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PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR
GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION
PREPARED BY;
CLARANCE PATTERSON, DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE
HrARD V. GARY
I.ITY MANAGER
FEBRUARY, 1982
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A PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR GARBAGE, TRASH
AND RUBBISH COLLECTION
USING CONVENTIONAL CANS
I. INTRODUCTION
A. DEFINING THE PROBLEM
THE PRESENT METHOD OF WASTE COLLECTION IS INADEQUATE AND
LABOR INTENSIVE, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO
EXPAND WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WITHIN THE AVAILABLE FUNDS,
THEREFORE, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO LOOK AT NEW METHODS OF
GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE
SERVICES.
ASK ANY RETURNING TRAVELER WHAT HE (OR SHE) THOUGHT OF A GIVEN
CITY AND MOST LIKELY THE FIRST- COMMENT WILL BE "IT WAS A CLEAN
CITY to OR 'SIT WAS A DIRTY CITY'. EVEN BEFORE THE SUNSHINE, THE
SURF, OR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, A TOURISTS FIRST IMPRESSION OF A
CITY CONCERNS ITS CLEANLINESS, OR MORE.OFTEN, ITS LACK OF IT.
AND, IT IS THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY (THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS,
AND PARKWAYS) THAT CONTRIBUTE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY TO THIS OVER—
ALL IMPRESSION.
IT IS NOT ONLY THE VISITOR THAT IS AFFECTED. A CLEAN CITY IS
ALSO OF VITAL CONCERN TO THE CITIZEN, BOTH IN INSTILLING CIVIC
PRIDE AND IN ENCOURAGING PROPER UPKEEP OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
AND IT IS FACTORS SUCH AS THESE THAT PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD
DECAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF A COMMUNITY. S0,
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BOTH TOURIST AND RESIDENT, CLEAN PUBLIC
RIGHTS OF WAY FORM THE VERY NUCLEUS OF AN ATTRACTIVE AND PROS—
PEROUS CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS IN THIS VERY AREA THE CITY
OF MIAMI HAS A PROBLEM. TRASH IS OFTEN LEFT ON PARKWAYS FOR
WEEKS, STREETS ARE DIRTY, AND VARIOUS OTHER EYESORES ARE IN
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B. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
� DURING THE SUMMER GROWING SEASON (JUNE THRU SEPTEMBER), THE
CITY OF MIAMI TRASH CREWS CANNOT MAINTAIN A WEEKLY SCHEDULE
OF COLLECTION. THE FOLLOWING WEIGHS THE COSTS OF IMPROVING
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OUR COLLECTION THROUGH TWO METHODS.
wTHE FIRST ALTERNATIVE INVOLVES THE ADDITION OF FULL TIME
PERSONNEL AND NEW EQUIPMENT. THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE INVOLVES
THE UTILIZATION OF GARBAGE AND TRASH PERSONNEL ON AN OVERTIME
BASIS.
IT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND THAT THESE ALTERNATIVES ARE BASED
ON OUR PRESENT METHOD OF COLLECTION. COMBINED CURBSIDE COL—
W, LECTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST LONG RANGE SOLUTION, WOULD
NOT REQUIRE EITHER ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED IN
W, THIS REPORT.
1. PERMANENT, FULL TIME CREWS
IN A PREVIOUS MEMO TO THE MANAGERS OFFICE IN OCTOBER 1981,
WE STATED SIX (6) NEW TRASH CREWS WOULD BE NEEDED TO RETURN
TRASH COLLECTION TO ONCE A WEEK, THE COST OF SIX CREWS WAS
STATED AT $1.8 MILLION AT THAT TIME.
UPDATING THAT REPORT, THE COST HAS BEEN MORE REALISTICALLY
SET AT $2.1 MILLION (SEE APPENDIX A), THE DIFFERENCE IS
CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF NEW HYDRO —CRANES
(EACH CRANE COSTS $117,000) AND THE INCLUSION OF THREE
MORE W.C.O. I POSITIONS (TRASH TRUCK DRIVER) AND THREE
ADDITIONAL TRUCKS WHICH WERE OMITTED FROM THE FIRST REPORT.
THE BEST FEATURE OF THIS ALTERNATIVE IS THAT IT INCLUDES
PERMANENT MANPOWER TO COMPLETE SPECIFIED AREAS ON SCHEDULE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEREBY DECREASING THE PROBABILITY OF
A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL OVERTIME.
