Phoenix, AZ

ORDINANCE S-33824 

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ESTABLISH A CITYWDE SHOPPING CART RETRIEVAL PROGRAM; CONTRACT WITH ARIZONA CART RETRIEVAL COMPANY AND TRITON SCRS FOR CART RETRIEVAL SERVICES; DISPOSE OF SHOPPING CARTS PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW; ESTABLISH A SHOPPING CART REVOLVING COST RECOVRING FUND; AND CREATE A TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION TO MONITOR CONTRACTORS; AND AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE S-32061 TO ESTABLISH A CART RETRIEVAL FEE OF TWENTY DOLLARS.

Section 1. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to establish a citywide Shopping Cart Retrieval Program.

Section 2. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to enter into contracts with Arizona Cart Retrieval Company and Triton SCRS for cart retrieval services in accordance with the Shopping Cart Retrieval Program, in an amount not to exceed a total of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) annually, with a contract term of one year with option to extend the term a maximum of four times in one year increments.

Section 3. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to dispose of the shopping carts in accordance with the Shopping Cart Retrieval Program and applicable laws.

Section 4. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to establish shopping cart revolving cost recovery fund to receive payments of shopping cart retrieval fees that will be applied to continually fund the operations of the Program.

Section 5. A temporary administrative position is established, as classified by the Personnel Department, to monitor the Shopping Cart Retrieval Program contractors, at a cost not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) annually.