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F °��� "e "" �� Town of Carrboro <br />Public Works Department memorandum <br />8 CAn�v� <br />With the increased route efficiency, there is virtually no excess labor or equipment capacity <br />within the current system. One truck is needed daily for the collection operation leaving one <br />spare truck. The one person operating the truck currently finishes all routes each day with only <br />about 20 —30 minutes left at the end of the 8 -hour day. This remaining time is used for <br />maintaining the equipment and paper work. With two trips per day to the landfill, an additional <br />10 — 15 minutes round trip will completely fill the day and more realistically probably require <br />some overtime. If the routes are split, and two trucks are used at one time, there will be no spare <br />truck in the event of a breakdown. Therefore, as noted in Table 1.0 should the driving distance <br />increase approximately 5.4 miles farther one -way (20 minutes round trip increase) for a total <br />one -way distance of about 11.3 miles from the center of Town (total round trip of 42 minutes), <br />the operation will be impacted to where one person can no longer finish the routes in an 8 hour <br />day. The option of sending out two trucks with no spare is not a viable solution. Paying <br />overtime is one option depending on exactly how far away the new site is. Getting out of the <br />commercial side of the business is another option, however, from a budget standpoint there <br />would be a several thousand dollar net lose to the General Fund if the service was dropped. The <br />Town would also likely anger the faithful commercial customers who have stayed with the <br />Town's service. Another response is the need to go back to a three -truck system requiring the <br />purchase of an additional truck. Additional labor would be needed to offset the increase in <br />driving time not only for the commercial service, but the single - family residential collection as <br />well. <br />III. Impact on Single Family Residential Collection/bulky waste pick -up: <br />See attached Table 1.0 for Single Family refuse collection service information and <br />assumptions. <br />As with the multi- family /commercial service, any increase in driving distance impacts the labor <br />and fuel cost for this system as well. There is little or no excess equipment capacity with the <br />current system of one truck 5 days /week (sometimes two trucks, but less efficient), however, <br />excess equipment capacity can be created by revamping the current system to two trucks 3 <br />days /week. Public Works has anticipated that this change would eventually need to take place as <br />population increased and daily routes filled up. There are other potential advantages to going to <br />a two- truck/3 day system in terms of scheduling for yard waste and around holidays. <br />Should the driving distance increase significantly (5.4 miles farther one -way increase, 20 <br />minutes round trip or greater increase) Public Works would most likely recommend that the <br />system be revamped at that time. The downside of revamping the system will be some initial <br />inconvenience with the collection day changing for many of the residents. <br />** It should be noted that if the one -way distance increase from the center of town starts <br />approaching 15 miles (total one way distance of about 21 miles), it may be necessary to <br />consider an additional truck to the residential collection service. <br />K <br />