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Authorizing staff to begin final contract negotiations with the currently licensed residential trash collectors and suspending the 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 PH 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, if the City does not reach an agreement with existing licensed residential trash collectors, the City must create and receive a report from an Organized Collection Options Committee; 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, the Council on April 12, 2017 in RES 17-579 create...
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