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N 0 4,404*11 A* Playing For Recycling Ramsey County, has, funded, through grantsil, Rosevi'llels 0 41 recycl-ing program since it began in july, 1987., It has been the County"s poison that they would proviLde 0 fundis to the, cities for the initial period of curbside recycl, ing, . However, it, is the ultimate responsibility of the c ities to provide for the, collection of waste and recyclablese, Ramsey County would retain the responsiIIIIIIIND b ill'ity f'o,ri processing of mater ials, The County Board, at its August 7,, 1990 meeting, agreed AL_ IF it If IL;o funding Ica ies curbside recycling collection costs 01 G to a I'diate, certain" in 1991, Each city would provilde IL-he date during 1991 that 'lit would begin to fund the costs of collection., # 0 Four possible methods, of financing curbside collection zre 1,. Request the County to continue the recycling portion of the solid, iwastie management f ee which is included on the property tax statement. initial legal 01 inviestigation,by the County Attorney 'Indicates thi's coulid be, done by a Joint Powers Agreement. 2. Adlopt an ordinance requilring 1i*censed residential h,au,leirsi to collect a fee, f rom each customer suf f i- cienti tio cover the cost, of recycling. The haulers would ay the fee to the City, and the City could P contract f ori the collect, -ion of the recyclables 310 Adopt organized collection and include as part of the collection fee, an amount to pay for the recycling, prolgram 4 Aidopt organized collect "ion and require all haulers to, offer, recycling service to their customers.