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BY PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT ALSO
DECREASES THE COMPLAINT FACTOR WE HAVE ALL BEEN AWARE OF
FOR THE PAST YEAR, THIS EXTRA MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT IS
ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR EMERGENCIES SUCH AS HURRICANES, CIVIL
DISTURBANCES, ETC,
IT SHOULD BE NOTED HERE THAT OVER THE PAST FIVE (5) YEARS,
THIS DEPARTMENT HAS LOST 126 POSITIONS, 47 OF WHICH WERE
CETA. THESE CUTS CAME IN THE STREET S WEEPING AND TRASH
COLLECTION DIVISIONS, BY ADDING SIX (6) CREWS, WHICH
ENTAILS 27 POSITIONS, WE BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID
WASTE COULD ONCE AGAIN MAINTAIN A WEEKLY TRASH COLLECTION
SCHEDULE.
ALTHOUGH THE COST OF THIS ALTERNATIVE IS SUBSTANTIAL, THE
CITIZENS WOULD BE GETTING A BETTER SERVICE YEAR—ROUND AS
OPPOSSED TO SEASONAL OVERTIME PROGRAMS,
2. SPECIAL OVERTIME CREWS ALTERNATIVE
THE OVERTIME ALTERNATIVE IS COMPUTED ON TWO LEVELS; GARBAGE
CREWS ON WEDNESDAYS AND GARBAGE/TRASH CREWS ON SATURDAYS,
FIFTEEN (15), THREE MAN GARBAGE CREWS ON WEDNESDAY COST
$5,150 ON AN OVERTIME RATE, THESE SAME FIFTEEN (15) CREWS
PLUS TEN (10) TRASH CREWS, PLUS FOUR (4) FOREMEN ON A
SATURDAY COST $11,750, THEREFORE, EVERY "WEEK" OF SPECIAL
OVERTIME FOR TRASH COLLECTION COSTS $16.0900,
IF SUCH A PROGRAM WERE RUN FOR FOUR (4) MONTHS DURING THE
SUMMER, THE COST WOULD BE $270,400,
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ADDITIONAL NEW EQUIPMENT MUST
BE PURCHASED FOR THIS PROJECT. THE PRESENT CRANES, ALREADY
IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT WOULD EXPERIENCE INCREASED USAGE AND
DECREASED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. GARBAGE TRUCKS, NORMALLY
SERVICED HEAVILY ON WEDNESDAYS, WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR
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POSE OF THE OVERTIME PROGRAM.
THE COST OF SIX (6) NEW 'HYDRO -CRANES WOULD BE $700,000,
BRINGING THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT TO ALMOST $1 MILLION.
A FURTHER DRAWBACK TO THIS PLAN IS.THE NATURE OF OVERTIME
WORK. WHILE WORKERS TEND TO LIKE IT AT FIRST, THEY TEND
TO TIRE OF IT WHEN IT BECOMES A REGULAR OCCURANCE, WHEN
THIS OCCURS, PRODUCTIVITY IS NEGATED,
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE HAS
BEEN COMBINED CURBSIDE GARBAGE AND TRASH COLLECTION FOR
THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND ECONOMI-
CAL SYSTEM OF COLLECTION UTILIZED IN THE U.S. TODAY.
THIS SYSTEM IS BASED UPON THE RESIDENTS' USE OF REGULAR GARBAGE
CANS AND/OR PLASTIC BAGS PLACED AT CURBSIDE FOR TWICE A WEEK
COLLECTION; CONTAINERIZING BOTH GARBAGE AND TRASH, THE HIGH-
LIGHTS OF THIS OPERATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRIOR TO PICKUP,
THE RESIDENT WOULD PLACE THE GARBAGE CANS AND/OR PLASTIC BAGS
AT CURBSIDE. GARBAGE CANS SHALL BE RETRIEVED AT THE END OF
EACH COLLECTION DAY.
IN THE CASE WHERE A RESIDENT IS HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE PHY-
SICALLY UNABLE TO MOVE HIS/HER CONTAINERS TO THE CURB, SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO LEAVE THE CONTAINERS IN ITS EVERY-
DAY LOCATION, (THESE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CONTACTING
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE), THE COLLECTORS WILL HAVE A
SPECIAL LIST OF THESE HOMES AND WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO PICKUP
AND RETURN THE CONTAINERS TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.
