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• • Agenda Item 6B Environmental Board Meeting Date: May 28, 2003 Topic: Solid Waste /Recycling /Budget Shortfall /SCORE Summary: Please see attachment 1, Anoka County Letter, Anoka County Commissioner Jim Kordiak, May 5th 2003 regarding SCORE. SCORE funds are moneys allocated to cities through the county for recycling solid waste. This year, The City of Lino Lakes is eligible to receive $37,463.60 in SCORE dollars. The money is used to subsidize the cost of running a recycling program. Eligible costs include staff salaries, public education, recycling days, supplies and items such as recycling bins. We have given a first- recycling bin to new residents free with SCORE dollars. The County is cutting SCORE dollars to support local recycling programs by 10 %. In light of the state budget cuts, this is not as bad as some folks anticipated. It is enough however to take a local look at where we might want to make up the difference. One option is to have just one Recycle Day each year. Spring Recycle Day has been producing more tonnage over the last few years and staff has discussed the notion to only having one Recycle Day in the spring. This alone would make up the difference in program costs. Please refer to Tabulation sheet attachments 4 and 5. The city oil recycling facility is an unsubsidized cost. Attachment 3 tabulates the costs for this service. The City negotiated a better rate for oil volumes in 2002. Filters are an eligible expense in terms of steel weight credit. We do pay a recycling charge for these filters (they have oil in them). If residents were willing to pay $.30 /gal to dispose of used oil, we would break even. The problem is collecting the fee. Mr. Kordiak's letter indicates that any remaining funds in the 2003 agreements could be reallocated to the 2004 city allocations. I have not totaled the costs and tonnage yet for our Spring Recycling Day, nor have totals from the haulers in the first half yet. This report is usually complete by about June 15. We will have a better idea at that time where we stand this year. Please come with your thoughts and ideas to the Environmental Board. I have also attached (attachment 2) a couple of pages from the Anoka County Solid Waste Abatement Advisory Force, Recognition Awards Ceremony. Please note that since 1988 the City of Lino Lakes has consistently achieved our goals to recycle. The City has recycled 1,534.23 tons of solid waste since 1988. Good job!