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City Council Minutes July 2, 1990 Page 7 e Steve Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator, indicated that the mandatory recycling is the direction given to the City from the Task Force and that the Council voted to accept this direction. At this time, the Recycling Coordinator presented to the Council two different types of recycling containers which the City could use. One type of container contained three separate containers for glass, metals, and paper. The other container was one large container which would hold three paper sacks to hold the three different recyclable materials. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED THAT THE CITY USE THE ONE LARGE CONTAINER FOR RECYCLING PURPOSES. COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. The City Administrator informed the Council that the recommended changes would be made to the draft garbage ordinance and that the ordinance would then be presented to the City Council for adoption after a public hearing on 7/16/90. 7.2. Billin~ for Garba~e Services e Lori Johnson, Finance Director, informed the Council that the City has explored two options in regard to garbage billing. One option would be to have the Elk River Utilities handle the billing; the other option would be for the City to do its own billing. Lori Johnson indicated that she has been in contact with the utilities regarding billing. She has been informed that the Elk River Utilities will not be able to include the garbage bill on the existing water and sewer bill. Ms. Johnson indicated that she was also informed of the possibility that the utili ties may have to hire another part time person to handle all of the questions customers would have about their garbage bills if the time commitment to answer these questions become too great. Also, there are some minor programming changes which need to be made before the utilities could handle garbage billing. Because of the way the utilities computer is configured, all data entry would have to be done in the evening or on weekends resulting in overtime pay in order to get the customer base entered. Ms. Johnson indicated that attached to the memo from herself dated June 29, 1990, was a sheet showing both the advantages and disadvantages to the City regarding the City doing its own billing or the Utilities doing the billing. She stated that she felt in the long run, it would be beneficial for the City to handle the billing. Ms. Johnson indicated that the major concerns regarding the City doing its own billing revolve around the number of questions the City would receiver regarding the bills. She stated that Gary Schmitz, the Recycling Coordinator, would be able to handle these questions. She estimated the cost for purchasing software to handle the billing would be between $3,500 and $4,500. e COUNCILMEMBER KROPUENSKE MOVED TO HAVE THE CITY DO THEIR OWN BILLING FOR GARBAGE SERVICES. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.