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1 City of Mounds View OPTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT - 2024 Background: The City of Mounds View began the process of exploring Organized Trash Collection in the spring of 2023. At the January 8, 2024 the Mounds View City Council adopted Resolution 9859 establishing an Options Committee and appointed Mounds View Residents Julie Clark, Blake Downes, Gerald Arel, and Gary Stevenson along with Council Member Gary Meehlhause, and Mayor Zach Lindstrom. Staff attending included City Administrator Nyle Zikmund, Finance Director Gayle Baumann, and Public Works Director Don Peterson. Meetings: January 17 2024 – Overview provided by staff followed by discussion. January 24, 2024 – Haulers input (Republic, Ace, Walters, Curbside) and Rachel Lindholm – City of Richfield January 31, 2024 – General Discussion February 7, 2024 Statutory Duties Detailed and actions taken Duty #1 - determine which methods of solid waste collection to examine, which must include: (i) the existing system of collection; The existing system of collection is an “open” system; that is – residents negotiate/purchase their refuse disposal with an approved/licensed contractor. The City has seven (7) licensed refuse haulers of which 5 provide residential services; Ace, Curbside, Republic, Walters, and Waste Management. (ii) a system in which a single collector collects solid waste from all sections of a city or town; and Sometimes referred to as single hauler organized. Blaine is an example. Walters services the entire city under a contract between the two entities. Implementing this option will require an RFP for a single collector and a city-wide contract. The committee should also evaluate whether to issue a single RFP for trash plus recycling, or separate RFP’s for trash and recycling. Note – issuance of an RFP can only occur after City has taken formal action (adopting a resolution) terminating/ending negotiations. (iii) a system in which multiple collectors, either singly or as members of an organization of collectors, collect solid waste from different sections of a city or town; Often referred to as a consortium organized system. The City of Mounds View has been meeting with the 5 licensed haulers since October towards a contract that would apportion the city, based on current market share, for them to operate individually in a specified geographic area but cooperatively in the sense the entire city is then serviced. Richfield, St. Paul are two examples of Cities which have a Consortium model of organized solid waste collection. Richfield has 3 haulers and St. Paul has 15 haulers. Implementing this option will require either an agreement with the existing haulers, or an RFP for one or more haulers. The committee should consider whether such an RFP should be split into two