City of Bloomington, MN City News, 13 Dec 2017

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The Buzz December 13-19

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What’s buzzin’ in Bloomington? Garbage and recycling services will see a slight increase. The Human Rights Commission presented the 2017 Omar Bonderud Award to Artistry. Plus, there are reports of a new scam about water testing in Bloomington.

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Welcome to Bloomington today I'm Laurie Schulte thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the week of December 13th through the 19th. To start, we have a wrap on some of the decisions that came out of the December 4th City Council meeting rates for garbage and recycling cart service are increasing slightly. There will be a 2 percent increase on cart services and a $3 increase per tonnage for disposal that three dollars will be aggregated into the final price, meaning each household will only pay about forty to seventy five cents. More total.

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The two percent increase was planned in the contract with the consortium to take place here. Three and five, the disposal rate is managed by the Hennepin Energy and Recovery Center, which takes the materials and disposes of them overall.

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The price is still cheaper in comparison to those that did voluntarily provide information to us regarding what they've charged so the rate increase is. It varies from 40 cents to about 75 cent increase, so we're hoping that that rate increase will not impact families as much, and it will still provide a good quality service and also still provide the services that we intended to have prior to the program starting. You.

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Can see price changes on the city's website, Bloomington MN gov. You can also call for more information at nine five, two, five, six, three, eight seven, two six. At that same at Council meeting the Human Rights Commission made two presentations. One was the Omar Banda route award given to a person or group that has made a significant contribution to ensuring human rights of people in Bloomington, this year's award went to artistry.

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The arts organization was selected for its intentional effort to reach out to diverse populations, to ensure access to the Arts opportunities were creative for diverse learners, people with disabilities, older adults and people with low incomes. We.

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Have a deep conviction that the arts are not just a frill or a fluff they're, really part of what makes life meaningful and that's true for everyone and I think that the Human Rights Commission clearly recognized that as well. That access to the arts is something that should be part of every person's life. That's just baked into our mission into our history, and so, even as we, on the one hand, pursue artistic excellence, and we work to, for example, engage our region's most talented artists.

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We're also very concerned about accessibility and making sure that high quality arts experiences are a part of every person's life. It's really a basic part of what it means to be human before.

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The Omar Banda Root award presentation the HRC made a Human Rights Day proclamation December 10th is International Human Rights Day, when people are meant to reflect about the meaning importance and need for human rights. The Human Rights Commission annually recognizes the anniversary and invites its residents to continue to work toward making Bloomington a model for fair and equal rights for all people. Speaking of the City Council, one of its strategic priorities is environmental sustainability.

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That's why city staff is looking to set energy goals for the community and your input is needed. You can take the home energy survey to let city staff know how you use and think about energy. Just go to BLM dmn /xl. The effort was made possible thanks to Xcel Energy's partners in energy. Bloomington was the 14th community selected to participate in this survey in Minnesota since 2014? Finally, a heads up about a scam for water testing, a number of residents have reported people coming to their homes regarding water testing.

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They say they are on behalf of the city and the water is unsafe. They also test the water sneaked something into the glass and tell the resident. The water is dangerous. These people then try to sell a new filter or parts for water heaters. It appears they are targeting people who speak English as a second language.

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If you are approached by someone regarding your or call 911 about this scam, you can call the Bloomington police department at nine five, two five, six, three, four: nine zero 0- that is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of December 13th through the 19th. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find the video with an update on. What's next for Highland grains, golf course, after proposals were rejected to develop a part of onions lands.

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There there's also a video with some holiday shopping tips to keep you and your item safe this season, thanks for watching.

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