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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 26, 2013 Page 6 ownership. If the City chose to purchase the carts, Mr. Schwartz advised that they would be depreciated over ten (10) years. However, Mr. Schwartz advised that staff had found no proposal with a vendor depreciating the cart cost over a long period resulting in good bids; and therefore indicating that there would be no ad- vantage for the City to own the carts. Councilmember McGehee thanked Mr. Schwartz for bringing the proposals for- ward in the format provided, expressing appreciation for including the criteria, and outside review by a Ramsey County contractor. Councilmember McGehee concurred with the analysis in having the vendor owning carts based on earlier discussions about storage, replacement, and other factors creating an unnecessary burden for the City to take on cart management. Councilmember Etten noted one other piece of the picture is preparing for align- ing with the Ramsey County mandate for collection of organics in 2016, noting staff's request for City Council discussion and direction on that. Given that man- date, Councilmember Etten asked if it was the intent of Eureka to purchase split body trucks at this time, or in two (2) years as that mandate got closer. Mr. Schwartz advised that representatives of Eureka and Foth Environmental were in the audience to respond to questions of the City Council. From his recol- lection, Mr. Schwartz advised that Eureka wanted to determine how interested the City was early on to include those factors in their purchasing decision. Mr. Schwartz clarified that Eureka was not considering those new trucks immediately for pick-ups beginning on January 1, 2014 under the new contract, but to be ready for 2016. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Schwartz advised that three (3) different cart sizes would be available for residents, based on their usage; with the standard cart size 65 gallons, and choices of smaller (32-35 gallon) or larger (96 gallon); with the cart size having no impact on the cost to the household. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that staff had discussions with Eureka and they advised that they would be fully automated and ready for pick-up by January 1, 2014, including distribution of wheeled carts to customers. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Schwartz reviewed RFP criteria and options for weekly or bi-weekly pick-up, with none of the vendors responding to the weekly option. At the prompting of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Schwartz asked for City Council directive if they wished for staff to hold subsequent discussions with Eu- reka on collection of organics; with no specific timeframe developed by either party at this point until that directive was clearer.