8.             Green Bin Program – Organics collection - advanced staffing

 

PROGRAMME DU BAC VERT – COLLECTE DES DÉCHETS ORGANIQUES – DOTATION ANTICIPÉE

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve the immediate permanent establishment as a pre-commitment to the 2010 budget and hiring of staff as previously approved in report ACS2007-PWS-UTL-0019.

 

 

Recommandation DU Comité

 

Que le Conseil approuve immédiatement l’établissement stable comme engagement préalable sur le budget 2010 et l’embauche de personnel tel qu’approuvé dans le rapport ACS2007-PWS-UTL-0019.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.      Deputy City Manager's report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, dated 15 October 2009 (ACS2009-ICS-ESD-0001).

 

Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning and Environment Committee/

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

15 October 2009/ le 15 octobre

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/

Directrice municipale adjointe,

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability

Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités 

 

Contact Person / Personne ressource: Dixon Weir, General Manager / Directeur général

Environmental Services / Services environnementaux

613-580-2424, x22002, Dixon.Weir@ottawa.ca

 

City-wide/ à l’échelle de la ville

Ref N°:  ACS2009-ICS-ESD-0001

 

 

SUBJECT:

Green Bin Program – Organics collection - advanced staffing

 

 

OBJET :

PROGRAMME DU BAC VERT – COLLECTE DES DÉCHETS ORGANIQUES – DOTATION ANTICIPÉE

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend that Council approve the immediate permanent establishment as a pre-commitment to the 2010 budget and hiring of staff as previously approved in report ACS2007-PWS-UTL-0019.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver immédiatement l’établissement stable comme engagement préalable sur le budget 2010 et l’embauche de personnel tel qu’approuvé dans le rapport ACS2007-PWS-UTL-0019.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

This report follows from the June 23, 2009 Green Bin Implementation Report (ACS2009-ICS-SWS-0003) to Planning and Environment Committee.

 

This Green Bin Collection report seeks Committee and Council direction on staffing requirements for the rollout of the Green Bin Program.

DISCUSSION

 

Staff Requirements

 

Previous reports relating to the residential Green Bin program were submitted and approved by Planning and Environment Committee and Council.  These reports approved additional human and associated financial resources requirements of this new service.  When debating the 2009 Operating Budget, Council approved the deferral of the Green Bin Program from fall 2009 to January 2010. 

 

Deferral of the program, and associated budget and staffing requirements, to January 2010 has caused an unforeseen situation relating to the budget cycle.

 

Policy dictates that permanent full time equivalent (FTE) positions must be Council approved.  Due to the delay in implementation into a new calendar and operating budget year, city staff does not have the delegated authority to establish the requisite permanent full-time equivalent positions approved by Council for the program.  The affected positions are:

 

·        1 Field Supervisor; and

 

To hire and adequately train individuals for the above positions, staff is requesting the authority to permanently establish and staff these positions in November 2009 in order to be fully trained and ready for program implementation in January 2010.  The cost to advance the hiring of these positions is approximately $85,000 and will be funded from the current approved 2009 Solid Waste Services Operating Budget.  There are no additional costs associated with this request.

 

CONSULTATION

 

No public consultation was required for this report.

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

This report has no 2009 Tax or budget implications.  Costs for the early establishment of the eight required FTEs will be funded within the current approved 2009 Solid Waste Services Operating Budget.  2010 Operating and Capital Budget requirements will be included and identified in the 2010 Draft Solid Waste Services Operating and Capital Budget.

 

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

 

There is no legal/risk management impediment to implementing the recommendation in this report.

 

DISPOSITION

 

Solid Waste Operations within Environmental Services, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, to implement the approved recommendation.