Where's it go?

Yeah.

Collecting attachments.

And then it's the yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right, good evening, everyone.

Welcome to the Eloy City Council meeting.

It is Monday, February twenty-fourth.

The time is approximately six oh one PM.

I'd like to call this meeting to order.

May I have a roll call, please, Celine?

Councilmember Vodraska.

Here.

Councilmember Curtis.

Here.

Vice Mayor Charango is excused.

Mayor Sutton.

Here.

Councilmember Snyder.

Here.

Councilmember Garcia.

Present.

Councilmember Gonindo.

Here.

Thank you.

At this time I'd like you all to stand for a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Councilmember Curtis.

So at this time I'd like to go with Council Member Announcements.

I'll start on my right.

I'll go to my left.

Just want to let the council know that the Eloy Lions Club will be having a golf tournament at Robeson Ranch on March 29th.

The Eloy Lions Club is dedicated and focused on vision health.

We have been fortunate to have the funding to provide eye glasses and eye exams to over 70 people.

With this tournament, not only do you have an opportunity to sponsor a team, but you can also sponsor a whole.

So in order to get the information, you can go to the Eloy Lions Club website.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And to remind everyone, there's a wonderful organization, the Lions Club.

Mr.

Snyder.

There's an organization called United or Urban Land Institute.

That uh is an organization that's members include land developers, uh, major builders, uh, consultants, uh, cities.

Uh, anybody involved with uh and law firms, anybody involved with the uh process of uh building and land development and zoning and all this.

They have an annual trends day event uh which was last Thursday.

Uh and myself and city manager and our economic development director attended it in uh an all-day event up in uh Phoenix.

And it's a series of panel discussions all day.

There's probably in the order of maybe 12, 14 panel discussions where they'll have a topic and spend 45 minutes to discussing that topic.

Uh this year was pretty interesting.

There were things on uh the effect of AI, uh artificial intelligence in the uh development in commercial building industry, discussions on uh uh data centers, uh discussions on uh commercial real estate and transcommercial real estate.

There was a discussion on master plan developments and where the trends are in master plan developments, and an interesting discussion on some of the high-end hotels and where their focus is in going away from just providing a room and maybe a place to stay.

They're really the high-end side, is focusing on having an experience, almost uh having entertainment, uh venues, uh meals, uh, so that you could take the family and stay there.

It's almost like going to resort.

So it was interesting hearing what they're doing to try to add value to get their growth in their industry.

So it was a long day.

Uh I met the uh our city manager and uh at uh quarter six in the morning, and we got home at 7.30 that night.

So it was a but it was a good day.

Comes once a year, and I look forward to it every year.

So uh hopefully we'll pick up some gems we can use down the road.

Thank you.

Sounds very informative.

All right, over to mayor announcements.

Everybody you're good.

Over to May announcements.

You know your mayor always has something.

So on Thursday the 13th, along with Councilmember Garcia and City Manager Mallowitz, we attended a webinar about quiet zones on the railroad.

Quiet zones or no horn zones can be installed on six of our rail street crossings.

Each crossing would need about a million dollars to implement.

There are also other upkeep and maintenance charges to keep in compliance with said rules and regulations.

If anybody knows a railroad, that's all they're full of.

So we're gonna hear train horns for just a little while longer, I really think.

And later on that same day, Councilmember Vodraska and myself, we attended the state of the city address in Chandler.

That was just an amazing event.

It's nice to see our sister cities and show support.

Then on Tuesday, the 18th, I participated in a conference call with the governor and state attorney general discussing the recent flurry of executive orders from Washington, D.C.

Not much has trickled down to our level yet, but we are being proactive in keeping all lines of communications open between the local governors here and governance here and the governor's office.

Then on Saturday night, the Eloy Chamber of Commerce had their gala, which was held here in City Hall.

I would like to once again say congratulations to all the award winners.

One of them is in this room.

And it was just an outstanding group of individuals there that night.

Today I met with the RAC, that is the Rural Transportation Advocacy Council.

We discussed discuss was continuing to apply pressure to our representatives for local projects that are going on right now up in the State House.

So we're continuing to apply pressure for us and the rural level.

Not everything can go to Phoenix and Tucson.

Then later this afternoon, it was actually assistant city manager Lecture and I met with a representative from ASU to discuss ways to depart to partner in order to benefit Eloy citizens with higher education.

They are proud to offer industry and manufacturing courses at their polytech campus.

This is good for us as we want to attract more high-tech industries to Eloy.

In fact, ASU has introduced virtual reality into a lot of their online classes.

This is where you wear the mask and you can actually see and do things.

They were actually talking about doing uh taking the whole class literally to the moon to observe constellations and stars virtually going to the moon.

It's just got to be so incredible.

And to today's generation, that just sounds right up their alley in the fortnight generation.

So they're really trying to make learning fun over there at ASU.

So that's it for the mayor's announcements.

We'll go over to City Manager announcements.

Thank you, Mayor, members of council.

Just a couple things on the city manager's docket tonight.

Um, one is Frontier Street is closed right now from fourth to Maine.

Uh today, Monday through Friday of this week.

They are continuing installation of the Hawk pedestrian signal.

So they're putting up the polls and getting that also.

As you know, this has been a long time project.

So looking forward to having this finally installed and getting this finalized.

And secondly, as a reminder, at the last council meeting, our chief presented the adopt a school program, and then it has officially launched today.

So all the assigned officers have visited their schools and they will be doing that throughout the week and really looking forward to this program and creating that bond between the city, the officers, and the school system.

So thank you, Chief, and the officers that are participating in those programs.

We really appreciate it.

And that is all I have for tonight.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move on to number seven, the consent agenda.

All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine matters and will be enacted by one motion and one roll call vote of the council.

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member requests in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence in the agenda.

Does anybody have anything they would like removed?

Hearing none, I'm looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda.

So moved.

Second.

May I have a roll call, please.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Oraaska.

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Councilmember Schneider.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Thank you.

All right.

Next it will go to section number eight, business and possible discussion and/or actions.

Consider adoption of ordinance number 25986, approving case number CCTA 2025-001 building advisory and board of appeals and cooperating provisions to Chapter 2 of the Eloy City Code to establish Building Advisory Board of Appeals.

Mr.

Seimer.

Thank you, Mayor.

Members of the Council, Dan Seimer, Community Development Director.

The case before you today is an amendment to the City Code to establish a board that previously existed.

