Solid Waste Management Consulting Services

Overview

People
  • Firm Directors with 30 years experience providing integrated solid waste management consulting services
  • Eight senior consulting professionals with rigorous "Big 4" management consulting experience
  • Extensive solid waste management experience with multi-disciplined project teams
  • California offices in Oakland and Sacramento
  • In business as solid waste management consultants for eleven years
Process
  • Emphasize "win-win" partnership between hauler and jurisdiction
  • Combine financial, technical, operational and business perspectives with fused solutions
  • Frame complex and rigorous analyses so results are easy to understand, convey and implement
  • Utilize an independent, objective perspective
  • Quickly deliver tangible value to a broad spectrum of public sector entities
Technology
  • Maintain industry knowledge with refuse collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling technology trends
  • Use proprietary solid waste rate setting methodology
  • Produce highest quality client products and deliverables
  • Have in-house color graphic report production capabilities
Client Excellence

NewPoint Group manages and then exceeds clients' expectations to assure satisfaction. We continually measure client service and quality through our "Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire." In most cases, NewPoint Group clients have expressed extreme satisfaction with our services. Below are samples of recent comments received from our clients:

  • "Superb job on a difficult rate setting project. NewPoint Group explains their work well, an important extra effort."
  • "NewPoint Group continually meets or exceeds my expectations, which are very high."
  • "Reliable, dependable, and true to heart (dedication) are adjectives I would apply to my interaction with NewPoint Group."
Distinguishing Characteristics

By combining the necessary foundation with our superior experience, NewPoint Group is able to provide a successful outcome on every project we undertake. Our team of professionals includes:

  • Business and Management Consultants
  • Solid Waste Collection and Landfill Specialists
  • Economic and Financial Consultants
  • Program and Policy Implementation Specialists
  • Civil Engineer
  • Recycling Program Specialists

The following characteristics distinguish NewPoint Group from other consulting firms you may be considering:

  • Experienced and Multi-Disciplined Team
  • Familiarity with Solid Waste Systems
  • Updated Methods and Approaches
  • Practical Businessperson's Perspective
  • Objective, Independent, Credible Third-Party Approach
  • High Quality and Defensible Results
  • Creative and Easy to Work With
  • Implementation Focus and Follow-Through
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Solid Waste Management Services

Strategic and Financial Advisory Services
  • Franchise proposal preparation
  • Franchise agreement negotiations
  • Strategic business advisory services
  • Public finance services, including tax-exempt revenue bond financial advisory services
Financial and Economic Analysis
  • Cost accounting, financial and economic analyses, budgeting, and cost allocation and recovery
  • Subtitle D (RCRA) landfill closure and post-closure care cost analyses
  • Cost-of-service studies and performance audits
  • Litigation support, including expert witness testimony services
Program Planning and Development
  • Program planning, design, development, and evaluation, including diversion and recycling programs
  • Public-private partnership planning, outsourcing, and privatization
  • Regulatory compliance, including Assembly Bill 939 waste diversion planning and Proposition 218 rate implementation
Organizational Assessments and Restructuring
  • Organizational assessments, including analyses of organizational structures, reporting relationships, and position classification systems
  • Organizational change management and implementation of performance improvement initiatives
Other Consulting Services
  • Business process improvement and development of initiatives to reduce cycle time, increase efficiency, and improve quality
  • Performance measurement, including developing workload, service level, cycle time, and quality measures
  • Information technology solutions
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Personnel

