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1 *was just "Republican" enough to oppose giving a contract to only one <br /> hauler who he perceived with no competition, could raise his rates <br /> next year; <br /> 4 *expected there would be "no free lunch" as far as getting back money <br /> 5 from recycling went; and <br /> 6 *preferred to deal with his own hauler. <br /> 7 Jim Wiehoff, 3508 Coolidge Street, identified himself as "representing <br /> 8 himself and other community members who vote" reported that when the <br /> 9 predecessor to Waste Management did the garbage hauling, the service had <br /> 10 been "excellent" , but as soon as Waste Management took over, the <br /> 11 service had become very erratic, resulting in garbage being left out on <br /> 12 the streets for days at a time. He said he and most of his neighbors <br /> 13 had switched to Woodlake because of that poor service. . Mr. Wiehoff said <br /> 14 he preferred the "free enterprise system" which enabled them to do that <br /> 15 and was concerned that if that were taken away now, the residents would <br /> 16 suffer from "big corporation" actions which he deemed inappropriate for <br /> 17 such a small community. The resident wanted the City to retain some <br /> 18 measure of competition by at least contracting with two services the <br /> 19 first year and making a decision as to who would serve the City after <br /> 20 that on the service those two provided during the testing period. Mr. <br /> 21 Wiehoff then suggested that selection could even be made by a vote of <br /> 22 the community at the next election. The resident added that he had <br /> 23 perceived the Waste Management driver in his area was always in such a <br /> 24 hurry that small children in his neighborhood might be endangered. <br /> 05 Alvena Law, a resident of Mirror Lake at 4001 Foss Road, said she had <br /> 26 to leave the meeting early but was concerned that her complex could <br /> 27 not handle the large Waste Management trucks and wanted the residents <br /> 28 to be able to retain Larry Saba, the hauler they had now. Councilmember <br /> 29 Enrooth indicated there were certain conditions related to haulers which <br /> 30 Hennepin County had mandated and those conditions had to be met by the <br /> 31 Mirror Lake hauler in terms of recycling all the materials which <br /> 32 required by the County. He reiterated that if the City didn't meet <br /> 33 those requirements, then the County could select a service which would <br /> 34 meet them. The Councilmember told Mrs. Law he didn't believe her hauler <br /> 35 had submitted a bid to provide all the City's hauling and that might <br /> 36 have been because Mr. Saba couldn't meet the County requirements. Mr. <br /> 37 Childs told him the hauler wasn't even licensed to haul in St. Anthony. <br /> 38 He also pointed out that the City was only addressing the concept of <br /> 39 servicing single family residents at this time and would have to look <br /> 40 at multi-family service later on. <br /> 41 Mike Gondek, 2901 St. Anthony Boulevard, was told the final selection <br /> 42 of a hauler wouldn't be made until after the first of the year although <br /> 43 the Task Force had recommended the City begin negotiating a contract <br /> 44 with Waste Management during the required 90 day waiting .period. <br /> 45 .Mr. Gondek said he was also opposed to giving any single vendor a <br /> 46 monopoly on the service because he had seen many instances where that <br /> 13 <br />