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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,February 25,2013 Page 10 Councilmember Willmus asked that his questions be addressed to Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon, with Mayor Roe recognizing Mr. Trudgeon. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Trudgeon noted that Roseville had approximately 15,000 households, and from a code enforcement perspective, staff dealt with approximately one dozen outside storage of appliance complaints annually out of 400-500 code enforcement complaints. Councilmember Willmus referenced comments in the staff report that alluded that a result of this pilot program could be a future implementation of a full-fledged program and additional $10 fee annually per household. City Manager Malinen clarified that this was not the intent, and those comments were specifically related to how one community was currently addressing their problem, and was not intended as a staff recommendation for the City of Rose- ville to follow. Councilmember Willmus noted that, if such a program were implemented, it would cost$150,000 annually for residents. Mayor Roe noted, if such a program were ever implemented, the $10 per house- hold fee was charged by another community, but a per resident fee in Roseville could be different. Councilmember Willmus opined that there was currently ample opportunity for appliance recycling through trash haulers, who were legally prohibited from de- positing those appliances at landfills and requiring that they be recycled. Coun- cilmember Willmus further opined that this seemed to be a redundant service and appeared to be sufficiently handled in the private sector. Willmus moved, McGehee seconded, not to authorize acceptance of Ramsey County Public Entity Innovation Grant funds, nor approval of any agreement be- tween Ramsey County and the City of Roseville (Attachment A) for an appliance recycling pilot program; nor approval of any proposed contract with Better Fu- tures Enterprise (Attachment B) for those services. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmember Willmus that this pro- gram was not necessary; and as a Ramsey County taxpayer, opined tha t it was a waste of county tax monies as well. Councilmember McGehee further opined that there was no need for staff to expend forty (40) hours of their time or equip- ment use; and if items were stored outside in people's yards, they would eventual- ly be caught by code enforcement inspections, and eventually need to be disposed of properly or the City would do so for them. However, Councilmember McGe-