5.2. ECCSR 05-18-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

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and businesses, we propose that this fee be implemented on all Elk River businesses that use plastic bags.10 Enforcement Enforcement is a key factor in advancing the regulations on plastic and paper bags in the city of Elk River. The first step is to create a board of directors that will oversee that the city educates the citizens as well as the businesses. This board will also be the middleman for holding the businesses accountable for turning in their bag fees in a timely manner. On the business' side, we plan to have a system that ties in with the POS systems to track the number of bags that were given out to customers and the amount of fees collected from them. Those fees will then be collected in full during their current pay periods. The board of directors will be collecting these fees then returning a portion back to the businesses. A way to keep the businesses compliant to the regulations is to have all businesses sign a compliance waiver prior to the regulation being in place. If that does not hold them accountable, then their portions will be withheld until they become compliant. For the beginning trial of the regulation, the board of directors will hold meetings with the businesses to get feedback and keep the businesses on track with their bag fees. As well as serve as a buffer between businesses and the residents of Elk River. 10 To incentivize our plan in collecting plastic bags in bins for businesses,the city of Elk River promulgates that the end of the Sustainability Month will host a plastic bag turn-in competition. The business with the most plastic bags (within its class of plastic bag usage,three tiers)will win a prize.