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16 Regular Meeting June 9, 1997 Page 15 intent of the Council to have a separate independent Board from the City. Mr. Mihalkanin said it was his understanding when the Council designated the Calaboose as a museum, the Calaboose was no longer to be used as a public meeting place. Mr. Cobb agreed. Mr. Hart suggested Mr. Cobb inform Ms. Armstead about this conversation. Mayor Pro-Tem Hart introduced a discussion regarding Solid Waste Services for San # - Marcos. Mr. Guerra stated he was abstaining from discussion and he had filed a conflict of interest affidavit with the City Secretary. Mr. Gilley stated these proposals are based on an RFP negotiated with BFI. Mayor Moore stated Option 2 looked pretty decent to him. Mr. Gilley stated having household hazardous wastes collection does have liability. Ms. Hughson stated this should not be done piecemeal and should be a separate contract with a third party. Mayor Moore stated LCRA wants to co-venture a drop-off center and TNRCC wants to give the City their MOSE program. Mayor Moore stated the guy responsible would like to make, a model county out of Hays. Mayor Moore stated LCRA, CAPCO have a regional plan and TRNCC also has a statewide plan. Mr. Clement stated if the Council was asking BFI to start a recycling center they were not interested. Mr. Clement stated if someone else wants to operate that part of the RFP to operate a drop-off center it would make them happy. Mr. Clement stated most of the market for most recyclables is down now and is not a revenue producing industry at this time. Mr. Clement stated what they have done the past 8 to 10 months is closed several recycling centers around the country because they were losing money and could not keep the doors open. `Mr. Clement stated if the City was going with the once a week collection it is imperative that all citizens participate in recycling. Mr. Clement stated there are three sizes of carts and their preference would be to stay with the 68 and 95 and if there are senior citizens who state they are unable to handle either of those they would work with them. Ms. Hughson asked if everything needed to go into the carts and if they would not pick up anything else. Mr. Gilley stated not everything needed to go into the carts but it should. Mr. Clement stated in their promotion they would advise all wastes to go into the cart. Mr. Ralph Wueller with Texas Disposal stated they would take up to four bags along with the cart. Mr. Wueller stated their proposal says what they pick up at curb side will be dropped off at Green Guy and Green Guy would be their subcontractor for their drop-off center. Mr. Wueller stated all their processing would be in San Marcos. Mr. Wueller stated it was his understanding that the Council's preference was for this processing to be done in San Marcos. Mr. Wueller stated as far as the containers go if the City's billing ability is that they can bill one house a different rate from another house they would be happy to supply the City with a reducing rate for smaller containers. Mr. Wueller stated they would be giving the City a pay as you go program. Mr. Cox stated he wanted household wastes disposal. Ms. Hughson stated she would like for the drop-off centers to stay. Mr. Mihalkanin agreed. Mr. Cox stated he thinks the City can get by with one time a week pickup and would be willing to try. Ms. Hughson stated she has received a lot of complaints regarding trash and the size of carts. Mr. Hernandez stated in looking at Option 2 the 19¢ cheaper cost per week is not much savings to change from 2 to once a week. Mr. Mihalkanin stated quality of service is still lacking and there is still a problem of overflowing garbage. Mayor Moore asked what should be the basis for contract negotiation. Mr. Wueller stated there are a lot of items they bid on which are not included on the option sheet. Mr. Wueller stated the total, of $13.61 should be $15.03 according to the option sheet they filled out and the reason it's different is because there are a lot of services which are not on the Option Sheet breakdown and some of them are the special services. Mr. Wueller stated one of the things they did on their proposal was they took a look at the City's sewage situation and they found out the City is planning to spend $1.5 million on some refinements on the sludge treatment. Mr. Wueller stated one of the additional options they offer is they would haul the sludge to their facility, mix it and compost it and return it to the City to use in the parks and through City services saving the City $1.5 million in capital expenses. Mr. Wueller stated it would be about $3.00 per rate payer savings per month for over 5 years. Mr. Wueller recommended scheduling work sessions because not everything is shown on the option sheets of things which are not being taken a look at tonight and for the Council to not make a decision until they have a better understanding of the proposal. Mr. Mihalkanin and Ms. Hughson stated they should have a workshop. Mr. Hart stated he did not feel a workshop was necessary. Mr. Guerra and Mayor Moore, Mr. Cox and Mr. Hernandez agree with Mr. Hart. Mr. Hart stated staff had done what they had been asked