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Mounds View City Council March 28, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 10 Mayor Marty stated that it has to be at a Council meeting, and if UHL got to the $5,000 mark and • said they were not working past that by their contract, they may stop at that point. Mr. Werner stated that it was more complicated than he thought. Council Member Stigney asked if they estimate $5,000, and they went up to $8,000, whether there hadn't always been something about going 10 percent over the estimate to allow for contingencies. He asked why this is so high compared to the $5,000. Public Works Director Lee stated he understood it was the difference between having two technicians working two days versus four days. and there is uncertainty about the time it's going to take to do that. 9. COUNCIL BUSINESS. A. 7:05 p.m. Public Hearing to Consider the Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 758, an Ordinance Limiting Garbage Pickup to Thursdays only. (ROLL CALL VOTE) Public Works Director Lee stated that this was first introduced to the City Council on March 1 at a work session, and the introduction of the first reading of this ordinance provision was presented on March 14th. It's now being presented as the second reading to change the garbage hauling for • residential properties from Wednesday and Thursday to just Thursday, and this does not pose a problem to any of the current haulers. Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 8:17 p.m. Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale, asked why the city felt the need to restrict the haulers to a single day of the week. He urged the Council to vote against this item because he thought they need two days so the haulers have an opportunity to be able to cut their costs by attending to the city on a day when they may have excess labor available. Mayor Marty stated that there was an issue with residents who worked nights who couldn't sleep when the garbage trucks were making so much noise many days of the week. Brian Amundsen stated he thought this would freeze out competition. Council Member Thomas stated that the haulers they have are willing to work within this schedule, and she didn't feel that the competition had any problem with it. She asked that if the haulers had a problem with this schedule, they could bring it back to the Council. She stated it's not something they couldn't change again. Dave Jahnke asked if they've compared the cost to other cities that have one hauler. He asked if their rates were higher than the way it's done in Mounds View.