City Council Agenda and Packet 2019 03 05

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City Council Meeting Minutes February 12, 2019 Page 8 of 12 Director Kowar stated he had two clarifications. He stated tried to keep it positive and the common topics show both companies are capable. He clarified the RFP language did ask for the 32 gallon increment cost. Staff thinks the embedded option will be the better option. Staff is willing to bring more information back at a later date if needed. Councilmember Loo stated residents trust her to make the right decisions. She stated Western must be gratified by the positive endorsements for keeping their services for another five years. That said, she was appalled Western put politics into the process and felt it was unethical. The bid process should provide a fair opportunity without political maneuvering. Council's job is the get the best value for our citizens. Most in the public don't know Western is the more expensive option, in some cases up to 30%. She supports the bid process and felt we should not stay with the same company all the time, but encourage competition to find the best value. We do not want a monopoly situation. We have two choices and both are good, but she will vote to support Republic with much better pricing. Councilmember Stolzmann thanked people for their emails and comments. People care about customer service, reliable pick up, and environmental sustainability. Both companies can do this. People were concerned about large -item pick up and it is included in both. Pay -as -you -throw is important so people are rewarded for reducing trash. Both have great add ins. Councilmember Stolzmann stated the Utility Committee talked a lot about extra bins and pricing and ways to encourage people to reduce the waste stream overall. There is a clear incentive for the Republic bid to do this. Western did not bid a 100% increment. We want to meet sustainability goals and provide good prices. She supports the embedded structure with Republic. The bid that scored the highest in the embedded service was Republic. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he agreed the embedded strategy will advance sustainability goals. He has concerns with asking people to bundle their woody materials separately but is not doing this important enough to pay more. How will people react to that change? He thinks asking for bundling is a detriment to composting. People put all woody materials into the compost and don't want to bundle and some of it will end up in the trash. Based on what we have here he is not sure this is the best option or worth changing the process. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton was disappointed in getting lots of emails based on limited information. We need to do a better job getting the information out. It was a missed opportunity. We can do a better job on these types of issues. Councilmember Keany stated he is a proponent of the embedded system; he thinks it will get a better diversion rate if people can get larger carts for no charge. He thinks making a