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<br />rCI ---'\) <br />( ); <br />till <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Debbie Long <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />November 8, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: New Refuse Prices and Services <br /> <br />The option of a 60 gallon refuse container will be offered beginning January <br />1, 2000. With this service option, we can eliminate the problem of customers <br />abusing the system by overstuffing their 32-gallon container. This option will <br />also offer the 90-gallon container customers a chance to change to a smaller <br />container if they are good at recycling and don't need such a large container. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Additionally, effective January 1, 2000, recycling pick-up will change from a <br />biweekly to a weekly service. With the weekly service, customers will no <br />longer have to try to remember which week they should set their recycling <br />bin out and their recyclables will not pile up. This convenience should <br />encourage more people to recycle. <br /> <br />Staff recommends reduced customer charges for refuse collection effective <br />January 1, 2000. Due to an existing fund surplus, the new county payment <br />of $20.00 per household to the city (for providing an organized refuse and <br />recycling program and for requiring waste disposal at the RDF plant), and <br />the new wages in the hauler contracts, we are able to lower the prices. After <br />surveying surrounding communities, we found that adding a 60 gallon <br />container option, weekly recycling, and the new lower customer prices for <br />garbage service will make our services and pricing equivalent to households <br />throughout the school district and county. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />