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• City Staff met with the Haulers on Monday, January 29, 1990 in an attempt to determine the interest level among the haulers. Prior to this meeting the City did not receive any inquiries from the haulers with the exception of Vasko who wanted to know whether the proposed organized collection included commercial properties. Approximately seven haulers showed up for the meeting. Based on the outcome of the meeting it is the intent of some of the haulers to form a consortium to meet the needs of the City and stay in business. At this meeting the haulers also expressed their concerns of the City adopting the organized collection system. The haulers concerns are significant considerations that must be dealt with during negotiations. The haulers raised the issue of how would the City address delinquent bills if the hauler was doing the billing. The problem is that currently if someone refuses to pay, the hauler discontinues the service. However if they are under contract with the City, they are still required to pickup at all homes in the City. There are ways that the City can participate in solving this problem. I believe the City has the opportunity to assess delinquent bills on the property taxes in order to collect the money. This however would require verification from the City Attorney. Additional concerns raised included the pickup of multi-family • units which are considered commercial accounts due to the type of garbage dumpster required and the increased number of pickups per week that are required for the larger complexes. Additional concerns were with regard to the trends that have happened in other cities. In particular, the Cities have started to exempt certain homes. Residents have complained that they should not have to be part of the program because they run a business out of their home or that they produce minimal garbage. The Cities have started to exempt certain homes if the person calls in and complains. Apparently this has been a problem because a number of the haulersraisedthis issue. -- I believe that we would have a certain number of residents calling with this claim particularly due to the increasingly high cost of waste collection and the recycling participation rate of our residents. The recycling participation rate for the City of Mounds View for the 1989 year was 17 . 36 %. The total number of potential stops for each collection day is 4128 . That means 717 homes in Mounds View recycle. The haulers indicated that they would pursue forming a corporation and submit to the City a letter of intent to participate in this process and at a later date submit a proposal for the City' s411 consideration.