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Council Minutes of 5/5/92 Audience Partici tion (continued) Jason s, the st ent chairperson of the levy committee speaker's bureau, spoke about student involvement. Well over 150 students have volunteered to serve on the levy committee. The students have organized ar~i supported furxi raisers which have brought in over $3,500. The students have also made signs which will be going up all over the city very soon. In addition, the students have volunteered for a door to door canvassing committee. He appealed to the members of the audience to vote "yes" on June 2. He feels it is not a matter of money, but it is a mutter of opportunities for all the children of North Olmsted. Richard Margolies, 4809 Columbia Road, Jamestown Apartments, spoke again about recycling for multi-family residences. He feels that mailti-family residences should be included in the present recycling program which is geared to single- family homes. Mr. Margolies is asking for 15 additional stops to cover 2,149 apartments throughout the city. He mentioned that apartment residents also pay the income tax which had been earmmarked for recycling. Mayor Boyle answered that he, Mr. Brotherton from BFI, and Mr. Margolies had dis- cussed this matter before the meeting. However, he would life to point out that multi-family residences would require more than one stop per week, which means that the number would be higher than 15 as miention~. by Mr. Margolies. He does agree that apartment dwellers are paying taxes which had been earmarked for recycling. He has asked Mr. Brotherton to survey all mnilti-family residences in the city and prepare a cost estimate for recycling. This is an appropriations issue that must be presented to Council. BFI will not cover multi-families under the same contract as single-families. There will be an additional cost for multi-families because the cost will be determined by weight or volume. We should strongly consider recycling for maalti-families; however, we carmot delay single-family recycling which is currently scheduled to begin on June 1. Mrs. Sa.ringer asked if Mr. Margolies planned to reduce fees to his residents in the event the city began a recycling program for multi-families. Mr. Margolies answered, "no", because he would be absorbing the extra cost for recycling since the recyclables would have to be stored separately from other trash. Mr. rs~Kay commented that he agreed that the multi-family residences deserved to have a recycling program. There is no question that the city should pick up recyclables from multi-families; it is simply a question of when it can be done. He is in favor of the city making a study; however, he does not believe that the city can set a times limit for the beginning of this program. Because only one subject matter can be addressed in an ordinance, multi-family residences carmot be incorporated into the ordinance for single-families. This will require a separate ordinance, and Mr. McKay will sponsor it if necessary. Claudia Cole, 4827 Columbia Road, said it would be beneficial for Council to include multi-families in the recycling program. Joseph Patichnia, 4835 Columbia Road, is concerned because tax money has already S been designated for recycling and he is recycling at his own cost. He urged Council to allow apartment residents to be part of the North Olmsted recycling program. 5