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1. RUBBISH COLLECTION
PRESENTLY, RUBBISH (YARD CLIPPINGS, SMALL TREE AND SHRUBBERY
TRIMMING, ETC.) IS PLACED UNCONTAINERIZED AT CURBSIDE WHERE
THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO PICK IT UP ON A SCHEDULED BASIS.
UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL, REGULAR SCHEDULED RUBBISH PICKUPS
WOULD CEASE. THE RESIDENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONTAINERIZE
OR BUNDLE SMALL TRASH AND CLIPPINGS FOR TWICE A WEEK COLLEC-
TION ALONG WITH THEIR GARBAGE, EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD ALSO
BE ENTITLED TO THREE BULKY COLLECTIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR,
THESE PICKUPS WOULD COVER LARGE TREE TRIMMINGS AND MAJOR
APPLIANCES, SUCH AS STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, AND FURNITURE,
WHICH CANNOT BE CONTAINERIZED WITH THE GARBAGE, SCHEDULE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR COLLECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE IN
ADVANCE BY THE RESIDENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHOULD MORE
THAN THREE PICKUPS BE DESIRED, THESE WOULD BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE ON A FEE BASIS.
SEVEN SPECIAL CREWS WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS BULKY WASTE
COLLECTION WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDED ON A CALL -IN -BASIS THAT
CAN ELIMINATE THE UNSIGHTLY TRASH PILES THAT SOMETIMES
REMAIN FOR WEEKS, EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER JURISIDCTIONS
THAT HAVE SUCH PROGRAMS INDICATE THAT BULKY WASTE COLLEC-
TION ON AN ON -CALL BASIS IS EXTREMELY CONVENIENT TO THE
RESIDENT,
THE PROPOSED METHOD OF STREAMLINING GARBAGE, TRASH AND
RUBBISH COLLECTION CAN PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR ACHIEVING A
CLEANER CITY. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) THROUGH REORGANIZING THE GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
SO THAT IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO PICKUP, AT ONE TIME,
MOST OF THE TRASH AND RUBBISH THAT IS OTHERWISE
DEPOSITED "IN THE STREET".
• (B) BY HAVING BULKY TRASH PICKED UP BY "APPOINTMENT ONLY',
UNSIGHTLY PILES WILL NOT BE LEFT STANDING ON THE
ROADSIDE AWAITING COLLECTION.
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BY COMBINING TRASH AND RUBBISH WITH GARBAGE, WE WILL BE
ABLE TO REDUCE COLLECTION COSTS, (A DETAILED DISCUSSION
OF THESE SAVINGS FOLLOWS LATER IN THIS REPORT,) AT THE
PRESENT TIME 408 EMPLOYEES, AS PART OF COLLECTION CREWS,
ARE INVOLVED IN PICKING UP GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH,
THE REVISED SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE ONLY 284 EMPLOYEES, THE
REMAINING CREWS WILL BE REASSIGNED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES,
THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A REDUCTION
IN PERSONNEL IN SOLID WASTE, BUT IS A STATEMENT THAT THERE
WILL BE NO LAYOFFS AND THAT THE REDUCTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE
THROUGH NATURAL ATTRITION, WE WILL GAIN THROUGH THE RE-
ASSIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING PERSONNEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO:
(A) IMPLEMENT 25 SPECIAL COLLECTION CREWS TO START A
PROGRAM TO CLEAN UP INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY, UNDER EXPRESSWAYS, BRIDGES, AND RIGHTS OF
WAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
(B) PUT ON ADDITIONAL STREET SWEEPING CREWS.
2. STREET SWEEPING
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI THERE ARE ABOUT 756 MILES OF
STREETS, OF THIS TOTAL ABOUT 290 MILES ARE CURBED AND
SHOULD BE SWEPT ON A SCHEDULED BASIS. THE STATE AND
COUNTY COMBINED MAINTAIN ABOUT SO MILES WITHIN THE CITY,
BUT DO NOT SWEEP. IN ADDITION TO THE 756 MILES OF
ARTERIALS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THERE ARE 17 MILES OF
EXPRESSWAYS WITHIN THE CITY, ON OCCASION THE EXPRESSWAYS
ARE SWEPT BY THE STATE. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE CITY
SWEEPS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THIS SCHEDULE WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION TO THE CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT, WE SWEEP BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AS FAR
NORTH AS 54TH STREET ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THIS SCHEDULE
WILL ALSO CONTINUE.
THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE ATTEMPT TO SWEEP THE FOLLOWING
AVENUES AND STREETS ON A SCHEDULE ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO
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WEEKS: NE 2 AVENUE, NE 3 AVENUE, MIAMI AVENUE, NW Z AVE.,
NW 3 AVENUE, NW 5 AVENUE, NW 7 AVENUE, NV! 12 AVENUE, NW
17 AVENUE, NW 22 AVENUE, NW 79 STREET, NW 62 STREET, NW
54 STREET, NW 36 STREET, FLAGLER STREET, SW H STREET,
BAYSHORE DRIVE, BRICKELL AVENUE, S. MIAMI AVENUE. THE
REVISED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM WOULD PUT THESE SAME
STREETS ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE, AND BE EXPANDED INTO RE-
SIDENTIAL AREAS ON A MONTHLY BASIS'IN THOSE AREAS WHERE
THERE ARE CURBED STREETS (SEE APPENDIX B AND C OF THIS
REPORT FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE BUDGETARY
ASPECTS OF SUCH AN INCREASED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM).
IN ADDITION TO AN EXPANDED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, WE
ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE TO ATTEMPT BY CONTRACT
TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL CENTER AND SIDE PARK-
WAYS ON STATE ROADS WITHIN THE CITY.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS TECHNICALLY NOT A PART OF A CHANGED
COLLECTION SYSTEM, IT IS DEFINITELY A PART OF A CLEANER
CITY.
B. MGET CONSIDERATIONS _ COMBTNED CURBSIDE COLLECTION VERSUS
CURRENT SYSTEM
THIS SECTION OF THE REPORT WILL SHOW SEVERAL COMPARISONS OF
BUDGETS AND COST SAVINGS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COLLECTION
METHOD OPTIONS AVAILABLE. THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON
PERCENTAGE INCREASES SUPPLIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGE-
MENT AND BUDGET.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE HAS A TOTAL
BUDGET OF $19,014,113.
WITH THE INSTITUTION OF COMBINED CURBSIDE COLLECTION, WE
WOULD RECOGNIZE A REDUCTION IN BUDGET OVER THE NEXT THREE
YEARS DUE TO NATURAL ATTRITION OF 124 EMPLOYEES.
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USING PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN PERSONNEL AND OPERATING EX—
PENSES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,
THE FOLLOWING BUDGETS WOULD BE PROBABLE IF WE DID NOT CHANGE
OUR METHOD OF COLLECTION OR LEVEL OF SERVICE:
PRESENT (1981-82)
$19,014,113
1982-83
$21,319,136
1983-84
$23,654;242
1984-85
$26,252,770
HISTORICALLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE LOOSES 40-45
EMPLOYEES EACH YEAR DUE TO NATURAL ATTRITION (VOLUNTARY
RESIGNATIONS, RETIREMENTS, DEATHS, ETC.). IF THAT AVERAGE
CONTINUED, IT WOULD TAKE ROUGHLY THREE YEARS TO REDUCE OUR
STAFF BY 124 POSITIONS.
IF ALL 124 POSITIONS WERE TERMINATED AT ONCE, A SAVINGS OF
$973,077 WOULD BE REALIZED IN 1981-82. THE FOLLOWING BUDGETS
WOULD THEN BE POSSIBLE, ASSUMING 10% INFLATION:
PRESENT (1981-82)
$18,041,056
1982-83
$18, 582, 045
1983-84
$20,574o924
1984-85
$22,790,745
COMPARING THIS TO THE STRAIGHT BUDGET PRESENTED EARLIER, THE
SAVINGS REALIZED IN FISCAL 84-85 WOULD BE $3,462,025. THE
CUMULATIVE SAVINGS FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF 1981-82 THRU
1989-90 WOULD BE $35,193,437.
WITH THE ATTRITION PLAN WHICH WE RECOMMEND, ONE MUST ASSUME
THAT ONE—THIRD OF THE POSITIONS WOULD BE itATTRITIONED—OUTIt
EACH CALENDAR YEAR. IN THIS ANALYSIS HOWEVER, THE SAVINGS
ARE REALIZED ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS. REFERING TO TABLE 1,
COLUMN "V, INDICATES THE PROJECTED BUDGETS THROUGH 1990'USING
THE ATTRITION PLAN TO REDUCE 124 POSITIONS. AS CAN BE NOTED,
THE FINAL BUDGET IN 1989-90 IS THE SAME WHETHER YOU ATTRITION
OUT THE POSITIONS OR LAJ'OFF POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY.
