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3 Municipal Survey The project work plan for this study included surveying Minnesota cities with a population over 10,000 with a target of 50 cities to complete the survey. The surveys included open and organized residential solid waste and recyclable material collection arrangements. In an open collection system residents are allowed to choose their own hauler, usually from a list of haulers that are licensed to work within the city. In an organized system the city either uses municipal crews or has a contract with a private company to perform residential collection for the entire city. In some instances the city may contract with more than one private hauler for residential collection and break the city into zones for each contracted hauler. Another similar option is to contract with a consortium of haulers so that the city has only one contract to administer. To obtain the information requested in the work plan the following information was required to be part of the survey: Point of contact; Type of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and recyclable material collection system; The number and names of haulers in each city conducting residential waste and recyclable material collection; Whether or not the city licenses haulers; Rate and volume information; and Experiences of cities establishing their collection system, describing difficulties or barriers in the system's implementation. A copy of the municipal survey is provided in Appendix A. The following summarizes the survey information relative to the project work plan. 3.1 Introduction A municipal survey was developed and sent to 83 cities in Minnesota that have a population of 10,000 or more. The survey consisted of mostly yes/no questions inquiring about the residential MSW and recyclable material collection systems of the cities. The LMC provided points of contact and addresses for the cities. Once the completed survey was received, the responses for each city were reviewed and entered into a summary matrix. Based on the responses, the city may have been contacted to clarify and/or obtain additional information to attempt to achieve 50 fully completed responses. The level of follow up was determined by comparing the cities' responses with a list of follow-up questions that were developed by Foth and the MPCA. The majority of the cities that were contacted to provide follow-up information were contacted by email. 48 •Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc June 2009