It appears to be removed between 2018 to 2021.

It is a necessary board.

It's a requirement of the building code and the property improvement code for which uh applicants that desire to have an appeal of the billing official.

Currently me acting in that role.

Um they uh make a make a request or a decision or an interpretation of the code uh that has the ability to be appealed to this body.

Furthermore, on properties that are condemned or are scheduled to be torn down by the city, the applicant or sorry, the proper has the right to file an appeal within 30 days of written notice, and it is necessary to move forward on such applications to have that board.

Otherwise, we cannot.

This is a quasi-judicial board.

So when a when an appeal does happen, the text does require that the ex officio step down, just to make you aware of that, because it is a quasi-digital board.

So at this time, Mayor, I present to you that I item for adoption.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Do we have any questions on this item?

I do.

Uh just for my clarification.

This has gone dormant for several years.

That is correct.

What has happened that while now we need it, or has there been a need for it?

Or I guess one of the things that I am kind of sensitive to is establishing boards that never meet.

And then we lose interest in from people who are on this board.

So I guess I'm looking at this and looking for some guidance on.

Is it going to be an active board once we do it?

It's an interesting board.

It's a board that can be as active or not active as the community.

It is a necessity of the building code to have this board.

Uh, and it is a necessity to either have the council, which is very uncommon act as the board.

Um, but it is over the next year.

We're planning to start reviewing the potential adoption of a new building code.

Uh billing codes and Eloy have historically been adopted every six years.

Uh we are out of that six-year cycle.

Um, the international code uh international code commission, which oversees the building codes and all the other happy related codes, has stopped supporting the current ICC code of 2018 as of December 31st.

So it is necessary over the probably the next six to eight months that we will start meeting on a semi-month every other month basis to go through that process.

But it is unfortunately one of those boards that only meets as needed.

So we do have to keep uh interest in it.

Okay, I think my only concerns, as you probably know, is that we get people on it and we don't meet for uh six, nine months, and we go to call the board and all of a sudden we've lost interest, we don't have a quorum, and we have to get new people, and it's not just trying to avoid this happening here.

That's all.

I appreciate that.

I think it's uh uh mayor members account.

I appreciate the comment.

It is one of the things I want to look at in the future of having, but due to the necessity of updating code, I think it's it's necessary at this time.

What's the size of this board there?

It's five members, one ex officio, and one non-voting member.

Mayor.

So is this the a different board than the uh board of the Sydney Ordnance Appeal Board that I was appointed to a couple of meetings ago?

I know in the past I was on that board and it met pretty regularly because there were quite a few complaints.

Um, but understood it it had been dormant for a while.

Is this the same board or is this a new board?

And why are we not combining those two boards?

Mayor members question, Councilman Callio.

It's a great question.

Uh I'm not sure which board you're referring to because the board of adjustment that here is zoning ordinance had been repealed.

It's now acts as a planning commission.

The building advisory board doesn't meet as needed.

Um it is a highly technical board.

It is strictly building code.

It has no other methods, it's just building code.

So it's a very unique uh board.

So currently there is not a board uh to appeal decisions made by city ordinances or appeals of um decisions made by planning and zoning, other uh issues that may come up with building permits or uh building violations, building out of compliance.

Uh there's many parts that question zoning ordinance uh appeals are now heard by the planning commission.

Any action of the planning related items are are heard by the plan or by the board of adjustment, which the planning commission sits.

So that that's what handles that.

There is no current board to review any decisions or appeals of the building code, and being that it's a highly technical board that is very stringent on building code, it it historically has been a separate board of all communities I've worked at.

Okay.

So if someone gets a violation, let's say a code violation, or a building um out of compliance violation, or or a notice to condemn property and stuff, which board would they go to appeal those decisions?

Good question, and I guess there's two parts to that.

There's a city code violation, which would go to the courts, and then there's the building code violation or the property maintenance code violation that would go to the building advisory board of appeals.

And that's this board that you want to do.

That is correct.

So apparently I was appointed to a board that doesn't exist.

And I served on it, yes.

I served on it before, and it was very active.

Uh apparently Mr.

Garcia served on it, it wasn't active at all, but then I was reappointed to it, and apparently it doesn't exist.

So we unfortunately I just discovered it.

It had historically been, sorry, Mayor members count.

Historically, it's been always there.

It's when we started getting some questions about you know conditions of buildings, and I'm investigating the process that I discovered that it had been deleted apparently accidentally.

So it would it will it will be there for you to participate.

So what's the process for selecting the members of this board?

Will it be a resume process?

Because if it's a highly technical board, um you would like people who actually know who are familiar with trades to go on this mayor, members of council that uh that is correct, and what historically in communities I worked at, and I have reviewed the I want to say current, but the previous members, they were they were active builders in the community that are readily available with the disinformation.

Um historically, there was a real estate person on on that, it's somewhat related to uh it is important though because of the technicalities of it, and there are many ways to build, and the so that which is the benefit of the board to review our decisions and open up uh opportunities for what they call alternative methods that which is allowed by the code, which sometimes I it's the building official or the department director.

I may not be able to approve, but I have to have bring it to a larger body to review.

Now, if all the stores were to align, when would you think this board would be up and running?

Hopefully in April, end of April.

Ambitious, very good.

Very ambitious, yes.

I need to get a new building code in place by the end of the year.

Any other questions?

Okay.

Hearing none.

Do I hear a motion to read by title adoption of ordinance number two five-eight nine six?

Eight nine six.

That is correct.

I dyslexia that one when I wrote it.

All right, do we hear a motion to read by title adoption of ordinance two five-nine eight six?

Mayor I'll make a motion to read by title only.

We have a second.

All in favor, say any opposed?

Hearing none, motion carries.

Case number CCTA 2025-001, building advisory and board of appeals.

An ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of Eloy, Penau County, Arizona, approving an amendment to Chapter 2, Administration, Article 4, Commissions, Boards, and Bureau's Divisions 5, Pension Board, and Incorporating Division Number Six, Building Advisory Board, and Board of Appeals, providing for severality and establishing an effective date.

Thank you.

Do we have a motion to approve ordinance 25-96 as presented?

Mayor, I'll make a motion to adopt ordinance number 25-986.

Do I have a second?

I have a second roll call, roll call, please.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Golindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Vorasca.

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Councilmember Snyder.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Thank you.

All right.

