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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4d. <br />Minn. Star. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4d. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4d. <br />Minn. Star. § 115A.94, subd <br />4c. <br />LMCrr staff can assist in <br />reviewing city contracts, <br />especially provisions related <br />to insurance and liability. <br />For more information, <br />contact Chris Smith, Risk <br />Management Attorney, at <br />csmith@lmc.org or 651-281- <br />1269. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94 subd <br />4a. Minn. Star. ch. 13D. <br />Minn. Star. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4b. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4b. <br />The proposal must contain identified city priorities, including issues related <br />to zone creation, traffic, safety, environmental performance, service <br />provided, and price, and must reflect existing collectors maintaining their <br />respective market share of business as determined by each hauler's average <br />customer count during the six months before the beginning of the exclusive <br />negotiation period. <br />If an existing collector opts to be excluded from the proposal, the city may <br />allocate its customers proportionally based on market share to the <br />participating collectors who choose to negotiate. <br />If an organized collection agreement is established as a result of the <br />exclusive negotiation period, the initial agreement must be in effect for <br />seven years. Upon execution of an agreement between the participating <br />licensed collectors and the city, the city shall establish organized collection <br />through appropriate local controls. The city does not need to establish a solid <br />waste collection options committee if it reaches an agreement with the <br />licensed haulers during the exclusive negotiation period; however, the city <br />must first provide public notice and a public hearing before officially <br />deciding to implement organized collection. Organized collection may begin <br />no sooner than six months after the effective date of the city's decision to <br />implement organized collection. <br />3. Solid waste collection options committee <br />If a city does not reach an agreement with its licensed collectors during the <br />exclusive negotiation period, it may form by resolution a "solid waste <br />collection options committee" to study additional methods of solid waste <br />collection. The city council appoints the committee members. The <br />committee is subject to the open meeting law and has several mandatory <br />duties. <br />First, the committee shall determine which methods of solid waste collection <br />to examine, which must include at least three methods of collection: (1) the <br />existing system of collection; (2) a system in which a single collector <br />collects solid waste from all sections of the city; and (3) a system in which <br />multiple collectors, either singly or as members of an organization of <br />collectors, collect solid waste from different sections of the city. <br />Second, the committee shall establish a list of criteria on which the <br />organized collection methods selected for examination will be evaluated, <br />which may include: costs to residential subscribers; the impacts on <br />residential subscribers' ability to choose a provider of solid waste service <br />based on the desired level of service, costs, and any other factors; the impact <br />of miles driven on city streets and alleys and the incremental impact of miles <br />driven by collection vehicles; initial and operating costs of implementing the <br />solid waste collection system; providing incentives for waste reduction; <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 6/9/2022 <br />City Solid Waste Management Page 16 <br />