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of Roseville waste collectors is similar to Little Canada and North St. Paul. <br />However these two cities offer curbside pick up which Roseville does not offer. <br />The service level of Roseville is similar to Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake <br />but the Roseville price is higher than these two cities. <br />Duane Schwartz asked if the prices include taxes. Tim Pratt answered the all the <br />prices on the chart include recycling and taxes. <br />Tim Pratt mentioned Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake also offer a senior <br />discount and waste is collected every other week. Member Vanderwall asked <br />about the amount of the discount. Tim Pratt answered for waste collection every <br />other week fora 32 gallon container the discount is about $8 a month less in <br />White Bear Lake and $91ess in Vadnais Heights. <br />Member Vanderwall asked if discounts are offered with the waste collectors in <br />Roseville. Tim Pratt answered there are some teaser rates for a limited time for <br />new customers. The City of Roseville does not have any regulatory power over <br />the rates. <br />Member Stenlund questioned how could the information from the Fort Collins, <br />CO. report be translated so the general public will be able to easily understand it. <br />Member DeBenedet asked if the change in waste collection would be only for <br />single family residences or would commercial locations be a part of the change as <br />well. Member Vanderwall answered he understood from the report the change <br />would only be for single family residents. <br />Member DeBenedet stated Roseville is currently using six waste collectors so if <br />the City switched to organized waste collection the number of trucks driving <br />down the road would go down to one. Member Vanderwall stated not all of the <br />collectors drive down each road. At the most, there would be four waste <br />collectors on a road so the number of trucks would change from four to one. <br />Member DeBenedet stated one of the reasons this is being looked at is to save the <br />residents money. Another reason is to save the City money on street maintenance <br />costs. <br />Member Vanderwall mentioned other reasons would be particulate reduction, new <br />vehicle standards and noise reduction. <br />Tim Pratt mentioned yard waste trucks would add to the traffic on streets for <br />waste collection. <br />Member Vanderwall asked if the yard waste trucks operate in the spring. Tim <br />Pratt answered the yard waste collectors contract customers seasonally. Some <br />companies have very few yard waste customers. The City has received many <br />complaints that the waste collectors are collecting the yard waste in addition to <br />waste which is in violation of state law. <br />Page 8 of 11 <br />