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Mounds View City Council February 9, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 3 Council Member Hull questioned if the assessment could be tabled for one month as requested by the homeowner. Finance Director Beer did not object to tabling the matter. Mayor Flaherty believed it only appropriate to allow Mr. Slabiak to discuss the expense in further detail with staff. MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Meehlhause. To Table Action on the Special Assessment Levy for a Private Sewer Improvement at 8130 Edgewood Drive to the March 9, 2015 City Council meeting. Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. E. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 897, an Ordinance Amending Chapter 603, Section 603.06, of the City Code Relating to Licensing Requirements for Garbage and Recycling Haulers (ROLL CALL VOTE). City Administrator Ericson stated in October of 2014 the Council overhauled the City Code regarding garbage hauling and recycling. He reported several amendments were proposed to provide a better opportunity for tracking the collection of garbage and recyclables while also creating more clear licensing requirements. However, feedback on these amendments was received from the National Waste and Recycling Association. Staff met with representatives of the licensed haulers, who expressed opposition regarding three parts of the new requirements: submission of maximum rates, reporting properties that are not recycling, and the reporting formulas on collected materials. City Administrator Ericson reviewed proposed Ordinance amendment, taking into consideration the comments from the National Waste and Recycling Association, with the Council and recommended approval. The ordinances would eliminate the need to report rates. Julie Ketchum, National Waste and Recycling Association, thanked the Council for their time. She stated her association represents haulers for both refuse and recycling in the City of Mounds View. She thanked staff for striking the language regarding rate reporting. She requested the City not require drivers to track residents that are not recycling. She discussed how safety was of the utmost concern to this industry and she did not want drivers taking their eyes off of the road. She did not want to add another distraction to the drivers. She recommended that instead the City take a positive approach to recycling and not a punitive approach. She believed this would be best for the City and its recycling program. She discussed how her company was advancing recycling efforts throughout the State of Minnesota. Mayor Flaherty questioned how drivers knew which houses to stop at each week. Doug Green, Public Services, explained the drivers had a route sheet. Mayor Flaherty inquired how Ms. Ketchum’s organization encouraged recycling among its customers. Ms. Ketchum explained that her organization was one of the leading recycling companies in the State. She then provided further comment on how her company was educating