Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Request, Accept, and Implement a Residential Curbside Recycling Cart Grant from The Recycling Partnership, Inc.
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2A: Balance Available Resources to Accommodate the Growth and Maintenance Needs of the City);
Enhance the Quality of Life on McKinney
(5D: Develop sustainable quality of life improvements in the City of McKinney)
MEETING DATE: February 20, 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 the Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The Resolution authorizes the City Manager to request, accept, and implement the grant award to receive supplemental funds to purchase residential recycling carts and to provide education and outreach.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The Residential Curbside Recycling Cart Grant Program aims to advance recycling in communities across the U.S. by offering financial assistance.
• The grant will offset the purchase cost of residential recycling carts for the new franchise agreement with Frontier Waste.
• The City will purchase and retain ownership of residential recycling carts for approx. 58,000 single-family households.
• The funding will provide $15 per recycling cart for the carts purchase with a funding cap of $750,000, and $1 per household for public education and outreach.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• $800,000.00. There is no funding match required for this grant.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A