go with an RFP or bids. Mayor Heineman noted that this has been the system for a while and while he likes the freedom that an open hauler system would provide, he thinks the current system is working well and is not as hard on the roads. He said he would like to get three bids. City Administrator Hagen asked how long they would like the contracts to be. Councilmember Stewart suggested another five-year contract since there will be a new requirement come 2030 for organics recycling. Senior Planner Anderson said they would need this contract to end in 2029 to give Council and Staff time to discuss what they will do in 2030 and beyond. Councilmember Buscher stated she hopes the current Council will discuss how they would like to approach the organics recycling requirement and not just pass it off to whoever will be on the next Council. Senior Planner Anderson asked if the discretion for who to request bids from will be left up to Staff. Mayor Heineman said yes. Councilmember Specht said it would be interesting to know during the bidding process what percentage of their materials they are able to recycle versus dispose of. Mayor Heineman asked if they would like to ask the companies that they are requesting bids from to include a price analysis if users were to opt -out. City Administrator Hagen said he is not sure what this would look like from a utility billing standpoint. Senior Planner Anderson explained that ACE bills the City on a monthly basis based on the number of households and he gets an updated count of households on a quarterly basis. Councilmember Buscher shared that she was opposed to the option to opt -out. Councilmember Stewart agreed. The consensus of the Council was to stay with a single hauler system and request three bids for service with a contract ending on December 31, 2029.