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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 6,2014 Page 22 to adjust accordingly. Mayor Roe noted that the ongoing improvements, efficien- cies, and joint efforts with other communities and their further enhancements, should be added to Councilmember Willmus' observations. Specific to garbage hauling, Councilmember Willmus referenced the recent League of Women Voters' forum and comments received from the Village of St. Anthony that had recently transitioned into organized hauling with a consortium. Councilmember Willmus expressed his interest in seeing actual costs realized with that system brought forward from staff for additional discussion, including what part organics played in that picture. Mayor Roe noted that information would prove helpful, as St. Anthony was oper- ating under the newer legislation versus the past City of Maplewood and their re- sults. If the City Council was of a consensus, City Manager Trudgeon offered to ask the City Administrator from the Village of St. Anthony to present that information at the October 20, 2014 City Council work session. For the purposes of hearing the information and facilitating discussion, Mayor Roe so directed staff. Specific to the property tax question, Councilmember McGehee noted that there were some things that could be done that would provide significant savings, but that may prove drastic. Of note, Councilmember McGehee noted that the de- mographics of Roseville had changed from 1998 to 2014 for general median in- come compared to other communities within Ramsey County, as well as other suburbs. While Roseville was historically considered a middle class community, Councilmember McGehee noted that was no longer true, and an that income level had actually decreased rather than increased, due to general economic circum- stances; and those impacts needed to be taken into consideration as part of the discussion. Mayor Roe opined that with that particular response in 2014,part of it may be due to a fatigue factor, since significant things had been dealt with over the last few years, including a new fire station and park renewal program and related tax in- creases, increased infrastructure funding as part of the long-range capital im- provement program, and other significant issues that probably brought those numbers into the forefront of survey respondents and their subsequent responses about the tax levy and service levels. Councilmember Etten advised that, when survey responses like those were ad- dressed specific to the levy, he relied on staff to address the issue before it came to the City Council level for discussion, by providing recommendations on poten-