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City of Elk River REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Mayor and City Council 6.4 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Work Session July 9, 2012 Rebecca Haug, Environmental Administrator ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Residential Garbage and Recycling Contract Renewal Cal Portner, City Administrator Tim Simon, Finance Director REVIEWED BY Peter Beck, City Attorney ACTION REQUESTED Discuss extending the contracts with Allied Waste and Randy's Environmental Services, Inc., to continue providing collection services to Elk River residents. BACKGROUND /DISCUSSION The City of Elk River has had an organized garbage collection program since 1991. In the beginning of the program, the city was divided into four sections with four different haulers. Over the years, the smaller haulers were bought out by Randy's Environmental Services, Inc., and Allied Waste. The city currently has two collection districts serviced by these haulers. The positives of having an organized collection include the ability to contract for a set price, control over where the material is disposed of, less wear and tear on city streets with less truck traffic, and improved safety with fewer trucks on the roads. The contract with the current haulers is due to expire on December 31, 2012, and staff has worked with the haulers to extend their contracts. There are several proposed changes to the contract. The first is a term change from a five -year contract to 10 -year contract with biennial review. The premise behind extending the term is the haulers are able to keep rates lower and offer additional services. The contract does have language to terminate the contracts if either party is not satisfied with the services. By continuing with the existing contracts, rates are kept low and the residents will not have their services disrupted. The second change is a switch from a dual stream recycling program to a single stream recycling program. Currently, we require residents to separate paper products from plastic containers and place them in paper bags in their green recycling bin. With a single sort system, the residents receive a 32- gallon container similar in size to their trash container in which all recyclables can be placed for recycling. Residents have requested this service for many years and in many communities single stream collection has increased recycling immensely. The haulers requested a 10 -year contract to offset the investment in new recycling containers. P0WEREO AY N:APublic Bodies \City Council \Council RCA \Agenda Packet \07 -09- 2012 \6.4 Garbage Contracts.docx A f U R