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we paying now. But if the City continues to generate the same amount of garbage it has been, their rates would rise substantially. He added that all the trash haulers who had submitted proposals had verified that was what would happen no matter which service was selected by the Council. 6 Councilmember Makowske suggested that because both residents and haulers 7 have been given a 90 day period to comment between the September 27th 8 hearing and the date when the Council can appoint a hauler to collect 9 recyclable materials, the later the Council held the public forum, the 10 more concrete information would be available on which to base a 11 decision. She said by the end of November the Council should have more 12 specific data related to rates which would be charged; what day 13 collections would be made; what the containers would look like; whether 14 they would have to be curbside; and what's to be done with grass 15 clippings and leaves. 16 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo reiterated his concerns that without official 17 bids being taken, the Council would be opening itself to a lot of 18 criticism from the residents when their garbage bills start going up 19 to $20 or $25 a month. 20 Councilmember Enrooth reiterated that he perceived that would happen 21 only because the residents don't understand that all haulers would be 22 paying the same $75.00/ton to Hennepin County for each load they haul 23 to the incinerator which is going to raise their bills no matter who 24 takes care of the City's recyclable materials. The Councilmember said he perceived it would be up to whoever takes such calls to clearly 46 explain the issues to the callers because as far as he could see, the 27 City had done everything it could to inform the public about what was 28 going to happen through newspaper and City Newsletter articles and then 29 holding a public hearing on the Task Force's recommendations where the 30 format had attempted to present a clear explanation of the issues which 31 were involved and invited public comments and questions. He added that 32 he understood the Public Works Director had sought proposals from every 33 hauler who services the City now as well as any other companies who had 34 the capability to handle the whole community. Only four companies had 35 submitted bids and only two of these, Knutson and Waste Management, had 36 accepted the Task Force invitation to appear before them. Woodlake and 37 other haulers who were contacted were not big enough to handle the whole 38 City, were only set up to handle recyclable materials, or were not 39 interested. 40 Sue VanderHeyden agreed to add the public forum date to the Newsletter 41 article which invited residents to call the City offices if they have 42 any further questions or concerns about recycling or the process which 43 the City is following. 44 The Public Forum which is to be held during the Council's November 45 22nd meeting, would be advertised on the City's bulletin board, Cable 46 TV, and press releases to both the Bulletin and the Northeaster, in A7 addition to the Newsletter. 48 DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS