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AGENDA ITEM - 3B 'It EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 30, 2025 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Jessica Jagoe, City Administrator FROM: Jen Estling, Deputy Clerk SUBJECT: SCORE Grant Incentive Funds for 2025 Budgeted Amount: Estimated Amount: Funding Source: $23,815 SCORE N/A Recycling Funds Council Should Consider Council should discuss and provide direction on use of SCORE Grant Incentive Funds for 2025. Background The City applied for grant money from Ramsey County's recycling SCORE grant program for 2025. The base funds are used to offset the cost of the City's recycling program, including administration, equipment, and collection costs. There is incentive funding, in addition to the base allowance, that can be used for up to two approved incentive initiatives per year. In 2024 Arden Hills received $4,007 in incentive funds. The 2025 incentive amount is $23,815. In the past, the incentive funds have been used for the annual Cleanup Day event where Arden Hills partners with Recycle Technologies in Blaine. We are still planning to move forward with that event on October 4, 2025, and as in previous years, residents will be able to use coupons for two free items. The cost associated with this event is generally approximately $4,000, leaving a potential balance of $19,815 to apply toward additional, eligible recycling initiatives. The proposal for an additional cleanup day was presented to Council at the June 23, 2025, Special Work Session (please see Attachment A). Staff identified a vendor, Freimuth Enterprises, LLC, that would facilitate the recycling event, which would also include paper shredding. The paper shredding vendor, 1st Choice Document Destruction, Inc., provides on -site paper shredding services. They shred the documents in a secure environment on -site with their Mobile Unit truck and the customer is encouraged to observe the destruction of documents, to ensure peace of mind. Pagel of 3