Tom Douglas Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Fl

Office and field work enforcing the City's Waste Control contract and City ordinances and regulations related to refuse collection and recycling. Work in this class is distinguished from other classes by its technical skills and emphasis on providing customer service to residents that includes investigation and resolution of complaints relating to recycling, refuse collection, illegal dumping, community outreach, and other activities required to maintain City ordinances and acceptable levels of service.ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS*Investigates public complaints or requests regarding refuse and recycling problems and records complaints against private contractor.*Coordinates activities of contractor and field personnel to ensure compliance with City ordinances and regulations pertaining to refuse and recycling collection.*Investigates and documents legitimate complaints of contractual violation for administrative and monetary remedy for City against contractor.*Issues Notices of Violations and follows up with corrective action.*Prepares information for enforcement of violations through both administrative and court actions.*Performs solid waste/recycling audits at commercial locations and provides public education on solid waste and recycling to citizens in residential and commercial settings.

Solid Waste Supervisor, Recycling Coordinator and Sanitation Code Enforcement Officer for the City of Fort Myers, FL. Responsibilities include: * Coordinate and record data for the City’s Residential Curbside, Multifamily and Commercial Recycling Programs.* Oversee the activities of the contracted curbside residential recycling hauler.* Oversee residential and commercial electronic recycling collection programs* Supervision of automated horticulture cart collection program* Enforcement of the City’s Solid Waste Ordinances * Solid Waste Code of Ordinances revisions.* Assist in Code Enforcement and Police Community Cleanups * Coordinate disaster debris management program* Monitor Department’s stormwaste management activitiesPast duties include the supervision of the residential (14,000 homes) and commercial brush, junk and white goods collection program.The City crews consisted of twelve operators and nine claw trucks. Mobilized City crews for debris cleanup after Hurricane’s Charlie and Wilma. Coordinated debris collection plan with FEMA contractors. Document progress for City’s Engineering Department and PIO

Gainesville And Lee Count Florida

August 1994-November 1998: General Manager of Boone Waste/U.S.A. Waste Service’s Pine Island (Lee County, FL) Operation. Responsible for the collection of solid waste, horticulture, and recyclables for 5800 residential and 250 businesses. January 1990-July 1994General Manager of Boone Waste Management and Sales Manager of Boone Welding Waste Container Division, Gainesville, FL. These operations employed approximately 35 employees and earned combined annual revenues of 6 million dollars. Responsibilities included:* Research, prepare, price and evaluate solid waste and recycling collection & equipment bids and responding to requests for proposals. * Rolloff and front-loader sales* Contract Administrator for the City of Gainesville’s Cardboard, Multi-Family recycling and downtown Glass Recycling Program.* Contract Administrator for Alachua County School Board’s Cardboard and Paper Recycling Contract.* Contract Administrator for Belleview and Marion County Pilot Curbside Recycling Contract.*Contract Administrator for Alachua County’s Rural Recycling Collection Center Contract.* Contract Administrator for solid waste and recycling collection services in the Cities of Gainesville, Starke, Belleview, Trenton, Lee County, Palm Beach County and Marion County.

Gainesville, Fl

*Operations Manager for Browning-Ferris Industries, Gainesville, FL: *Responsible for BFI’s City of Gainesville/Alachua County Operational Solid Waste and Curbside Recycling Contracts . *Duties included the direct supervision of the 11 City of Gainesville/Alachua County Rolloff/Frontloader drivers and their routes, the 2 Residential Supervisors and their 48 drivers, and the dispatcher. This operation included 38,000 homes and 4,000 businessesResidential Supervisor for Browning-Ferris Industries, Gainesville District *Responsible for the residential solid waste and recycling collection of 18,500 residences in Alachua County, FL Commercial FEL and Rolloff Driver

Associate Of Science (As), Business Administration And Management

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