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CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 6A <br /> <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: February 25, 2019 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 19-25, Textile Recycling/Simple <br />Recycling Contract Renewal <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Lino Lakes City Council approved a contract with Simple Recycling on February 26th, <br />2018. The City authorized the contract for 1 year to be reviewed and reconsidered for contract <br />renewal. The Agreement was signed on March 5th, 2018 but took a few months after that to <br />actually mobilize in sync with the regular haulers schedule. Actual curbside recycling started <br />July 8th, 2018. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Simple Recycling is providing a free residential curbside pickup service to collect all types of <br />clothing, shoes, accessories, and household goods. Residents bag the acceptable items and <br />place bags at the curb on the recycling collection day by the recycling cart. Simple Recycling <br />collects the bags with a small truck (utility or appliance repair-type truck). The drivers leave <br />extra bags after collection, either on the recycling cart or by resident’s door. <br /> <br />Simple Recycling is an Ohio Corporation that grew out of a third generation thrift store chain; <br />the collected materials will be graded and a lot of the clothing and household goods will be <br />sent to thrift stores. The rest will be recycled and converted for reuse to industrial wiping rags <br />and home insulations. <br /> <br />The program is free for the city and the residents. The city receives tonnage reports, on a <br />monthly basis, which can be included in SCORE tonnage report. The city was compensated <br />$.01 per pound for the material collected by Simple Recycling for the year 2018. In 2018, 6.46 <br />tons were collected. The City was issued monthly checks for a total of $129.43. The seven <br />missed pick-ups in 2018 were resolved. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Staff is recommending approval of Resolution No. 19-25, Textile Recycling/Simple Recycling <br />Contract Renewal for 2019. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />1. 2018 Agreement with Simple Recycling <br />2. Resolution No. 19-25 Authorizing a One Year Contract Extension with Simple Recycling <br />