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Page 4 of 5 The second item is: Zero Waste Composting Program—Curbs ide Co-Collection of Compostable 103 Material with recyclables (in a separate compartment on the same truck). 104 Ramsey County is mandating that all cities in the county have a progr am for collection of 105 residential compostable material (aka organics) by the end of 2016. Current practice in the metro 106 area is to co-collect organics either in a garb age truck or a recycling truck. Because Roseville 107 does not have organized garbage collection, the City would need to provide for organics 108 collection through the recycling program. A five-y ear contract would run through 2018 thus 109 allowing the program to expand to include collection of organics. 110 Eureka Recycling has asked that if the City is interested in meeting Ramsey County’s mandate 111 that it is willing to negotiate an expansion of the recycling service. In order to co-collect 112 recycling and organics Eureka Recycling woul d need to order split body trucks which have 113 separate compartments – one for recycling, one for organics. The price of split body trucks 114 would be included in the offered price. Howeve r, Eureka Recycling asks that the Council agree 115 now that the City will discuss expansion of the program so that it could be completed by the end 116 of 2016. Both Eureka Recycling and the City agr ee this discussion would not commit the City to 117 actually expanding the recycling progra m to include organics collection. 118 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 119 Meet the Imagine Roseville 2025 go al that Roseville is an envi ronmentally healthy community 120 by providing recycling service for residents. 121 To competitively bid for contracted services. 122 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 123 The Recycling Program is operated as an enterp rise fund. Income to the fund comes from three 124 sources: resident fees, revenue sh are from the sale of material and an annual SCORE grant of 125 approximately $65,000. Any change in costs associ ated with the program would need to come 126 from increased resident fees. The rates are typically set by th e Council in November. 127 The proposed five year contract option with vendor owned carts is expected to decrease the 128 residential recycling fee to residents approximately 20%. Currently the resi dent recycling fee is 129 $6.00 per quarter and the Finance Director esti mates the new fee will be less than $5.00 per 130 quarter based on preliminary fee analysis. He wi ll do a more detailed analysis on the rate later 131 this year prior to the Council setting 2014 fees. 132 If the Council chooses the city ow ned cart option the cost of the carts would need to be funded 133 with reseves and recovered in th e rate structure over time. 134 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 135 Staff recommends the Council authorize staff to ne gotiate a five-year recycling services contract 136 with Eureka Recycling with vendor owned carts. Much of the agreement is already contained in 137 the RFP and the response. 138 Discuss the cart ownership options and financial implications. 139 Authorize staff to conduct discussions with Eu reka Recycling about possibly adding curbside 140 organics collection to the contract at a future date. Both Eureka Recycling and the City agree 141 this discussion would not commit the City to actually expanding the recycling program to 142 include organics collection. 143