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Mounds View City Council August 14, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 9 2 ROLL CALL: Cermak/Gunn/Lindstrom/Meehlhause. 4 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 5 6 F. Resolution 9794, Organized Garbage Collection. 8 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council consider a Resolution that would establish the 9 negotiation period for organized garbage collection. He explained this has to be done in order for 10 the City to receive a price. He stated a minimum of 60 days would be set aside for the negotiations 1 1 but this could go longer. He noted the negotiation team would be made up of himself, the Public 12 Works Director and the Finance Director, along with the City Attorney. 13 14 Assistant City Attorney Ketchum discussed the history of this item noting staff conducted a survey, 15 town halls were held with the public and haulers were notified. He reported the Council's priorities 16 had been written into the Resolution. If approved, this Resolution would start the 60 day 17 negotiation period. 18 19 Council Member Lindstrom stated if a petition was signed, when would this item go on the ballot. 20 City Attorney Riggs reported this would depend on whether or not this gets through the process so 21 it can get on the ballot this year. He anticipated this matter would get on the ballot for next year. 22 He explained the petition would need to meet the requirements for State law and the rules 23 established. 24 25 Council Member Lindstrom questioned when the petition would have to be submitted in order to 26 meet the requirements to be on the ballot for this year. City Attorney Riggs stated he would have 27 to look into this, noting the County had significant timeframes in order to get items on a ballot. 28 29 Council Member Lindstrom asked if there were other communities that have parallel tracked this 30 item with a petition going on. Assistant City Attorney Ketchum explained Bloomington had a 31 referendum and a proposed charter amendment. He stated he did not know the exact timeline for 32 these items and how they matched up with the Council's adoption and implementation of 33 organized collection. He reported in that case, the petition did go to the voters after the charter 34 amendment went through the process we are describing. 35 36 Council Member Lindstrom stated this matter was a two ballot initiative. Assistant City Attorney 37 Ketchum reported it was his understanding the ballot question would have to go to a general 38 election vote and it would have to be submitted 17 weeks prior to the general election. 39 40 Council Member Lindstrom commented if this passed, the way the language was worded, and the 41 City enacted organized collection, voters would then have to vote for organized collection, which 42 would be done at another general election. City Attorney Riggs reported typically he does not 43 evaluate items until such time. He indicated he does not spend time considering petitions until they 44 have been submitted. 45 46 Council Member Lindstrom questioned if there have been any scenarios where organized