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W 2. How will the municipality assure mai'erials are, collected in 2006 from those households that will not receive recycling collection services under a municipally arranged coniract? (e.g., ordinance provisions, licensing requirements, other mechanism) What materials are required -to be collected, and of what frequency? By City Ordinance, residential haulers are required to provide curbside recycling services to single-family residential customers at no cost. Recyclable items collected include newspapers, glass, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and tin cans. The residential haulers working; in St. Anthony are required to pick-up recyclables once a week. It should be noted that while the City's Ordinance does not require recycling services for multiple family residences units, recycling services are available to a majority of those residents. The City is reviewing the licenses of the one or two facilities that do not offer recycling and will be contacting them at renewal time in January about: the importance of recycling in our community, 3. How will the municipality assure that all recyclables collected from residential properties are recycled, whether collected by the municipality's contracted vendor or another service provider? As stated in #2, the Cite requires, residential haulers to pick-up recyclable on a weekly basis Also, staff receives monthly reports from these haulers and that, information is used to complete the semi -annul reports required by the County. Those reports are kept and are available for review. 4. What changes are planned or anticipated for 2006? None, with the exception that we will work to gain 100% compliance with the multiple family facilities. 5. How are recycling services in 2006 to be paid for, beyond any use of SCORE funds? What long- term funding source is in place for recycling services? Whatever expenses are not covered by the SCORE Grants, the City has budgeted to pay then. h2 the past, SCORE funds have been used for administration costs, Clean -Up Day expenses, City newsletter production and mailing costs, and recycle bins. 6. Describe the municipality's source reduction and recycling promotional efforts. List types of materials to be used, intended audiences, and method and frequency of distribution. City newsletter, Village Notes, published quarterly-- St. Anthony Ramsey (Hennepin) County residents and businesses are the intended audiences. City Cable Channel 16 -- nrformation related to recyclingis posted on CTV Channel l6 on the Community's Bulletin Board. St. Anthony residents are the intended audiences. City's new electronic marquis sign -- Upcoming information on recycling events is posted on the City's sign. The untended audience is the residents, but others using Silver Lake Road will also benefit from the information. City Staff newsletter, Village Team -- Provides some educational information for staff members to use on the job and in their own lives. Most of the staff do live in Ramsey County. 'the City encourages in-house recycling by providing- recycling containers for workspaces and break rooms. 6., cont' d --