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staff to provide information regarding what costs were included in the calculations and what mechanism the <br />City used to audit those costs and determine if they were reasonable. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to extend the discussion by five min- <br />utes. The motion passed, 7:1; Mr. Clark voting in opposition. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka commented that the transportation funding subcommittee proposed a garbage-hauling fee of <br />about $1.00 per residential can and an equivalent for commercial customers. He said that would have been <br />treated like the disposal fee and not included in the calculation of profit; it could have been done at no <br />additional administrative cost to the City and would have spread the costs fairly. He said the fee would also <br />have been directly related to one of the reasons the streets were deteriorated—-heavy garbage trucks—and <br />there was no objection from staff. He said the subcommittee had not found an administratively viable way <br />to charge a fee to all heavy trucks. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark commented that the rates for customers in River Road/Santa Clara had been raised earlier in the <br />year to bring them up to the City's rates and now there was a discussion of raising the rates again. He asked <br />staff to provide information on the number of households that were affected by the rate increases. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor remarked that not everyone had waste collection services as some could not afford it. She felt it <br />was wrong for the City to establish a minimum instead of a maximum rate as that did not allow haulers to <br />charge less. Ms. Young said it was unlikely that most haulers would charge less and if a maximum rate <br />were established, it would allow the largest hauler to charge less than smaller haulers. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if haulers could be required to provide 20-gallon can collection on a weekly basis. City <br />Attorney Glenn Klein said that legally the City could impose that requirement. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked why residential rates incorporated the disposal fee but commercial rates for front load <br />compactors and drop boxes did not. Ms. Young explained that one- to six-yard commercial containers did <br />include the disposal fee; for larger sizes, the entire container was taken to the transfer station where it was <br />weighed and the customer charged the actual costs. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman indicated she would request more information and options from staff for an additional work <br />session. <br /> <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION: Report from Council Subcommittee on City Manager Recruitment <br /> <br />Alana Holmes, Human Resources, said the purpose of the discussion was to provide information and a <br />recommendation to the council on selection of an executive recruitment firm to lead the city manager <br />recruitment process. She said a council subcommittee established selection criteria and used those criteria to <br />narrow the initial 12 firms to three finalists. She said all three firms were interviewed by phone and Bennett <br />Yarger Associates was unanimously recommended as the recruitment firm to assist in the city manager <br />recruitment. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy commented that the firm being recommended stood above the others in terms of what it could <br />offer and she supported the recommendation. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 13, 2007 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />