CCMtg02-17-92WSMinj,ONGWOOD CITY C SSION
PEERUARY 1"!,01992
Present. Mayor Adrienne P rry
Deputy Mayor R
mmissioner CSancidlC ith
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naldsl.nT rryedCity A inrstrator
ambrie City Clerkdm
SeckyPVOSe, city Attorney
1. Mayor Perry called a work Session to order at 6:oD P.M.
z. DI SCU55 SOLID WASTE CONTRACT (ORD. 9"15 AND oAD. 91-1o60)
Mayor P rry asked t whetner they wished to hear
from the Attorney first or commentsofrom the Commissron.
estra nd said although he had a umber of
questionslsheoasked that the Attorney explain her letter first.
Attorney V aid she w o look a whether the
inq o e #975 w ething which wouldo require I
w~ {hoot a endment, to pickau the household garbage separate f
e tard mt he said pafter Looking at the Ordinance and
u e the Statute required Pat m nrcipalit ies and
unties e negotiations with the people uwho pick up their
trash to also pick up recyclables. She said that same year a
o qet w ecyclables, although he w
Dr finance was i e r an as
the t that t a possibility o separation
requerements, mere were no details as to now thisuwould be done.
Aiforney V a.id her u after r rch.i ng the
my w eople~w
negotiation a, t ek purpose no
koe ar yclable isasue nand a noJanuthey knew 9s e tnyay noulda likely
cc regarding separat ionlo am 1 19 w s t possible
~ cipa ~a w oaa nocuia b a ~roay~~n oto oe~ws
s9os.t she ~a she a minx fine city o ma onpfox
up yard tea sh separately from the garbage. Sne said she also
looked back Ordinance #774, which prepared prior to
ordinance #9k 5~, and the State passed any of the
regu lotions Yegard ing the recycling or the yard tra but that was
no different.
Mayor P rey opened the m ing t estion s, and s
o questions. She a Page h
ragraph B of Ordinance #9"J5hea asked[AttorneyuV Lof
ant one jnst moos, what tnanw axtraorainaryam nwtne
paragraph "Dxiraorainary x Aaia c ent" ana also, the ao : part
which n neae nanieee`s ragaeat analih~ontain
substantial proofs a d tjustif ication to support the n d for the
rate adjustment". Mayor P rry said what we have to decide is nave
wed substantial proof and justification foe the rate
aain~tme~t.
nay v ordinary ana u aal
additional rate adj ustment,enshe et ought xthey w e to lking nabout
and a e the C adjustment. ashe d t think
ould have b n possible for anyoneSa
calling for n g the yard t the landfill to knowawnat
ail a x agreed that i mainly would have been better
if i. to cou la nave been ani icipated ce
There w aaai.t Tonal discussion r arai ng the extraordinary
race adjustment and Deputy Mayor Ande[sogn s a previous tape
ing an April meeting there was discus si on drelating to the epi
Adjustment rate.
Attorney V aid different types o
the CPIerelated[o andsthe eu ordinary i which
related t etneir c Hey eV -
nChapterr6 which r .sea at lot of sections
nthe 5 regarding solid 3wa ste, ands very specif icalLy la is
rulestf ecycling that w almost i meaiately effective,
andnt erairected Cities eana C s to m h people
who Haul their trash to r ntheir P nch isees s that
they would take c of t cycling. The s e law provided
that i legal a of S dry 1, 1 ]. to dispose of Yard t ash
with housenola refuse. Shenc uea9t the r
hapter e - ould have been impossible. t
foresee w ould rc effectt w ith said she
thought IWS knew thate there w ery mgooao chance this would
happen, because there were so few options.
r Lowest ra nd t o paraphrased o e #9"15, Page
Ctneyf o pa ra graphs,e ref erring to 4 Chapter a -
05(9), aid h
ontract, a and and
Hey V regardingewording eof The Statute1 obut agreement as to
the mean[ngs of same was not reached.
Commassaoner Love..irand referred to the word "probability" on
Page 2 the I t paragraph i ney V s letter to the
~~ ssioe%t red inV "as of ardy 23, 9z s probability
mcayarantiraandw la nave co ee alt wicn~~the
and e t does not say probability Attorneyev aid tnac
w tour years ago that the Department w s goi ngst ify
unlined landfill r nole c my f ash. espond ing to
and sl question, A neyrV a yes, i
e things th to would have been important if they did know before
they wrote Ordinance #9'15.
estra nd asked whys e did n call the parties
volvedminsthee contract and A ney Richard Taylor, a why s
rry. d he w City Clerk a that
times, the prepared the o ryhe e athe negotiations with
bels and M Holt,rhendealt withal and knows what the i ent
aid he a ended meetings of the Solid w
my a Ordinance Y9~5 w o prepareefor
e=roii~g t ,Inlr 1 and
drhe spoke to the foemereMayor who said hemremembers discussron
oflyard trash also.
