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1 they took over Walters to determine the type of service the new service <br /> 2 gave, the City Manager said a survey taken about a year ago had • <br /> 3 indicated that Waste Management was the trash hauler for about 1 ,600 of <br /> 4 the City's 2,000 single family residences; Twin City Sanitation served <br /> 5 about 200 residents, and Woodlake (BFI) about 150. Krupenny refused to <br /> 6 reveal the number of customers they had but staff figured they <br /> 7 couldn't be much higher than 50 to 75 homes because that was all that <br /> 8 was left. Mr. Childs indicated the Mirror Lake hauler had not been <br /> 9 included in those figures because they didn't fit into the single <br /> 10 family category and their hauler wasn't licensed to pick up in the <br /> 11 City. <br /> 12 Mr. Everts reported he had also switched haulers when Walters had been <br /> 13 taken over and now had Twin City Sanitation who charged him $4.00 less <br /> 14 per quarter than he would have to pay Waste Management, which he said <br /> 15 proved to him that "without competition, I would never be able to save <br /> 16 that 1148.00 a year. " <br /> 17 Mr. Norr indicated he had also served on the Task Force but hadn't been <br /> 18 able to give as much time to it as he would have liked. He responded <br /> 19 to Mr. Everts' remarks by saying the competition would still be there <br /> 20 with the City negotiating the contract to get the best deal for the <br /> 21 residents. The Task Force member said he hoped there would be a <br /> 22 single staff member who would be responsible for the garbage billing. <br /> 23 Mr. Norr indicated he had talked to. the City of St. Louis Park and found <br /> 24 that under a program for that whole city they had seen a 35% rate <br /> 25 decrease with the city-negotiated contract to include recyelables. He <br /> 26 said any customer with 2,000 homes like St. Anthony should be able to <br /> 27 negotiate a lower charge than individual homeowners could. Mr. Everts <br /> 28 said he was still not convinced that the City "wouldn't still be <br /> 29 stifling free enterprise" by going with only one hauler. <br /> 30 Mr. Norr suggested the fees Waste Management charges should be adjusted <br /> 31 in accordance with the volume of waste each household generates. He <br /> 32 said perhaps they should charge more for everything about 45 gallons <br /> 33 they pick up at every house just the same as is now done in Robbinsdale <br /> 34 and many communities in Washington State. The Task Force member <br /> 35 indicated he liked the idea of making every family responsible for the <br /> 36 amount of waste they generated, pointing to himself as an example of <br /> 37 a single person household who is very conservative and generates at <br /> 38 least four times less garbage than his neighbor with a much larger <br /> 39 family. Mr. Norr added that the Citizens League had concluded that if <br /> 40 pricing were based on the volume generated, recycling would be much <br /> 41 more successful. <br /> 42 Councilmember Enrooth thanked him for his suggestions which he said he <br /> 43 recalled Mr. Norr had also sent to Mr. Hamer at the end of the study <br /> 44 process. <br /> 45 Bernie Webber, 3212 - 33rd Avenue N.E, . indicated he was familiar with <br /> 46 the system of recycling used in St. Louis Park where his mother lives. <br /> 16 • <br />