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126 Mr. Culver noted staff will take a look at that. <br />127 <br />128 5. Recycling Update <br />129 Public Works Director Marc Culver provided a brief review and update on <br />130 recycling and costs listed in the staff report dated August 27, 2019. He noted the <br />131 city is not getting any revenue for mixed paper that is being collected and recycling <br />132 revenue has been declining through the years. <br />133 <br />134 Member Joyce asked how the city absorbs the loss in the budget. <br />135 <br />136 Mr. Culver explained the city had built up a surplus over the years in the recycling <br />137 fund. He anticipates the balance of the fund to be near zero by the end of the year <br />138 and did ask Ramsey County for some help in absorbing additional costs and <br />139 Ramsey County did have some funds set aside for this type of thing. <br />140 <br />141 Member Spencer asked if this a one-time aid. <br />142 <br />143 Mr. Culver indicated it was. <br />144 <br />145 Chair Cihacek thought the more people that recycle the bigger the problem <br />146 becomes. <br />147 <br />148 Mr. Culver stated that was right. He said there are a number of cities in the Nation <br />149 that have stopped recycling because of the costs. No one is asking Roseville to stop <br />150 recycling. He explained that going forward the city is going to have to find out <br />151 how to manage this. He indicated staff has asked Eureka what it would cost if <br />152 revenue sharing were removed. Eureka came up with a proposed rate chart. He <br />153 reviewed the chart with the Commission. <br />154 <br />155 Member Spencer asked if Mr. Culver had a sense of what the collection costs are <br />156 versus the processing fees. <br />157 <br />158 Mr. Culver explained the current contract spells that out. Eureka funds their <br />159 collection service with the $2.46 per unit. In 2019 for $465,000 that pays for them <br />160 to collect the recycling. He indicated he ran the numbers himself and between 2006 <br />161 and 2018 the city averaged 3,329 tons per year of recycled material collected. To <br />162 process the material at $58 a ton it costs $193,082 per year. Over the 15,332 units <br />163 it is $12.60 per year, $3.14 per quarter or $1.05 per month and Eureka's proposal <br />164 to get rid of the revenue sharing happened to be $1.00 extra. He noted this works <br />165 from a math perspective if worked backwards. <br />166 <br />167 Mr. Culver indicated if the city were to take Eureka's current proposal and go to <br />168 $3.46, combined processing and collection and no revenue sharing or extra costs it <br />169 would add up to be $654,000 in 2019 which is $114,000 more than staff thinks the <br />170 city will end up paying Eureka in 2019. In 2020, staff thinks that number is <br />Page 4 of 7 <br />