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MEMO 4/2/96 In response to Councilman Ruskin's questions regarding the proposal to share cost savings with BFI, Mr. Hilton said that guarantee only applied to the recycling program, BFI had been operating at a loss on refuse pick-up, and at this point a cap was in place, but no cost savings had been achieved. Mayor Hartnett asked if anyone in the audience would like to speak to this issue. Dr. Steven Howard, 807 Katherine, said the people of Redwood City had been especially good at using the system. They had used the end of the month pick-up as a way of decreasing the number of cans thereby decreasing their bills. This practice had cut into the revenues of BF1. Dr. Howard said the proposal was a trade of 6 cans of anything with 6 cans of green so that people will pay for the cans they use for their non-green materials. Dr. Howard said there is no incentive to sort out green material in this program for people who are now putting a small amount of green waste in their normal refuse cans and would not be able to decrease the number of cans they need with an enviromnental day. He suggested that people who don't have any green waste should have a lower rate. Dr. Howard said people are good at using whatever system is in place, and he did not want to see the elimination of the end of the month pick-up cause people to dump refuse somewhere else. He said he would prefer a program where BFI, determined by the City to be the most cost effective company around, would clean up everything, and institute a program that took away any incentive to beat the system. Dr. Howard said he would prefer to pay a few bucks more each month to have a cleaner City. CONSENSUS: Mayor Hartnett determined it was the consensus of the Council to direct staff to bring this whole matter back to Council with more information and alternatives. MINUTE ORDER NO. 96-067 City Manager Everett agreed to provide more rate specific information. MEMO 4/2/96 --------------------------------------------------------_____n______---------------------------------------------------- 6. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST This item limited to fifteen minutes. A. Update on Board and Commission applications - Oral report by City Clerk (209) City Clerk Jorgenson presented a review of the Council and City Clerk Department past attempts to increase the number of applications to Council-appointed boards, committees and commissions. She advised that the current recruitments had not produced enough applicants to fill the upcoming vacancies and she had already extended one deadline. MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Page No. 166 Special Study Session Minutes April I, 1996 Page 8