Next is item B consider the establishment of a City Council subcommittee to review applicants for the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Celine.

Who's up?

Thank you, Mayor.

Mayor members of the council.

This item is to create a subcommittee of the council to review the applications that have been submitted for the planning and zoning commission as it was newly created and becomes effective on March 1st.

We have nine applications that have been submitted.

Four of those contain letters of interests, which were requested instead of the formal application process of pre of previous members, three from the planning commission, one from the uh airport advisory board, and five general public.

So the idea is to uh schedule a time with those three members of the council to review the applications, potentially interview any of those item uh applicants that we would like, and then formally return on March 24th with a recommendation uh to the city council for appointments.

Thank you, sir.

So I will ask for volunteers.

In fact, I'll step up and be the first volunteer.

All right, so now we only need two.

Mr.

Baron, I'd like to volunteer too.

Having been a ex-officio to planning and zoning, and also an ex officio to the downtown commission, which is rolled in.

So I'm pretty aware of the activities here, so I'd like to volunteer as well.

I would like to volunteer if the interviews would be taking place between the 10th and 14th of March.

We can make that happen.

I will have to do that.

Okay, we got your volunteers.

Thank you.

That's it.

All right, I'm gonna put the names in this motion to make it work better.

So to consider the establishment of city council subcommittee to review applicants for the planning and zoning commission.

Those in the subcommittee will consist of myself, councilmember Curtis, and Councilmember Snyder.

Do I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second.

Second.

Roll call, please.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Golindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Vorasca?

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis?

Yes.

Councilmember Schneider?

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Okay, now we'll go down to item C.

Authorization for the creation of a position of police support services supervisor and provide for the classification of this position in the City of Eloy Compensation Plan.

Hello, Chief.

Good evening, Mayor.

Good evening, City Council, Assistant City Manager, City Attorney, City Manager, and City Clerk, and members of Eloy community and guests.

Thank you.

I stand before you night, humbly request authorization to create a police support services supervisor, which will be a civilian position, which will oversee our police records, our police fire and communications center, and also our property and evidence room.

And they'll also be the property custodian for the police department.

Historically, this position has been filled by a sworn position, sworn officer, like a sergeant position.

The issue with that is there's usually no continuity, no desire to gain expertise in those areas rather than just to keep these uh functions moving for the duration of that assignment.

Um the general practice across law enforcement now is to have a civilian supervisor and/or manager that oversees those.

Um, one of the things I did when I first got to the police department in August of last year was conduct an assessment of all our operations in the police department.

And those areas, police and fire communications, police records, and property and evidence room had a lot of issues that needed to be corrected, and still do.

Um, and the issue with that was there was no proper oversight, span of control, an oversight, proper audits being conducted, and that's with a civilian supervisor.

That person can concentrate on those duties.

As you know, these functions in the police department, a lot of liability and a lot of risk, especially your managing police records, um, having to do with um public records acts requests, managing all the records that come from the police department, proper storage, proper um destruction of items of records.

So we got to make sure that we're on top of those.

And definitely what our property and evidence room.

Um the last thing we want is uh to do an audit, and we we have property missing in the evidence room.

Um, that's not something I want in the news, and that's something that I want uh have to deal with, and to have uh someone who can properly oversee that and also look at uh technology to proper uh properly leverage technology to manage our property and evidence room to make sure that we're properly store uh storing items, cataloging items, and then we can get those items at when needed for court, etc.

Um, and then police and fire communications.

That's our first line of uh contact with the public when they need help.

So we got to make sure our our uh police and fire dispatchers are properly trained, um, make sure that we have the proper technology and we're keeping up with the proper technology and keeping up to date with all those best systems in place to properly serve our community.

Um and to have that that um that support services supervisor will ensure that that's happening.

So they'll be working with other agencies, uh, state, federal, and local, making sure they're having the proper resources to make sure that we're doing the best job we can in all those areas.

Thank you, sir.

I'll answer any questions you might have about that position.

Questions.

Chief, could you explain I'm trying to think here uh as you're talking?

Is this person would have no direct reports?

Direct they will have direct reports.

Okay, so strict reports will be civilian or it's all civil.

They will oversee the six civilian dispatchers.

Uh, right now we have one records clerk, and then um they will oversee, they will be the property and evidence custodian of our property and evidence.

The property uh I'm sorry, the evidence technician will report to the um investigation sergeant.

Okay, so that's my question.

I was concerned this person was gonna be a supervisor of all this with no way to make it happen.

And that's okay.

Thank you.

Yes.

Any other questions?

I have a question.

Yes, sir.

When it comes to this individual, when it comes to the records portion of this, I suppose they're gonna get training in record retention and all the nuances when it comes to that as far as the legalities of record retention and storage.

Yes, that person will definitely get training.

There's training that goes on at the state level throughout the state all the time.

So we'll definitely be working with our partners to make sure that they're they're given the proper training.

Thank you, sir.

Anyone else?

Okay, hearing done.

I'd like for a motion for the authorization of the creation of a position for police support services supervisor, provide for the classification of this position in the CD, the City of Eloy compensation plan.

Do I have a motion?

Mayor, I make a motion we adopt item C.

I think it's needed.

I have a second.

I'll second that.

I have a roll call.

Councilmember Schneider.

Yes.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Golindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Varasca.

Yes.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chief.

Thank you, Mayor.

City Council appreciate it.

My pleasure, sir.

Okay, now we move on.

Oh, to item D.

Consideration of accepting the proposal submitted by waste management in response to the City of Eloy's issued request for proposals for residential curbside and city facilities solid waste recycling, bulk, commercial collection, and optional green waste collection disposable services, and rejecting all other proposals authorizing the city to enter into contract negotiations for said services.

Mr.

Rencher, take it away.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, members of the council.

As you know, this is this has been a topic of lengthy discussion for some time.

So I've I prepared a brief presentation on how we got here and what our options are moving forward.

The historic background in the city of Eloy entered into a contract with waste connections of Arizona, formerly right-of-way disposal in May of 2015.

Um either Tuesday or Friday, uh, once a week recycles collected the same day, as well as month once a month bulk crash collection.

Those were offered on the set schedule.

And they also included the collection of of solid waste and recycling facilities for the city facilities, the city hall, the police department, the public works, the parks, things like that.

This is our current schedule that we have.

So we have basically a Tuesday Friday setup.

Everything northeast of the railroads uh is collected on Friday, everything southwest is collected on Tuesday.

