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Riverside staff recommend two-year extension with Republic while city prepares to take billing in-house
Summary
City staff recommended negotiating a two-year extension with current hauler Republic Services and bringing residential trash billing in-house to lower future bids and set required service standards including toters and one free bulk item per week.
Riverside City Manager Josh opened a council discussion on solid waste services on March 3, recommending a short-term contract extension and a city-run billing program to reduce long-term costs and standardize curbside service.
The recommendation follows a month of outreach by Public Service Director Beth Moore to area haulers, the Montgomery County Solid Waste District and peer municipalities. Moore told council that bids are generally more competitive when contractors can spread capital costs over longer terms, and that requiring city billing removes a built-in "bad debt" allowance that haulers otherwise add to their prices.
"In order to get a competitive bid, it's best to have a five-year-plus term," Moore said. She also told council that if "we absorb billing, that absolves the contractor of having to bake into their bid a bad debt ratio," which should lower rates when the city next goes out to bid.
Staff outlined a set of minimum service standards they recommend for future…
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