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. ~ e . e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 9, 1999 TO: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director rvJ. Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with Ramsey County Relating to Collection of City Recycling Costs by the City FROM: SUBJECT: Backl!round When the Arden Hills Recycling Program was set up in 1992, Ramsey County provided the service of collecting the City's costs for recycling by adding those assessable costs to the property tax statement on a separate line labeled, "City Recycling." The City, at that time, entered into a JP A with the County to use this service, which is authorized under State Statutes, That JPA, executed in 1991, expired in 1994. A renewal agreement was then drafted that expired on June 30, 1999. Ramsey County now requests that the City enter into a new JP A if the City wishes to have the County continue collection of the recycling costs for the City. New JPA The five year renewed JPA would be effective from July I, 1999 to June 30,2004. Either party may cancel the agreement at their discretion following a one-hundred-eighty (180) day written notice to the other party. Costs The original fee charged by the County for the collection service was $.12 per parcel, per year. This fee remained the same until July I, 1999. The County has now raised their collection fee to $.40 per parcel per year beginning in the 1999/2000 year, under the new JP A. The County has indicated this is a more realistic figure on their actual costs for the data processing service. This $.40 service fee is then added to the approximate $22.00 per year recyclable collection costs charged by the City, which will result in a cost per parcel ofless than $23.00 per year. All except the $.40 service fee is refunded to the City to help pay for the recycling service. These monies, plus approximately $19,500 provided to the City by the County in what is called a "SCORE" grant, pay 100% of the City's recycling costs,