And like I said, those are both collected the same day, both trash and recycle.

Uh the bulk trash is collected the third Tuesday of every month, and that's that's uh been ongoing for for the last 10 years.

Uh this is just a brief map showing what the city facilities are, what the garbage containers or receptacle containers are for the city.

Um those are those were all included in what we have.

So the current the initial term of the contract was through May 31st of 2020.

The the contract that we're operating under now allowed for five extensions or renewal terms.

In April 2020, the city council approved a one-year extension and issued the first renewal notice to Waste Connections of Arizona or or RAD as they were known at that point.

That first renewal notice set the precedent for the length of the remaining extensions.

So by the fact that that the first extension was issued and was was called out for a one-year extension.

That basically said that every extension after that would be would be limited to one year.

Uh, because of that, the current contract that we have with our current service provider is set to expire on May 31st of 2025 with no additional renewal terms.

And so the city uh had two options.

One we could either enter into a cooperative purchasing contract based on another municipality's bidding process and subsequent award, or we could go out and do our own uh our own advertisement, our own bidding, our own selection process.

Uh, in in August, September of 2024, staff was was directed to prepare an RFP uh request for proposals and advertise that without going through a cooperative purchasing agreement through anybody else.

Uh so with that when we put that together, some of the key points of that of that request for proposals that we we had were first an initial term of three years and subsequent renewal terms of the first two of three years each and one of one year.

So three, three, three, and one for a ten-year total contract.

Uh, with the weekly garbage and recycle, uh, which is coincident with and and consistent with our current contract.

Uh, one of the things that we also included with this one is a neighborhood recycling drop-off services.

So if a central location for anybody who wants to come in and drop recycle, these are our large containers that that people can come in and drop recyclable materials for so that they don't have to necessarily use their individual container, or if they have too much, they can they can come to these neighborhood drop-off recycling services centers.

Uh also the commercial service for commercial enterprises who choose to set up accounts through the city.

Uh, as Mr.

Wright mentioned previously, um the the commercial establishments within the city of Eloy can go out to the open market and procure services from whomever and however they they they wish.

Uh we are offering that as a service that that came in in about 2015.

We started offering commercial services that the commercial enterprises can come in and set up an account through the city of Eloy and then be serviced through the City of Eloy Solid Waste Provider.

Uh also with that we continue the the residential and commercial roll-off services.

the the commercial establishments within the city of Eloy can go out to the open market and procure services from whomever and however they they they wish uh we are offering that as a service that that came in in about 2015 we started offering commercial services that the commercial enterprises can come in and set up an account through the city of Eloy and then be serviced through the City of Illinois solid waste provider also with that we continue the the residential and commercial roll off services we also have it in here if if the council chooses to to go down this route we can also go through a green waste services and and that's something that that is is new and offering that we didn't offer before so how do we get to this point the staff created the request for proposals advertised the the request for proposals on the city website and in the Casagran dispatch in November of 2024 we held a pre-submittal conference at November 19th of 2024 here in the city council chambers we had four representative or we had four companies represented each of those was invited to submit a bid this was a mandatory pre-bid submittal conference and the reason why we've decided it to be mandatory is because there's so much information that we needed to convey that they needed to be there and if it also provided the option for a side visitor to ride the community so they can start looking at at routes and how to put that together.

The questions for arising from any of the bid documents we had a deadline for November 27 2024 we did receive some of those questions and we we issue the first addendum with the answers to those questions.

The first addendum was sent out on December 13th of 2024 along with that we also sent out invoices showing the current collection of billing information we had three sets of that we had the the residential which we tried to redact as much personal information as we could we had the commercial services where we redacted the information and then we had the commercial role or we had the roll off services that it was also part of that those invoices were all sent out to every single one of the of the prospective bidders that was sent out on December 13th of 2024.

A second addendum was issued on December 30th after an error in was after staff discovered an error in the in in the bid documents with the renewal terms and the initial terms so we set that on December 30th.

So there were two addendums that we officially issued through the RFP process and one of the forms that we had as required to be submitted was that they had received and reg and and accepted these addenda and and that was through a form in in the bid process of of what we're looking at as far as steps we had the pre-bid conference we had the deadlines for the bidders commission bidders questions we had the addendums we had the bid opening on January 3rd of 2025 we had a council review bids on 27th during an executive session and and then originally we had it scheduled for an acceptance of the bid of 20 on February 10th we didn't make that's why we're bringing it tonight for councils direction on on approval to accept the bid um with the contract approval we we will not be presenting a contract tonight this is just an um requesting approval to begin the contract negotiations with the with waste management the waste management is the lowest responsible bidder after review of of the three bids that were submitted uh republic services sent us an email back in December that they said they would not be submitting new bid so that left uh waste connections of Arizona Universal Waste and waste management were the three of the three bidders that were in in attendance at the the pre-bid commission at the prebid conference so all three of the remaining companies submitted bids in on January 3rd of 2025 however upon review of the proposals there it there was found to be a material deficiency in the proposal from waste connections of Arizona which which disqualified their bids so that the remaining bids were between waste con uh waste management and universal waste services and and uh staff once we had those identified we started working through to figure out what the cost would be to the city and then what cost that would be to the residents and that was what Brian uh Mr Wright mentioned in the in the previous meeting was as to how this would affect the rates of if council chooses to accept the proposal from waste management and authorize staff to begin the contract negotiations.

Some of the some of the parameters that we had of the of the analysis uh we had 4,520 residential customers we have 157 solid waste recover um additional solid waste receptacles somebody has an additional can uh an additional garbage can that's something that we built into this RFP so that if people have that they can still continue to have that service offered we had commercial roll off services we had 63 total for the fiscal year ending of June 30, 2024.

Uh we also had the frequency and the size in uh either front load containers, the two-yard, the three-yard, six yard, eight-yard, or 95-gallon containers, uh, as well as the monthly commercial establishments with the accounts set up through through the finance department.

We created that spreadsheet and put in as as much information as we could to get a comprehensive review and to bring council the information with as much knowledge as we had to give to you to be able to make an educative decision.

And these these were to account for additional cost increases to the residents, to the customers, what it what impact it would have on the cost if we were to accept the the bid from waste connections.

I'm sorry, waste management.

I apologize.

These were presented to council in an executive session on January 27th of 2025.

Um this is just kind of an objective analysis of the proposals that we have based on the information that was received in the proposals.

