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The text associated with the Minnesota Attorney General's Report points out another interesting variation. The Attorney General Report was compiled by the Antitrust Division who studied 13 Ramsey and Washington County municipalities with organized collection. The report concluded that maintaining cost-effective rates are not only a function of organizing collection, but also very dependent on the method of contractor procurement. Communities that maintained continued relationships with existing haulers were paying between 17.6% and 48.5% more than communities that competitively select haulers. Thus, to help fully take advantage of the efficiencies of organized collection, municipalities should not simply continually negotiate a contract extension with the existing hauling company. A competitive procurement process keeps the contract costs in line with other market pricing. Exhibit 2-2 Financial Issues Related to Public Collection21 Appendix 14 Financial Issues Related to Public Collection — (excepted from Ramsey/Washington counties report). This study did not include a detailed look at waste collection pricing in Ramsey and Washington Counties. It did gather information on what a few communities had recently prepared on the issue of waste collection, and some information from two studies conducted in 1993. Oakdale Survey The city of Oakdale staff in 2001 surveyed 14 cities with a variety of collection systems for residential trash and recycling. Rates were tabulated for small (30-gallon) medium (60-gallon), and large (90-gallon) size trash cans, including recycling service. Can sizes, other than 30, 60 and 90 gallon, were grouped in the closest size category. Other services, such a yard waste pickup, and special rates, such as for seniors, were excluded to the degree possible so that the data are comparable. 27 Ibid. 32 •Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc June 2009