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1 Ms. Halpine agreed that households which generate less waste should be rewarded for that economically which would result in people who recycle s and compost a good percentage of their waste having to pay a much lower 4 rate. The Solid Waste Supervisor also suggested senior citizens rates 5 and discounts for people who live out of town for six months could be 6 negotiated in a city contract where all parties know exactly what their 7 responsibilities will be. She added that the state and the 8 Metropolitan Council were both emphasizing the importance of having the 9 citizens doing most of the separation and taking responsibility for 10 their own solid waste management, which would be much cheaper in the 11 long run than having all the wastes go to the County incinerators. She 12 also reiterated the information from the Fact Sheet which reported a 13 city could be exempted in 1989 for $18.00 a year in Ramsey County taxes 14 for each single family residence if they financed their own recycling 15 system as North Oaks, White Bear Lake and White Bear Township are 16 already doing. 17 Mayor Sundland explained that St. Anthony had to deal with Ramsey 18 County's as well as Hennepin County's requirements, since there are 19 portions of the City in both jurisdictions. He then thanked Ms. Halpine 20 for providing insight into Ramsey County's regulations. Before closing 21 the forum, the Mayor told Mr. Thompson policing the system to see each 22 residence paid for its own service was one of the issues which would 23 have to be looked at when the contract with the City vendor is 24 developed. 25 The More St. Anthony Recycles. the Less the Residents Will Have to Pay t6 Jim Gencauski and Bob Christen of Waste Management were present for 27 the discussions and Mr. Gencauski told the residents: 28 *the more materials his company can divert from the landfills or the 29 incinerator, the less they would have to charge the St. Anthony 30 customers; 31 *if Waste Management collects both garbage and recyclables for the 32 City, they would be able to keep track of how much is diverted and 33 adjust the rates in accordance after the first year, just as they do 34 in Robbinsdale and Columbia Heights; 35 *the company diverted 85 tons of waste in Robbinsdale which saved 36 them $30.00 a ton in landfill charges and it is estimated those 37 savings could amount to as much as $75.00 a ton for materials 38 diverted from the incinerator; 39 *his firm already grants discounts for periods when customers were 40 out of town and didn't use their service. 41 Residents' Input to be Included in Contract Negotiations For Recycling 42 Hauler M11