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ity of <br />lk • <br />River <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />ITEM 5.5. AND 5.6. <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Kendra Lindahl, Zoning Assistant <br />December 4, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment and Refuse <br />Hauler Contract Amendment for the <br />Addition of Corrugated Cardboard <br />to the Curbside Recycling Program <br />In order to meet the needs of our residents, city staff is proposing to add <br />corrugated cardboard to the curbside recycling program. If the amendment is <br />approved, corrugated cardboard would be recyclable at the curb. At this time <br />only clean, dry corrugated will be accepted. No pizza boxes, cereal boxes, gift <br />boxes, milk cartons, or paperboard containers will be accepted. <br />• City staff and the refuse haulers agreed that there will be no rate increase <br />for the addition of cardboard. However, because the recycling vehicles will <br />need to be modified to handle the addition of cardboard, city staff has agreed <br />to reimburse the haulers for the cost of their truck modifications up to <br />$1,600. The City has received $7,000 in SCORE funds to administer a <br />curbside recycling program and part of it will be used to help with the cost of <br />vehicle modifications. <br />In order to add cardboard to the curbside recycling program, an ordinance <br />amendment and a refuse hauler contract amendment will be necessary. The <br />ordinance amendment will be a minor addition to Section 602.02 "General <br />Regulations" adding that only corrugated cardboard will be accepted and it <br />must be clean and dry and bundled with rope or twine. The refuse hauler <br />contract will simply be amended to add corrugated cardboard to the list of <br />recyclables. If the corrugated cardboard recycling program is approved, the <br />City would start the week of December 4, 1995. Every resident will be <br />mailed the yearly recycling flyer with the addition of corrugated cardboard <br />and I will advertise the addition of cardboard in the city's newsletter "The <br />Current" and the local newspaper. <br />0 Attached is a copy of the proposed ordinance amendment. <br />S: \PLANNING \KENDRA \CARDAMND.DOC <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441 -7420 • Fax: (612) 441 -7425 <br />