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Minutes of the Meeting of the
Georgetown Utility System Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Special Session
Thursday, May 3, 2007
The Georgetown Utility System Advisory Board Special Session of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on
Thursday , May 3, 2007.
Board Members Present:
Doug Smith - Chair, Robert Kostka - Vice Chair, Richard Lenning - Secretary, Patty Eason, Mike
Cunningham
Board Members Absent:
Stanley Bland, Riki Young
Staff Present:
Jim Briggs, Jana Kern, Rachel Osgood, Joe Lara, Kathy Ragsdale, Trish Carls - City Attorney,
OTHERS PRESENT:
Vera Browning, Robert Gregory, Jimmy Gregory, Rick Fraumann, Ryan Hobbs - TDS, Ann Seaman -
Citizen, Bill Sattler - Council-person candidate
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Meeting called to order by Mr. Doug Smith on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:15 p.m.
Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene in Executive Session at the request of the
Chair, a Board Member, the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Council Member, or legal
counsel for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551,
and are subject to action in the Regular Session that follows.
I. Discussion and possible recommendation with regards to a new Sanitation
Services contract between the City and Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. (TDS) for
solid waste and recycling services. -- Rachel Osgood
Discussion: Started the meeting with an overview: In October 2006 staff was directed to hold focus
group meetings. These meetings were held from October - December 2006. At the January 23, 2007
Council meeting, the results of the focus group was presented. At that meeting Council directed staff
to go forward with the renegotiations with TDS. Negotiations began in February 2007 and we are
here today to review the proposed contract. Below are some of the highlights. Full version is on tape.
The current contract highlights - curbside garbage collection, recycling, bulky waste disposal at the
Collection Station, Recycling drop off at Collection Station of oil, oil filt ers, antifreeze, vehicle
batteries, corrugated cardboard.
Proposed negotiated contract highlights - commercial recycle options, quarterly bulky waste pick up
per residential customer's request, catastrophic storm clean-ups, additional public recycling
containers in the downtown, San Gabriel Park areas.
We have set up three customer service levels - Tier I - inside city limit with GUS Utilities, Tier II -
Outside City limits with GUS Utilities, Tier III - Outside without GUS Utilities.
Base rate cost impacts to the City of Georgetown - No cost services included in rate base, for listed
City owned and operated facilities i.e. City Hall, Technology/EOC building, Library, Council
Chambers and Municipal Courts, Parks & Recreation Admin, four Fire Stations, GPD, Community
Recreation Center, Animal Shelter, San Gabriel Park, Softball/soccer/little league fields.
Reduced cost contracted services - discounted rate services enterprise funds i.e. new electric dept.
building, GMC building, WW & W treatment plants, and airport tower (check tape for verbiage).
Contracted (cost of services) Services - Special events services - Christmas Stroll, Red Poppy Festival,
Hill Country Food & Wine, Sertoma 4th of July, Festival for the Arts, Thanksgiving lighting of the
Square, Williams County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo Parade, Up the Chisholm Trail Parade. These will be
billed separately based on actual expenses for service. This will be spread across rate base to recover
cost by separate charge upon billing amount (City Cost).
This contract is a Base of 5 years with three 5 year renewals. Our Solid waste is sent to Creedmore,
Texas where TDS owns and manages the property.
Action: Motion by Lenning, seconded by Kostka, to add .46 cents, to every customers bill, once a
quarter for bulky waste pick up.
Approved 4-1 (Cunningham opposed, Bland & Young absent)
Action: Motion by Kostka, seconded by Cunningham to approve the new Sanitation Services contract
with TDS for 5 years with three 5 year renewals for solid waste and recycling services, along with all
agreed change - add .46 cents once per quarter for bulky waste pick up across the board.
Approved 5-0 (Bland & Young absent)
Motion by Lenning, seconded by Kostka to adjourn meeting
Approved 5-0 (Bland & Young absent)
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 03:45 PM.
Approved : Attest:
_______________________ ________________________
Doug Smith - Chair Richard Lenning - Secretary