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CONSENT ITEM – 5E <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: December 8, 2014 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: 2015 Curbside & Non-curbside Recycling Fees <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The Arden Hills recycling program includes the weekly curbside recycling program and <br />the annual (spring and fall) community cleanup events. The current curbside recycling <br />services are provided by Eureka Recycling. The community cleanup events are operated <br />in conjunction with the City of Shoreview. The recycling budget is an enterprise fund <br />that receives revenues from the annual household fee that is applied to the property taxes <br />and from the SCORE grant provided by Ramsey County. The majority of the expenses <br />are for the services provided by the recycling contractor. Since there are no other <br />dedicated funding sources, the revenue must be balanced with the expenses. <br /> <br />For 2015, the per household fee charged by Eureka Recycling for curbside re cycling <br />services is expected to increase based on the anticipated change in the Consumer Price <br />Index (CPI) from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve for the Upper Midwest. In part <br />because of the increase in the base fee for curbside recycling per household, the annual <br />fee to single family households in the City is proposed to increase from $46.00 to $47.00. <br /> <br />Staff is proposing to increase the annual fee for each housing unit that is not part of the <br />curbside recycling program, which includes Cottage Villas, Hunter’s Park Condos, <br />Parkshore Apartments, Arden Manor, E Street Flats and Arden Flats. The fee for non- <br />curbside residential units is proposed to increase from $2.00 to $2.50 per unit. Although <br />these properties contract separately for regular recycling services, they still have access to <br />the community cleanup event. This fee covers their portion of the community cleanup <br />event. <br /> <br />The proposed recycling fee of $47.00 for the households that receive curbside service <br />includes the cost of the community cleanup events.