Dr. James A. Gibson
[contact Dr. Gibson]
Education
  • Ph.D., Resource Economics, Iowa State University, 1976
  • B.S., Applied Economics, University of California, Davis, 1971
Solid Waste Management Experience
  • 30 years
Former Position(s)
  • Director and Principal-in-Charge, Ernst & Young, LLP, Public Sector Management Consulting, and Solid Waste Management Practice
Recent Solid Waste Management Engagements
  • City of Concord - Franchise Agreement Extension, Rate Review, Rate Setting Manual, Automation Project
  • City of Martinez - Rate Review and Rate Setting Manual
  • Contra Costa County - Multiple Rate Reviews
  • Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. - Diversion Incentive Program
  • Morrison & Foerster LLP - WMAC v. Cities of Fremont, Newark, Union City
  • Otto-Nortech - Litigation Support for Failed MRF Bailer
Mr. Edward R. Kaempf
[contact Mr. Kaempf]
Education
  • M.B.A., Operations Research, University of Oregon, 1979
  • B.S., Computer Science, University of Oregon, 1975
  • B.S., General Science, University of Oregon, 1974
Solid Waste Management Experience
  • 27 years
Former Position(s)
  • Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, LLP, Public Sector Management Consulting, and Solid Waste Management Practice
Recent Solid Waste Management Engagements
  • City of Concord - Rate Review and Franchise Agreement Extension
  • City of San Luis Obispo - Rate Setting Process and Methodology
  • Sacramento County - Rate Reviews
  • Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling - Multiple projects
Mr. Erik P. Nylund
[contact Mr. Nylund]
Education
  • M.B.A., Finance, University of California, Davis, 1993
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1989
Solid Waste Management Experience
  • 15 years
Former Position(s)
  • Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Solid Waste Management Practice
  • Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young, LLP, Solid Waste Management Practice
Recent Solid Waste Management Engagements
  • City of Concord - Franchise Agreement Extension, Evaluation, Rate Reviews, Automation Planning, Revised Rate Structure
  • Contra Costa County - Rate Reviews and Rate Setting Manual
  • Durham Road Landfill Authority - Landfill Closure and Post-Closure Analysis
  • City of Martinez - Rate Reviews and Rate Setting Manual
  • City of Vallejo - Rate Reviews
Ms. Wendy B. Pratt
[contact Ms. Pratt]
Education
  • M.S., Ecology, University of California Davis, 1987
  • B.S., Animal Physiology, University of California Davis, 1982
Solid Waste Management Experience
  • 16 years
Former Position(s)
  • Senior Policy Analyst, California Futures and Global Futures Foundation
Recent Solid Waste Management Engagements
  • Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling - Multiple Projects
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pay-As-You-Throw Outreach in Region 9
  • Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board - Source Reduction Measurement and Paper Source Reduction
  • California Integrated Waste Management Board - Plastics White Paper and Market Development Policies
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Qualifications

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Rate Setting Approach

Recent Solid Waste Management Clients

  • California Waste Solutions
  • California Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling
  • City of Barstow
  • City of Campbell
  • City of Commerce
  • City of Concord
  • City of Coronado
  • City of Farmington, NM
  • City of Fremont
  • City of Los Gatos
  • City of Martinez
  • City of Monte Sereno
  • City of Newark
  • City of San Jose
  • City of San Luis Obispo
  • City of Saratoga
  • City of Union City
  • City of Vacaville
  • City of Vallejo
  • Calaveras County
  • Contra Costa County
  • Douglas County, NV
  • Durham Road Landfill Trust Authority
  • El Dorado County
  • King County, WA
  • Napa County
  • Orange County
  • Sacramento County
  • San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County
  • Tahoe Basin Joint Powers Authority
  • Town of San Anselmo

Recently Reviewed Solid Waste Management Companies

  1. Allied Waste Services
  2. Amador Disposal Service
  3. American River Disposal Service
  4. Bay View Refuse Service, Inc.
  5. Camarillo Sanitation Service
  6. Concord Disposal Service, Inc.
  7. Crockett Garbage Service
  8. Desert Disposal Service
  9. El Dorado Disposal Service(a subsidiary of Waste Connections, Inc.)
  10. Garaventa Enterprises
  11. Golden Gate Disposal, Inc.(a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.)
  12. Green Valley Disposal
  13. Independent Disposal Service
  14. Napa Valley Disposal Service
  15. Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.
  16. Nortech Waste LLC
  17. Pleasant Hill-Bayshore Disposal, Inc.(a subsidiary of Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.)
  18. Republic Services, Inc.
  19. Richmond Sanitary Service, Inc.
  20. Rodriguez Brothers Disposal Service
  21. San Anselmo Refuse & Recycling
  22. San Luis Obispo Garbage
  23. Sanitary Fill Company
  24. Sierra Disposal Service
  25. South Tahoe Refuse Company
  26. Sunset Scavenger, Inc.(a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.)
  27. Tahoe-Truckee Sierra Disposal
  28. Turlock Scavenger Company
  29. Vacaville Sanitary Service Inc.(a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.)
  30. Vallejo Garbage Service, Inc.(a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.)
  31. Vallejo Recycling(a subsidiary of Waste Management)
  32. Waste Management of Alameda County
  33. Waste Management of New Mexico
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