Everything approved at Tuesday's City Council meeting
Perhaps the biggest item on the agenda was a consent calendar item involving a side letter agreement between the city of Claremont and the Claremont Employees Association which passed 3-2, with councilmen Peter Yao and Corey Calaycay voting against.
I'll have more on this entire issue later today. Most of the agenda was under consent calendar with a couple of administrative items (reports on the human services commission work plan 2010-11 and Claremont's solid waste disposal process).
If interested, the entire council agenda with information on the individual items can be found here: http://www3.ci.claremont.ca.us/pub_weblink7/browse.aspx?StartID=103507
"This has all been presented as a package deal," Healy said.
Councilman Corey Calaycay added he felt Parker had been unjustly criticized for being in favor of outsourcing.
"We have a professional city manager. His role is to follow the direction of the council ... and present options for both sides."
My original story on the agreement is below (and Yao and Calaycay voted against the item previously):
Claremont tentatively decides to keep city-run trash collection system
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) - Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Author: Wes Woods II , Staff Writer
CLAREMONT - The City Council has tentatively decided not to use private companies for trash collection and continued with a city-operated system.
The council by a 3-2 vote Tuesday night altered its retirement program for his sanitation employees. There had been some discussion previously to not have a city-run department but seek bids from outside companies for trash collection.
Additionally, City Manager Jeff Parker said there would be a 20-year agreement possibly by the next council meeting between the city and San Bernardino County to deposit trash at Mid Valley landfill in Rialto.
Using Mid Valley would be less in cost than a current contract with Orange County, Parker said.
Parker said also being discussed would be a 10-year deal between the city and Recycled Wood Products in Pomona for green waste.
Claremont now takes its green waste to the Pomona facility on a month-to-month basis. Green waste "will be a sensitive issue when Puente Hills landfill closes," Parker said, and this agreement would help the city meet its waste diversion rate of 70 percent. The city's recycling rate is currently 64 percent, Parker said.
Councilman Sam Pedroza said he was pleased with Parker's work in obtaining the contracts.
After the announcements, an agenda item later in the meeting separately discussed the options for public participation in an analysis of Claremont's sanitation operation.
Residents who spoke appeared to be rattled after they learned the city agreed to postpone the outsourcing of trash issue. Residents who spoke appeared to be rattled after they learned the city agreed to postpone the outsourcing of trash issue.
The council by a 3-2 vote Tuesday night altered its retirement program for his sanitation employees. There had been some discussion previously to not have a city-run department but seek bids from outside companies for trash collection.
Additionally, City Manager Jeff Parker said there would be a 20-year agreement possibly by the next council meeting between the city and San Bernardino County to deposit trash at Mid Valley landfill in Rialto.
Using Mid Valley would be less in cost than a current contract with Orange County, Parker said.
Parker said also being discussed would be a 10-year deal between the city and Recycled Wood Products in Pomona for green waste.
Claremont now takes its green waste to the Pomona facility on a month-to-month basis. Green waste "will be a sensitive issue when Puente Hills landfill closes," Parker said, and this agreement would help the city meet its waste diversion rate of 70 percent. The city's recycling rate is currently 64 percent, Parker said.
Councilman Sam Pedroza said he was pleased with Parker's work in obtaining the contracts.
After the announcements, an agenda item later in the meeting separately discussed the options for public participation in an analysis of Claremont's sanitation operation.
Residents who spoke appeared to be rattled after they learned the city agreed to postpone the outsourcing of trash issue. Residents who spoke appeared to be rattled after they learned the city agreed to postpone the outsourcing of trash issue.
"Wow, things have changed a lot," said Bridget Healy, former assistant city manager.
"This has all been presented as a package deal," Healy said.
Councilman Corey Calaycay added he felt Parker had been unjustly criticized for being in favor of outsourcing.
"We have a professional city manager. His role is to follow the direction of the council ... and present options for both sides."
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