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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - March 4, 1996 Page - 9 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) Council Member Perry said she would not be comfortable with the contract until there is discussion about the criteria. Council Member Loeffler said objective criteria is needed so the Council is looking at apples and apples. He said this is a complex topic, with different agendas coming together in terms of the San Leandro Disposal proposals for recycling vs. City recycling, and objective data is needed. Council Member Galvan said the Council is concerned about providing the best possible deal for the ratepayers. He said the best approach would be to continue the existing residential refuse service with the City's refuse operation and for the City Manager to negotiate with the existing recycling provider for recycling and include in the negotiations the best possible rates and services for the ratepayers, a contract term of no more than five to seven years, and a franchise fee paid to the City. He said this process would eliminate the cost of consultants who are to help the City employees prepare a proposal for recycling services and would also decrease the cost of the Barakat and Chamberlin contract because they would just be analyzing the San Leandro Disposal bid for competitiveness with other agencies. Vice Mayor Kerr said he concurred. He said he likes the San Leandro Disposal program, including Supercycle, and would like to see a five - year contract for the existing recycling services. He said he would also like the City to continue to provide garbage service. He said a 96- gallon can is more than adequate for green waste. He said the Barakat and Chamberlin report on sewers contained many assumptions. Council Member Loeffler discussed the history of the issue and said the City was originally rushed because a recycling program was needed. He said he would prefer to see objective criteria to evaluate services and rates. He expressed concern about rushing the process. Mayor Corbett said she is concerned about the ratepayers. She said she has not heard any suggestions on how to analyze the two contracts. She said the Council is talking about millions of dollars, involving a complicated process, affecting 18,000 households. She said she wants to make sure both contracts can be adequately analyzed. She said there were other options, but the Council decided not to pursue a full bid process because people are happy with the service provided. She said full analysis of the two contracts would provide the most competitive service. She said her hope was that the City would have the opportunity to actually give money back to the ratepayers, perhaps 51 or 52 per month, and that is why she thinks the analysis is needed. She asked the City Manager if there is anyone in -house who can perform this analysis.