Actually Chris is right. Unless a council member has a special interest in this (as Steve Minn did on the former council), staff is responsible for RFP's.
Thanks for the correction, Lisa. Sorry I was wrong in my last sentence.
One other correction: Eureka has only been operating its own recycling pickup since April 2003 - so they have yet to celebrate their first anniversary as an operator.
As for Lisa's observation that councilmembers can basically do what they want, I think that undermines Grow's observation that somehow the RFP excessively binds the council. The staff provides a starting point, but the council is ultimately responsible.
It would be an interesting vote for a fiscal moderate who is also an environmentalist.
David Brauer Kingfield
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