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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Approved: February 9, 2015 <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DECEMBER 15, 2014 <br />5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the City Council work <br />session at 5:02 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, and <br />Dave McClung <br /> <br /> Absent: Ed Werner (excused) <br /> <br /> Also present: City Administrator Patrick Klaers; Director of Finance and Administrative <br />Services Sue Iverson; Public Works Director Terry Maurer; Community Development <br />Director Jill Hutmacher; Associate Planner Matthew Bachler; City Planner Ryan Streff; <br />and City Clerk Amy Dietl <br /> <br />1. AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />B. Residential Recycling Services Update <br /> <br />City Planner Streff explained that the current residential recycling services contract with Eureka <br />Recycling expires on March 1, 2015. As a result, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was developed <br />and approved by the Council on September 8, 2014. The RFP was then released by the City to the <br />public on September 10, 2014, in order to obtain proposals for residential recycling services. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff reported that proposals were received by five companies, including Eureka <br />Recycling, Republic Services, Tennis Sanitation, Walters Recycling, and Waste Management. <br />Once the proposals were collected, the review team evaluated each of the five proposals based on <br />the criteria outlined in the RFP. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff stated that each of the five proposals submitted to the City met the general <br />criteria stated within the RFP for residential recycling services. However, the cost analysis <br />indicated that Republic Services had the overall lowest price for the services requested by the <br />City. The review team evaluated each proposal carefully to determine the value of each proposal <br />based on the evaluation criteria and cost analysis completed for the various options in the RFP. <br />The review team then discussed each option relative to the recycling needs of the City and its