Um based on everything that we have, the the um difference in the contract response is is about 50,000 51,000 um per month from universal waste uh that was more than waste management.

Um based on on what we're based on the analysis that we have, waste management is coming in at the laws proposal.

Um universal waste would be about $51,000 more than that per month.

Um so per year, it would be um an approximately additional six hundred and fifteen thousand dollars more if we were to go to with universal waste as opposed to waste management.

And then this is just the comparative contract rates.

This is similar to the information that that we that was presented to to you earlier in in the meeting, so I won't dwell too much on that.

Uh so that the all total the the estimated costs for the solid waste collection and disposal if if council approves to if council agrees to accept the bid from waste management, we estimate it would probably be about two million, 2.1 million dollars per year.

If council decides to accept the bid from universal waste systems, it would be about 2.8 million dollars per year.

Um therefore staff recommends the the council accept the bid from waste management and and authorize us to move into contract negotiations with them.

This is again just information.

I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Matt, thank you for your presentation.

Appreciate that.

I have a couple questions.

Um the contract uh it's the 3331.

Uh during that first three years is the proposed um waste management uh uh rate of 20.19 cents.

Is that set for that full three years?

There is an escalator involved with that, so that would go up just a little bit with that.

Okay.

So would that be tied to an annual CPI rate?

Is that right?

Yes.

And then those rates that would increase are those um rates come before city council for approval.

They would, absolutely.

Every time we would we would come to the new to the new fiscal year, we would bring the council uh we would bring to the council the proposed rates that would cover any any increases from the waste management contract.

Okay.

And then do you expect to put within language of the contract any cancellation clauses that would be um service performance level uh thresholds that would trigger any type of penalties or um Mr.

Mayor Councilman Vodraska?

Yes, we have both of those.

We have both um liquidated liquidated damages as well as charges for missed service or miscompliance, and then we also have a cancellation clause in there already, right?

And we'll negotiate through the specifics of that that yes, if they are not performing to our expectations, we will be able to cancel the contract.

Okay.

One last question.

I don't know if you you know this or not.

It might be directed to them.

Umright from Illinois, we had waste management in several communities.

Um we originally moved to a community that was serviced by waste management.

There was a charge, service charge fee for the containers.

Um just want to know if that's expected of the uh residents here to pay us a one-time service charge for the actual containers, and then I read within the documentation that they would be responsible for maintenance of those containers and if they were deemed broken or whatever, they would replace them.

And then I read within the documentation that they would be responsible for maintenance of those containers, and if they were deemed broken or whatever, they would replace them.

Mr.

Mayor members, uh, Councilmember Vedroska.

I can answer the second part, and then I'll defer to Clark Landrum from waste management for the first part.

Yes, and so the waste management, if it were this contract, would own, maintain, operate, replace all of the carts, all of the garbage collection carts, and and we we had anticipate that we would get the calls that hey, I need a can replace, we would at that point reach out to waste management and have them come in and replace the the cart.

I'm assuming probably at the next regular scheduled pickup day.

Okay.

And for that, like I said, I'll defer to Clark Landrum.

He's he's the um the representative from waste management.

Clark.

Thank you, Matt.

And uh apologize, I've got a new knee, so I'm moving a little gingerly, but uh all is good.

So uh here's a card I brought.

Obviously, uh you know the ones for the city would be a little bit bigger, but if you don't mind, uh real quickly, I'll just uh want to um just encap it that uh you know we've been in Arizona for over 60 years, and we have over 50 sites and 3,000 employees here um you know statewide.

And uh in our our um coverage of uh municipalities includes the city of Chandler, Lynchell Park, Tombstone, Wachuca City, Winslow, and ShoLo.

So most of those have been uh with us for over 15 years, and uh they have uh certainly the um uh you know the opportunity if you were to call them, they would tell you that uh you know our service is is impeccable, and the relationships we have with each of those cities is really um a partnership.

And uh truthfully they probably wouldn't know our um local team other first names, which goes a long way in my opinion.

So I just wanted to real quickly introduce our local operation team.

This is Carrie Um and Carlos and our Wanda.

And uh Carlos is um actually a resident of Eloy, so uh he's here with us tonight.

Um just uh a few quick uh points.

I don't want to be long-winded, but uh we are building out a um uh facility in Casa Grande, and and the reason to do that is uh to bring our trucks uh employees into that facility as we read through the concerns, challenges, and opportunity growth for Heloy.

So uh that's where we would house our vehicles out of as well as the employment there.

So back to your uh your question.

Um really as we go through this process and we're looking for uh counsel and staff guidance that we can negotiate and discuss uh all the terms and conditions that would be brought forward.

So we always like to have a mutual agreement from the start.

That way we don't have to come back to you all uh within six months or a year and say, Oh, we forgot this, we need to add this in now.

So uh, you know, essentially, you know, our point would be, you know, if there's concerns the city has, you know, we can go talk and negotiate those during our uh contract uh process.

Just a quick question.

Waste management being nationwide worldwide.

Uh is it typical for uh consumer customer to initially have a you know fee for those containers?

Yeah, in our um in our what we call open market um well, we do have a cost associated with bringing the container out and delivering that.

When we look at larger contracts as this, we we certainly uh we recognize the number of of carts and the buying power of the city has um by presenting that.

So uh you know that's an option that we put into uh some of our exceptions, but we're willing to negotiate and talk through that.

Thank you.

As always, uh picking up on that line, if I'm not mistaken, everybody has paid a fee for the carts they currently have.

I'm sorry, everybody customers have already paid a fee for the carts they currently have to containers.

Will they get a refund for those?

What happens to the carts that I have?

I have two two containers right now that I've paid for or an issue to get those.

So what happens with those?

Right.

That would be something that we would negotiate with the current provider because that the carts actually belong to our current provider, so we would we would negotiate that and we would certainly let the residents know this is what we expect to happen.

This is how you the transition will happen.

Uh, we do have a provision in our current contract that the current service provider will work very closely with us and and with the next contract, whoever that may be, to provide as as seamless a uh transition as possible.

Yeah.

And and I'm gonna put my sales hat on here a little bit.

Um changing suppliers is tough uh because there's a little expectations, a lot of what you presented tonight in is uh cost-based and financial based.

A lot of what you presented tonight and is uh cost-based and financial based.

But those that uh we have to remember the residents, they have an ex they've been with a supplier, say for seven years.

