Council workshop: city staff to modernize solid-waste and recycling code, align with franchise
Staff proposed consolidating outdated garbage and recycling provisions into a new chapter to reflect the Waste Connections franchise and regional solid-waste plan; changes include biweekly recycling and removal of a three-bin requirement.
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City staff said the current garbage and recycling code is outdated and references a defunct city garbage department; they proposed consolidating solid-waste provisions into a new chapter (7.40) and aligning enforcement with the franchise agreement with Waste Connections. "So what we are looking to do is to, bring ourselves into, modernization and consolidate these requirements into 1 chapter to better reflect our franchise agreement with Waste Connections right now," staff said.
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