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Setting the 2024 Special Service Fees for Certain Solid Waste Services.
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WHEREAS, in 2018, the City of Saint Paul initiated a system for the collection of solid waste from residential buildings (RDUs) with one (1) to four (4) dwelling units; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the City Council adopted rates for base level garbage service and additional service options that were effective beginning on October 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, an RDU shall pay an additional fee for the disposal of overflow trash bags. An RDU may be charged for an overflow trash bag if its trash cart is not fully closed; and
WHEREAS, an RDU may request an extra garbage cart and shall pay a per-cart and appropriate disposal fee relating to that size of cart; and
WHEREAS, an RDU shall pay an additional fee for a yard waste subscription and must contact the designated hauler to arrange the service which entitles an RDU to weekly collection of the contents of the yard waste cart and up to eight (8) compostable bags or yard waste bundles each week of the yard waste season for no additional fee; and
WHEREAS, an RDU who does not purchase a yard waste subscription may set out yard waste in compostable bags or in yard waste bundles for a per bag or per bundle fee and the RDU must provide at least forty-eight (48) hours' advance notice to the designated hauler for yard waste to be collected on the yard waste collection day; and,
WHEREAS, an RDU who is not eligible for free walk-up service may apply to the designated hauler to receive walk-up service for a fee and there shall be an additional fee for any non- eligible RDU whose collection location is more than one hundred (100) feet from the public roadway; and
WHEREAS, an RDU, who fails to comply with set-out requirements, who requests the designated hauler to return to pick up trash or yard waste or requests off day service pickup from the designated hauler may receive such service for an additional fee; and
WHEREAS,...
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