05-28-19 CC WS MinutesCITY OF SHOREWOOD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019
MINUTES
CONVENE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
6:00 P.M.
Mayor Zerby called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M.
A. Roll Call
Present. Mayor Zerby; Councilmembers Johnson, Labadie, and Siakel, City Administrator
Lerud; City Clerk Thone; Planning Director Darling; Director of Public Works
Brown; and, City Engineer Fauske
Absent: Councilmember Sundberg
B. Review Agenda
Johnson moved, Labadie seconded, approving the agenda as presented. Motion passed
4/0.
2. Trash Collection Survey Results — Peter Leatherman
Mr. Leatherman gave a brief overview of the specifics on how the survey was conducted. He
noted that they had surveyed four hundred randomly selected residents between March 5, 2019
and March 19, 2019. He reviewed the demographics of the respondents such as residential
longevity, age, make up of their households, and whether they were male or female. He reviewed
the results of how long people had been with their current trash hauler and whether they had
changed haulers or not. The respondents rated their satisfaction very high with ninety -nine
percent saying the service was good or excellent. He reviewed the answers given about what
they liked most about their service. He stated that seventy -six percent of people rated the
importance of choice as somewhat or very important. He explained that when asked for their
opinion of the proposed trash hauling changes in the City, sixty -one percent opposed the change,
twenty -five percent support it and fourteen percent were unsure. He reviewed the reasons given
for their decision to oppose or support organized trash collection. He stated that for those who
supported organized trash collection, the biggest reason was to reduce truck traffic. He explained
that for those who opposed organized trash collection, their most common reason was choice.
He reviewed the results regarding recycling and organics collection. He stated the concept of a
spring and fall curbside clean -up programs were highly supported. He noted that what came out
of this survey is very similar to what he has found in other areas, that in Minnesota, the right to
choose your garbage hauler is very important.
Councilmember Siakel stated that she finds it interesting that recycling is organized trash
collection and people are fine with that but concerned about organized trash collection.
Mayor Zerby asked if the representative from Randy's would be interested in answering some
questions about the organics and recycling collection.
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Mark Stoltman, CEO of Randy's, stated that they had pioneered a process in Wayzata about
twelve years ago for organics collection. He stated that it had some problems because of
additional trucks. He stated that they have now gone to a co- collection process where there is a
compostable bag that is put in with the trash and not the recycling. He invited the Council and
City staff to participate in a tour of their facility and see how the robot picks the compostable bags
off of the line.
Mayor Zerby asked how organics collection would work in the City, and if it would only be available
to clients of Randy's Sanitation. Mr. Stoltman stated that this organics collection service is
available to any hauling company who wants to use it.
Councilmember Johnson stated that during his explanation, he mentioned reducing truck traffic
more than once and asked him to explain more about that comment.
Mr. Stoltman stated that he did not intend to make a comment regarding weight concerns for the
roadway, but in not having to buy another truck to handle this hauling. He clarified that he is the
President of Haulers for Choice and they do not believe the trucks from a weight standpoint will
cause more of a problem.
Councilmember Siakel stated that her interest in this issue was not just the weight of the trucks
on the roadway. She stated that she felt the City needed to look and see if there was a better
way to provide this service to residents. She stated that Mr. Stoltman had been pretty vocal about
why having organized collection is such a bad idea and asked him to explain his reasoning. She
explained that the Council had discussed dividing the City into zones, so the City was not even
looking at one hauler for the entire City.
Mr. Stoltman stated that he has been with Randy's for twenty -six years and their goal is to tie
themselves to their customer base through a variety of ways. He stated that their goal is to design
the company and its services so people will want to choose them. He stated that organized
collection freezes their ability to expand their customer base by word of mouth and by other people
seeing their good service.
Councilmember Siakel asked what Randy's market share of the business is within the City. Mr.
Stoltman stated that they serve a little more than 900 of the 2,500 residents.
Mayor Zerby noted that the Council would not be making any decision tonight and this
presentation was for informational purposes.
3. ADJOURN
Labadie moved, Johnson seconded, Adjourning the City Council Work Session Meeting of
May 28, 2019, at 6:43P.M. Motion passed 4/0.
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Sandie Thone, City Clerk