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I I I Council Meeting Minutes March 24, 1987 Schmidt asked how many times the recyclable materials will be handled; Hlavka indicated newspaper requires no processing, clean- up, or pre-market handling, however, glass and metals do get the benefit of some pre-market processing. In response to Schmidt's question, Hlavka indicated separation of the glass and metals would be a contract requirement of the haul- ers. Benke recalled the primary argument against organized garbage hauling a few years ago was that the small firms would go out of business; Proper felt the city could develop a hybrid scheme be- tween open hauling and contract hauling to preserve competition as other communities have successfully done. Schmidt believes it is important for us to consider the next step, which is to see the Metropolitan Council's report in terms of what the efficiencies were that resulted in a reduced cost to the residents. Schmidt believes there are a number of economic premises that are at work, one is the haulers are jumping from one neighborhood to another; by localizing it in such a way that they would be responsible for a certain area, they could organize it and it would be more efficient with some savings to the residents. However, if we are thinking about efficiency, volume, the market place, and economies of scale, presumably if you have one hauler or fewer haulers that would like to be providing those services to the cities and not so concerned about protecting vested rights some of the haulers might claim they have because they are doing it now, there should be a better savings in terms of a larger scope of hauling that would be available to one or two contractors rather than having five or six or more contractors out there. Schmidt believes the whole issue needs to be analyzed carefully; and bidding for the job{s) makes good sense and means a savings to the residents. Motion by Gunderman, seconded by Williams, to APPROVE AN APPlICA- TION FOR RAMSEY COUNTY FUNDS TO ESTABLISH A CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR NEW BRIGHTON. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Benke asked staff to pursue the organized haulers questions. Williams announced the Ramsey County League of Local Government will be vi si ti ng the Newport facil i ty on April 23, 1987. Page 4