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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 17, 1989 PAGE 5 M/S/P Williams/Hunt - to adopt Resolution No. 89-48 with amended wording, j No. 12. ....of drainage, it being... and in paragraph FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, word "development" be stricken and "site plan" be inserted. (Motion carried 3-1 Moe: At this point in time, he does not agree with what has been submitted and would have to go back to the minutes.) 6. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: This item was deleted from the Agenda, as the City Engineer did. not have any reports. 7. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: A. Payment to Compost Workers The Council, at their meeting of September 26th, requested the City Administrator review hourly rates paid to compost workers. Administrator Morrison reported the City receives $2,500 per year for payment to the compost workers. A maximum of 546 hours could be worked. Therefore, if all hours were worked, the hourly rate in order to stay within budget, should not exceed $4.58 per hour. Scout Troop $162 received $1,200 for work, performed on weekends during Spring and Fall. hours, which is an hourly rate of $6.2.5. During the remaining 354 hours when the compost is open, the compost workers are paid the minimum wage of $3.85 per hour. Morrison explained it may be possible to pay a higher then minimum hourly rate by decreasing Scout hourly rate to equalize wage rate or if City contributed to payment of workers. Mayor Dunn indicated the pay should be equalized and strongly encouraged the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, who has been actively working on this project and the grants, review past proposals and come back with a recommendation M/S/P Hunt/Williams - to refer Item 7A. Payment to Compost Workers to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee which meets Thursday, October 26th, for a recommendation. (Motion carried 4-0). B. Awarding of Bid: Recycling At the time, the Council extended TMT's contract thru 1989 and at the recommendation of the City Attorney, the Council directed the City advertise for Request for Proposals for our curbside recycling for 1990. One response was received from our current contract holder, TMT Recycling, Inc. Pine Springs joined our program in September and Grant Township has indicated a strong desire to join our program, hopefully before the end of the year. Therefore, the RFP included all three cities. Councilman Williams was in favor of TMT Recycling, Inc. because they have done a good job, but felt we should have a signed Joint Powers Agreement �" before we enter into a contract with TMT Recycling, Inc.