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MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: City Planner, Michelle Hren DATE: January 31, 1990 SUBJECT: Organized Solid Waste Collection Based upon direction from the City Council, City Staff has further researched the possibility of the City of Mounds View converting to an Organized Solid Waste Collection. This includes but not limited to the collection of garbage, recycling, yard waste, and possibly plastics. City staff is still working under the assumption that this system would be implemented April 1, 1990 or as soon thereafter as possible if the City Council feels that this system is the preferred method of collection in the City. This report reviews several major issues that must be addressed prior to the City Council making any decisions. City Staff has preliminarily researched the possibilities of the City of Mounds • View doing the actual collor+-inn of all residential solid waste in the City of Mounds View. This includes the purchase of the required trucks, storage building, and hiring staff people to perform the service on a full time basis. Please refer to City Engineer Minetor' s memorandum dated January 25, 1990 which specifically addresses the concerns the City should be aware of if this is the desired route the City Council wants to pursue. Also addressed is the possibility of having the City do the actual billing for this service as opposed to the hauler. City Finance Director Brager has outlined several issues regarding the pros and cons of the billing. Some of the major concerns the City would have include delinquent bills, possibly a different billing system due to the rising pr-ices of solid waste collection, and additional staff people if the billing system is done more often than quarterly. Some of the cities that have gone to an organized collection system do the billing in house and some cities have the hauler do the billing. The party responsible for the billing can be negotiated with the haulers . To-date we do not have any estimates from the haulers for the charge of doing the billing for the City of Mounds View. A survey has been attached that outlines the charges for other cities that have an organized system. We do expect that any proposals received will address their (the haulers) capabilities 411 and cost of handling the billing for the City if that is the option the City chooses .