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Mounds View City Council June 26, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 2 2 Jeff Newsom stated he was the Vice President of Sales for Walters Recycling. 3 4 Christopher Delaforest noted he was with Ace Solid Waste. 6 Dave Wiggins explained he was with Ace Solid Waste. 8 Acting Mayor Meehlhause reported there was no representation from Waste Management, 9 Republic or Curbside. City Administrator Zikmund explained he received a call from Aspen noting 10 they have no residential customers in Mounds View. 11 12 Acting Mayor Meehlhause welcomed the haulers in attendance and asked them to make opening 13 comments. 14 15 Mr. Wiggins stated he was glad to be at this meeting and stated he was interested in working with 16 the City on a city-wide contract for waste hauling. 17 18 Mr. Delaforest explained he has a few years of experience with organized collection. He reported 19 it was important for the City to identify what they wanted out of this, which could include saving 20 tax payers money. He encouraged the City to consider who would be covered under the organized 21 collection. 22 23 Mr. Newsom indicated he would also like to better understand what concerns they have with their 24 current haulers and also what the City's strategy was going forward. He stated overall he was 25 against organized collection because it limits competition and ties up one hauler for seven years. 26 However, if the City were to move forward with an organized collector he would like to be 27 selected. 28 29 Council Member Lindstrom asked how Ace Solid Waste felt about organized collection. 30 31 Mr. Wiggins agreed with Walters stating it was better for customers to be able to choose their 32 hauler. He believed if haulers were not doing a good job, residents deserved to have the chance to 33 change haulers. He stated he enjoyed having the opportunity to earn a residents business each 34 week. He discussed how he has built his business by earning his customers based on this model. 35 36 Bev Mathiasen, Republic Waste Services, arrived at the meeting and introduced herself to the City 37 Council. She reported she manages a number of City contracts and noted she was neutral on this 38 topic. She indicated she works to provide the City and its residents with whatever collection 39 services they choose. 40 41 Acting Mayor Meehlhause questioned what communities they were serving at this time as a single 42 hauler or in a consortium. 43 44 Mr. Newsom explained Walters serves as the single hauler for Osseo, Blaine and Columbia 45 Heights. He noted he also served as the sole provider of recycling for Spring Lake Park. 46