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• TO: Mounds View Cit ~C//~~u ci FROM: Walt Witzke ~~~/ DATE: June 8, 1992 SUBJECT: Win - Win Recycling/Trash Pickup Plan Recycling Contract Recycling should drive any city plan to organize the trash haulers and not the other way around. The only organization Mounds View should provide would be a city-wide recycling program using one company. Recycling company should be selected on a bid basis. To receive the minimum bid with maximum resident protection, the contract should run for 2-3 years with twice monthly pickup always on the same day of the week. The bid should be at a fixed price for the contract period and stated as dollars per ton of collected recyclables and not on a per household basis. • This method of charging provides an incentive for the recycler to increase the material collected. It also provides the city with an automatic reporting system for the tonnage collected, because the city pays its bill based upon weight and not households. The city receives its funding to pay for the recycling charges by having the county place the estimated recycling cost divided by the number of residence as a recycling service charge on each Mounds View homeowners property tax bill. The county charges 10 cents per household for the above service. I do not think the city can come close to this annual fee by placing the recycling charges on the water bill. To handle uncollected taxes, the city has a 5%, revolving reserve fund to cover recycling contingencies. This fund is then adjusted yearly. The city can continue to work with the recycler and residents to increase the items that can be recycled. It costs the residents approximately $85 per ton to dispose of recycled trash and approximately $200 per ton to dispose of non- recycled trash.