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1 understood Waste Management was currently charging only $138.00 a year 1 for curbside service. 3 Mr. Ring said he had the same objections as Mrs. Murphy to having to pay 4 for garbage service he didn't need during the six or seven months his 5 wife and he are living in Wisconsin. The resident stated, however, 6 that he had no complaints whatsoever about the service Waste Management 7 provided during the periods he required such service. 8 Ruth and George Thompson, 3015 - 39th Avenue N.E., were present for the 9 discussion of a City float which was to be held later that evening. 10 Mrs. Thompson said she perceived having everyone on the same street 11 putting out their garbage on the same day and not having garbage cans 12 sitting out all week long all over the City might outweigh the 13 competition factor. 14 Advantages of Integrating Garbage and Recyclables Collections Touted 15 by Ramsey County Waste Manager 16 Colleen Halpine, who indicated she worked for Ramsey County as a Solid 17 Waste Supervisor, said she had studied solid waste issues for years and 18 had brought a fact sheet with her that evening for distribution. Ms. 19 Halpine said Ramsey County has three communities who have recycling 20 contracts with haulers now, which although they were handled 21 differently, probably provided more service for less money to those 22 cities than St. Anthony was paying for its current service. She said 23 her department thought it was better to have only one hauler for any ! particular area and gave the different methods under which that service a5 could be handled. She said all the issues the residents were raising 26 that evening could be negotiated and "put down in black and white" in 27 whatever type of contract is written with the hauler or haulers who 28 handle the integrated collection system. The discount for periods when 29 the service is not used could be written into the contract and well 30 advertised by the City. The Ramsey County representative told the 31 residents that as shown on the Fact Sheet, both they and the City would 32 have a lot more control than they currently have over the service under 33 an integrated system which provides garbage collection, curbside 34 recycling and separate yard waste collection for which the customer 35 pays with only one billing than under the open hauling system, which 36 charges more for the same services. 37 Ms. Halpine pointed out that in White Bear Township, where haulers 38 provide garbage hauling, recycling services, and yard waste collection 39 under an integrated collection system, residents only pay $9.25 per 40 month as compared to $13.00 a month residents have to pay in any city 41 which doesn't have a contract with a hauler or a group of haulers to 42 provide all services. The County official warned the residents that 43 after 1990, haulers who now provide only garbage and/or recycling 44 services will probably have to make a second run to pick up brush, 45 grass clippings, and leaves during the growing season, which might 46 require separate haulers for yard waste collection. 18