Q&A
Hamilton Heights shared on-street container pilot program monitoring and challenges
0:30:02
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Council Member Abreu inquires about the monitoring, cleaning, and maintenance of shared bins during the Hamilton Heights pilot program. Commissioner Tisch explains that DSNY staff handled these duties and discusses the challenges observed and how they inform wider implementation.
- DSNY staff monitored and maintained bins without additional costs
- Minor maintenance issues with lids and wheels observed
- Future Empire Bins design addresses observed maintenance challenges
Shaun Abreu
0:30:02
I'd like to recognize council member Ressler has joined us and council member Salamanca on Zoom.
0:30:11
During the Hamilton Heights shared on street container pilot program, the shared bins were regularly monitored and cleaned.
0:30:18
Can you please describe how those monitoring and cleaning duties were performed and who did them?
Jessica Tisch
0:30:24
Yeah.
0:30:24
DSNY collections operations supervisors regularly monitored the Hamilton Heights pilot and provided cleaning and maintenance services as required.
Shaun Abreu
0:30:35
And is was do you know what the fiscal cost to that to those duties performed was?
Jessica Tisch
0:30:39
There are no specific costs for cleaning and monitoring as those duties were absorbed by existing staff.
Shaun Abreu
0:30:46
Okay.
0:30:48
What challenges did DSNY observe with the maintenance of these on street containers, and how will those experiences inform wider implementation of the use of these type of containers?
Jessica Tisch
0:30:59
Actually, the the pilot of the on street containers was quite smooth, I have to say, in my opinion.
0:31:07
We looked at maintenance issues, and we we tracked them very closely.
0:31:12
I think the the main issues that we had were with the lids sometimes getting bent, and in certain circumstances with the wheels.
0:31:22
The beauty of that is that for the go forward plan with the empire bins, the the contract that council member or chair Juan, referenced in her testimony, those contour bins, they don't have wheels, and they don't have those lids that break.
0:31:40
So I am not worried that the small number of maintenance issues that we saw in our pilot will be reflected in the go forward plan.
