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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 15, 1994 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Council member Conlin reported on the March 10 cable commission meeting she attended. Issues discussed were amending the by-laws to always use a weighted vote; amend the joint powers agreement to eliminate alternate directors and update the population. The franchise is up in approx. 17 months and there was discussion on what the next franchise will consist of. Councilman Johnson reported two grant applications were submitted to the DNR for two different tree program. 10. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT A. Recommendation from Solid Waste Committee on Open Burning The law has changed to allow for open burning of trees, brush, grass and other vegetable matter in the clearing of land, the maintenance of street, road and highway right-of-way and in accepted agricultural land management practices. The Solid Waste Committee has asked for some direction from the Council on this. Should they prepare an ordinance similar to that of Stillwater or is the city going to continue its ban on burning. Council members Mottaz and Johnson did not want the city's policy on open burning to change because the residents have a site to bring their brush and leaves/grass clippings and did not want to increase air pollution. B. Recommendation from Solid Waste on Composting The Solid Waste Committee recommended that we continue on accepting leaves and grass clippings and brush from Lake Elmo residents at the same cost as last year. That cost was $10 from Lake Elmo residents which included "Clean Up" days and $15 for non-residents and $50 for the small lawn maintenance contractors. Administrator Kueffner reported an inquiry was received from the City of Woodbury asking about the availability of the site for its residents because they are losing their compost site. The garbage collector for Stillwater and Oak Park Heights will no longer take leaves and grass clippings. If we allow these other communities to use the site, we will have to expand hours of operation so that the traffic is spread out and have to talk to the County in expanding the site to accommodate them. To help defer these additional costs, a suggestion was made to increase non-resident sticker to $20 per calendar year.