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-2- Savings substantial. While 'the Edina (Morningside) resi- dents get twice-weekly service for $4.50 per month, prices we received over the phone from private haulers serving the balance of Edina with once-a-week service ran from $5.00 to $6.00 per month. I , 4:114ing ct ILIJ 1); *1 i The median ® among 26 haulers serving St. Paul and first-ring suburbs was $4.50 per month for curb and alley service and $5.00 per month for in-yard cafry-6xit of house wastes. - ne Repoft of ffie Muni4al _Fftmce Conirami-on to Mayor Albert A. Hofstede and the Minneapolis City Coun. c1l just completed in January recommended that: Before the current collection contract expires, the Cfty- should devise a less costty, more competitive altemative contract- contractors and city crews. OBJECnVES OF A GOOD SYSTEM The League fmds that it is useful to examm'e -some o ; f th, chara-c teris ties of a good refuse collecilon system - ence in Blafne, Columbia Heights, Deephaven, Edina (Mor- Excelsior, Farmington, Hopldns, Minneapolis,, Robbinsdale, St. Louis Park, Shakopee, Stiliwater and White Bear Uke shows that a'community's refuse collec- .L! -con needs can be met in an efficient and effective way by organizing the system an a community-wide basis. Those communities letting competitive bid contracts with avm o in& itrivate haulers have shown that considerable s ' gs t v*dual households can be achieved through this process. Indirect savings are achieved when the systern *13 fmanced out of general munlicipal funds, and the resulting property tax is deductiblp on one's income tax return.