REMARKS
Concerns about containerization requirements affecting Business Improvement Districts
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Council Member Julie Won expresses concerns about how DSNY's new containerization requirements affect Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). She highlights the challenges these organizations face in adapting to the new requirements without proper amendments to their existing contracts.
- BIDs are being asked to buy and maintain containers or transport waste to sanitation garages, which fundamentally changes their responsibilities.
- Won questions whether current contracts provide enough flexibility to address needed changes in the city's waste management programs.
- She raises concerns about the effectiveness and consistency of the organic waste processing contracts, given the multiple vendors involved.
Julie Won
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I'm particularly concerned about how DSMY's new containerization requirements affect on our bids, also known as our business improvement districts.
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These organizations have existing contracts with small business services that clearly define their role as supplementing waste management, not replacing city services for waste management.
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But now they're being asked to either buy and maintain containers or find ways to transport waste to sanitation garages.
0:03:14
This fundamentally changes their responsibilities without proper amendment to their contracts through small business services.
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We also need to examine whether current contracts provide enough flexibility to address the changes need needed to the city's waste management programs.
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Take our organic waste processing contract, for example, while having multiple vendors at capacity, this approach raises serious questions about both effectiveness for cost and consistency.
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Are our existing contracts capable of handling a significant increase to their volume as we expand residential organics collection citywide?