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COMPARISON OF BUDGETS 1981-82 THROUGH 1989-90
WITH SUPPORTING WASTE FEE
FISCAL
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FEE
C
FEE
D
FEE
81-82
$ 190014,113
$ 75
$ 20,172,092
$ 75
$ 181041,056
$ 75
$ 18,421,347
$ 75
82-83
21,319,136
95
221176,957
105
18,5820045
75
20#237,259
85
83-84
23,6540242
120
24,617,513
130
209574,924
90
21,005,317
95
84-85
26,252,770
145
27,334,056
160
22,7901745
110
22,790,745
110
85-86
29,142,543
175
30,356,153
190
25,2509885
135
259250,885
135
86-87
32,371,776
205
33,734,034
225
27,996,602
165
27,996,602
165
87-88
35,979,671
240.
37,5081928
260
31.00600,286
195
31,060,286
1.95
88-89
40,015,496
280
41,732,384
300
34,483,538
230*
34,483,537
230
89-90
44,549,709
330
46,477,944
350
38,325,938
270
38,325,938
270
KEY: A = Current Budget, no change in system.
B = Current Budget plus return to once a week trash collection.
C - Combined Curbside Collection with immediate reduction of 124 positions.
D = Combined Curbside Collection with attrition reduction of 124 positions over 3 years,
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WHILE A GREATER SAVINGS IS REALIZED THROUGH LAYOFFS, IT IS
NOT THE INTENT OR THE DESIRE OF THIS DEPARTMENT TO LAYOFF
PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF TAX SAVINGS. FOR THAT REASON, WE
RECOMMEND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN ONLY THROUGH
ATTRITION.
TABLE Z SHOWS THE VARIOUS CALCULATIONS OF COST SAVINGS BY
COMPARING THE VARIOUS PROPOSED BUDGETS; THE COLUMN HEADED
A-D IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPARISON. HERE WE SEE THE
SAVINGS BETWEEN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE COMBINED CURBSIDE
SERVICE WITH ATTRITIONED PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS. EACH YEAR
THE SAVINGS BECOMES GREATER AS INFLATION CONTINUES TO WORK
AGAINST THE CURRENT SYSTEM WITH ITS LABOR INTENSIVE FEATURES
AND LARGER BASE.
COLUMN B-D IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS IT COMPARES THE COST OF
COMBINED CURBSIDE COLLECTION VERSUS OUR CURRENT BUDGET
INCREASED TO INCLUDE EXTRA TRASH COLLECTION. BY THE END
OF THE DECADE, A $44,538,144 SAVINGS WOULD BE REALIZED.
TABLE 3 EXTENDS THE ANALYSIS TO COMPARE CUMULATIVE SAVINGS
BETWEEN BUDGETS BY THE END OF ANY GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. THIS
IS A VERY CRITICAL TABLE IN THAT IT ALLOWS ONE TO EXAMINE
SAVINGS AT ANY POINT TO DETERMINE IF SUCH SAVINGS COULD BE
UTILIZED TO DELAY FURTHER INCREASES IN TAXES OR WASTE FEES
CHARGED TO THE TAXPAYERS.
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IF THIS METHOD IS ADOPTED WHICH REQUIRES NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT,
IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN 6O DAYS WITH PROPER NOTIFICATION
TO THE CITIZENS.
IN SUMMARY, THE PROPOSED COLLECTION SYSTEM, IF APPROVED BY
THE CITY COMMISSION, WOULD PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
(1) A CLEANER COMMUNITY FOR CITIZENS AND VISITORS.
