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City Hall Repairs <br />The remaining repairs to the City Fall building were completed in the summer of 2009. <br />This concluded a multi-year effort to resolve issues related to the construction of the <br />building. <br />Franchise Agreements <br />The City approved new 20 year franchise agreements with Xcel Energy for natural gas <br />and electric services in November. The franchise agreements regulate the use of the <br />right-of-way and public property for these utilities. <br />Code Compliance Policy <br />In May 2009, the City adopted a streamlined code compliance policy in an effort to <br />resolve code violations in a more expedited manner. <br />Residential Curbside Recycling Contract Renegotiation <br />In the first part of 2009, the market prices for recycling materials dramatically declined, <br />which eliminated revenue share for much of 2009. The recycling program is a self - <br />funding enterprise fund that relies on the revenue share, the SCORE grant from Ramsey <br />County, and an annual recycling fee from participating households to cover the full cost <br />of the program. The City's contract with Eureka Recycling includes a provision that <br />entitles the City to a portion of Eureka's revenue when there is a profit on the collected <br />materials. Eureka Recycling and the City also negotiated a contract amendment to <br />address a disagreement in the provisions related to revenue share and processing fees in <br />the first half of 2009. <br />Due to the changes in the revenue share, the potential shortfall in the recycling budget <br />was estimated to be between $10,000 and $20,000 last June. The shortfall would depend <br />on the results of the revenue share in the remaining part of 2009. While the audit for the <br />2009 budget was not complete in time for this report, the estimated recycling budget <br />shortfall for 2009 was approximately $9,600. The recycling fund balance is expected to <br />fully cover the shortfall. Due to continued weakness in the recycling market, the 2010 <br />budget does not anticipate much revenue share. The annual fees were adjusted in 2010 to <br />help ensure a balanced budget. <br />City of Ardent Hills <br />City Council Meeting for March 8, 2010 <br />11Metro-inet.uslardenhillslPlannino Department Records l Quarterly & Year End Reports 2009112-08-10 - 2009 Year in Review - PCMemo.doc <br />Page 6 of 8 <br />