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Management's bid. Thus, the City was able to save significantly as a result of their competitive bidding process. The city of Blaine is located in Anoka County, who has a contract for waste processing with RRT at their Elk River Resource Recovery Facility. The City is regarded as a "public entity" and is required to have the MSW collected by their contract hauler delivered to the County's designated facility. Mankato The city of Mankato has historically negotiated contract extensions rather than re -bid. Waste Management is the current hauler having acquired the previous hauler, Kato Sanitation. Blue Earth County waste processing requires public entity wastes to be processed. Minnesota Waste Processing Corporation (MWPC) has a transfer station located in Mankato to which public entity wastes are delivered for a tipping fee of approximately $83 per ton. The MSW is transfer hauled to the RRT Newport Facility. Blue Earth County contracts for recyclables processing service for the entire County and the contracted hauler for that service is also Waste Management. Minneapolis The city of Minneapolis collects half the City single family residences and contracts with MRI for the other half. This arrangement is unique, but helps keeps rates in check for both the private contracted hauler and the City. The service provided to City households is very comprehensive and includes collection (curbside or alley) of the most different types of solid wastes in Minnesota for the standard fees charged per month. Residents are not charged extra for these services. In addition, households receive a $7 credit on their monthly costs if they participate in the curbside recycling service. The recycling collection includes source separation into several categories by residents and curbside sorting of materials by haulers which results in the City receiving higher revenue for their recyclable materials than most other communities via a separate recyclables processing contract. MSW is delivered to Hennepin County's WTE facility Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC). The MSW comes under the public entity requirements. The Hennepin County Hauler Solid Waste Management Fee charged on hauler bills is set at 9% for residential customers and 14.5% for non-residential customers. St. Cloud The city of St. Cloud uses municipal crews for collection. They have two approaches to how residents set out garbage — a bag system and a rolling cart. The bags are sold in bundles of ten and represent a rigorous volume -based fee system as the residents pay the same price for each bag of garbage set out for collection. The carts are 90 gallon in size and provide flexibility and convenience to residents. St. Cloud is in Stearns County, part of the Tri-County Solid Waste Management. Tri-County has a contract to provide MSW to the RRT Elk River Resource Recovery facility. They also send some waste to the Perham Resource Recovery facility in Perham, Minnesota. Approximately half the Tri-County waste stream is sent to landfills. R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 87 June 2009