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Sep 28, 2010
Transcription of the clip from http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1470916890383&ref=mf:
Caller 1:
There was a complete step skipped in the way this was put on the ballot. And you guys were not given a choice to say “Yes” or “No,” “We will adopt this” or “We will not adopt this.”
Carrie Carroll:
Thank you for the call and I’m going to disagree on that statement because we actually did have a chance if we wanted to enact the ordinance that evening that we brought it forward. Ahm, in fact, I sponsored the bill along with, ah, there were five of us on the council who sponsored the bill to move it forward on the ballot and we had absolutely every opportunity at that moment if we had chosen to go ahead and enact the ordinance at that time. Basically the citizens gathered enough signatures. They were certified, brought before the council and we had two choices: either to enact the ordinance or place it on the ballot, and we made the choice, that in this case, rather than enact it, and, and some cities do, but we felt we would like to see this, ah, brought forward. And in fact, it was unanimously, ah, council to bring it forward to a vote of the people and, and we could have enacted it that evening and some people might say, “Hey, that’s the council’s job. It’s a public health issue. Bring it forward.” But I feel it was brought forward by the citizens and I, I think we need to get it in front of the citizens.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Ray Walker to me
The attachment can go on the blog! It is a matter of public record but obtained after making a second request. a sunshine law complaint has been filed because it was NOT available until after the second request was made. complaint was filed before knowing the document had been sent. Doesn't matter because it wasn't there in the first place as it should have been!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Powell, Phyllis
Date: Wed, Sep 22
Mr. Walker, attached is the record you requested which I have just received. If you need anything else, please let me know.
Phyllis Powell, CMC
City Clerk
320 E. McCarty Street
Jefferson City MO 65101
(573) 634-6311
(573) 634-6329 fax
This is where you should be able to see the document Ray Walker received--but I cannot copy and paste it.
Is this another example of the city not giving information out in a timely manner?
It should be known that the city is now going to give Allied Waste a 320,000 dollar discount--or give back.
If anyone can give me a link where I can copy and paste--I will place the document Ray sent me on a future blog.
The attachment can go on the blog! It is a matter of public record but obtained after making a second request. a sunshine law complaint has been filed because it was NOT available until after the second request was made. complaint was filed before knowing the document had been sent. Doesn't matter because it wasn't there in the first place as it should have been!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Powell, Phyllis
Date: Wed, Sep 22
Mr. Walker, attached is the record you requested which I have just received. If you need anything else, please let me know.
Phyllis Powell, CMC
City Clerk
320 E. McCarty Street
Jefferson City MO 65101
(573) 634-6311
(573) 634-6329 fax
This is where you should be able to see the document Ray Walker received--but I cannot copy and paste it.
Is this another example of the city not giving information out in a timely manner?
It should be known that the city is now going to give Allied Waste a 320,000 dollar discount--or give back.
If anyone can give me a link where I can copy and paste--I will place the document Ray sent me on a future blog.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Bill No. 2010-62
BILL SUMMARY
BILL NO: 2010-62
SPONSOR: Councilman Medin
SUBJECT: An Ordinance Submitting Proposed Ordinance Eliminating the Requirement that Trash Only be Collected by an Authorized Collector, as Submitted by an Initiative Petition from Registered Voters of the City of Jefferson, Missouri and Setting the Date for Such Election.
DATE INTRODUCED: September 7, 2010
Origin of Request: Citizen Petition
Department Responsible: Law Department
Person Responsible: NATHAN NICKOLAUS
Background Information: An initiative petition was received on this issue. The City Clerk has certified the petition. Under the provisions of the Charter the Council must either adopt the ordinance proposed by the initiative or submit it to the voters.
The Council must pass either this ordinance or its sister ordinance, which places the issue on the ballot, but cannot pass both.
Fiscal Information: Staff does not anticipate any direct costs from this ordinance. However, if this proposition is approved by the voters it will effectively terminate the current contract. The cost to the City from such an action will be approximately $30,000 per year. Costs to individuals
are difficult to predict. However, it is estimated that termination of the existing contract will increase individual trash costs from the current $15 per month to between $20 and $25 per month.
Contract/Ordinance Terms:
This ordinance submits the issue to the voters. This ordinance does not enact the proposal, merely sets a date for a public vote. If approved by a simple majority of voters, it will become an ordinance.
If adopted by the voters, anyone would be allowed to provide trash service for themselves or for anyone else, thus ending the current requirement that trash be collected by a vendor approved by the City.
Staff Recommendation: Approve. Approval of this ordinance, or an ordinance adopting the proposal, is required by the Charter.
