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MEMORANDUM 411 Memo To :Mayor and Council Members From :Ric Minetor, City Engineer/Director of Public Works g.e44;4-- Date :January 25 , 1990 �� Subject :Analysis of Costs for City Operation of Solid Waste and Recycling Programs I have researched some of the costs for City personnel to provide solid waste collection and recycling programs . The majority of my information came from St. Cloud, where the City operates the solid waste and recycling programs currently. St. Cloud's program provides service to residential customers only. Commercial customers are required to obtain service from commercial haulers. St. Cloud provides service to 10 , 107 customers on a once a week pick-up basis . This is approximately 3 times the number of similar customers we would have in Mounds View. The costs for thin.: proposal can beG broken down int- the ntothe '._Z ci ategorip �+ costs involved with solid waste collection and disposal , the costs for recycling program collection delivery of recyclables to 111 a recycling center, and costs to operate the 2 programs . The attached cost analysis is a rough estimate and is not intended to give an accurate representation of implementing a program of this nature . If this preliminary analysis is considered to be a possible program the Council would like to implement, a comprehensive feasibility study should be commissioned. I based this analysis on the following assumptions : Only curb side pick-up would be provided , residential complexes and other locations with dumpster type containers would need to be served by a commercial hauler. Recycling pick-up would be provided once a week, on the same day as the solid waste collection for the neighborhood, One packer truck would be required with a second truck held in reserve ; the assumption that we would not want a mechanical breakdown to impair the collection program. The recycling program would have only one truck , the assumption being that this could wait for repairs as this is not as critical . Spring and Fall seasons with heavy clean-up and disposal 111 h.