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Three RFP's were submitted and subsequently reviewed by Recycling Coordinator Tim Pratt, Public works Director ]wane Schwartz and Finance Director Chris Miller. They recommended the proposal from Lightning Disposal and the Council approved the recommendation at its February lo, 2003 meeting. Recycling Coordinator Tien Pratt was the liaison between the City and Lightning Disposal. They worked out the logistics of how the site would be laid out and how it would operate. Four Roseville Reserve police officers volunteered to work traffic control; the Public Works Department made directional signs and staffed the adjacent leaf compost site. Pratt called the Salvation Army three tines about setting up a donation truck,, Each time the contact said he would call back, but never did* Meanwhile Ramsey Counter announced its Counter Environmental Charge (CEQ would be implemented on April 1, 2003. The CEC is a 31 % tax added to municipal solid waste collection bills. This charge would automatically increase the cost of disposing of all non - recyclable items. To make bookkeeping easier, Pratt proposed Roseville pay the CEC on all loads of garbage taken to the disposal facility in Newport instead of offsetting Lightning's proposed prices. Staff used tree methods to communicate to residents about the Clean Up Day: The Roseville wrap resident newsletter, the weekly NewsFax and phone calls. There was a mention of the Clean Tip Day in the January /February Wrap and a flier with pricing information and a map in the March/April wrap. Additional fliers were put in display racks at City facilities. Starting in March staff included articles about the Clean Up Day in the weekly NewsFax. The l ewsFax is sent to all local newspapers, cable and broadcast news departments, local public officials, and is posted on the Roseville website. There was also a follow up article after the Clean Up Day informing residents on what to do with difficult to dispose of material at other times of the gear. The flier and the articles had the phone number of Recycling Coordinator Tiny Pratt. Eleven residents called in March looking for more information. And an astonishing 63 residents called in April. Typically Pratt takes 30 -40 resident calls a month on recycling issues. One of the NewsFax articles asked for volunteers to help with the unloading. Roseville did not make a big push for volunteers because Lightning agreed to fully staff the site and because the Nature Center was looping for volunteers for its Earth Day celebration the next day. Nevertheless four residents signed up to help. Publicity material also reminded residents that household hazardous waste (HHW) such as old paint and leftover pesticides would not be accepted. Ramsey Counter operates a free satellite collection site in Roseville each June. A handful of callers did ask about where to take HHw but they clearly had react the material and knew not to bring it. Rarnsey County provided free fliers about HHW disposal to hand out on Clean Up Day. only two residents showed up at the Clean Up Darr with HHw and they were given a flier,