BILL NO: 2010-62
SPONSOR: Councilman Medin
SUBJECT: An Ordinance Submitting Proposed Ordinance Eliminating the Requirement that Trash Only be Collected by an Authorized Collector, as Submitted by an Initiative Petition from Registered Voters of the City of Jefferson, Missouri and Setting the Date for Such Election.
DATE INTRODUCED: September 7, 2010
Origin of Request: Citizen Petition
Department Responsible: Law Department
Person Responsible: NATHAN NICKOLAUS
Background Information: An initiative petition was received on this issue. The City Clerk has certified the petition. Under the provisions of the Charter the Council must either adopt the ordinance proposed by the initiative or submit it to the voters.
The Council must pass either this ordinance or its sister ordinance, which places the issue on the ballot, but cannot pass both.
Fiscal Information: Staff does not anticipate any direct costs from this ordinance. However, if this proposition is approved by the voters it will effectively terminate the current contract. The cost to the City from such an action will be approximately $30,000 per year. Costs to individuals
are difficult to predict. However, it is estimated that termination of the existing contract will increase individual trash costs from the current $15 per month to between $20 and $25 per month.
Contract/Ordinance Terms:
This ordinance submits the issue to the voters. This ordinance does not enact the proposal, merely sets a date for a public vote. If approved by a simple majority of voters, it will become an ordinance.
If adopted by the voters, anyone would be allowed to provide trash service for themselves or for anyone else, thus ending the current requirement that trash be collected by a vendor approved by the City.
Staff Recommendation: Approve. Approval of this ordinance, or an ordinance adopting the proposal, is required by the Charter.
Bill 2010-67
BILL SUMMARY
BILL NO: 2010-67
SPONSOR: Councilwoman Carroll
SUBJECT: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to Execute an Amendment to the Solid
Waste and Recyclable Materials Collection and Removal Contract.
DATE INTRODUCED: September 20, 2010
Summary: This ordinance authorizes an amendment to the current trash contract which will reduce fees paid to the City but will preserve the current base rate paid by residents.
Background Information: Following approximately nine months of study and publicdiscussion, including an open bidding process, the City entered into a contract with Republic Waste Services to provide trash service to the residents of the citizens of the city. When the bid process was conducted the City estimated that their were approximately 14,000 single family residences in Jefferson City. After the first ten months of the contract
it appears that there are only 12,600 homes in Jefferson City. This has resulted in aconsiderable loss in revenue to Republic. Republic alleges, though the City denies, thatthis is a breech of the contract. Without either side admitting any wrongdoing, the parties have agreed to resolve this dispute by reducing the fees paid by Republic to the City. This
compromise will preserve the current base rate paid by Jefferson City citizens.
Fiscal Information: The City will relinquish up to $320,000 in fees which otherwise would have been paid. However, but for this agreement, fees to individual customers would have been increased by approximately $2.11 per month, or a total cost to citizens of $319,000.
Origin of Request: Litigation
Department Responsible: Law
Person Responsible: Charles Lansford and Nathan Nickolaus
Staff Recommendation: Approve
BILL NO: 2010-67
SPONSOR: Councilwoman Carroll
SUBJECT: Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to Execute an Amendment to the Solid
Waste and Recyclable Materials Collection and Removal Contract.
DATE INTRODUCED: September 20, 2010
Summary: This ordinance authorizes an amendment to the current trash contract which will reduce fees paid to the City but will preserve the current base rate paid by residents.
Background Information: Following approximately nine months of study and publicdiscussion, including an open bidding process, the City entered into a contract with Republic Waste Services to provide trash service to the residents of the citizens of the city. When the bid process was conducted the City estimated that their were approximately 14,000 single family residences in Jefferson City. After the first ten months of the contract
it appears that there are only 12,600 homes in Jefferson City. This has resulted in aconsiderable loss in revenue to Republic. Republic alleges, though the City denies, thatthis is a breech of the contract. Without either side admitting any wrongdoing, the parties have agreed to resolve this dispute by reducing the fees paid by Republic to the City. This
compromise will preserve the current base rate paid by Jefferson City citizens.
Fiscal Information: The City will relinquish up to $320,000 in fees which otherwise would have been paid. However, but for this agreement, fees to individual customers would have been increased by approximately $2.11 per month, or a total cost to citizens of $319,000.
Origin of Request: Litigation
Department Responsible: Law
Person Responsible: Charles Lansford and Nathan Nickolaus
Staff Recommendation: Approve
Lawsuit Filed Against Mandatory Garbage Pick-Up
Resident files trash lawsuit
Plaintiff aims to remove compulsory service
By Ben Yarnell ben@newstribune.com
Below is a paraphrase of the article:
A lawsuit was filed on Friday, September 17th, against Jefferson City’s trash contract with Allied Waste.