and said A ney v s letter s
wayr thew City o the F nch isee could a cipatethe
requirements for yard t ash and A ney V aid that w
oed ing t The Statute wethad a tilsl o provide
for19regul tions. r Lovestrand nail 5 had the.i.r
lobbyists working on this and the IWS atto neys helped w e the
law so wer very c ee 1 198tl He hee COP oceeded n ead a
solution, edited O toper 1 by t sty, whicnti effect
Tnat local s nagement and recycling planning
process is formally declared to have begun upon adoption of this,
All municipalities are fully invited to participate in the
planning,
TDey a ing up a r-governmental Task Force on
solid waste Ma agement and Recycling,
embership i e from ¢a ch m cipality, a utlined
duties to De performed by each membeeof the Task Force. He said
IWS wa., also a member.
aid he also and erlocal
Agreementrsigned byLihe sC.ity o itnft my nw
utlining t my a cepts wresponsibility for etnis
solid waste and fora allDt ecycl r9ng, and obligates t
oper and repar nag em
system~ot referredmt of m
unt asks Fo ~ ach nes ob [e nn edof rom Sem no lde Cou~tytn andotne
omp P g collection isposal sites a d
solidywas ands readl several portions from these minutes.
r Lo~estrana a sea Attorney v aia if w
meow f ertain that flw5 and dthe City were aware athe requiree
is £ cseparation o tyard trash and household t sh at the time
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of the c ntract isn't t at si
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this was public knowledge and it w
if he could
proventhat
and the City of Longwood u rstood atnese requirements a the
City A hey understood and deliberately designed this Ordindance
h full rknowledge to protect Longwood t at: yard trash
was separated and removed would that convince her.
Attorney V aid s not understand t it s untied
like this would nave beenha discussion i m givingtt soptions a
did not s anti final, bvt C estra rid said i says
separated" and it w s fr ail si eadva r from Richard
Tay lore onf irm.i rig he w s aLOngwood City Attorneytw Ordinance
#9]5 w scpreparea and adopted, a made s ral modifica-
tions to Che original draft a t aid to dequately protect the
ity of Longwood's i and said he
ould copy st ertoo then
ana c vea ereaaityrf e lexcer ew
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ontemplated, negotiated and provided for i the
contract defies
all logic and e. He also read another paragraph
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crier, of va=a w ana ine separate reov=line portion a
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the date of separation of the yaea waste was aanuare 1, 992.
ail said s otF parties i volvea a
nappyCV ithstne naeal they have, theeb
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go out and get n w prices. aia
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la st couple
of
negotiations h begun with tI Ss for a able price a hey
n $.0 o go b aia
negotiable, but ifcnoT Swe thave to take a differentoroute
andibe
in to ork on it
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.
when C asked why they mould a cept any
whenm they nh sadequa to c which I ought t
live ape t ail s hey as led t
ord~i rigs to this pc and i uld nc tneas
Fey a act onlyw~ s for ea r year
anethree m nths at and asked why theyeshoula
the F ail said there a mplaints
erywhere, I so beenm aping ao good job a if w w get a
workable agreement why s art all over ayainnwi to a new company.
itF
stone said inat tes norm eFio on foi
an extraordainary Fra to adjustment, a do t think t s could
I
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Howe been a o mey neea to lice ny nne oontrace.
~; sne Sara aheesees no reason eo impoae an rnaease.
Mayor p rrr a agrees witn c r Pearl - what i
at hana, h sy tem ei ork ing presentlya,ow e peop l.e i
ongwood w and what i ary. She said asne thinks $a.00
is extraora inary but noes not think^$.as is extraorarnary so that's
rry said You nave all read the n wspapers. ery City
o prepare a heyF w all
embers of the Solid Waste Task Force and rtheir sordinance language
is srm filar to ours.
arl said he did n t like t ither,
but thinkssi ou ldebe O if a hthe^contract could
be n q rated to fix the rate at $.89t with some other changes, and
_ rzy said w n $.89 i and unlimited yard t ash which i
~~ eeded in the s montnsedshe thought e erything rw r. balanced
out. m ssr eitn said this w rn and she did
r' of t innm to ctos ouia go along wrth rt ana ~Iws cshouia irve up to
theirnco tr
mayor p
aecisonecould rn tnbe made nt night, a n be po. tpo ed u tilctne
oek 5 and she i input from any interested nparties
before the lath of February ea
Meeting adjourned at 6.50 F. M.
Mayor, Crty of Longw od, Flori.da
City Clerk