Submitted By
Rob Sproule, Public Works Director
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Delay the Implementation of the Fall Leaf Collection Program Transition to the Bagging Model from 2024 to 2025 and Directing Staff to Prepare the Necessary Ordinance and Any Related Documents
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Overview
Overview
Trustee Enyia has brought a motion to delay the implementation of the Fall Leaf Collection Program transition to a bagging model from 2024 to 2025. The motion was seconded by Trustee Parakkat.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
This motion was initiated by the Village Board. Staff has no recommendation.
Background
On April 30, 2024, the Village Board approve ordinance chances and an amendment to the agreement with the Village's Waste Hauler to change the Fall Leaf Collection Program option from a loose-leaf street-based collection to a bagging program beginning in the Fall of 2024.
The motion presented by Trustee Enyia and seconded by Trustee Parakkat proposed to delay the implementation of the bagging program to the fall of 2025. The fall leaf collection program for the fall of 2024 would return to the historic loose-leaf street-based collection program.
Staff engaged the Village's waste hauler, Lakeshore Recycling Services (LRS) on the feasibility of an additional contract amendment to revert back to the historic model of leaf collection for 2024. LRS is unable to guarantee that they can provide a fall leaf collection program for 2024 with the historic model. Upon approval of the contract amendment to transition to the bagging model for the 2024 fall leaf collection program in April (RES 24-180), LRS began taking steps to assure they had the equipment and staff in place to meet the new program needs. This included cancelling their special equipment agreement and reallocating resources towards the purchase of an additional collection truck. LRS has also made significant staffing changes to sup...
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