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Regular Meeting July 3, 2007 Page 6 Conley: Couch, Narvaiz and Jones. None of the candidates received a majority vote, so a second roll call was needed between Howard and Conley. On second roll call for appointment to fill a vacancy, the following vote was recorded: Howard: Thomaides, Bose and Robertson. Conley: Couch, Narvaiz, Guerrero and Jones. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion and receive a presentation from Texas Disposal Systems and direction to Staff. Mr. O'Leary stated Texas Disposal Systems provides all residential solid waste collection and disposal services for the City. He stated they are currently in the final year of a 5 -year contract that includes the option to extend for two additional 5 -year periods. The City has requested TDS explore solid waste service alternatives, including provisions for recycling and commercial service level changes. Ryan Beard, TDS, provided the Council with Municipal Waste Contract Summary. He reviewed the Service Overview, Service Overview Chart and San Marcos Community Outreach Survey. He stated he met with Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Thomaides to discuss different ideas. He stated TDS began servicing San Marcos in 2003 and the number of complaints has dropped. Mr. Guerrero inquired to how complaints are collected. Mr. Beard stated all complaints come into the Public Works Department and the City keeps track of complaints. Mr. Bose inquired to the items TDS currently accepts. Mr. Beard stated TDS currently accepts plastic 1 and 2, glass, aluminum, steel, and tin, but currently we do not collect cardboard. He stated extended services would be in plastic, handling brush with a centralized drop off spot and centralize a place for cardboard. He stated TDS would also like there to be one service provider for commercial and residential, which would increase City revenues and there would be less wear and tear on the roads, and less trucks in San Marcos. Mr. Thomaides stated he met with Mr. Beard and Mr. O'Leary for education on the recyclables and additional services. He stated he would like to see TDS put together a menu with cost for optional services. Ms. Robertson stated she would like to see the cost of going to once a week pickup. She inquired to how many people put their bin out twice a week. Mr. Beard stated 650 of the residential customers put their trash out on first day; 350 on second day. He stated currently TDS is running two trucks in San Marcos and the customers have increased, and TDS will need to add an additional truck if the contract continues at twice a week pick up. Mr. Guerrero inquired to number of trash pickups the other municipalities with Universities provide. Mr. Beard stated TDS has over 50 contracts with municipalities and only 3 of them do twice a week trash pick up. Mr. Jones stated he would like to look into the commercial services. Mr. Bose inquired to the number of houses a truck services. Mr. Beard stated one truck services 800 homes a day. Mr. Thomaides stated on the Citizens Survey, recycling issues were brought up. Mr. Jones stated the