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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4c. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4c. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />3. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />7. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />4f. Minn. Stat. § 604.02. <br />4. Public notice and public hearing <br />A city council shall consider the committee's report and recommendations. <br />A city must provide public notice and hold at least one public hearing before <br />deciding to implement organized collection. <br />5. Implementation <br />A city can begin organized collection no sooner than six months after the <br />effective date of the city's decision to implement organized collection. A <br />city may organize collection as a municipal service where city employees <br />collect solid waste from a defined geographic service area or areas. In the <br />alternative, cities may organize collection by using one or more private solid <br />waste collectors or an organization of collectors. An agreement with private <br />collectors may be made through an ordinance, franchise, license, negotiated <br />or bidded contract, or by other means. <br />6. Anticompetitive conduct <br />A city that organizes collection is authorized to engage in anticompetitive <br />conduct to the extent necessary to plan and implement its chosen organized <br />collection system and is immune from liability under state laws relating to <br />antitrust, restraint of trade, and unfair practices, and other regulation of trade <br />or commerce. <br />7. Joint liability limited <br />An organized collection agreement must not obligate a participating licensed <br />collector for damages to third parties solely caused by another participating <br />licensed collector, notwithstanding section 604.02 of the Minnesota Statutes. <br />The organized collection agreement may include joint obligations for actions <br />that are undertaken by all the participating collectors. <br />V. Conclusion <br />Cities have broad authority to regulate the collection and disposal of solid <br />waste. Cities exercise this authority subject to state and county oversight. <br />Cities should work closely with their city attorneys when exercising this <br />authority by requiring licenses, imposing fees and assessments, entering into <br />contracts, and adopting ordinances. Cities must comply with procedural <br />requirements in the organized collection statute before they may adopt <br />organized collection of solid waste. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/6/2024 <br />City Solid Waste Management Page 18 <br />