There's an expectation of okay, if my garbage didn't get picked up this morning, who do I call and to pick that up?

Uh what if there's oil stains on the road?

Who's gonna come and replace that?

Uh the question of this $10 uh fee for the paid originally $10.

Now you're gonna charge me $4 more a month, plus I might have to buy my container.

What about the $10 or whatever I paid before?

Those questions are all going to come up.

So I think beyond the financial side, we have to look at the residents and what their uh mode of operation is, what their expiration was expectation level is, and what changes we may be making to that expectation uh to get acceptance because they will be paying more.

So there's little things like that.

I think we have to be sure that we get some resident involvement here and input into the contract and negotiate.

Uh those little things I think is uh is important.

I think uh I've had occasion where the I call it said, you know what, you I put my recycling out this morning, you didn't pick it up.

And I talked to us, yes, we picked it up.

Well, no, you didn't.

And they sent me a picture from the truck of the fact that they were there, they didn't pick it up.

So little things like that that the customers uh or restaurants have ex or learned to expect.

So I think consider those things when you negotiate the contract because uh that uh that in uh wedding period of bringing on a new supplier is could be very difficult, as you know.

Right, Mr.

Mayor, remember um council member Snyder, yes, we are fully aware of that.

We understand that they're with any contractor with any change, even and we understand that there will be some growing pains.

We understand that there will be an adjustment period with us, with our new contract or with the old contract or who however however it is.

Um that's one of the things we will certainly address with that, and and we can write it into the contract if if the next service provider is is amenable to it, is providing a six-month dedicated line for the city of Eloy residents to call.

So that's certainly something that we've already looked at, kind of kind of felt out, but but we will absolutely take the citizens' concerns and and the citizens' expectations to heart because ultimately we we are here to serve them.

Yeah, great great questions.

And in our industry, we do this all the time.

And uh it's a a process we go through is switching out containers, but there's always the fear of unknown, right?

And and certainly uh you know, from a neighborhood uh uh standpoint, you know, we we uh a lot of times we'll bring a truck out prior to it.

And we have a touch-a-truck event where uh residents can come out with their kids.

We just had one this past Saturday where we had I think 700 residents who came out, and it really gives us an opportunity face to face to go through those questions that uh that you just had, because they happen all the time, right?

Uh in that process.

And one thing I wanted to share, pretty cool.

We had a um uh I had a uh family come by and they're uh their son with special needs, and he actually drew this picture for me and he brought it up.

And and his uh, you know, his ultimate thing is to be out there when the truck comes by and wave and and so forth.

So, you know, from a community engagement, that's where we want to be.

And uh, you know, it's through our uh communications department as well as uh you know any social media and so forth that we can present.

Uh Matt did cover uh I think a few things that uh realistically we want to keep the same service days and the bulk of so that seamless process where you know I don't have to think about changing the days of service.

My hands will still continue to be out at the same time.

Uh another nuance is we take glass in our recycler.

So that was something that we want to share because we do have outlets uh in the Phoenix market that we turn around glass uh pretty quickly and efficiently.

So all the material, the trash recycling would go back to our Casa Garan transfer station that will be built and open in the next month or two, and then they go to W-owned landfills and uh recycling centers.

So there's no questions or or thoughts about ah you know, we're using a third party for this or that.

It's all you know encompassed within you know what we do.

So um uh to that point, yeah, we're we uh we have a wonderful community and communication engagement.

Yeah, a style comment, but at least you won't have trucks getting stuck in the road getting to the landfill and have the rain.

That's true.

And the one thing real quickly on the um uh I wanted to cover your question on dedicated support.

So Matt touched on it.

We have a local dedicated team.

We actually have a project team uh that's dedicated only to Eloy.

So as that communication, the live um uh operator and so forth is all that information comes through, we engage uh with that and and can communicate with the drivers on their tablets, you know, for misses for oil spills and so forth.

So um uh we've learned over here, you know, uh technology and AI is very important and it's streamlined our business tremendously to uh uh to have those opportunities where we can go back and uh and correct them.

Do we make mistakes?

Yeah, we make mistakes every day, but we we own them and we go back and if there's a miss, uh we'll go back and get it.

Uh we do have a um a smart truck technology, so there is roughly six cameras on our truck that uh that really gauges you know, GPS-wise speed of the truck, and then also it gives us an opportunity to help support the city with um, you know, if a cart's not out, if it's uh overflowing, if we recognize that there's um uh contamination in a recycling can, you know, we can change um uh behaviors and work with the residents on really what's supposed to go in there.

Yeah, so new carts, new containers, and new trucks.

Um Matt, as you know, uh waste management and waste removal is an essential part of city services for all of our residents.

Um now we're asking our residents to pay more for this service that that um we're responsible for making sure that it is available to them and asking them to pay more.

What kind of um negotiations are you gonna take to the table so that our citizens are getting higher quality, better quality service from waste management because they we are asking them now to pay a little bit more than what they were paying in the past, and I think that they deserve to have better quality service.

Right, Mr.

Mayor uh Councilmember Gilano, you're absolutely right, and and and ultimately we are in the customer service industry, regardless of whether it's our contract or whether whether it's us, whether it's you as council, we want to make sure that our residents are happy.

So we will make sure that we will work with them, we will work with our contract, we will work with the residents to find out if they have expectations, if those expectations are being met, and if there are things that we can improve on, we will certainly bring that back to our our contractor, whoever that may be.

Uh, and one of the things that that I propose with my staff is to have regular touch-based meetings with our contractors that hey, these are the issues that we have coming up, these are the issues that have come up over the last month, over the last two months.

These are things that we can look forward to.

What can we help you with?

What can you help us with?

Uh, one of the things we'll we'll do more too is is provide more of uh more active community engagement with our game night is a prime example.

We can have our contractor come out, we can have uh neighborhood meetings, we can have things like that, we can negotiate that into our contract so that they are contractually obligated to provide those services for us and further residents.

And and within your department, Matt, will you have somebody dedicated to take those calls from citizens that have any kind of concerns about their trash pickup or just needing information?

I know in the past, all I've ever been told is well go on our website, it's on our website we do.

We actually have two staff, uh two administrative staff.

Um we're in the process of recruiting a business manager right now.

Um that's but we of those two staff, one of those is dedicated to the utilities, one of the one of them is is dedicated to the solid waste and the sanitation department.

So, yes, we do have we do have somebody that in the city that receives the calls that it's a real person that you call and talk to, and and she's wonderful, she's great.

