HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/90CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES
May 7, 1990
5:45 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Members present: Mayor McKinley, Buck, Brown, Budak,
Wright, Dell, and Fox.
The agenda, as proposed was approved. Motion carried.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the reorganization
and contracting alternatives for solid waste collection.
Public Works Director John Meyer distributed information
on four concerns prepared by Municipal Laborers Local
#353 regarding the reorganization and/or contracting
alternatives. Mr. Meyer reported that the Council would
open bids Eor contracting but would riot award the contract
tonight. It is anticipated that a Work Session will be
scheduled on May 14th to allow both the reorganization plans
and the bids to be discussed. Mr. Meyer provided an
overview of the employee impact and listed the bargaining
unit agreements that have been reached concerning various
issues.
Mr. Meyer stated that five bids have been received for solid
waste collection services including bids from Waste
Management of Iowa, Black Hawk Waste, BFI, Inc., Denver
Construction, and Peterson Cont:.ractois. Various bids are
being requested including a base bid which allows for a
four-day pickup schedule, a performance bond in the amount
of $750,000 and a $5 million umbrella. Alternate lA allows
the contractor to select his own scheduLe of collection with
the same insurance coverage as the base bid. Alternate ].B
is a deduct from the base bid or Alternate lA requiring a $1
million umbrella liability and a $300,000 performance bond.
The net bid amount that is required to meet the cost of the
organization plan is $1,561,365. Mr. Meyer explained that
the changes in the insurance coverage was proposed by the
bidders after a pre-bid conference and allows more
flexibility in the bidding procedure.
Discussion was heard concerning the potential impacts on
minority employment in the Street and Sanitation Department.
A major obstacle is the driving record of individuals on and
off the job. Many of the disciplinary procedures are
negotiated items with the bargaining unit. Considerable
progress has been made to evaluate employee performance.
Various council members expressed a concern that stronger
management philosophies be enforced in the event of poor
employee performance.
If the contracting alternative is not approved, work must:
begin immediately on ordering equipment to allow the City to
go forward with its garbage solid waste collection plan.
Steve Piper, representing Laborers Local 4353, disputed
information presented by Public Works Director, John Meyer,
including his projected unemployment costs. He stated that
the unemployment per individual. is much higher than
calculated in the plan. Be also stated that there is a
greatr savings to reorganization than stated by Mr. Meyer
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