4.4. SR 10-28-1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Recommendation Staff recommends approval of the Waste Delivery Contract between the City of Elk River and Sherburne County. b) HAULER CONTRACTS Staff has worked with Corrow Sanitation, East Tonka Sanitation, and Peterson Brothers Sanitation to negotiate new hauler contracts. The main change in the new contracts is that the city will pay the disposal costs, and simply pay the haulers to pick-up the garbage and take care of the recycling. There will be no change in the quality of service provided by our haulers. Staff was able reduce the residential garbage rates while simultaneously adding magazine and catalog recycling to our residential program. The city will pay the haulers $9.40/mo. per household. Our new contracts state that after one year, the city and the haulers will sit down to discuss any rate changes or other program changes. After factoring in tax, administration fees, and disposal costs, we were able to reduce the rates to our residents by a minimum of $1.70 per month. A $1.67 reduction would off-set the $20.00 annual solid waste assessment imposed by Sherburne County. Container Size 90 gallon 32 gallon 32 gallon bi-weekly Current New monthly Savings to monthly resident Residents resident charge charge $18.44 $16.50 $1.94 $14.52 $12.75 $1.77 $11.30 $9.60 $1.70 The new contract becomes effective on November 1, 1996, but the new rates and the new program will not begin until December 1, 1996. A draft of the new contract is attached for your review (attachment B). Recommendation Staff recommends approval of the Agreements for Garbage, Refuse and Recycling Collection from November 1, 1996, through October 31, 1999. The contracts would then be renewable for an additional two years if desired. S:\PLANNING\KENDRA\CC 10-28.DOC