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$123,000 difference. He indicated staff does not know how much the city is <br />actually going to end up paying Eureka in 2020 to process the materials. <br />Member Joyce thought glass is the big candidate to stop collecting because it is <br />costing the city the most money. <br />Chair Cihacek noted glass is losing the same amount as the residual recycling right <br />now. <br />Member Wozniak explained it is also a consistent twenty percent of the volume <br />that is collected which is a lot. <br />Mr. Culver noted that is by ton and glass is going to weigh more than aluminum. <br />Chair Cihacek explained there is also a cost to re-educate people. He also did not <br />think people would say it is ok to landfill the glass bottles. It does not make sense <br />in today's environment. <br />Member Wozniak indicated the glass bottle would not go to a landfill it would go <br />to the waste processing facility in New Port which is required by law. <br />Chair Cihacek explained he was ok with the $58 as an estimate of actual cost. <br />Mr. Culver indicated that the city can assume that the glass that Eureka is collecting <br />and processing will eventually get recycled and reused versus going to a landfill. <br />A lot of people would say that even it if cost more to process that glass bottle and <br />eventually end up using it in some other product or getting a second life that would <br />be preferable over putting it in a landfill. <br />Member Spencer supported that thought. <br />Member Joyce thought Mr. Culver was right and people do not want to throw things <br />of value or could be used in a landfill. <br />Member Wozniak noted the energy savings from recycling glass and making it into <br />new glass versus creating it from scratch is tremendous. <br />Mr. Culver explained that philosophy or value does not help the city budget. <br />Member Wozniak asked if the goal is to try to address the budgetary deficits or to <br />reduce risk. <br />Mr. Culver thought that was a good question and staff wants some input from the <br />Commission on that. He indicated the Finance Department is going to recommend <br />$9.00, increasing the recycling fee from $7.15 per quarter to $9.00 per quarter in <br />2020. If the city goes with the proposal from Eureka, he imagined the city will <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />