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1 they took over Walters to determine the type of service the new service '. gave, the City Manager said a survey taken about a year ago had s indicated that Waste Management was the trash hauler for about 1,600 of 4 the City's 2,000 single family residences; Twin City Sanitation served 5 about 200 residents, and Woodlake (BFI) about 150. Krupenny refused to 6 reveal the number of customers they had but staff figured they 7 couldn't be much higher than 50 to 75 homes because that was all that 8 was left. Mr. Childs indicated the Mirror Lake hauler had not been 9 included in those figures because they didn't fit into the single 10 family category and their hauler wasn't licensed to pick up in the 11 City. 12 Mr. Everts reported he had also switched haulers when Walters had been 13 taken over and now had Twin City Sanitation who charged him $4.00 less 14 per quarter than he would have to pay Waste Management, which he said 15 proved to him that "without competition, I would never be able to save 16 that 1148.00 a year." 17 Mr. Norr indicated he had also served on the Task Force but hadn't been 18 able to give as much time to it as he would have liked. He responded 19 to Mr. Everts' remarks by saying the competition would still be there 20 with the City negotiating the contract to get the best deal for the 21 residents. The Task Force member said he hoped there would be a 22 single staff member who would be responsible for the garbage billing. 23 Mr. Norr indicated he had talked to the City of St. Louis Park and found 24 that under a program for that whole city they had seen a 35% rate i decrease with the city -negotiated contract to include recyclables. He z6 said any customer with 2,000 homes like St. Anthony should be able to 27 negotiate a lower charge than individual homeowners could. Mr. Everts 28 said he was still not convinced that the City "wouldn't still be 29 stifling free enterprise" by going with only one hauler. 30 Mr. Norr suggested the fees Waste Management charges should be adjusted 31 in accordance with the volume of waste each household generates. He 32 said perhaps they should charge more for everything above 45 gallons 33 they pick up at every house just the same as is now done in Robbinsdale 34 and many communities in Washington State. The Task Force member 35 indicated he liked the idea of making every family responsible for the 36 amount of waste they generated, pointing to himself as an example of 37 a single person household who is very conservative and generates at 38 least four times less garbage than his neighbor with a much larger 39 family. Mr. Norr added that the Citizens League had concluded that if 40 pricing were based on the volume generated, recycling would be much 41 more successful. 42 Councilmember Enrooth thanked him for his suggestions which he said he 43 recalled Mr. Norr had also sent to Mr. Hamer at the end of the study 44 process. 45 Bernie Webber, 3212 - 33rd Avenue N.E,. indicated he was familiar with 46 the system of recycling used in St. Louis Park where his mother lives. 16