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ATTORNEY BURCH EXPLAINED THAT THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE APPROVED <br />BY THE COUNTY WAS TO A.G. AND ETHEL MAE FITTZ, WHO LATER SOLD THE BUSINES. <br />TO WILLARD D. CHADWICK AND BOBBY DORTON. IN 1970, MR. CHADWICK AND <br />MR. DORTON SOLD THE BUSINESS TO FRED AND RICHARD MORRILL. MR. CHADWICH <br />AND MR. DORTON WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR AN "ASSIGNMENT <br />TRANSFER" OF THIS FRANCHISE, BUT NO RECORD OF THIS TRANSFER HAS BEEN. <br />FOUND. <br />ON OCTOBER 5, 1972, A LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO THE BOARD BY ATTORNEY <br />SULLIVAN REQUESTING INFORMATION AS TO WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN IN <br />ORDER TO HAVE THIS FRANCHISE TRANSFERRED TO FRED AND RICHARD MORRILL. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH, AT THAT TIME, INFORMED MR. SULLIVAN OF WHAT REQUIREMENTS <br />HAD TO BE MET. MR. SULLIVAN WAS UNDER THE INPRESSION THAT THESE IN- <br />STRUCTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD IN THE OFFICIAL <br />COUNTY RECORDS THAT THEY WERE. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH STATED THAT IF THIS FRANCHISE WAS NEVER LEGALLY <br />ASSIGNED TO FRED AND RICHARD MORRILL) THEY CANNOT ASSIGN IT TO ANYONE <br />ELSE. <br />ROBERT JACKSON, ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS RURAL SANITATION, ANOTHER <br />FRANCHISE HOLDER, STATED THAT THERE WERE FOUR SANITATION FRANCHISES <br />GRANTED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED IN <br />SELLING A FRANCHISE IS THAT IT BE SUBJECT TO THE BOARD'S APPROVAL. <br />MR. JACKSON SUGGESTED THAT SINCE FRED AND RICHARD MORRILL HAVE <br />BEEN OPERATING FOR 2 1/2 YEARS WITHOUT A FRANCHISE, THAT THE BOARD' <br />TERMINATE THE FRANCHISE AND REJECT THEIR REQUEST. <br />AFTER DISCUSSION A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CONTINUE <br />CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST FROM FRED ANDRICHARD MORRILL UNTIL <br />ATTORNEY BURCH CAN DETERMINE WHO OWNS THE FRANCHISE. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SUBLEASE BETWEEN <br />MERRIMAN & RODDENBERRY AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FOR OFFICE SPACE IN THE <br />PROFESSIONAL BUILDING ON 15TH AVENUE AND 21ST STREET, FOR THE STATE <br />ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AT $400.00 PER MONTH INCLUDING UTILITIES. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER'WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, TO ACCEPT THE SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MERRIMAN & RODDEN- <br />BERRY AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND AUTHORIZE THE SIGNATURE OF THE <br />CHAIRMAN. <br />FEL.. 5 1915 <br />-4- <br />ROO 22 PAGE 37 <br />