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Regular City Council Minutes - 8/18/03 Page 25 provided by staff, opining it was totally misleading, and questioned their rationale in providing the material entitled, "Roseville Recycling Rate Comparison." Recycling Coordinator Tim Pratt Mr. Pratt attempted to defend staffs due diligence in researching the information presented; reiterating their concerns for implementation of asingle-stream process in Roseville without a pilot program being observed. Mr. Pratt expressed continuing staff concerns regarding lack of cost savings to residents; facility operations being essentially untested; lack of competition for rebidding future contracts; and no independent test of the MRF. Mr. Boyum provided his rationale for the quoted rate, and his firm's equipment and personnel costs, facilitating the rate with no additional cost savings feasible at this time. Discussion ensued among Councilmembers, Mr. Boyum and Mr. Pratt. Councilmember Klausing expressed his concern about locking residents into a multi-year contract without conducting a pilot program. Mayor Kysylyczyn opined that pilot programs had been conducted in numerous surrounding suburbs, making a pilot program in Roseville a duplication of efforts and unnecessary. Councilmember Kough opined his support of a single- stream collection as the way of the future; that it would increase volume participation in the City; expressed his preference for a three (3) year contract; further opined a pilot program was unnecessary; and requested consideration of a lower rate by Mr. Boyum. Mr. Pratt attempted to address contract term and program cost issues, specifically further cost-savings for Roseville residents given their proximity to the MRF; additional savings through more automation; lack of competition;