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continue and residents will be charged an additional $0.64 on their utility bill to cover the cost <br />for recycling services. <br />Similar to other organized cities, the City buildings are serviced for no additional cost. In <br />addition, City parks are serviced and the haulers are required to provide containers at each City <br />building and park location. The haulers are also required to pick up recyclable materials that are <br />dropped off by residents at a municipal recycling center on an as -needed basis at no additional <br />cost to the City. This recycling center is maintained by the City. <br />The haulers are required to report the following information to the City when requested in <br />writing by the City. <br />Fuel costs; <br />Tipping fees at disposal sites for refuse; <br />Disposal costs at disposal sites for recyclable materials; <br />Revenue derived from recyclable materials; <br />Labor costs; <br />Volume of refuse and/or recyclable materials collected within the City; <br />Copies of disposal records; <br />The current pickup schedule for each stop; and <br />Complaints from customers. <br />The rates for the varying levels of service charged to residents match the rates that are paid to the <br />haulers. <br />Hopkins <br />Currently Hopkins uses municipal crews for residential MSW collection and contracts with <br />Waste Management for recyclable material collection. Residents may choose from three levels <br />of service including 30 gallon, 60 gallon or 90 gallon service. Residents are billed by the City <br />for collection services on their utility bill on a monthly basis. <br />The City also provides brush collection to residents. To use this service, residents must call to <br />schedule a pickup as this type of collection is only provided on Tuesdays. Residents are charged <br />an additional fee for this service based on the volume of brush collected. The City also provides <br />residents yard waste collection the same days as garbage collection. To participate in this <br />service, residents must purchase $2.00 stickers from the City and affix them to bags of yard <br />waste. There is an exception to this service in the spring and fall when the City collects yard <br />waste for free. A drop-off site is also available for residents to use to dispose of brush and yard <br />waste free of charge. This site is not open during the winter. An additional service available to <br />residents is bulky item pickup. Residents must call the City to schedule a pickup of bulky items <br />as these items are only picked up on Thursdays. Residents are charged $25.00 plus tax per item. <br />In addition, twice a year the City offers a bulky item drop-off service. Residents are charged a <br />$20.00 fee for each appliance dropped off during these events; bulky items are free. Residents <br />are not charged for appliances at the time of drop-off but rather charged on their next utility bill. <br />Appliances may be collected from residents by scheduling a pickup with a separate hauler, J.R.'s <br />Appliances Disposal, Inc. The resident will be invoiced separately for this service by the <br />contractor. Residents may drop off appliances at the contractor's site for $10.00 or they may <br />60 •Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc <br />June 2009 <br />