by Logan Gruber
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The Sauk Rapids compost site is open two days a week for the season, but those who want to use it must first purchase compost stickers for their vehicles.
The stickers, which must be attached to a window of a vehicle, can be purchased at the Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N., or right at the compost site 1.25 miles north of Golden Spike Road on CR 57.
Compost site hours are noon until 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturdays.
The stickers cost $25 for the first vehicle per household and $15 for a second vehicle. If anyone sells a vehicle that has a sticker on it, that person should remove the old sticker and present it for a sticker re-issue. The cost of replacement in that case is $5.
The sticker must be placed on the lower side of the passenger window or on the side window of the passenger seat.
Those who purchase a sticker can drop off the following at the compost site: leaves, wood chips, grass clippings and rocks. That is all. The site will not accept demolition debris, lumber, concrete or shingles. Those who have vehicle stickers can take compost and firewood (when available) for personal use.
Information needed for a vehicle sticker is a driver’s license with current address, the make and model of vehicle to be registered and the license-plate number of that vehicle. Sticker purchases are strictly limited to family residents in the City of Sauk Rapids, Sauk Rapids Township or the annexed portion of Minden Township.
No multiple-family, commercial or industrial-use property will be allowed to purchase stickers, and that includes any owner-occupied duplex properties.
Elderly people without a vehicle can register a family member if they get a special form that can be filled out at Sauk Rapids Public Works, 360 Summit Ave. N. The form must accompany the member when disposing of material at the site.
Sauk Rapids Township residents will be allowed to use the compost site until December 2015, and in that month the compost committee will revisit the Sauk Rapids Township use of the site.
For more information, call Pete Eckhoff at 258-5319.
