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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 20,2014 Page 17 Councilmember McGehee noted that City Manager Trudgeon had attended the Village's presentation; and she as happy to find that the haulers provided walk-up service for residents unable to get their containers to the end of the driveway; and questioned if they had included larger items as well. Councilmember McGehee referenced the City of White Bear Lake's use of organized collection, including pick up of larger items. City Manager Trudgeon advised that it would be hard to know as those things were usually subject to negotiation with a hauler; and the consortium perhaps in- cluded the service for an additional fee that was found favorable by the Village. Regarding the White Bear Lake organized collection, Mr. Trudgeon noted that they had a long-standing service that had evolved over the years. Councilmember Willmus expressed his curiosity in whether the comparisons were actually apples to apples, and what savings were actually available not only for the first year of the contract, but through annual consumer price index (CPI) ad- justments in years three through five. Councilmember Willmus noted his concern with other communities having gone that route, such as St. Louis Park that had moved to a single hauler, with their rates jumping significantly over the last year. Given the information provided, Councilmember Willmus stated that he just didn't see that there was any significant savings in moving in this direction. City Manager Trudgeon noted that that was really no comprehensive study of those rates available, since the Village of St. Anthony was the first municipality to move this direction under the new law; and he wasn't sure if the rates varied on a consumer to consumer basis, or they varied widely; also making it hard to predict for Roseville what would happen without initiating the negotiating process and in- flators. Councilmember Laliberte thanked staff for bringing the additional infoiniation forward. Discussion ensued regarding the number of haulers originally serving the Village of St. Anthony with each firm and their respective routes included in the consorti- um; the smaller geographical area of St. Anthony compared to the larger area en- compassed by Roseville; and implications and deadlines for the Ramsey County mandate for a development by 2016 of a plan for curbside collection of organics in the community; and implementation shortly thereafter. Councilmember Etten questioned if staff had outlined a plan to achieve that man- date. Public Works Director Schwartz responded that the current Eureka Recycling contract provided for those discussions over the next year, and while discussions