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DSNY resources and staffing for Commercial Waste Zone rollout
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Council Member Sandy Nurse inquires about the resources and staffing required by DSNY to bring on new Commercial Waste Zones. Deputy Commissioner Joseph Antonelli provides information on current staffing levels and pending hires, while Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan discusses the potential for bringing on multiple zones.
- DSNY currently has 17 staff members working on CWZ, with 3 additional hires pending approval from OMB.
- With current capacity, DSNY believes they can bring on another zone this year.
- The department is considering the possibility of rolling out multiple zones, pending further discussions with OMB.
Sandy Nurse
1:14:57
How many I write your testimony, I understand.
1:15:02
What level of resource do you need to bring on a zone?
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Like for each zone you bring on, what is your communications budget, what is your outreach budget, what is your you know how many staff do you need every time you roll out a zone?
Joseph Antonelli
1:15:29
Yeah.
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I mean, at this point right now, we have 17 people who are on staff right now.
1:15:33
We have a few hires that are pending with OMB, we're, you know, we're confident that we're gonna get them and they're gonna go through without an issue.
Sandy Nurse
1:15:38
How hires are those?
Joseph Antonelli
1:15:40
So we have three that are pending at OMB right now.
1:15:42
But we just submitted those, so we don't think there's gonna be Okay.
1:15:45
Any issue.
Sandy Nurse
1:15:46
So with your current capacity, you think you'd be able to bring on a another zone?
Joseph Antonelli
1:15:53
At the current level, yes, we could bring on another zone.
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Okay.
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Yes.
Sandy Nurse
1:15:57
And so do you think you'll be able to bring on another zone this year?
Javier Lojan
1:16:01
Yeah.
1:16:01
I think we'll definitely bring on
Sandy Nurse
1:16:03
another zone.
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And it'll be one or multiple?
Javier Lojan
1:16:06
Ideally I'd like to do multiple.
1:16:08
Okay.
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But, you know, again, we're working closely with all of beyond that.
Sandy Nurse
1:16:12
Okay.