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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for September 26, 2016 P:\Planning\Recycling & Garbage\2017\SCORE Grant\Application\Council Packet 09-26-16 Page 1 of 2 CONSENT ITEM – 5C MEMORANDUM DATE: September 26, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Sue Iverson, Interim City Administrator FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing the Application for Recycling SCORE Grant Funds from Ramsey County Requested Action Motion to approve Resolution 2016-030: Authorizing the Application for Recycling SCORE Grant Funds for 2017. Background The City is eligible to apply for grant money from Ramsey County’s recycling SCORE grant program for 2017. Grant funds can be used to offset the cost of the City’s recycling program, including administration, equipment, and collection costs. In the past, the City has primarily used the funds to offset collection costs and the annual spring and fall community Cleanup Day costs. The only requirement of the grant is that the money be used for the City’s recycling program. The County requires a resolution from the City Council to authorize the application for the SCORE grant. The 2017 grant allocation for Arden Hills will be communicated in the SCORE Agreement that will be sent out after the application deadline of October 31, 2016. It is expected that the City will be eligible for roughly the same amount of funding as 2016, which was $23,439. The budget for the City’s recycling program in 2016 was $148,512. The $24,439 in SCORE grant money offset approximately 16.4% of the base cost of the residential recycling program. Revenue share from the recycling hauler also plays a role in reducing the base cost of the recycling program. Recycling fees, which are assessed to each participating residential property, cover the remaining portion of the recycling budget.