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Authorizing continued negotiations between the City of Saint Paul and currently licensed residential trash collectors, and establishing an Organized Collection Options Committee.
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WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute § 115 A.94, et. seq. (hereinafter “Statute”) authorizes a City to organize trash collection and creates a required procedure a City must follow to organize collection of trash; and
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2016, the Saint Paul City Council in RES 16-337 directed the Saint Paul Department of Public Works to solicit input from residents in order to develop draft goals and objectives for implementing a system of organized residential trash collection within the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Department of Public Works conducted a public information campaign and on June 1, 2016, the Saint Paul City Council in RES 16-174 accepted the report Organized Trash Collection in Saint Paul: Report on Community Input and Draft Goals and Objectives from the Saint Paul Department of Public Works and conducted a public hearing regarding the goals outlined in RES PH 16-174; and
WHEREAS, prior to establishing a committee under subdivision 4a of the Statute, the City must meet and negotiate for a 60-day period exclusively with existing licensed residential trash collectors to develop a proposal to collect trash from designated sections of the city; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council in RES 16-1300 designated August 1, 2016 as the official date to begin the required 60-day period of exclusive negotiations between existing licensed residential trash collectors and the City; approved priorities and parameters to guide the negotiations; and authorized staff to conduct the negotiations; and
WHEREAS, since August 2016, City staff and the fifteen existing licensed residential trash collectors have held eleven negotiating meetings, both parties have negotiated in good faith, and the collectors have submitted three proposals for consideration...
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