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ANNUAL TAX SAVINGS THROUGH BUDGET REDUCTIONS
FISCAL YEAR
B - A
A-C
A -D
D- C
B- C
B -D
1981-82
$ 1,157,979 $
973,077 $
592,766
$ 380,291
$ 2#131,036
$ 1.750 745
82-83
857,821
21737,091
1,081,877
1,655,214
3,594,912
1,939,698
83-84
963,271
3,079,318
2,648,925
430,393
4,042,588
3,612,196
84-85
1,081,286
3,462,025
3,462,025
-0-
4,543,311
4,543,311
85-86
11213,610
3,891,658
3,891,658
-0-
5,105,268
5,105,268
h86-87
1,362,258
4,375,174
4,375,174
-0-
5,737,432
5,737,432
'87-88
1,529,257
4,919,385
4,919,385
-0-
6,448,642
60448,642
88-89
1,716,888
5,531,958
5,531,958
-0-
7,248,846
79248,846
89-90
1,928,235
6,223,771
6,223,771
-0-
8,1520006
89152,006
TOTAL
CUMULATIVE
SAVINGS
KEY:
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$ 11,810,605 $ 35,193,437 $ 32,727,539 $ 2,465,898 $ 47,004,041 $ 44,538,144
A = Current Budget, no change in system.
B = Current Budget plus return to once a week trash collection.
C = Combined --urbside collection with immediate reduction of 124 positions.
D = Combined curbside collection with attrition reduction of 124 positions over 3 years.
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SCAL YEAR B - A
$_ 1,157,979
2,015,800
2,979,071
4,060,357
5,273,967
6,636,225
8,165,482
9,882,370
11,810,605
KEY:
CUMULATIVE COST SAVINGS 1981-1990
A - C
$ 973,077
397109168
69789,436
10,251,511
14 143 169
18:518:343
23,437,728
28,969,686
35,193,437
A - D
$ 592,766
19674,643
4,323,568
7,785,593
119677,251
16,052,425
200971,810
261503,768
321727,539
$ 380,292
21035,505
2,465,898
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B - C
$ 201310036
5,725,948
917689536
1403119847
19,417,115
25,154,547
310603,189
389852,035
47,004,041
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$ 1,750,745
3,690,443
7,302,639
110845,950
169951,218
22,688,650
29,137,292
36,386,138
44,538,144
A = Current Budget, no change in system..
B = Current Budget plus return to once a week trash collection.
C = Combined Curbside Collection with immediate reduction of 124 positions.
4t- D = Combined Curbside Collection with attrition reduction of 124 positions over 3 years.
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(2) ELIMINATION OF UNSIGHTLY TRASH PILES NOW BEING PLACED
IN RIGHTS OF WAY AT RANDOM WITHOUT PROPER COORDINATED
SCHEDULED PICK UPI
(3) PROVIDE GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION TWICE A
WEEK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE,
(4) PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED BULKY WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE AT
THE RESIDENTS OPTIONS
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PROGRAM ON SCHEDULE, WE WOULD REQUEST THE
FOLLOWING ACTION: APPROVE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ESTABLISH
THE NEW PLANS
IT IS AND HAS BEEN THE PHILOSOPHY AND RECOMMENDATION OF THIS
DEPARTMENT -TO ADOPT COMBINED CURBSIDE COLLECTION AS THE BEST
AND MOST EFFICIENT METHOD FOR THE CITY OF MIAMIl
THROUGH THIS SYSTEM, WE CAN PROVIDE A SUPERIOR SERVICE FOR
FEWER TAX DOLLARS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF A CLEANER MIAMI
DEPENDS ON THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN@ WE STRONGLY URGE THE
COMMISSION TO ADOPT THIS PLAN AND LEAD THE COMMUNITY TO A
CLEANER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE CITY IN WHICH TO LIVE AND VACATION
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CALCULATION OF COST OF SIX ADDITIONAL FULL TIME TRASH CREWS
TO INCREASE OUR SERVICE AND REINSTATE WEEKLY TRASH SERVICE, THE
FOLLOWING IS RECOMMENDED:
6 W,E.0 's (CRANE OPERATORS)
15 W.00. I (TRUCK DRIVERS)
6 W,C. (GROUNDMEN)
6 NEW HYDROCRANES
15 NEW OPEN BED RUBBISH TRUCKS
THE COST OF SUCH A PLAN WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONNEL:
WAGES -
FRINGES -
EQUIPMENT:
6 CRANES -
15 TRUCKS -
MAINTENANCE -
TOTAL
$ 431,816
49,219
$ 481,035
$ 702,000
450,000
482,655
$ 1, 634,655
$ 2/115/690
INCREASED STREET SWEEPING PROPOSAL
AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE UTILIZES EIGHT
W.C.O. II's TO SWEEP DOWNTOWN WITH MECHANICAL SWEEPERS OF THE
EIGHT, SIX ARE USED AS REGULAR SWEEPER OPERATORS, THE OTHER TWO
ARE "SPARES". WE ALSO UTILIZE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AS "WHITE
WINGS" IN DOWNTOWN AND COCONUT GROVE.
