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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 10, 2014 Page 19 Councilmember Laliberte questioned the validity in the packet draft's suggested follow-up question related to whether or not a city run organized collection sys- tem would save them money; and why it was necessary to get into that much de- tail in the survey. City Manger Trudgeon noted that other communities may directly bill customers for organized collection on their utility bill, while others receive a direct bill from the hauler even if a city-wide collector. Mr. Trudgeon opined that it was im- portant for residents to clearly understand the billing process. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she would prefer to have a follow-up ques- tion on why they feel one way or the other. Mayor Roe suggested leaving the follow-up question simply as "Why?" Other- wise, Mayor Roe opined that he was hearing that the preference was to adjust the scenario on the question beyond just either the City designating one hauler or in- dividuals keep their own choices; (?) Councilmember McGehee stated that she would not agree to that suggestion. Councilmember Etten concurred with Councilmember McGehee, opining that it left out the first scenario and jumped to a certain type of system to only one haul- er; with nothing yet established from the City Council as a body that they agree with that option, but reflecting on what the first legal option actually is. Mayor Roe, reading survey questions #70 and #71, noted that the language stated "garbage haulers (plural)". Mayor Roe further noted that question #71 changes that option, and language needed revision to be consistent with the previous ques- tion. Councilmember Willmus noted that, under the model put forward by the legisla- ture, the community would be broken into zones; and opined that the question may be misleading if people thought they could choose a specific hauler, which would not be the case with organized collection, with certain zones having certain haulers. Councilmember Willmus opined that care was needed to not create con- fusion in the survey. Mr. Bowman responded that he anticipated that this was not something new for the survey company. He suggested the present scenario be used, asking them to wordsmith something based on tonight's discussion, and bring it back for City Council approval. At the top of the survey(Question#71), Councilmember Laliberte noted that it re- fers to residents choosing a hauler or the City choosing from a hauler or haulers for the entire community; and suggested striking "Do you feel strongly that way," and inserting"Why do you feel that way."