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A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding, in substantially the attached form, with Rubicon Global, LLC. To conduct a waste data pilot project, allowing the city to test Rubicon’s technology-enabled suite of products to improve the impact and efficiency of its residential solid waste and recycling collection.
Lobbyist: Jose Felix Diaz
Lobbyist: Courtney Whitney
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The Solid Waste Division of the Public Works department provides solid waste collection of garbage, recycling, and trash for single-family homes. As part of the City’s initiative to be paperless and automate processes currently performed manually, the division has been working with the Information Technology department to identify and evaluate software that will provide this functionality.
Some of processes that will be automated through technology are tracking of the tonnage of waste disposal, pre and post trip equipment inspections, service exception, and documenting customer service requests.
The Solid Waste division is interested in conducting a pilot project, which will allow the City to test Rubicon’s technology and determine the viability and ease of use for our operation and whether it will improve the efficiency of the City’s residential waste and recycling collection services.
Under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, Rubicon will supply, at no cost, the City with the access to its proprietary app-based software and hardware needed to monitor and collect data regarding activity of the solid waste collections.