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City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2014 Page 6 of 20 Council member Stolzmann inquired about the recycling money. Public Works Director Kowar replied it was returned to us and put in the solid waste fund. Council member Stolzmann asked about the autumn leaf collection. Public Works Director Kowar responded it would be available in some regard along with determining the disposal of the ash waste. Council member Keany addressed the pricing schedule and noted Republic's price for trash was smaller, but compost price was greater. He asked if the encouragement of compostables was communicated to the applicants. Public Works Director Kowar said it was communicated as a pay as you throw system and reported Republic came with a lot of ideas and excitement over continuing the good work started by Western with the diversion of trash. Council member Lipton noted the cart sizes and asked about the push toward diversion through pricing. Public Works Director Kowar commented if the rate structure needed to be negotiated around bin size with Republic to incentivize diversion; that could be done. Council member Keany wanted to know about Republic's ideas for diversion and education. Mr. Moreno responded diversion is a huge piece of their program with Greenwood Village and Edgewater. Republic partners with them by being available at their festivals and providing education, including at the elementary school level. Council member Lipton asked Public Works Director Kowar if Western got extra points for service, would it change the rank order. The answer was it was not likely to change the rank. Council member Loo felt pricing was driving the process and wondered how much Republic changing to one day pick up would change the ranking. Public Works Director Kowar didn't feel the four day pick -up would increase the actual truck traffic in the neighborhoods. Staff looked for the best price for the trash service with an expectation of good customer service. Council member Lipton enjoyed Western's good customer service but was conflicted since the City issued a RFP; he wanted to be careful about recognizing the responses. He suggested in the future there might be problems if the City changes the evaluation criteria after the initial result. He noted there is discretion for the City Manager to release the City from the contract if there is poor performance by the vendor. He felt staff had done the analysis in good faith.