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Page 7 the City. The Contractor shall also furnish all labor, materials, and equipment and perform all the work necessary for the Collection and disposal of Refuse from City buildings and City park facilities as listed in the Contract Exhibits, as well as the annual Citywide Clean-Up Event as described below. All Refuse shall be collected, transported, weighed, and disposed of at the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) or Ramsey/ Washington County Recycling & Energy Center (R&E Center) per county ordinance requirements. The Contractor may use an alternate facility when either the HERC or R&C Center is not operable. Any alternate facility must be approved by the City at the start of the Contract and must process all Refuse collected in accordance with Minnesota Statutes (M.S.) 115A.03, subdivision 5, and M.S. 473.848, subdivision 5, any other applicable statute or regulation, and appropriate county solid waste designation ordinances. The Contractor shall weigh each Collection truck before and after unloading. The Contractor shall also furnish all labor, materials, and equipment and perform all the work necessary for the Collection and disposal of Refuse from City buildings and park facilities listed in the Contract Exhibit C. 3.2.Frequency of Collection The Contractor shall provide weekly residential Refuse Collection. An every-other-week Refuse Collection is an option to any Customer approved by the City. Frequency varies for the City buildings and City parks as listed in the Contract Exhibits. 3.3.Refuse Disposal Costs The Refuse disposal costs (also known as “tipping fees”) shall be paid by the Contractor. 3.4.Spring City-Wide Clean-Up Event The Contractor shall provide drop-off Collection services, at no additional cost to the City, for an annual Spring City-Wide Clean-Up Event held traditionally on the first Saturday in May. The Contractor will provide equipment, containers, disposal, and sufficient personnel to run the event. The Contractor shall distribute educational literature during the event to participants at the request of the City. The City will provide an appropriate site, site coordination, traffic control, and City staff to supervise including Collection of payments from Customers. During the event, Customer’s drop-off items such as, but not limited to Bulky Waste, Appliances, Electronics, mattresses and box springs, scrap metal, tires, fluorescent bulbs, and other agreed-upon items for a fee. Fees are paid by the Customer to the City staff working on-site. The City reserves the right to involve other vendors to collect selected items and has previously done so for scrap iron, Electronics, fluorescent bulbs, textiles/household goods, household batteries, and paper shredding. The City reserves the right to contract out the entire event to other companies. Annually, the Contractor will submit a comprehensive list of items they will collect at the event, along with the corresponding unit costs to be charged to Residents for each item or another method such as cost per vehicle type. The list shall be submitted to the City no later than eight weeks before the Spring City-Wide Clean-Up Event. The annual costs charged by the Contractor at these events shall be lower than the costs charged at the curb.