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<br />Senior Planner Anderson asked if the discretion for who to request bids from will be left up to <br />Staff. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman said yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht said it would be interesting to know during the bidding process what <br />percentage of their materials they are able to recycle versus dispose of. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman asked if they would like to ask the companies that they are requesting bids from <br />to include a price analysis if users were to opt-out. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen said he is not sure what this would look like from a utility billing <br />standpoint. <br /> <br />Senior Planner Anderson explained that ACE bills the City on a monthly basis based on the number <br />of households and he gets an updated count of households on a quarterly basis. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher shared that she was opposed to the option to opt-out. <br /> <br />Councilmember Stewart agreed. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to stay with a single hauler system and request three bids for <br />service with a contract ending on December 31, 2029. <br /> <br />2.02: Continued review of the draft Rental Housing Licensing Inspections Policy <br /> <br />Planning Manager Larson reviewed the Staff report concerning the Rental Housing Licensing <br />Inspection Policy. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if it is stated in the policy that pictures will only be taken of <br />violations. <br /> <br />Planning Manager Larson said yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if most rental agreements include a stipulation around photography. <br /> <br />Planning Manager Larson explained that not every rental in the City has a lease. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher shared that she agrees with Staff’s drafted policy and the only change <br />she would like to see is to bring back the red line section in Section 1 to include protection against <br />retaliation. <br /> <br />Planning Manager Larson explained that they do the rental housing inspections for many reasons <br />and they do not want to have the view that every landlord is in the right and every tenant is the <br />issue. He said there are neighbors that complain about things and they do not want residents to <br />City Council Work Session / March 11, 2025 <br />Page 5 of 10 <br /> <br />