So we will make sure that that we keep her busy as well.

Because I can tell you as a citizen myself, Matt, I have probably shared with just about almost half the people in this room that I need a new trash dumpster.

I've called your office and told them that I have a big crack in my trash dumpster.

It's probably been cracked for over a year and it still has not been replaced, and I still have not got any kind of direction on other than oh, okay, well, you have to call this department or you know, uh make a complaint on our website.

And those if we're asking our citizens to pay more for a service that they already provide, we can't have those kinds of things happening.

They should be able to get uh their request at least addressed right away.

Understood, and I will certainly look into that.

Thank you.

Sorry, more questions.

I'll defer to Mr.

Landrum on that yeah council member uh Kurt's great question so we have a Butterfield station landfill which is just north of um uh City Maricopa and it has a hundred hundred year lifespan so the trash will be taken to our transfer station which uh it will be in Casa Grand it will be put on a larger 18 wheeler transportation truck and it would be taken there to dump the uh the recyclables would uh go to Casa Grant as well but then they would go up to our material recovery facility in surprise uh which is we just invested 13 million into it and uh you need to come up there and take a tour of it's pretty cool but uh you know it'd be uh be taken there and then sorted and processed so uh my second question is on the recycling so is it the same system we have now one bin everything goes into it except glass is now allowed we we would like to have glass so yeah single stream we call it everything can go in there uh the big four obviously 10 aluminum you know paper uh in that regards you know is still the um the materials that you know collected in our um proposal as well as working with the city you know we will come up with um a list of those uh recyclables um mainly they're the same with the exception of glass and then you know we're always looking for other commodities that can help uh divert you know from the uh landfill one of them is textiles we're working closely with uh some pilot projects on textiles and and seeing if there's an option to keep that material at the landfill and my third question is um kind of for both of you and it's kind of been asked already but I just wanted to put it out there again um so you know one Friday it's the last pickup from RAD and then the next Friday it's the pickup from waste connection what happens for the resident what do they have to do what do they have to know um will it be the same side of the street is the same time like how is all that stuff going to be handled the changeover and the other questions about you know there is there a new there's obviously going to be a new bin or two new bins and how how does the old one go away and the new one come and all that stuff because these are the questions that people are going to want to know.

I'll start and let me chime in we uh I mean all the transition process in our eyes is seamless and it's really you know with Carrie's leadership there um you know we we like to say we play fair in a sandbox so we communicate with um you know the exiting hauler as these things happen from time to time and uh we schedule that out uh as we go through so one can is removed usually on the last day of service they'll pick it up and then we go through and we replace it with our cans as we go down uh down the street and so forth and then we we certainly um you know have a checks and balances on all the cans that went out I believe there's tagging associated with um with the cans so we know uh from a geo code where everything is oh Matt will it be like will there be some sort of education that will go out to the customer like it's the same side of the street it's you know because right now some streets wheel them to the all to the other side of the street or like is all that stuff going to be sort of seamlessly communicated.

You know it is we we we look at uh various options obviously social media then we do um you know a paper uh postcard and so forth we have just an excellent communication department but also like we mentioned earlier I like to have uh neighborhood community events uh town hall events where they can come out if so desired and we can talk through it as well and certainly we're we're open to um to various other options as well just to communicate you know the do's and don'ts in that process carry our our district manager she's customer centric and you know she besides safety and our people that's probably her number third three maybe sometimes two but uh the taking care of the customers and making sure they're aware of uh you know the processes and so forth is uh is numero Uno in our book council member yeah real quickly um you know we are a garbage company but we like to think of ourselves uh as more than that and from an environmental sustainability efforts that we can bring along as well not for um I'm getting older our generation but younger generations as well and educating them so I think that's part of uh what we bring to the table as we look at uh the forecasted growth that the city has right and and as we partner and move along with that there's gonna be some opportunities um uh whether it's industries or or residents coming in that we need to educate them as well uh really on on the overall um engagement of like I said um um uh commitments to the environment I I would really like to see some involvement with the schools about the importance of you know recycling and and maybe some education on you know how how the process of recycling goes and maybe even uh the responsibility of you know uh making sure that your trash is being dispensed in the proper receptacle and it's just I

I I would really like to see some involvement with the schools about the importance of you know recycling and and maybe some education on you know how the process of recycling goes and maybe even uh the responsibility of you know uh making sure that your trash is being dispensed in the proper receptacle, and there's just I I feel like there's just a lot of information that could be shared that could be given that would lead to you know better habits and possibly a healthier community.

You're spot on in, really the behaviors change.

They started home, right?

And it changes there and then are communicated out.

And you know, I can remember back when my uh both my sons were small and I threw something mistakenly away, you know, like that goes in a recycler dead, and and just you know that that's where we start that process and behaviors that change uh over time.

All right, don't sit down, don't sit down.

I got one more for you.

If I may, Mr.

Mayor, um Councilmember Curtis, to your point.

Yes, we will do absolutely everything we can to make sure that the that there's as minimal impact to the current customers as possible.

If that means keeping the trash collection on the same side of the street, we will certainly work with waste management if council approves us to negotiate the contract with them.

We will certainly work with them on that to be able to have that.

So there's basically just a different color can.

I my goal for you to kind of consider in your negotiations is just for the customer, it's either the same or better.

Understood.

Yeah, the one caveat is uh you know, with close proximity of our business unit now, and the communication through the tablets, um you know, from an operation standpoint, we can communicate to the drivers quickly and more efficiently if we have to get back, you know, to a uh um a neighbor or residence says they don't have their cart out and we missed them.

So um, you know, that's uh a very quick process for us to go back and get that now uh in regards to um uh those changes.

Okay, quick questions.

Concerning the recycling, now in that pair will go glass, cardboard, tin cans, soda cans, wine bottles, everything, right?

Yes, okay.

And the other thing is you have that large can.

The residents at Robeson is a good portion there that has a much smaller can because they live in what's known as the villas.

You do have the you I'm just letting you know probably that you will be requested to have a smaller cart for them to use.

I think that's a uh discussion uh point that uh we can have with Matt in the city in regards to um to looking at that um uh processes because I know it does I have uh two friends up there in Robeson that are handicapped, and they require the smaller pails so that wheelchair access they can push them out much easier.

All right.

Anyone else have any questions or anything to add from council may I enter this?

