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A0 THE BOARD THEN ADJOURNED AT 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON AND RECONVENED AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. THE ADMINISTRATOR READ THE FOLLOWING LETTERS FROM THE PILOT CLUB OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - VERO BEACH AND THE VERO BEACH JAYCEES •-��,• PILOT CLUB OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY-VERO BEACH VERO BEACH, FLORIDA - 32960 i November 17, 1972 Board of County Commission Court House Vero Beach, Florida Gentlemen: The attached statement showing results of Indian River County's Re- cycling Program this year, and the organizations part icipating, speaks for itself. On November S. the Vero Salvage Company, announced they would no longer accept paper for recycling. 'ven though the participating organizations voiced agreement that theywould be willing to continue such collections, without any payment from the local salvage company; if the company would continue to accept papers - the answer was still "no." This week, organizations in the recycling program met again, to examine the various Leans and costa of dealing with the collections. County Administrator Jack Jennings, City Manager John DuI°_ars and Public :Forks Director Lewis Greene attended this meeting by invitation. In our opinion, only one solution was suggested, which could realisti- cally keep our recycling program going: the use of a Transport, Transfer Container, belonging to the County, which could be used to transport"�� one -da collections__to._Rockledge.--A salvagte cora_ranyhe tre has -assured us they will accept any amadnt-of paper, with no restrictions on the amount. If the Bowra of County Co=.Assioners would agree to participate in this :tanner, the remuneration of the collections (present rate is 40¢ per 100 lbs.) would be used to offset any costs of transporting collections to Rockledge. The equipment could be set up in the centrally- locat*ed Miracle .laza, and the 3 -hour Recycling Day collections loaded into it, and it could be moved out that aft.ernoon. I,:r. Raley of Publix i-,arket assures us such procedure has the approval of the Plaza merchants. Other methods investigated are too costly to allow continuation of this program by the present organizations. Rental of.. a truck, large enough to carry 15 or more tons would be approximately 9120, without fig,. -.-ring cost for a driver. A railroad car, because of the hours of the Rockledge Salvage Company, would have to sit on the sitting for two days, making the cost prohibitive. Presant method of using, donated vehicles to transport collections would not work, taking them such a distance. The general consensus of those attending this week's meeting was we must keep Indian River County's Recycling Progran going., It is assumed collections will increase each ponth, as they have in other areas, doing similar work. The Organizations are willing to continue to man collection points, publicize and promote the event, and continue our educational program. The only stumbling block at present, is how to move tons of paper out of the county for recycling. -22- 291 ��. 6 83 �v