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Some additional services are included in the contract for no additional charge to the City. The cost to the hauler for these services are actually likely covered in the base rate charged to residents for their collection service. In Buffalo's contract, all the City buildings are serviced for no additional cost to the City. In addition, all the City parks are serviced as part of the contract. The hauler also provides containers and transportation for two annual clean-up days each year. The City charges residents to dispose of items at the clean-up events and pays for disposal costs of materials collected during these days. The rates for the varying levels of service charged by the City to residents differ from that paid to the hauler. The rates charged to the residents are typically more than what the City is required to pay the hauler for the service. These differences in the costs cover administration fees and other overhead costs incurred by the City. Farmington Farmington currently uses municipal crews for residential MSW collection and contracts with Dick's Sanitation for residential recyclable material collection. Residents may choose from several levels of service, but the common levels of service are 30 gallon, 60 gallon and 90 gallon service. Residents are billed quarterly on their utility bill by the City and are allowed to change their service level once each year at no additional charge. All residents are charged for additional waste that does not fit into their waste container. If customers overfill their containers more than 50% of the time during a quarter and do not request a level of service change, they will automatically be raised to the next level of service. During 2008 dual sort recycling was included in all four service options. Starting in 2009 the recycling will switch to single sort. Residents are also provided with holiday tree pickup, an annual curbside clean-up day, tire drop-off and cardboard drop-off at no additional cost. Residents have the choice to subscribe to yard waste pickup for which they are billed. Residents may also request curbside pick-up of bulky items for a fee. Ham Lake Ham Lake currently contracts with Ham Lake Haulers (a combination of Ace Solid Waste and Waste Management) for residential MSW and recyclable material disposal. The City is divided into two distinct service areas, each serviced by one of the shareholders. The residents are billed for collection services through Connexus, a public utility under contract with the City, on a quarterly basis on their utility bill. Residents may choose from five levels of service including a low base customer service (a single bag of refuse that fits in a container that is not furnished by the hauler), 30-38 gallon, 60-76gallon, 77-90 gallon or two container service. All residents are charged for additional refuse, electronics, bulky waste, yard waste and appliances. Residents that use these services are charged additional fees on their utility bills. Single sort recycling is also provided to residents. The City pays the haulers $8,127.50 per quarter [Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment (SCORE) funding] to cover the costs for residential curbside recycling. This averages out to approximately $0.64 per household. If for any reason these SCORE funds are eliminated, the curbside recycling program will R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 59 June 2009