Laserfiche WebLink
City of <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />ITEM 4.~. (a.,b.,c.) <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Kendra Lindahl, Zoning Assistant ~~ <br />October 28, 1996 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Elk River Residential Garbage Program <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The City of Elk River currently contracts with Corrow Sanitation, East <br />Tonka Sanitation, and Peterson Brothers Sanitation/BFI to provide garbage <br />and recycling services to our residents. Those contracts expire on Thursday, <br />October 31, 1996. Staff has renegotiated new contracts with these haulers. <br /> <br />a) WASTE DELIVERY CONTRACT BETWEEN SHERBURNE COUNTY <br /> <br />AND THE CITY OF ELK RIVER <br /> <br />Staff and the city attorney recommend that the city enter into a Waste <br />Delivery Contract with Sherburne County. This contract simply states that <br />all of Elk River's residential garbage will continue to go to the RDF plant. <br />This is nothing new--our residential haulers have always delivered our <br />garbage to the RDF plant. <br /> <br />The only change is that the city, not the haulers, will pay for disposal. This <br />allows the city to respond more quickly to changes in the tip fee and pass <br />those changes on to our residents. It also simplifies contract transfers, <br />because new haulers will not necessarily have to get a county contract <br />themselves. <br /> <br />If the city signs the Waste Delivery Contract with the county, our rate would <br />be the same as all other contracted haulers. The current tip fee (i.e., disposal <br />cost) at the RDF plant is $69.11/ton for non-contracted hauler and $41.00/ton <br />for contracted haulers. The city would pay $41.00/ton for disposal, and any <br />decreases in the tip fee would automatically be passed on to the city. <br /> <br />I have attached a copy of the Waste Delivery Contract for your review <br />(attachment A). <br /> <br /> S:\PL~NNING\KENDRA\CC 10-28.DOC <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />