Agenda - Council - 07/24/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I ! I The City does not currently have the facilities to help the haulers in the marketing of materials that would be collected. This may require that the City provide for the possible storage of materials during times of over supply such as last years newspaper glut. In the City of Ramsey the idea of zoning would not currently be an option due to the amount of City Staff time that would be required to develop the program. The City-Wide recycling program will not include zoning for solid waste disposal at this time. Program Proposal City Staff would recommend that the City Council authorize a contracted program for the City-Wide Curbside Recycling Program. This program would allow for the pick-up of newsprint, glass, aluminium, and metal cans. The pick-up would require that the residents separate their recycables into each individual material by placing grocery bags in the container provided. The program could be as little as once a month but it is suggested that the pick-up be provided on a bi-monthly basis. Attachment A is the plan and proposed specifications for the curbside recycling program. The bids request that the bidders submit bills that include the billing service and bids that do not include the billing service. When the bids are received the City Council will decide on which bid to accept based on the cost of the bidder providing billing and the cost for the City to do the billing. Billing: The billing of the service would be handled in the following manner with the City billing each resident for the recycling service. The cost of the development of the billing system could be built into the charge for the service. The city-wide billing system may eventually be needed for the street light system and other services that may be provided in the future. If the approved bid is without the billing option the City could use it's share of the tipping fee to cover the cost of the program for the fin'st three months of the service. The program could then be billed on a quarterly basis with the other utility bills. The City could use an intern during November to January to in put the required data base into the utility billing system. This information would then need to be updated as addresses are assigned and new residents move to Ramsey. The cost of this billing system would be estimated as follows; Intern for 10 months at $5.00/hour Information list from the Anoka County $3,500.00 SS00.00 The time required to add new construction and residents to the system would depend on the number of new constructions. Once the system is set up the time required to add names would be very minimal. Unpaid bills would be submitted to the County for attachment to the tax roles as a special assessment for current services. Special assessments, by State Law, are allowed for the providing of current services. The following excerpt describes this provision as set forth by State Statute 429.101 Subdivision 1,;