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♦ Municipalities have access to lower cost financing compared to private financing and do not add a profit margin to the cart purchase and financing. Secondary advantages to city cart ownership include: ♦ A city can use the carts to help brand its image. A city can place its logo on the carts to promote municipal services and help create an identity for the community. ♦ A city can retain exclusive rights to design cart labels and messaging. ♦ Future transitions to new contractors may be less disruptive to residents and easier for a city to implement without a required cart switch out. ♦ Cart quality (e.g., durability) and cart manufacturers' performance can be considered in the purchase decision as part of city -developed cart bid specifications. ♦ Municipalities can take advantage of governmental cooperative purchasing programs (e.g., HGACBuy, National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance, and National Joint Powers Alliance). These cooperative purchasing programs can result in more competitive pricing for the carts compared to a traditional direct request for bids (RFB) procurement approach. Principal disadvantages of city -owned carts include: ♦ Requires a source of municipal capital funds. ♦ Developing cart specifications requires some level of knowledge about the technical aspects of carts. ♦ Ownership of the carts may not fit with city fiscal policies (i.e., additional depreciable assets requiring a capital replacement fund, etc.). ♦ The city has responsibility for supervision of the cart inventory. While the cart inventory management can be contracted out, there is still oversight needed of the asset. ♦ The city owns the carts but recyclables collections are operated by the recycling contractor. This can lead to disputes about who is responsible for any damages to carts during recyclables collection. ♦ The City has responsibility to assure an adequate inventory of replacement carts. The carts may need to be in various sizes. The City of Roseville's decision to own the carts, or not, should be separated from the decision on how best to manage the functions of initial cart roll -out and ongoing cart management. If the City purchases carts, the carts will come from the manufacturer and be shipped to a staging location. Lids and wheels must be put on the carts before they are distributed to residents. Initial cart roll -out consists of delivering carts to residents and keeping a record of the following: ♦ Address the cart is delivered to; ♦ Size and ID number of the cart;