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AGENDA ITEM - 3A <br />'It <br />EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: January 12, 2026 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Jessica Jagoe, City Administrator <br />FROM: Jen Estling, Deputy Clerk <br />SUBJECT: SCORE Grant Incentive Funds for 2026 <br />Budgeted Amount: Estimated Amount: Funding Source: <br />$11,027 SCORE N/A Recycling Funds <br />Council Should Consider <br />Council should discuss and provide direction on use of SCORE Grant Incentive Funds for <br />cleanup events. <br />Background <br />The City applied for grant money from Ramsey County's recycling SCORE grant program for <br />2026. The base funds are used to offset the cost of the City's recycling program, including <br />administration, equipment, and collection costs. There is incentive funding, in addition to the <br />base allowance, that can be used for up to two approved incentive initiatives per year. In 2025 <br />Arden Hills received $23,815.00 in incentive funds. The 2026 incentive amount is $11,027. <br />In the past the incentive funds have been used for the annual Cleanup Day event where Arden <br />Hills partners with Recycle Technologies in Blaine. Thanks to the increase in incentive funding <br />in 2025, we were able to offer a second cleanup day and Council agreed to pay 100% of the costs <br />for the second cleanup event with the additional SCORE incentive dollars. <br />Resident feedback was positive regarding the Recycle Day cleanup event that was held in Arden <br />Hills. Staff have been in contact with the Military and Ramsey County (along with the other <br />tenants of their building) and neither entity has a conflict with us moving forward with a Recycle <br />Day at the Public Works Yard on May 30, 2026. <br />The total cost of the Recycle Technologies event was $3,401.50, which was down slightly from <br />previous years. The total cost for the City -paid event was $7,800.21. It is notable that City <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />