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MINUTES City Council Nov. 23, 1988 Or•ganized Nordby asked that the Cit,y wait until the law is clarified until it 6ollection takes any action. Nor•dby pointed out that the City could for~ce the (Cont.) hauler•s into an anti-trust situation. Nordby pointed out that by for•ming a consortium, the City is asking a group of competitors to get together and agr•ee on price as well as r~outes. Nordby asked that the City wait until the court case is decided befor~e taking action. Nordby pointed out that the court case will pr•obably be decided within the next 90 days. Plor•dby asked that the City allow the haulers to pr~ovide both refuse removal ser•vice as well as r~ecycling service. If the homeowners don't like the ser•vice their~ hauler is providing, they have the option to change hauler•s. Fahey pointed out that currently the City has three trucks traveling down City str~eets causing wear and tear• on the str•eets as well as noise. Fahey felt this was the bi~gest r•eason for going to organized collection. Fahey asked if it would be feasible to r•ecognize a certain market share for each hauler• and bid the ser•vice on that basis. Tipler r~eplied that that was an idea, but pointed out that the hauler•s will have to get together on their• own and form a consortium. Nordby stated that the hauler~s ar•e afr•aid they will not be able to r~each the agreements necessary to form a consortium. Fahey pointed out that the Council could br•eak the City up into three districts and take separate bids on each district. The Public Works Superintendent pointed out that the City may get separate prices on each distr•ict. The Committee wanted to see all citizens in the City getting the same ser~vice at the same cost. The Superintendent pointed out that one contractor could. win the bid for a district and then could subcontract that district out to another contractor•. Scalze pointed out that there are people in the City without garbage pick-up who use the City's dumpster. Scalze asked how this was addr~essed, pointing out that the City's information on Cable TV states that no garbage is allowed. The Superintendent r~eplied that there ar•e a few people taking their garbage to the dumpsters. These are usually senior citizens with ver•y little garbage. Scalze pointed out that ther~e will be some people who will not want waste collection. The Superintendent agreed that there will be some people who will want to be excepted. However•, the haulers will still pr~ovide recycling Page -22-