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.~dministrati~on March ~ 5, 2010 Phil Hats, Street Su erintendent
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Fees for Compost/Mood waste Drop aff
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Staff requests Council approval to set user fees for the compost/wood dro off for both Sherburne
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County residents and com.~nercial use~.•s. The fee for a Sherburne Coun resident to be set at 25 er ear
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and $ ~ 00 pe~.• year for the commercial canta~•actor.
acl~ rounds .iscussi®n
Funding for the brush/compost grinding has been provided for b the State of Minnesota throu h
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SCARE grants, These funds are administered by Sherburne Coun enerall followin the
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xecommendation of the Sherburne County Solid V~laste Committee. The She~.•bu~.•ne Coun Munici al
Rec clin Board i ~ p
y g s recommending an annual use~.• fee to help defray the cost of the contracto~.• rindin ,
All four cities that com rise the board f g g
p urnish labor and equipment to pushup piles, load out material
and generally l~eep the sites clean and organized, but none of the four cities can afford the cost of
contact grinding the wood waste, Therefore, a minimal user fee will hel stretch the SCARE funds and
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l~eep this popular program operating, There has been discussion in re aids to a card controlled access for,
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each compost site in 201 ~ or 2012.
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Cost to the City wauld be about ~1.D0 per sticl~er plus the administrative costs of sellin the sticl~et•s. The
funds enerated would be a lied to g
g pp the contacted gr~nd~ng costs,
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