Environment and Climate Change Committee

Agenda

Meeting #:
4
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation
Members:
  • Chair: Councillor Shawn Menard, 
  • Vice-chair: Councillor Marty Carr, 
  • Councillor Riley Brockington, 
  • Councillor David Brown, 
  • Councillor Cathy Curry, 
  • Councillor Sean Devine, 
  • Councillor David Hill, 
  • Councillor Theresa Kavanagh, 
  • Councillor Rawlson King, 
  • Councillor Matt Luloff, 
  • and Councillor Tim Tierney 

Christopher Zwierzchowski, Committee Coordinator
(613) 580-2424, ext. 21359
Christopher.Zwierzchowski@ottawa.ca


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Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.


Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on June 14, 2023 in Environment and Climate Change Committee Report 4.


The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Friday, June 2, and the deadline to register to speak by email is 8:30 am on Monday, June 5.

File No. ACS2023-PWD-SWS-0002 – City-wide

  • Report recommendations

    That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend Council:

    1. Receive, for information, the outcomes of contract negotiations associated with the transition to the Provincial Blue Box Program under Individual Producer Responsibility and further details on the transition period (from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025); and
    2. Delegate the authority to the General Manager of the Public Works Department to make consequential amendment(s) to the Solid Waste Management By-law No. 2012-370 arising from the implementation of Individual Producer Responsibility during the transition period; and
    3. Delegate the authority to the General Manager of the Public Works Department to finalize and execute a short-term, three-month extension (January 1, 2026 to March 29, 2026) for the residential curbside collection contract for collection services excluding recycling collection, with each of the existing curbside collection service providers, including the In-House Collections Group, in accordance with section 22(1)(d) of the Procurement By-law, and as described in this report.

File No. ACS2023-PWD-SWS-0003 – City-wide

  • Report recommendations

    That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council:

    1. Approve the following changes to the City’s current residential curbside collection policy, as outlined in this report, including:
      1. A Partial Pay-As-You-Throw program with an annual allotment of 55 garbage items with the option of additional tags to be purchased by residents;
      2. Expansion to the City’s Special Considerations Program to include non-hazardous medical waste;
    2. Direct staff to include the required amounts for capital and operating expenditures and for user fees, as detailed in the report, as part of the 2024 Budget process;
    3. Delegate the authority to the General Manager of the Public Works Department to make the related amendments to the Solid Waste Management By-law No. 2012-370 to implement the changes to the curbside collection policy, as outlined in this report; and,
    4. Direct staff to provide Committee and Council with an Implementation Plan and Readiness Update no later than Q1 2024 (or four months prior to program implementation).

Next Meeting


June 20, 2023.