George Massengale, a Jefferson City resident, filed it in the Cole County Circuit Court.
The lawsuit claims that the city violated the 1980 Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution--something I wrote about in a previous blog. (The law does not allow for the levying or increasing of taxes or fees without the approval of voters.)
Neither the city nor Allied Waste had any comments.
Plaintiff aims to remove compulsory service
By Ben Yarnell ben@newstribune.com
Below is a paraphrase of the article:
A lawsuit was filed on Friday, September 17th, against Jefferson City’s trash contract with Allied Waste.
George Massengale, a Jefferson City resident, filed it in the Cole County Circuit Court.
The lawsuit claims that the city violated the 1980 Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution--something I wrote about in a previous blog. (The law does not allow for the levying or increasing of taxes or fees without the approval of voters.)
Neither the city nor Allied Waste had any comments.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Modify the Contract?!?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Michelle Gleba, Communications Manager
(573) 634-6377
Sept. 16, 2010
City Council to consider amendment to trash contract
Jefferson City, Mo. – At the Sept. 20 Jefferson City Council meeting, the council will hear the
introduction of an ordinance that will prevent a potential breach in the city’s trash contract. Such a
breach would have caused an increase in the residential trash base rate.
The proposed ordinance will authorize the city to amend its current contract with Allied Waste
Services to satisfy a discrepancy in the number of single-family and duplex households served.
When the city entered its six-year contract with Allied Waste Services in November 2009, it
estimated the number of single-family and duplex households served would be nearly 14,000. This
number was based on 2000 U.S. Census data. The actual number of single-family and duplex
households served turned out to be approximately 12,600.
The amendment will reduce the road use fee and future planning fee the company pays the city
under the current contract by $320,000 for the first and second year of the contract. For each
subsequent contract year, the amount will be determined based on average Consumer Price Index
increases or decreases. If the total number of households served by Allied Waste falls under
11,000, the city and Allied Waste will renegotiate the agreement.
Nathan Nickolaus, city attorney, said the amendment allows the city to continue operating a
citywide trash and recycling collection service at the lowest possible rate for all residents. He said
if the city were to face a contractual violation with Allied Waste and had no trash service,
residential rates could increase from an average of $15 per month to $25 per month, the average
amount paid by residents who live in unincorporated areas of the county.
Contact: Michelle Gleba, Communications Manager
(573) 634-6377
Sept. 16, 2010
City Council to consider amendment to trash contract
Jefferson City, Mo. – At the Sept. 20 Jefferson City Council meeting, the council will hear the
introduction of an ordinance that will prevent a potential breach in the city’s trash contract. Such a
breach would have caused an increase in the residential trash base rate.
The proposed ordinance will authorize the city to amend its current contract with Allied Waste
Services to satisfy a discrepancy in the number of single-family and duplex households served.
When the city entered its six-year contract with Allied Waste Services in November 2009, it
estimated the number of single-family and duplex households served would be nearly 14,000. This
number was based on 2000 U.S. Census data. The actual number of single-family and duplex
households served turned out to be approximately 12,600.
The amendment will reduce the road use fee and future planning fee the company pays the city
under the current contract by $320,000 for the first and second year of the contract. For each
subsequent contract year, the amount will be determined based on average Consumer Price Index
increases or decreases. If the total number of households served by Allied Waste falls under
11,000, the city and Allied Waste will renegotiate the agreement.
Nathan Nickolaus, city attorney, said the amendment allows the city to continue operating a
citywide trash and recycling collection service at the lowest possible rate for all residents. He said
if the city were to face a contractual violation with Allied Waste and had no trash service,
residential rates could increase from an average of $15 per month to $25 per month, the average
amount paid by residents who live in unincorporated areas of the county.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
What Can I do About the Trash Ordinance?
Paid for by Citizens Action Committee Against Ordinance No. 14487, WilliamR. Towson, Treasurer
Thanks You!
FOR SIGNING AND SUPPORTING THE PETITION TO CORRECT THE TRASH ORDINANCE!
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Phone a Friend about this issue - Today!
Vote when this issue is on the Ballot!
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Contact the Citizens Committee at:
cacao14487@gmail.com
636.4650 or 635.7207
Thanks You!
FOR SIGNING AND SUPPORTING THE PETITION TO CORRECT THE TRASH ORDINANCE!
Want to help a little more?
Here’s how:
Phone a Friend about this issue - Today!
Vote when this issue is on the Ballot!
Donate so there can be advertising to educate City Voters about this issue!
Sign up to receive updates about this issue!
Contact the Citizens Committee at:
cacao14487@gmail.com
636.4650 or 635.7207
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