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♦ RFID information (if the cart is RFID-equipped); and <br />♦ Placement of education information on the cart. <br />City -owned carts should stay with the address. For inventory purposes, it is best to <br />program any data management system to code the cart to a specific address. hi this way, <br />a cart found in a park, for instance, could be returned to the correct address using the cart <br />ID number. Also, cart work orders can be more readily managed to track the number of <br />missing, warranty or destroyed carts. <br />On -going cart management, regardless of cart ownership, consists of: <br />♦ Warehousing carts; <br />♦ Delivering carts to new customers (e.g., new homes); <br />♦ Changing cart sizes as requested by customers (larger to smaller, or vice -versa); <br />♦ Replacing or repairing carts that are damaged; and <br />♦ Tracking any warranty issues. <br />If the City decides to own the carts, there are several options for the City to consider for <br />initial cart roll -out and ongoing management of the carts: <br />♦ In the cart purchase specifications, the City could require that the cart <br />manufacturer be responsible for initial cart roll -out using a City -supplied database <br />of customer addresses; <br />♦ The City could issue a separate RFP for cart roll -out and management; <br />♦ The City could require the recyclables collection contractor to perform cart roll- <br />out and management services on behalf of the City, specifying continued City <br />ownership of the carts; and <br />♦ The City could manage the carts with City employees. <br />If the City contracts initial cart roll -out and/or ongoing management, careful City <br />monitoring/oversight of the inventory is needed to protect the City's investment. <br />If the City decides to own the carts, it should plan about four to five months from the <br />time of the decision until carts are specified, purchased, ordered, manufactured, <br />delivered, assembled and rolled -out to Roseville residents. <br />Several cities in the Twin Cities metro area have recently made the decision to purchase <br />their own carts (e.g., Lauderdale, Maplewood, Arden Hills, and Shakopee). The City of <br />Minneapolis has traditionally owned their trash and recycling carts (and now their <br />organics carts). Saint Paul currently plans to purchase the recycling carts for their new <br />recycling contract with financial assistance from Ramsey County. <br />The City of Roseville's current plan to include city -owned carts as a price option for the <br />upcoming recyclables collection RFP may be the best means for Roseville to get market <br />based pricing on this question of city -owned vs. contractor -owned recycling carts. <br />