HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-05-16 Council Work Session MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION
OF THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL
AND EDINA RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE COMMISSION
HELD TUESDAY, MAY 16 2006
AT 5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. in the Community Room of Edina
City Hall. Answering rollcall were the following Council Members: Housh, Hulbert, Masica,
Swenson and Mayor Hovland. Members of the Edina Solid Waste and Recycling Committee
in attendance included: Bill Bryan, Chair, Tim Brownell, Inna Hayes, Mariko Hanson, and
Kathy Frey. Staff present included: Gordon Hughes, City Manager, Ceil Smith, Assistant to
the City Manager, Solvei Wilmot, Assistant Sanitarian & Recycling Coordinator, Jennifer
Bennerotte, Communications and Marketing Director and Debra Mangen, City Clerk. Also
in attendance was Allied Waste Representative Rich Hirstein.
Mayor Hovland thanked the Commission for their work in the recycling field and explained
the Council wanted to hear the Commissions issues with regard to placement of trash and
recycling containers on collection day.
Bill Bryan, Chair, stated based upon an informal survey conducted by the Commission prior
to recommending the Council consider changing their Code that ninety percent of the City's
residents were not in compliance with the placement of their trash containers. He said the
Commission thoughtfully considered the amendment they proposed to the Council and
suggested a desire to limit the time refuse haulers were on City streets picking up trash as
one reason the amendment had been proposed. Mr. Bryan suggested limiting the haulers
time on streets would save both the City's infrastructure and everyone's natural resources,
mainly gasoline.
The Council and Commission discussed the pros and cons of the current trash receptacle
placement, whether or not the City's contractor would pick up recycling at the garage when
requested to do so by citizen, whether or not the current ordinance was in place because of
aesthetics, enforcement issues, and the logistics of conducting a citizen survey. Consensus
was that enforcement would not escalate until the result of a citizen survey could be obtained
and reviewed.
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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