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Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />,..._.. <br />River <br />To Item Number <br />City Council <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent October 5, 2009 Rebecca Haug, Environmental <br /> Administrator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />RRT Waste Delivery Agreement Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator <br /> Reviewed by <br /> Peter Beck, Ci Attorne <br />Action Requested <br />Staff requests the City Council approve the Waste Delivery Agreement with Resource Recovery <br />Technologies (RRT) for one year. <br />Background/Discussion <br />The City of Elk River has been processing their waste at the RRT facility since the inception of the facility <br />back in the late 1980's. The contracts for waste delivery have pxunaxily been negotiated by the <br />participating Counties, which have been Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne and Tri-County. Due to the recent <br />contract negotiations between the Counties, RRT is now responsible fox negotiating the contracts with <br />the garbage haulers. Since Elk River has organized garbage collection, it is considered a hauler. The <br />agreement before you will allow the Ciry to continue processing their waste into fuel to be turned into <br />electricity at Great River Energy. Staff is recommending that this agreement be approved through <br />December 31, 2010. Anoka and Sherburne County are offering rebates to haulers through August 20, <br />2010. Depending on whether the Counties continue to offer the rebate the Ciry will have an opportunity <br />to again look at the financial impacts prior to agreeing to delivering waste to RRT through 2012. <br />Financial Impact <br />Based on tons hauled September 2008 -September 2009 the estimated additional cost to the City's <br />garbage fund will be approximately $46,000 after the $12/ton rebate from Sherburne County, please see <br />attached e-mail from Dave Lucas, Sherburne County Solid Waste Officer. We expect that the garbage <br />fund would be able to absorb most of the increase in the short term (2010). However, future increases <br />may be reflected in garbage rate adjustments. <br />Attachments <br />E-mail dated September 30, 2009 from Dave Lucas, Sherburne County Solid Waste Officer <br />Spreadsheet prepared by Lori Ziemer showing the rate of disposal <br />Action Motion by Second by Vote <br />Follow Up <br />C:\Documents and Settings\jmillec\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3E\Action Requested-contnct.doc-book <br />