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that End Up as Trash in Curbside Recycling Carts. Anoka County has now developed a Recycle Smart for the Holidays campaign which Maggie will explain. B. Anoka County Recycle Smart Holiday Campaign — Maggie Yauk Maggie presented a package of campaign materials that will be available to each municipality in Drop Box. The package includes articles in various sizes which can be inserted in newsletters and web pages. It also includes graphics, posts and images for social media platforms. A Facebook holiday campaign ad has already been posted. Maggie shared an example of how it appears on Anoka County's site. Recycling & Resource Solutions will be sending out instructions and recommendations on how to use the campaign materials. Information on how to use the toolkit will be included in a link to Drop Box. Please contact Maggie at 763-324-3486 and at Maggie.Yauk@co.anoka.mn.us if you need assistance or have any questions about using these items. Recycle Smart PowerPoint presentations for agenda items 4A and 4B will be sent to Task Force members and other interested persons who receive meeting agendas shortly after the meeting. 5. Review of Timelines for 2021 Contracts and 2022 Municipal Budgeting Cycles — Sue Doll Thanks to the municipal recycling coordinators for submitting their 2021 grant applications on time. The program expansion plans and explanations were well done, and requests have been approved. Each request for additional $20,000 enhancement funding has also been approved. Contracts will be sent out in early November so that there will be enough time for everyone to return signed contracts to the county by mid - December. Please forward your contracts to your city councils for approval and return your signed copies as quickly as possible. The entire process is electronic. The goal is to have fully executed contracts completed by the end of the year. In preparation for the 2022 municipal contracts, any major program or funding changes/modifications need to be discussed in the first quarter of the year. Please provide your 2022 budget timelines to Sue so the county can plan ahead. 6. Updates A. Cities and Townships Anoka, Pam Bowman — cc The Fall Recycling Event was very successful with 474 vehicles coming through. While total tonnage has yet to be calculated, an estimated 20 tons of materials were received. o A Pumpkin Smash and Book Up -Cycle event will be held this Sunday, November 1, from 1 pm to 4 pm at Rick Sorenson Park (2015 State Ave). Books are collected and quarantined and then are available for residents to take. x Recycling service proposals (4) have been reviewed and scored. The Waste Reduction & Recycling Board voted to pursue a 5-year contract with ACE Solid Waste, beginning April 1, 2021. oc The Aluminum can trailer was filled (320 lbs.) and earned our new beneficiary $112 to provide lunch to veterans during their recent Waterfowl for Warriors hunt. oc Preparing the Waste Reduction & Recycling Board Annual Report presentation for City Council. oc Collecting holiday string lights at City Hall, Nov. 2 thru Jan. 31, 2021. Blaine, Roark Haver — Sue Doll stated that Blaine is looking into developing an organics drop-off program. Coon Rapids, Colleen Sinclair Coon Rapids is excited to announce that they received state funding for the Recycling Center Expansion Project included in the State Bonding Bill. The city will work over the winter to finalize plans. Construction may begin summer of 2021, depending on when the State releases the funds.