Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Budget to Provide Funds for the Purpose of Purchasing Trash and Recycling Carts and to Provide Public Education
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance Available Resources to Accommodate the Growth and Maintenance Needs of the City);
Enhance the Quality of Life on McKinney
(5E: Develop sustainable quality of life improvements in the City of McKinney)
MEETING DATE: June 4, 2024
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
CONTACT: Steve Tilton, Assistant City Manager
Ryan Gillingham, Public Works Director
Eric Hopes, Environmental Services Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approve ordinance
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Ordinance amends the Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Annual Budget to provide funding for the purchase of trash and recycling carts and to provide public education.
• The necessary funding will come from the Solid Waste Fund balance and reimbursement from a grant received from The Recycling Partnership.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The City issued solicitation (23-11RFP) Solid Waste & Recycling Collection and Recycling Processing Services on December 11, 2022.
• The City requested pricing in the RFP for the purchase of 95-gallon carts on behalf of the City.
• The City Council authorized a contract with Frontier Waste Solutions on August 15, 2023, which included the purchase of 95-gallon carts with the City retaining ownership.
• The City will purchase new trash and recycling carts for the new franchise agreement for solid waste collection with Frontier Waste.
• The City will retain ownership of 131,879 residential and commercial trash and recycling carts.
• Grant funding from The Recycling Partnership will reimburse $15 per residential recycling cart for the carts purchase with a funding cap of $870,000, and $2 per household for public education for a total combined amount of $986,000. No funding match is required for this grant.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Ordinance amends the Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Annual Budget to provide funding for the purchase of trash and recycling carts and to provide public education.
• The total amount of the amendment in the Solid Waste Fund will be for $7,096,718:
o $3,659,448 for trash carts
o $3,321,270 for recycling carts
o $116,000 for public education
• The City will receive grant reimbursement of $870,000 ($15 per cart based on 58,000 carts) for residential recycling carts purchase and $116,000 ($2 per household based on 58,000 households) for public education from The Recycling Partnership for a total amount of $986,000. No funding match is required for this grant.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A