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Potential Lon ATerra.Trans ortation Savings: <br /> Transportation savings are estimated at $ 46,319. <br /> Im acts to Op erations: <br /> Reguired Eve ry Saturdav Work by..-Staff versus Current Alternate Weekends: <br /> ➢ Center Oerators would be required to work every Saturday however they would be off two <br /> p <br /> consecutive week days, Wednesday and Thursday, as well as every Sunday. This is in <br /> comparison to the present alternate weekends (Saturday and Sunday) work and being off <br /> primarily either one or two non-consecutive days. <br /> > Employee morale may decrease temporarily porarily due to the shift to working every Saturday versus the <br /> present alternate weekends. However, no Sanitation employees are anticipated to work on <br /> Sundays. <br /> > The difficulty to maintain a temporary work staff to facilitate vacation and/or medical leave would■ <br /> increase since non-permanent (temporary) hours would be sporadic and significantly reduced. <br /> Increased volumes durinq o erational hours: <br /> With any schedule change, user volumes shift t'o other available times. Centers will be confronted <br /> with managing higher user volumes on the days they are open. Some Centers already experience <br /> high volumes consistently. <br /> Re-education of Users: <br /> Since the transition to staffed solid waste convenience centers in 1993, only two revisions in <br /> operational hours have occurred. The first being the increase of Saturday and Sunday hours by two <br /> (2) hours; closing at 5 pm versus 3 pm. The most recent revision was September 2008 with the <br /> elimination of the lunch time closure (12 noon to 1 pm). Both of these revisions resulted in <br /> improvement of services. The changing of multiple days of operation would have a significant <br /> impact in regards to re-education. A minimum of $11 ,700 would be recom vended for re-education, <br /> including but not limited to newspaper advertisements, mailings, banners and new operational hour <br /> signs. This would be a one time cost. <br /> Ille al dumping a <br /> .g. <br /> The risk of illegal dumping increases (usually temporarily) whenever hours are revised. <br /> Impacts to Thursday and Sunday Users: <br /> 0 Adaptation to new operational hours and the closure of the Bradshaw Quar Center <br /> > On the average, 2,506 combined total users utilize the centers on Thursdays and Sundays. <br /> 39-8 <br />