From
Bryce Davis, Purchasing Manager
Title
Agreement for Solid Waste and Recycling Hauling Cost of Service Study from NewGen Strategies & Solutions in the amount of $72,500 through a national interlocal agreement with HGAC
Presenter
Patricia D. B. Redfearn, Ph.D., Solid Waste and Recycling Manager
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Since 1962, the company currently doing business as Republic Services of Arlington has provided solid waste collection services for the City of Grand Prairie. This has included both commercial and residential garbage, and since 2000, residential recycling. The residential collection service provided is twice weekly bag collection, while recycling is collected once per week from 18-gallon open-top bins.
The current franchise agreement between Republic Waste Services and the City, which expires October 17, 2028, allows a once per year request for a rate increase. Since 2009, the request has been made every year that the agreement was not up for renewal.
These requests are frequently made “across the board,” but in several years, they have been weighted heavier to the commercial and industrial customers in order to mitigate impact to the residential customers.
These rate increase requests must be evaluated by the City’s chief financial officer, who provides a recommendation about the merit of the request. Several documents are required to make this evaluation possible. Per the City Charter, these documents include, balance sheets, and income and expense statements for the past three years, a schedule of fixed assets, a schedule showing the effects of the proposed increase on the revenues of the business and a schedule showing the known and measurable changes anticipated for the next fiscal year, which will affect revenues and expenses. In the 2009 franchise renewal, the requirement for an audit was removed. Since that time, it has been difficult to difficult to fully evaluate the need for the request against a prefer...
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