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organized collection options committee to identify, examine, and evaluate various methods of organized collection. The governing body shall appoint the committee members. (b) The organized collection options committee is subject to chapter 13D. Subd. 4b. Committee duties. The committee established under subdivision 4a shall: (1) determine which methods of organized collection to examine, which must include: (i) a system in which a single collector collects solid waste from all sections of a city or town; and (ii) a system in which multiple collectors, either singly or as members of an organization of collectors, collect solid waste from different sections of a city or town; (2) establish a list of criteria on which the organized collection methods selected for examination will be evaluated, which may include: costs to residential subscribers, miles driven by collection vehicles on city streets and alleys, initial and operating costs to the city of implementing the organized collection system, providing incentives for waste reduction, impacts on solid waste collectors, and other physical, economic, fiscal, social, environmental, and aesthetic impacts; (3) collect information regarding the operation and efficacy of existing methods of organized collection in other cities and towns; (4) seek input from, at a minimum: (i) the governing body of the city or town; (ii) the local official of the city or town responsible for solid waste issues; (iii) persons currently licensed to operate solid waste collection and recycling services in the city or town; and (iv) residents of the city or town who currently pay for residential solid waste collection services; and (5) issue a report on the committee's research, findings, and any recommendations to the governing body of the city or town. Subd. 4c. Governing body; implementation. The governing body of the city or town shall consider the report and recommendations of the organized collection options committee. The governing body must provide public notice and hold at least one public hearing before deciding whether to implement organized collection. Organized collection may begin no sooner than six months after the effective date of the decision of the governing body of the city or town to implement organized collection.