Absolutely come on up.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor and Council members, city managers.

Um my name's Carrie Hook.

I've been with WM for 18 years, and 10 years of that was in customer experience, um, taking the phone calls of the customers prior to coming to uh WM, I was a corrections officer for the state prisons for eight years.

So I feel like um I've learned a lot about respect and getting that respect back.

And so um I I can guarantee that my team sitting right here uh will make sure that we are there for the customers' concerns.

Uh council member Golinda.

Yeah, am I saying that right?

Glenda.

Um I will make sure that we are available as well as Matt's team.

Um my number will be given out, Armando's number will be given out, Sam's number will be given out, so that any issues we will handle them.

Just wanted to address that.

Of course, we we would like you to be part of the community and stuff, but we would expect that we would be able to get that information to Matt, and then Matt would handle it with yes, ma'am.

I just want you to know I'm a very patient customer.

But when it comes to my constituents, I'm not so patient.

So I think they deserve, even if I don't deserve uh to get my needs met, I feel like it's essential that they get their needs met.

I feel like it's essential that they get their needs met.

So yes, ma'am.

I I 100% agree with that.

Thank you.

You you pay more a lot of times for services when people remember your name, who you are, and what you like.

And so that's one of the things that I pride myself on.

When I go back to a restaurant or service or uh a store, it's because I got treated well, customer service-wise.

And so that's something that I look at you know quite quite a bit.

And uh as far as the educational piece, uh, we love to do educational um touch trucks and go out to to city events.

Um the Lions Club will be more than happy to donate to.

Um, there's just all kinds of things that we like to get involved in when it comes to the community, and we want to be uh uh uh uh proud relationship uh sponsor with Eloy, the city of Eloy.

We we want to we want to have that partnership with you.

So I just wanted to stand up and say that and introduce myself.

I'm uh Kerry Hook, senior uh district manager over Southern Arizona.

So thank you guys.

Thanks, Carrie.

Thank you so much.

I see you standing there.

Excuse me.

I yeah, I don't want to be out of order, but uh oh, are you one of the vendors or yeah, I am okay with universal waste, I might spot if if you want to come up, state your name, who you represent.

Thank you, and I didn't want to be I saw you stand or thank you for your time.

I uh appreciate the opportunity.

I'm the president of Universal Waste Systems.

We're a family-owned business.

Uh we work in five states in the in the country.

We have about a thousand employees.

One of our companies is AC sanitation, right down the street from you.

And actually, we're your biggest customer at Eloy Landfill.

Mainly the by far the biggest customer.

So we do support the city, and I guess the main reason I'm up here tonight is when I looked at the numbers.

I think there's a huge misunderstanding on the rate.

That's not our rate.

Our rate is less than waste management's rate.

So I don't know if there was an error or the way it was written up, but I would I would respectfully ask that you relook at the rates and make sure that the rates are right.

Uh we don't charge for carts, we don't charge for bins.

Waste management's a good company.

I'll never say anything bad about them.

And one thing, they're definitely the biggest, and that's gonna be a fact.

But we are a family-owned business, and service is everything to us.

A family-owned business and a family community like your own.

And I think the service level would really surprise you.

The dedication that our employees and we have to our communities, the work we do for the communities.

Well, we work in a lot of smaller communities throughout New Mexico, a lot of smaller communities in California, and we give a lot back.

I don't think I've ever I can't remember the last time I said no to anybody that needed something, and that's just the kind of company we are.

But I would respectfully ask you to re-look at the rate sheets, and I would also ask for an interview.

Well, can it hurt?

There's two of us.

Give us both an opportunity to talk about our companies, show what we have, show what they have.

Obviously, they can afford to buy everything, so can we when it comes to your city?

We can get you.

We we have we'll have brand new trucks, brand new carts, brand new bins, people that live in the community.

Most of our employees, I think.

What's the number, Ryan?

50-50 in Eloy, and about half an Eloy now work here.

And like I said, we support the landfill, and that's hard because you guys are struggling at the landfill.

A lot of days we can't use it, a lot of days we can, but we're loyal to you, and we keep coming because we appreciate you.

So I would just ask you for an opportunity.

That's all I that's all I would ask for.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for addressing that.

Oh, and please just double check those rates because they're not right.

That's not what we bid.

That is not even close to what we bid.

Our bid is less than waste managers, if you look at it right.

Thank you.

All right.

We're about to look further into this, actually.

So at this point in time, I would like to entertain a motion to go into executive session for legal advice on this matter and regarding the contracts that are subject of negotiations impending or contemplated litigation or in settlement discussions conducted in order to avoid or resolve litigation.

So with that exact are you done?

Okay.

I saw you standing there.

You have me scared.

So in this executive session, I'd like to call like to have city attorney, city manager, city clerk, all council, and assistant city manager and Mr.

Lecher, and maybe Mr.

Bryan if needed.

And we'd like to do this for uh 45 minutes.

Do I have a motion?

So moved.

So second.

Second.

You're first and second.

Let's go.

Do I have a motion?

Make a motion that maybe goes to executive session with uh the uh information information and the uh attendees that you mentioned.

Thank you.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All right, ladies and gentlemen.

We're about to go into executive session for probably 45 minutes, like I said.

You're welcome to stay if you'd like, or to my robes and friends, you can drive home.

Thank you.

Mayor, I don't believe we voted.

We had a motion and a second.

Come on back.

I had a motion and a second.

Can I get a roll call, please?

Yeah.

All favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Let's go.

So we uh doesn't matter.

Let's call this meeting back into order.

All right, at this time under item number eight, item D.

I'm looking for a motion on the consideration of accepting the proposal submitted by waste management in response to the city of Eloy's issued request for proposal for residential curbside and city facilities, solved the waste recycling, bulk commercial collection, and optional green waste collection and disposal services, rejecting all other proposals and authorizing the city to enter into contract negotiation for said services.

Do I have a motion?

Mayor, I'll make the motion to accept the proposal submitted by waste management.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Roll call, please.

Councilmember Garcia.

Yes.

Councilmember Galindo.

Yes.

Councilmember Larrasca.

Councilmember Curtis.

Yes.

Councilmember Snyder.

Yes.

Mayor Sutton.

Yes.

Thank you.

All right, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you all for coming.

We really appreciate this.

It's a late night, and thank you for all sticking around.

And with that, I'm going to adjourn this meeting.

Pizza time.

Pizza time.

Thanks for the time.