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Rate increases will be structured and predictable for the duration of the contract. <br />Residents would have a clear, one -stop menu of services and costs and will not have to <br />try to compare apples to oranges. Busy residents will save time and energy not having to <br />shop around. <br />A contract can specify where our refuse goes, whether to a landfill or for fuel processing. <br />We can ensure this decision serves local interests and local environmental goals, not <br />corporate priorities. <br />Fewer trucks mean less noise and air pollution in our neighborhoods. <br />Rates can be better structured to encourage reduction of waste, including the ability to <br />offer pay -as -you -throw options for residents who produce a very low volume of trash. <br />With a contract, the City could control the size and quality of trucks used, specifying <br />lower pollution, better loading and weight bearing technology. Dependable City <br />business can assure smaller haulers that a new truck for use in Falcon Heights is a good <br />investment, helping to level the playing field. <br />A city contract can enforce good service by building a schedule of fines and escrow <br />account into the contract. A contract can insist on a local phone number for service <br />calls, answered by a local person. <br />City would have away of enforcing the Waste Management Act that requires residents of <br />communities with over S, 000 people to have garbage picked up. There is no way under <br />the present system. <br />Although it would require a change in the City Code, an organized system could be <br />structured so that different zones of the City could have their collection on different days, <br />including Monday (which residents have asked for). The schedule could rotate every <br />year or two, to give everyone a chance at that popular Monday collection day. <br />Potential Disadvantages of Organized Collection <br />Although customers would have a choice of service levels, they would lose the choice of <br />service provider. <br />A major public education effort would be required to make everyone aware of the <br />changes, and the transition would be more difficult for people who are uncomfortable <br />with change. <br />Some residents may experience an increase in price over the artificially low rates offered <br />by haulers campaigning against organized collection. <br />R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 21 <br />June 2009 <br />