THERE ARE PRESENTLY TEN MECHANICAL SWEEPERS AVAILABLE TO THE DE-
PARTMENT. THEY CANNOT ALL BE UTILIZED AT ONCE, AS WE MUST MAINTAIN
SPARE VEHICLES IN CASE OF BREAKDOWNS.
BUDGET CUTS HAVE REDUCED OUR EFFORTS IN -RECENT YEARS. VVIE NO LONGER
MECHANICALLY SWEEP RESIDENTIAL CURB AND GUTTERS. 14E NO LONGER HAVE
"WHITE WINGS" IN LITTLE RIVER/EDISON OR ALLAPATTAH.
TO INCREASE OUR SERVICE TO REINSTATE THOSE FORMER ASPECTS OF SERVICE,
THE FOLLOWING IS RECOMMENDED:
7 ADDITIONAL W.C.O. II POSITIONS (SWEEPER DRIVERS)
6 ADDITIONAL WASTE COLLECTORS (WHITE WINGS)
5 NEW MECHANICAL STREET SWEEPERS
THE COST OF SUCH A PLAN WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONNEL:
WAGES - $ 216,494
FRINGES - 6 618
EQUIPMENT:
5 SWEEPERS - 225,000
MI'SC. (BROOMS, CARTS, ETC.) - 5,000
MAINTENANCE - 69.170
$ 299,170
TOTAL_5Zbt282_
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IF CURBSIDE COLLECTION IS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND A
RETURN TO WEEKLY TRASH PICK-UP AND RESIDENTIAL STREET SWEEPING IS
DESIRED, THE FOLLOWING FEE INCREASES WOULD BE NEEDED.
TOTAL COST OF ADDITIONAL STREET SWEEPING AND TRASH COLLECTION:
$2,700,000 ±
CURRENT FEE
SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX, CONDO $75/UNIT
APARTMENTS, MULTI -FAMILY RENTALS $3$/UNIT
COMMERCIAL $145
PROPOSED FEE
$100/UNIT
$ 50/UNIT
$200
GIVEN THE CURRENT NUMBER OF UNITS SERVICED, THE PROPOSED FEE INCREASE
WOULD RAISE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION ANNUALLY IF ALL FEES ARE
PAID,
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It your. neighborhood is strewn with un-
collected trash. lingering bad smells and
maybe a -few rats. city and county officials.
say It's because of one simple reason: sum-
mer. '
Plants grow faster in the summer. People
clean up their overgrown yards while on va-
cation.in.the summer. Trash collectors have
bigger loads In the summer. So every year
they run behind In the summer.
Jerrold Rubin thinks all of that is a bunch
of garbage and he wants his neighborhood
cleaned up.
Rubin. who lives at 1880 SW 32nd Ct., said
his trash was picked up June 29 and not
again • until. July- '21:'Inl %be meantime, the
smell of rotted • mangoes got so bad "you
1had) to run by;and hold your nose."
The eity•usu4lly picks up trash about once
a week: Then. Rubin said, plies grew for 10
days. "Then It was every two weeks, which
was unacceptable. But this three weeks is A-
diculdus
"This is' a decent neighborhood, you
•2 -rho fJ:;
�j1e pile up
►ws trashmen
know. said Mary Ann Allen, who lives a
few blocks from Rubin. "You see the rats
running, and we dhouldn't have that here."
Clarance . Patterson, e;?rector of Miami's
Solid Waste Department, said the problem
Isn't only In Rubin's neighborhood. Through-
out Miami. city crews are running at least
two to three weeks behind the schedule that
residents are accustomed to.
City collectors start at the north end of
Miami, work their way south and then start
over. In the summer, Patterson said, they
move through the streets at about one -quar-
ter their usual speed, since they have more to
pick up.
Patterson said even three -week-old trash
plies would only cause a problem with rats
and bad smells if people threw out garbage
as well.
Jeff Kaplan, assistant director of Dade
County's Solid Waste Collection, said the
county usually picks up trash seven to 10
days after a resident requests the service. But
In the summer, the collection might be de-
layed another • week because of the same
backlog that the city faces. he said.
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summer workload slows collections.
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Coral Gables city commissioners
may ban the .blip in the City per:."
