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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 /> 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 /> General Organized Collection Comments/Suggestions/Thoughts <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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 5 <br />