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MINUTES City Council November 23, 1988 Or~ganized or~ negotiated. Collection (Cont.) The City Attorney r•epor•ted that the matter• could be bid or negotiated. Colleen Halpine, Ramsey County Solid!~!asteSection of the Public Nealth Depar•tment, repor•ted that the County advocates that cities adopt an organized collection system. It is up to the City to decide how to go about it. Halpine r~eported that the major~ advantage of organized collection is the contr•act that the City will have with haulersso that everyone knows what is expected of them and the price that the City or citizens will have to pay. The City will also be assured that they will have services pr•ovided that will be necessar~y in the futur•e. Halpine repor•ted that as of Januar~y 1990 the County will r~equire separate yard waste collection. These services will have to be monitor•ed and paid for•. Or~ganized collection will be a better system so that everyone knows what is expected of them. Scalze asked if chipper•s will be provided at composting sites. Halpine replied that the County thinks it will have to provide chippers at yar~d waste composting sites. Fahey pointed out that there are two issues, whether• the City adopts an or•ganized collection system and if the City adopts the recommendation of the Solid Waste Committee which is to contr•act with one hauler. Fahey asked if there was anyone fr•om the general public pr~esent wishing to comment on this matter. Kevin Nordby, Wood.lake Sanitation, r~eported that by law the City is not r•equired to organize collection, but only to look at the system. Nordby pointed out that ther•e are four haulers present this evening that wor~k in the City, and if the Council adopts the Committee's recommendation, there will be only one hauler• allowed to work in the City. Nordby r~eported that al l the Ci ty' s haul ers suppor~t r~ecycl i ng. Nor•dby also commented that the City's Solid Waste Committee has put in a lot of work on the issue. Nowever•, Nordby pointed out that there are many changes taking place in the industry and if the City Council choses to go with one hauler•, it will prevent innovation by the various hauler•s that the changes in the industr~y will demand. Nor~dby reported that Dakota County has requir•ed all haulers as par~t of their licensing process to providing recycling service. Nordby reported that Dakota County has a very successful program. Nor•dby stated that the City's haulers have the capability of pr•oviding r•ecycling ser~vices, but a one-contractor system will r•ule out a lot of things that the City's hauler•s can do. Nordby also pointed out that it will take the choice of the homeowner• away, who will not have the oppor~tunity to chose the hauler they wish. Page -20-