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-7 - Mr. Childs wondered if an arrangement could be made with Waste Management to make special collections of garbage from those residents 3 who indicate they are unable to place the containers at curbside but 4 he was certain the rates charged those users would necessarily be much 5 higher. 6 Councilmeiber Enrooth responded to Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo's reports of 7 rumors that "Councilmembers were getting free garbage hauling from Waste 8 Management" by saying none of these claims had been repeated to any of 9 the other Councilmembers as far as he knew. He said he had gotten no 10 calls or had any questions raised about recycling himself in spite of 11 reams of minutes of Task Force and Council meetings; the fact that ten 12 Task Force members were going all over the Village attempting to talk 13 to any resident they could about the issue and there had been articles 14 in both the Bulletin and the Newsletter over the months the Task Force 15 has been working on and talking to vendors about a plan. 16 Councilmember Marks indicated he perceived this was just another 17 incidence of "difficulty in communicating with the public" which the 18 City officials have experienced year after year without finding a 19 solution. He said he didn't think the City could rely only on the 20 press to get the message across but perceived the notice in the 21 Newsletter, which is going out with the water and sewer billing next 22 week, might reach some of the residents who apparently are missing the 23 articles which have been appearing in the Bulletin. He suggested that 24 article could enumerate the reasons the Task Force had for recommending Waste Management do the recycling and might even generate more response 46 when residents realize there is a 90 day waiting period for them to 27 express their concerns to staff or Councilmembers. 28 Mr. Childs added that the City Hall staff had received only two calls 29 so far, one which asked for more information on the issue, but 30 indicated no strong feeling either way, and the other from a resident 31 who protested having to haul trash out to the street and said there 32 wasn't room in her garage to store waste containers. 33 When Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo indicated he wasn't comfortable about "not 34 advertising for bids and just assigning a hauler to do the City's 35 recycling" because he expected the same raise in these rates as had been 36 experienced by St. Anthony cable subscribers, Councilmember Enrooth 37 indicated he could see no comparison between the two because Congress 38 had removed any controls the City might have had over cable service 39 charges and St. Anthony was only one of 10 communities who granted 40 that franchise while only the City will be responsible for the recycling 41 contract. He said Waste Management wanted a three to five year 42 contract, preferably five, which would contain a constant rate figure 43 to guaranty them a return on their investment in containerization and 44 a flexible charge to reflect what they have to pay Hennepin County to 45 dump the waste which can't be recycled. The Councilmember said the 46 County had already indicated they would be charging $75.00 per ton. He A7 also pointed out that the residents' charges would be based on how well St. Anthony recycles because theoretically, if the City's waste is cut 49 by 1/3, there should be no substantial increase in what residents are