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Agenda Section: 9 •A OUG�9DSS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 9 2—3 7 4 C STAFF REPORT Report Date: 9-10-92 f Ill �� Council Action: ❑ Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE September 14, 1992 ❑ Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda Council Business Item Description: Environmental Quality Task Force Presentation Regarding Findings from Garbage and Recycling Study Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary.(attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY: Members of the Environmental Quality Task Force will be in attendance to present the findings of the group's study of recycling and garbage options for the City. The Council received a copy of this recommendation with their packet for the September 8, 1992 Work Session. Following the presentation, the Council's options for action include: 1. Leave the garbage and recycling systems as they currently exist. Residents would choose their own hauler and haulers would continue to provide recycling. 2. Separate the garbage and recycling systems. A contract with a recycling company would be established and that company would provide weekly service to the entire city. Funding for the recycling pick-ups could be collected either through a city recycling fee collected with property taxes or through a city recycling utility. Residents would continue to contract individually for garbage pick-up, but haulers would be required to collect on the same day that recycling is collected. This is the option favored by the Environmental Quality Task Force. I 3. Continue with the State-mandated process for the establishment of Organized Collection of both garbage and recycling. If the Council wishes to proceed toward a Single Hauler or Consortium Hauling arrangement, the city now has 90 days in which to "discuss possible collection arrangements with all licensed collectors operating in the city who have expressed interest". It should be noted that if the City wishes to have a recycling fee collected with the 1993 property taxes, a motion must be passed at this meeting which "authorizes the Mayor and Clerk-Administrator to enter into an agreement with Ramsey County to collect solid waste management costs through a service charge on property taxes". This motion would not require that the City sign the agreement or bind the City to any particular amount of tax. It would simply allow the County to begin necessary paperwork. Before any agreement is signed, passage of a resolution by the full Council would be required. Staff is looking for Council direction with respect to these issues. eit)tia, a4iLao-n) Carla Asleson Recycling Coordinator RECOMMENDATION;