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MR The following line item costs may be included within a resident's solid waste services invoice depending in part on the individual collector's business policies and billing procedures: ♦ Base trash collection fee (Varies depending on size of trash cart: small, medium or large, etc.) ♦ Collector -imposed fuel surcharge ♦ Collector -imposed environmental surcharge (This is not a govemment-required item) ♦ Other collector -imposed administrative fees or surcharges "Taxable subtotal" (The above items are taxable) ♦ Recyclables collection fee (Service is required, but collectors can decide the amount of the fee. Not taxable) ♦ Hennepin County tax ("Solid Waste Management Fee" of 9%) or Ramsey County tax ("County Environmental Charge" of 28%) ♦ Minnesota tax ("State Solid Waste Management Tax" of 9.75% Total Monthly "Rate" Trash "collection" as used within this analysis includes both collection and disposal services. The base collection fee, therefore, also includes the collector's disposal (or "tipping fee") charges at a solid waste disposal facility (e.g., resource recovery plant or landfill). Similarly, the recycling collection fee includes the cost and revenue for recyclables processing services. Saint Anthony Village residents are charged the appropriate county tax depending on which county they live in. The state and counties have exempt recycling fees from taxes as a means to encourage increased recycling. There is compounding effect of the collector -imposed surcharges as these are taxable. Additional optional collection services beyond trash and recyclables collection can be ordered by customers. These optional services include (but are not limited to) yard waste and bulky item collections. Yard waste service can be ordered for the full season or "on-call" on a pay -per -bag unit fee basis. Bulky items include large appliances, furniture and other household goods that are not collected as part of the regular trash or recycling routes. The costs of these optional services were reviewed but are a minor part of the overall rates for residents today. The costs of these optional services are not analyzed further within this memo.