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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 18, 2013 Page 17 With no more residents expressing interest in speaking, Mayor Roe ended public comment on this issue at approximately 8:27 p.m. and thanked the audience for their comments. Mayor Roe encouraged City Council discussion at this time; and reminded the body of the purpose tonight to provide additional direction to staff; or the option of taking this up at a future meeting as well. Councilmember Laliberte thanked all who weighed in on this topic; and expressed her appreciation to see the community engaged; as well as thanking the PWETC for referring this issue to the City Council and their patience in waiting for this continued discussion. Councilmember Laliberte also thanked those civic and community organizations having hosted panels and community discussions over the last few years; and in them providing other learning opportunities for the pub- lic. Laliberte moved, Willmus seconded, that the City Council maintain support for the existing licensure and open market waste collection system in the City of Roseville. Councilmember Laliberte opined that the City was attempting to fix a problem that didn't exist. Councilmember Laliberte further opined that there were many things contributing to the wear and tear on roads, and also noted recent findings of MnDOT that some asphalt applications were not holding up in various metropoli- tan cities; and therefore that wear and tear could not be attributed specifically to garbage trucks. Councilmember Laliberte opined that this was one example and situation where the private industry and residents could work things out on their own, whether through organizing or having fewer trucks on the street, and en- couraged the City Council to engage on their part versus dictating the outcome. Councilmember Willmus noted that this issue had been an ongoing discussion within the City for a number of years. As he started to focus on those discussions, Councilmember Willmus noted the references he heard to those models in the Cit- ies of Blaine, Sauk Rapids, or Maplewood, all developed prior to recent state leg- islative changes. Given that new legislation and the consortium model, Coun- cilmember Willmus opined that costs for services in those cities using that model and zoned for service by 4-5 haulers, did not provide a significant cost savings, but were comparable to what he could obtain on the open market. Councilmem- ber Willmus stated that this was a huge component in his stepping away and re- considering that there was now no apparent overwhelming factor to move forward with a change to organized collection; and therefore he would not support that change,but would support the open market system. Councilmember Willmus expressed his interest in seeing a broader, more specific community survey done on this issue than done in the past with fairly generic or