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5 <br /> <br />REPORT <br />Organized Collection Pros/Cons <br />Pro thoughts regarding organized collection in general <br />• Reducing truck traffic, and the benefits it would bring <br />• Equitable pricing for all residents <br />• All households have legal disposal method <br />• Potential to work with the hauler(s) directly to increase communication with residents to encourage proper <br />recycling and waste reduction overall <br />• Remove the need for residents to negotiate with haulers to manage price <br />• Potential for lowest price overall <br /> <br />Con thoughts regarding organized collection in general <br />• Residents lose option to choose hauler {autonomy) <br />• Residents may lose a valued relationship with hauler <br />• Residents lose ability to directly negotiate with haulers to manage price <br />• Concerns about impact on service quality <br />• Concerns about price (short/long-term) <br />• Concerns about added costs of contract management <br />• Concern for preserving local/smaller companies in a consolidating industry <br />• Residents may lose their ability to opt out or request bin sharing <br />• Tax increase for staff time required for customer service and Admin, approximately 20 hours per week. <br /> <br /> <br />General Organized Collection Comments/Suggestions/Thoughts <br /> <br />Consortium <br />• Allows small haulers to keep their market share <br />• Requires more staff time <br />• If a consortium agreement is pursued, please require haulers to use County Roads to access their routes in <br />order to reduce trucks on Mounds View Roads. <br />• Reduce required reporting to quarterly or annually to minimize city staff time <br /> <br />Single Hauler <br />• Reduces trucks on all roads in Mounds View <br />• Risk of service interruption - Putting all your eggs in one basket <br />• Reduce staff time compared to consortium <br />• Potential for lowest price overall <br />• Potential drop off "pay by the bag" for low use customers <br />• Preferred Recommendation of some members <br /> <br />Open Market <br />• Consider the majority of people who do not want organized collection. The city survey was confusing, but <br />the comments at the end are clear. Over 2x more people voiced their opinion of not wanting organized <br />collection as opposed to being in favor of it <br /> <br />