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MINUTES SOLID U7ASTE COMMISSION MEETING • APRIL 5, 1990 The meeting was called to order by Chairperson John Thompson at 7:05 P.M. Commission Members Present: Michael Haglund, John Hustad, Terry Iverson, Marty McCleery, Nancy Misra, John Thompson and Shirley Chenoweth, Staff Representative. Commission Members Not Present: Leo Klisch, Laura Kuettel and Lyle Wray. Agenda: The agenda was approved by the Commission with the addition of a discussion with Cindy Diessner sharing her concerns on solid waste issues and a brief review of the organized collection surveys. Bellaire. Sanitation Presentation: Sue Stanich of Bellaire Sanitation and Kim Carlson, Consultant, shared their views on what they believed were drawbacks to organized collection. They felt if Falcon Heights went to organized collection, the City would eventually get locked into a system in which a few haulers dictated the prices for collecting household waste. This control]_ing of. prices would be due to lack of competition because in organized collection, the number of haulers is limited. They also believed the City should not lock itself into a system, such as organized collection, as there are many changes coming and to be locked into one system would be disadvantageous to the City. In addition, they felt that in an open hau]_ing system, even though there are more trucks on city streets, their research showed there would not be any more damage or wear on the City streets than in organized collection. This was the common argument used against an open hauling system--more wear and damage to streets. Their presentation was followed by a short discussion with the Commission. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Commission thanked them for appearing to express their concerns on this issue. Their input was appreciated. Approval of Minutes: John Hustad moved that the Minutes for the January, February and March meetings be approved. The motion was seconded by Michael Haglund, which carried unanimously. Commission Size: It was felt that the size of the Solid Waste Commission should remain at its current number of nine (9) for_ the present. Recyc]_ing Coordinator's-Party Follow-Up: It was decided that the party should be reschedu]_ed for May 10th or 24th of 1990. •