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after public notice and mailed notice to operators of solid waste collection services in <br />Roseville — currently there are seven licensed residential collection services. The City is then <br />required to meet with all the currently licensed haulers to discuss implementation of organized <br />collection. If no agreement is reached with the haulers the City may implement an organized <br />collection system. <br />Organized collection may be provided by a single hauler as is done in North St. Paul and <br />White Bear Lake or by a consortium of haulers as is done in Little Canada and Vadnais <br />Heights. <br />Rates <br />Residents in cities with organized collection typically pay lower rates or have higher levels of <br />service or both. Haulers realize savings through economies of scale by serving every <br />household in a geographic area. Those savings result in lower rates or increased services. <br />96 -Gallon Garbage Service Per Month <br />Little Canada <br />Roseville <br />Vadnais Heights <br />White Bear Lake <br />$20.23 <br />$17.44 (average of all <br />$15.50 <br />$15.00 <br />haulers) <br />Includes recycling, <br />Does not include <br />Includes recycling <br />Includes recycling <br />taxes and curbside <br />$1.90 monthly <br />and taxes <br />and taxes <br />collection of up to <br />recycling charge or <br />three bulky items <br />taxes which would be <br />annually <br />$6.59 on the average <br />rate. If included the <br />monthly charge <br />would be $25.93 on <br />average. <br />Vadnais Heights also offers discounted rates for the following levels of service: senior door <br />side, senior curbside, every other week and townhome. <br />White Bear Lake also offers a senior rate of $7.50 a month for 30- gallon cart service. <br />Franchise Fee <br />There is precedent for imposing a fee on waste haulers as a condition of their operating <br />license. For instance Ramsey County requires waste haulers to levy a 28% County <br />Environmental Charge (CEC) on residential garbage bills. Fees such as the CEC charged to <br />haulers are typically passed on to customers. <br />The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the ability of cities to levy an environmental service <br />charge which is implemented similarly to a franchise fee. The Western Lake Superior Sanitary <br />District imposes an environmental charge on solid waste collection. WLSSD uses money <br />• Page 2 <br />