Beautiful.
Commissioners are scheduleda
Tuesday to consider outlawing ' • , ;.
the electronic games in the Ga-
bles, The city Planning and Zon-
ing Board recommended on a 4-1 1 • +,
Vote June 21 to ban the games.q �••� r� 3'°�,r �r:
The bottom line, commission-�<
ers and electronic game fans 't: s'�u�; Y� 1 • ��.
agree, is whether computer
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games crea a arm u a g
for youths.
Computerized games attract variety of players at Riviera Theater.
Commissioners were split Fr1-
day aft whether to pull the plug.
high-class place, then fine."
Coral Gables.
peal May 12, and referred the
and D'Pizza on S. Dixie Highway.
"If it's going to be a hangout
Brad Schiffer, an architect who
The Board of Adjustment
issue to the Planning Board for a
Schiffer, who designed the
and draw all kinds of characters,
raised the issue when he applied
granted Schiffer a variance to
recommendation whether to per-
amusement center In the Omni
we should ban them," sold Com-
for a variance to build an amuse-
build his arcade April 6. Planning
mit the games at all.
complex in downtown Miami,
missioner }tarry Wilson, who ad-
ment center next to the OK Feed
Board member James Peck ap-
Already. several locations in
also has promised to hire two
mits he plays electronic games
Store on S. Dixie Highway, prom-
pealed the video variance.
Coral Gables have the machines.
occasionally. "If it's going to be a
ise's "the Cadillac" of arcades for .
Commissioners upheld that ap-
Among them: The Riviera Cinema
Please turn to V1DEOI 20
Condo dwellers want to -end fishing at Point View
By JEFF BLOCH
lferatd Staff Writer
When city officials first decided to restore
the bayfront along Point View, Jimmy Puller
wasn't even in kindergarten.
As the plans crawled along. Jimmy grew
up into a 15-year-old Boy Scout who W. es to
fish, especially along Point View. And now
that the bayfront has its facelift, Jimmy and
his fishing hole are having a falling out.
Kenneth Burgher, president of the Point
View Association, said residents waited a
long time for a beautiful bayfront between
SE 14th Street and SE 15th Road to match
their expensive condominiums, and the fish-
ermen are endangering that.
Residents of six condominiums on Point
View have petitioned the Miami City Com-
mission to prohibit fishing along the bay -
front, which now belongs to Miami as part of
the city's agreement to restore the property.
Burgher said about 400 of an estimated 1,800
residents signed the petition.
City commissioners have deferred the pro-
posal until Thursday so city attorneys could —
look into the legality of prohibiting fishing
from the public bayfront. Deputy City Attor-
ney Bob Clark said no decision has been
made yet.
Burgher said more than 100 people some-
times show up on weekends and holidays,
complete with buckets of bait, bottles of
beer, children, chairs and armfuls of fishing
gear.
"lt was absolutely Impossible for anybody
who was a resident to use this sidewalk,"
Burgher said. The fishermen leave behind
dead fish, rotted bait, leftover wire and fish-
hooks, he said.
"The stench that comes off of that side-
walk by 9 in the morning would be enough
to blow you right into the bay," Burgher
said.
Burgher said Dade County has plenty of
public fishing sites, so banning fishing from
Point View won't matter.
But. Jimmy and his friends don't want to
move. Jimmy said he has fished at Point
View for eight years and earned part of his
fishing merit badge there.
"It's the closest and safest place to go,"
said Jimmy, who lives at 1850 SW Fourth
Ave. Jimmy and his mother, Bonnie Puller,
agree that the Rickenbacker Causeway —
with fast cars and too many people — Is too
dangerous to fish from. and Abe Jorblds him
to go there without the family.
Gerald St. Pierre, one of Jimmy's fishing
buddies, said "every place else we go that's
good fishing is private property" and some-
body usually tells them to leave.
Jimmy, who fishes from Point View about
every other day, said sunbathers and sight-
seers also bring trash and noise to the area.
so getting rid of fishermen won't clear the
sidewalk.
He says the city should put trash cans
along the wall and restrict fishing hours.
Burgher said he's proud that people come
to Point View to enjoy the scenery, but he's
worried the fishermen attract more vandal-
ism and muggings.
"It's one of the premier streets in Dade,"
he sald<<.Thtre's'no question -about that."
Sunday, July 19, 1981 • Th• MIAMI HERALD 3
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