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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 10. 11111176 STAFF REPORT Report Number: 94-1320WS AGENDA SESSION DATE October 3, 1994 Report Date: 9-28-94 DISPOSITION Item Description: Consideration of Creating REcycling Intern Position Administrator's Review/Recommendation: . - No comments to supplement this report 4,1 I-h 1 ' - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets-is necessary.) UMMARY; At the request of Councilmember Trude, staff was asked to -give an update on the City's recycling program at the September 7, 1994 Council Worksession. This report was presented to the City Council by Community Development Coordinator Paul Harrington who oversees this program. Since the departure of Carla Asleson, who had previously carried out the recycling responsibilities, several staff members from the Community Development Department have been performing the necessary functions of the program to keep it going. Some of these responsibilities include collecting information to compile quarterly and year end reports that are submitted to the County, administering the awards program and organizing environmentally friendly events such as a City Spring and/or Fall clean up day. Funding for recycling in 1994 was provided by a Ramsey County SCORE grant. Expenditures of these funds are earmarked for specific purposes, eligible expenses for the funding being personnel costs, promotional activities, equipment used for collection of recyclable materials and the recycling portion of cleanup events. The 1994 Recycling Budget has $13, 683 remaining for personnel services and $3 ,804 for contractual services. If an intern were to be hired at $8 per hour for 19 hours per week, this would be an expenditure of approximately $1, 700 for Personnel Services for the remainder of 1994. If the City received funding in 1995 and an intern was kept on board for the year at $8 per hour for 19 hours per week, this would be an expenditure of approximately $8, 900 for Personnel Services. In 1994 the City received $25,784 from the County and expects to receive a similar amount in 1995. At the September 7 Council worksession, staff was directed to put this item on the September 26, 1994 Council Agenda for Council consideration of filling the recycling position. At the 9/26/94 Council meeting, this item was presented for Council consideration but tabled to the October worksession for further discussion. Staff is seeking Council direction on this matter. RECOMMENDATION; 444.14k Tim Cruikshank, Asst. To City Admin.