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• MEMORANDUM DATE: February 18 , 1988 TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: David Childs, City Manager ITEM: RECYCLING We are under great pressure from both Hennepin and Ramsey counties to get with the curbside recycling program. In Ramsey county, the costs of running their program are genera- ted by special assessments on the residential property tax statements, so even though their program is voluntary, the residents of the county probably have a right to demand curbside recycling service since they are already paying for it. Hennepin county is slightly different. No specific property tax assessments are on the books yet, but the program is mandatory. Looks like either way we need to start some sort of program. • In response, Larry Hamer and I have had extensive conversations with both counties and then with vendors of recycling services. Two proposals are attached, but as you can see, they are very different in their approach. Recycling Unlimited, which does a large amount of the curbside recycling service in the metro area, proposes once or twice a month pick up on the day they specify. *Containers are 52 cents per month per household for three years or the City can buy them with some reimbursement available to the county. *They propose a rate equivalent to about $1 . 50 per house- hold per month for twice a month pickup or $1 . 33/household/ month for once a month pick up. *They would retain all proceeds from the sale of recy- clables. *After reimbursement from the counties based on their for- mulas, the remaining charges ( if any) could be added to the residential water bills. ( Initially, Ramsey county covers the full cost of once a • month collection with a phase out in future years. Henne- pin county has a percentage formula based on how close we come to our goals. ) The proposal from Waste Management is completely different. They propose: