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Request for Council Action Department Approval Item Description: Approving Switch to Weekly Manager Approval Date: October 23,2006 Item Number: 3.h Agenda Section ��ling Service, Adding Aseptic Packaging At its October 24,2005 meeting the City Council approved awarding a contract for Recycling Service to Eureka Recycling. Councilmembers requested the final contract contain a provision laying out the terms for switching from the current every other week collection to weekly collection. That provision requires the City to notify Eureka Recycling of the City's desire to switch to weel�ly collection of eurbside residential recycling by November 1 of the year preceding the switch. The switch would then occur on or about Earth Day of the subsequent calendar year. Eureka would be responsible for publicizing the switch. The Council discussed the benefits of switching to weel�ly collection at its Study Sessions on September 18 and October 16,2006 — more convenient for residents, additional material collected. According to the pilot study the City conducted in 2004-2005, the residents are projected to put the most material out for collection (see table below) through weel�ly collection. from Table ES-3 Comparison of Projected Pounds Per HH Per Year Weel�ly 748.80 Single-Stream 732.16 Larger Bins 698.62 Addt'1 Education 657.80 (from City of Roseville Recycling Pilot Program Summary, December 2005) Also 62% of residents surveyed who participated in the weekly collection pilot preferred weekly collection over every other week collection. When asked what they liked about weekly collection residents said "It was easy to NemembeN when to put out my Necycling" (76%) and "I didn't have to keep as much mateNial in my house" (53.9%). According to the pricing structure in Eureka's proposal, the cost for weekly curbside collection in 2007 would be $2.45 per household per month — with biweekly collection the City would pay $2.14 per householdper month in 2007. Switching to weel�ly collectionwould cost an additional $39,337.20 in 2007. Through the first three quarters of 2006, Roseville has received more than $64,000 in revenue sharing from the sale of our recyclable material. Proceeds from the revenue sharing would be used to cover the additional expense of weekly collection. Meanwhile Eureka is offering to expand the list of materials its collects for recycling to include aseptic and gable top packaging (see attachment 1). This packaging is used for mill{ cartons, juice boxes and