Mount Olive TownshipTrash collection

Conversion to automation

•Robert Greenbaum, Mayor Mount Olive Township

•Sean Canning, Township Administrator•Sherry Maniscalco, Chief Financial Officer•Tim Quinn D.P.W. Superintendant

Mount Olive TownshipTrash Collection

Conversion to Automation

An overviewHow to ensure the successful

Conversion frommanual collection to automation

Mount Olive TownshipTrash Collection

Conversion to AutomationWhat is our current status?What is automationWhat are benefitsWhat are disadvantages?How to implement the program

Mount Olive TownshipTrash Collection

Conversion to AutomationWhere we are currently

Sanitation Trucks Recycling

Trucks DriversLaborers

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5 5

88

Mount Olive TownshipTrash Collection

Conversion to AutomationWorkers compensation experience costs

2009-2012

back

lungs

eye

knee leg

elbow

shou

lder

arm u

pper

$0.00$20,000.00$40,000.00$60,000.00$80,000.00

$100,000.00$120,000.00$140,000.00$160,000.00$180,000.00

$117,106.43

$587.63$106.25

$45,278.32

$3,519.19$1,031.27$3,071.05

$174,503.45

Days lost due to workers comp injuries 2009-2012

Back; 246

Knees; 95

Shoulder; 19

Upper arm; 490

Days lost 2009-2012

Current status through 2015

2012 2013 2014 2015$0.00

$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00

$1,500,000.00

$2,000,000.00

$2,500,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$3,500,000.00

$2,705,334.00$2,818,648.00$3,038,670.00

$3,219,332.00

$1,902,497.00$1,940,546.00$1,979,357.00$2,018,945.00

$1,091,594.00$1,096,990.00$1,121,608.00$1,142,147.00

Total BudgetSalaryDistrict tax

Upcoming capital costs

•Aging fleet due for replacement•Seven (7) packer and recycling trucks due for replacement due to age•Total costs if current methods are maintained are•$1,520,000.00 total price tag of replacing current fleet•**Note to be fair this price is not all at once

Proposals to improve performance

1. Increase recycling revenue through marketing of material

2. Decrease costs of utility through automation of collection

Marketing of material•Current return 2011 from Morris MUA

•Gross return $38,224.81

•Net return approximately $20,000.00 (MUA Charges for dumpster pulls)

•Solution

•Market material

•Estimated gross and net return

•Dumpster pickup (no charge for pull costs) = $86,544.48

•Delivered by Mount Olive = $136,855.20

Paper

Co Mingle

Total

$0.00 $100,000.00 $200,000.00

$7,830.39

$30,394.43

$38,394.43

$75,160.80

$11,383.68

$86,544.48

$116,157.60

$20,697.60

$136,855.20

Trinity Delivered

Trinity Pickup

MUA

What were four scenarios examined impact by 2015Scenario % rise/

decrease budget by

2015

% rise decrease in

salary by 2015

% rise/ decrease in tax

district by 2015

Scenario 1 – continuation of current operations

Scenario 2 – Phase in of program through 2015 – 4 retirees in sanitation

Scenario 3 – Full implementation of program by 2014, 4 personnel transferred, no retirees

Scenario 4 – Full implementation by October 2013, 4 retirees

+19%

+4.6% +8%

+7.9%

+6.1%

+5.5%

+4.6%

-26.1

%

-1.1%

-11.6

%

-26.1

%-

4.9%

What is scenario 4Market recyclable materials

Use profits from marketing to purchase roll-off truck Purchase roll off truck in fall of 2012

Utilize 2013 recycle profits to assist fund the down payment of three automated refuse packers

Initiate curbside auto refuse program in fall of 2013 Purchase containers for residents – summer 2013

Initiate public education campaign early summer of 2013

2013 transfer four(4) packer trucks to recycling/ bulk operations, sell up to four (4) large recycling trucks to

help offset costs

Current status versus scenario 4Total budget through 2015

2012 2013 2014 2015$0.00

$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00

$1,500,000.00

$2,000,000.00

$2,500,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$3,500,000.00

$2,705,334.00$2,818,648.00

$3,038,670.00$3,219,332.00

$2,705,334.00$2,586,009.00 $2,670,850.00 $2,674,392.00

$1,902,497.00 $1,940,546.00 $1,979,357.00 $2,018,945.00

$1,902,497.00$1,736,615.00 $1,818,946.00 $1,808,733.00

$1,091,594.00 $1,096,990.00 $1,121,608.00 $1,142,147.00

$1,091,594.00$930,459.00

$793,382.00 $807,374.00

BUDGET Current

BUDGET Scenario 4

TAX Current

TAX Scenario 4

SALARY Current

SALARY Scenario 4

Mount Olive TownshipTrash Collection

Conversion to Automation

2012 versus 2013/14 equipment status

2012 Sanitation Trucks

5

2014 Sanitation Trucks

3

2012 Recycling 52014 Recycling 42012 drivers 82014 drivers 82012 laborers 82014 laborers 42012 roll offs 02014 roll offs 1

Advantages/ disadvantages auto refuse collection

Advantages DisadvantagesWheeled containers easy

for residents to take to curb

Capacity of auto loading cans 3 to 4 times that of regular cans

Reduced workers compensation costs

Capacity of auto refuse truck 700-1200 stops per route

Startup costs (may be mitigated as current fleet needs replacement)

Costs of containersPublic educational

componentSpecial smaller cans for

over 55 y.o.a and special handicaps at request

What is automated collection?

•Single operator pickup and dumps carts using articulated arm•Highly productive•Increases efficiency•Increase workers safety•Decreased labor costs

Collection related injury – other towns/ cities

• Little Egg Harbor NJ•200 days to 0

•Santa Cruz, Ca•300 to 0

•South San Francisco•700 days to 0

•Portsmouth, VA•$112,000 to $25,000/ year

•Seymour, In•$52,000 to $0

•Woodbridge, NJ•$800,000.00 to $150,000.00

Conversion to automationFrom this To this

Common concernsUgly large cans

difficult to maneuver, particularly elderly and disabled

Actual practice has not borne this out in benchmarked communities, regardless best practice will be to offer smaller cans for the over 55 and disabled communities

Not enough room for households refuse in single cart

96Gallon cans have proven to be more than adequate in all towns studied.

Displacement of workers

Current status is opportune time due to period of retirements anticipated without affecting negatively any workers

Enforcement of non compliance1st month learning

curve and reminders using “oops” tags

“oops” tag to residents whose carts are misplaced along with informative flyer

After 1st month garbage cans not in compliance or not placed in appropriate cans will not be picked up

Next steps how to implement

• April 1, 2012•Implement recycle marketing with new contract – Trinity

Fall 2012•Purchase roll off truck•Goal is to maximize return on recyclables

Winter 2013

•Budget for 3 auto refuse trucks

•Budget for cans for distribution

Winter 2013

•Amend ordinance

Summer 2013•Initiate public education campaign

October 1, 2013

Special thanksAssist in preparation, corrections and

feedbackChristie Stachnick and Lisa Pignataro

Research and delving into archives to produce past studies

Lisa Lashway and Michelle Masser