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Golden Valley

In 2019, the city organized a meeting to discuss solid waste issues, where government employees, elected officials, and industry leaders provided information and responded to questions.  Employees from Big Lake, MN and St. Louis Park, MN participated as well.  The meeting was well attended and was recorded and broadcast on the city's cable TV channel.

After council discussion, public input, and the panel discussion mentioned above, Golden Valley chose to keep citizen choice, but update their solid waste hauling license structure.  This will include updating insurance requirements, adjusting fees, and limiting licenses without attempting to kick out existing haulers currently serving the city.

Golden Valley has conducted several citizen surveys on this issue.  Below is the survey from March 2013.  The results clearly support citizen choice:

March 2013, Decision Resources Survey of Golden Valley (See pages 11-12) or see below:

Most communities have one of two systems for garbage collection. In a multiple collection system, like the City of Golden Valley, residents choose their hauler from several different companies serving the community. Other cities use an organized collection system, where the City contracts with one hauler for all or part of the city. In a multiple collection system, residents have the ability to choose, but many neighborhoods may have numerous trucks collecting garbage on their street at different times throughout the day. In an organized collection system, all residents are assigned a specific hauler, but only that company's truck appears in the neighborhood on a specific day

 84. Would you favor or oppose the City  of Golden Valley changing from the  current system in which residents  may choose from several different haulers to a system where the City  chooses a hauler for all or part of the City?  Do you feel strongly that way?

     STRONGLY FAVOR.........5%
     FAVOR.................34%
     OPPOSE................34%
     STRONGLY OPPOSE.......20%
     DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.....7%

85. Why do you feel that way?

     DON’T KNOW/REFUSED.....1%
     WANT CHOICE...........36%
     LIKE CURRENT HAULER...18%
     CHOICE IS CHEAPER......9%
     ORGANIZED CHEAPER.....12%
     LESS TRUCK TRAFFIC....20%
     LESS ROAD MAINTENANCE..4%
     SCATTERED..............1%

In another option, the City could continue to give residents the option of choosing their own hauler, but require all haulers to pick-up garbage on the same day in a neighborhood.

86. Would you favor or oppose the City  of Golden Valley continuing to allow residents to choose their  own hauler, but require all  haulers to pick-up garbage on the  same day in a neighborhood?  Do you feel Strongly that way?

     STRONGLY FAVOR........12%
     FAVOR.................51%
     OPPOSE................21%
     STRONGLY OPPOSE........7%
     DON’T KNOW/REFUSED....10%

March 2013, Decision Resources Survey of Golden Valley (See pages 11-12).

(Note: Garbage Haulers for Citizen Choice supports reasonable regulations which do not restrict citizen choice of haulers, such as requiring haulers to pick-up garbage on the same day in a neighborhood.)

​Updated 1/13/20
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