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Council asks staff to survey neighboring cities before deciding on 6 a.m. garbage start
Summary
A letter requested that the city allow residential garbage collection to begin at 6 a.m. instead of 7 a.m.; councilors directed staff to survey adjacent cities and return with complaint records and policy options.
The council asked staff to research a request from a hauler to move Lake Elmo’s residential garbage collection start from 7 a.m. to 6 a.m.
A staff summary attached a letter from local garbage haulers asking the council to consider a 6 a.m. start time to improve routing and avoid daytime conflicts with construction traffic. Staff reported surrounding cities’ ordinances vary: Stillwater sets 7 a.m., Woodbury and Maplewood allow 6 a.m., and North St. Paul response was pending. Council discussion noted that construction vehicles and equipment may be on city streets before work starts, and that the city should check whether neighboring jurisdictions with 6 a.m. starts receive complaints.
Council members asked staff to survey immediately adjacent cities about their start-times and complaint records and to return with that information and proposed language if the council wishes to adopt a formal change. No vote was taken and no change was approved at the workshop.
