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219 Ms. Mueller stated that staff recommended that the City continue to provide trash collection and take over collection of recyclables when the current contract runs out October 31st. With regard to proposals for curbside collection, Ms. Mueller explained that the City's bid was based on co-collection of trash and recyclables which would require an increase in the amount of worktime for employees. Rev. Edwards stated that he would like to see employees paid fairly if they are required to work more. Ms. Mueller continued that co-collection would require lease-purchasing four new vehicles and retrofiting one other for backup;.plastics would have to be eliminated from recycling and six-day a week collection would be possible downtown, on the Corner, and on the West Main Street corridor. Ms. Mueller stated that staff also propose an annual trash sticker which could be affixed to trash cans and eliminate the need for weekly stickers if citizens so choose. Ms. Mueller also recommended that the small bag size be changed to 13 gallons instead of the current 16 gallon since there are no 16 gallon bags on the market which would eliminate confusion. With regard to maintenance of streets and sidewalks, Ms. Mueller explained that the same employees who work on streets and sidewalks also provide snow removal. Ms. Mueller presented Council with a list of street and sidewalk reconstruction projects throughout the City and stated that unless additional resources are appropriated for that purpose little headway will be made on the list. Mr. Toscano recommended tha~ some thought be given to using 93/94 cigarette tax money to accelerate street and sidewalk projects. With regard to the gas utility, Mr. Toscano questioned whether the Gas Advisory Committee had discussed the possibility of using gas revenues to fund other areas in the City budget and Mr. Vandever, a member of the Committee, stated that the Committee has not discussed the matter recently but with the exception of himself there was no support previously for the suggestion on the Committee. Ms. Linda Peacock, Budget Administrator, stated that County gas customers are charged a 10% utility tax as are City customers, but 2% of the amount from County residents is given to Albemarle County and the City maintains 8%. Ms. Slaughter recommended that a work session on transit issues be held in early summer. Responding to a question from Ms. Daugherty, Ms. Mueller stated that the large item pickup continues to cost ~89,000. Ms. Daugherty requested information on the cost to businesses who use dumpsters if they bore the entire cost of the service. ~reslideht was adj ourne d.