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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 23, 2006 Page 4 1 one of the haulers was doing single sort recycling in the City of St. Anthony. She pointed out 2 there is nothing in the Ordinance about single sort, but the problem was with the hauler doing 3 single sort every two weeks. The ordinance specifically states recyclables would be picked up 4 weekly. 5 6 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes and Jay Hartman, Public Works Director, met with the 7 three haulers. Ms. Moore -Sykes indicated all three haulers would prefer single sort, but for the 8 City's restrictive Ordinance requiring every week. 9 10 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes reported that Mr. Eric Sederstrom volunteered to survey 11 his customers to determine the level of satisfaction with the single sort recycling program. Ms 12 Moore -Sykes stated that generally all customers are in favor of single sort recycling. She 13 reported all three haulers agreed to ask for a change in the Ordinance from weekly to bi-weekly 14 pick up. This would not impact weekly garbage pickup. 15 16 Mayor Faust asked if all haulers are currently in compliance. 17 18 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes replied two haulers are in compliance and the third stated 19 he would comply until and if the Ordinance could be changed to a bi-weekly pickup. 20 21 Councilmember Stille asked what the Ordinance says in regards to the garbage containers and 22 storage. 23 24 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes replied the Ordinance states garbage containers could be 25 taken out the night before and must be taken back to the garage or out of sight of the street within 26 24 hours. 27 28 Councilmember Horst asked if the single sort container would be different than the blue bins 29 currently used. 30 31 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes stated the containers would be a different. She indicated 32 with single sort, residents would put all recyclables into one container. There is a significant list 33 of the items that could go into the single sort container. 34 35 Councilmember Horst asked if there are penalties for not properly recycling. 36 37 Councilmember Gray asked what the additional costs are to the homeowner. 38 39 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes stated there is no cost to recycle and there is no penalty for 40 not recycling. 41 42 Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes stated the City provides the recycle container. 43 44 Mayor Faust suggested an education program to let residents know about the changes. He would 45 guess the reason for not using the blue bin is because it is more cost effective to use a bin that 46 can be picked up with the truck arm. 4