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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 17, 2013 Page 17 1 Councilmember McGehee questioned how to evaluate how much of the current 2 80% of materials collected was actually recycled and if and how that could 3 change with single sort. Councilmember McGehee questioned if forcing revenue 4 sharing was the only way to know what happened to the materials. Councilmem- 5 her McGehee questioned if any communities were doing dual sort with carts; and 6 reiterated her concerns, if the decision was to move to single sort, that the materi- 7 als were actually recycled, and didn't simply become glorified garbage. 8 9 Member DeBenedet advised that the PWETC had been told by staff that some 10 vendors considered the final market for materials as proprietary information. 11 Member DeBenedet advised that therefore, the RFP had been drafted that this was 12 a requirement of the City of Roseville, and if they were not willing to provide it, 13 they would not be considered as a vendor. Member DeBenedet opined that the 14 PWETC thought it was a right of the City to be informed of that information. In 15 response to Councilmember Willmus questioning if the information was actually 16 proprietary, Member DeBenedet opined that the proof would surface in the bid if 17 the RFP demands the information. 18 19 Mayor Roe refocused the discussion to organized collection; and providing a re- 20 sponse to the PWETC. 21 22 Councilmember Willmus advised that he was still at the same point he was almost 23 one year ago; opining that it largely depended on how such a program was admin- 24 istered; and he wasn't sure he was quite there to know how that would happen, 25 and remained still up in the air. In response to Councilmember McGehee's sug- 26 gestion to provide segments of the community for each vendor, Councilmember 27 Willmus opined that such a program would lose one of the key aspects to switch 28 to organized collection: economies of scale. Without having one vendor for the 29 entire community, Councilmember Willmus opined that it was difficult to put a 30 tangible figure on the wear and tear on streets, which he intuitively thought was 31 part of the equation. 32 33 Member DeBenedet advised that, if the City Council provided a response to the 34 PWEC's recommendations outlined in their resolution last year, indicating that 35 they were willing to pursue organized waste collection, the PWEC would then re- 36 spond to any and all specific issues identified by the City Council. Member 37 DeBenedet opined that this would be the best way to proceed, after receiving the 38 City Council's feedback, otherwise the PEWTC could really do nothing else until 39 the City Council took that step and responded to the PWETC recommendation. 40 41 Member DeBenedet opined that if the City dealt with only one contractor, that 42 vendor would still send out many trucks and divide the City into routes; whether 43 divided by neighborhoods or however, and the PWETC could put a proposal to- 44 gether and determine a reasonable way to accomplish it. Member DeBenedet 45 cautioned the City Council that the PWETC may not recommend the least expen-