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MINUTES AUGUST 22, 1990 PAGE 3 system. He felt a unified system would reduce costs and reduce the wear on city streets, and was of the opinion that an organized system would streamline and simplify collection. He urged Council to work aggressively on setting up such a system and suggested the system be supervisied by one person in the City. SUE STANICH, BELLAIRE SANITATION, INC., expressed her opposition to organized collection as it discourages innovation and lowers the levels of service. She explained that Bellaire presently services two communities with organized systems and residents are not happy because they can not have the hauler of their choice. RAY WIRTH, 1795 PASCAL, commended Council for having a good recycling program and felt the present recycling system works well and that SuperCycle does an excellent job. He indicated he did not feel organized collection would improve the service, would not reduce costs and requested Council stay with the open system. Mr. Wirth also requested that the City talk to the City of Roseville regarding the possibility of Falcon Heights residents using the Roseville compost site. ROY HAAKE, WASTE MANAGEMENT-BLAINE, agreed with statements made by the other haulers and was in favor of maintaining the open market system. He felt organized collection was not always a big advantage as competition keeps the price down. He also stated that if he served only one section of the City he would send their largest truck, whereas they now use smaller trucks, which put less weight on the streets. RICHARD WINKEL, 1825 FAIRVIEW, asked that the City maintain the open system, truck traffic does not bother him, and an integrated system would take 3 separate trucks. He felt that if everyone was billed at a flat rate it would be unfair to those who do not recycle. KIM CARLSON, CONSULTANT REPRESENTING WOODLAKE SANITARY SERVICE, spoke in favor of the free enterprise system and indicated Woodlake would not support a bid process in the community as they feel the bid process is unfair to small haulers. She did indicate that Woodlake would be willing to work with the City to solve any problems connected with an open hauling system. NANCY HEALY, SUPERCYCLE, INC., felt the present system is working well and indicated they are opposed to a closed system. There being no others wishing to be heard, Baldwin closed the hearing at 8:24 P.M. Ciernia stated he was more inclined toward integrated rather than organized collection as a means of encouraging recycling and minimizing waste, ie., the more you recycle the less refuse collection costs. Gehrz agreed but stated she had heard residents express concern that the number of trucks on the roads are a safety hazard. She felt that by having only one hauler in a neighborhood making a stop at each residence might reduce truck speed.