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SIONERS IN.BREVARD COUNTY REGULATE THEIR RATES. THEY NOW ARE CHARGING <br />$4.50 TO $5.00 PER MONTH FOR GARBAGE PICK-UP. <br />• IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS FRANCHISE, THERE WILL BE A CHARGE <br />OF $3.25 FOR GARBAGE PICK-UP. <br />THE BOARD QUESTIONED IF HARRIS SANITATION CAN OPERATE IN INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY FOR $3.25 WHY CAN'T THEY OPERATE IN BREVARD COUNTY FOR THE <br />SAME AMOUNT? <br />MR. HARRIS EXPLAINED THAT LABOR IS AVAILABLE IN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, AND THERE ARE NO DUMPING FEES, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED HOW MANY CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES MR, HARRIS <br />HOLDS IN THE NAME OF HARRIS SANITATION. <br />MR, HARRIS STATED THAT HARRIS SANITATION SERVICES SIX CITIES <br />AND ONE COUNTY. <br />MR, HARRIS STATED THAT HE HAS A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH WASTE <br />WATER MANAGEMENT, THEY HELP HIM PURCHASE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEY <br />RECEIVE PROFITS, MR. HARRIS STATED HE WORKS FOR THEM, BUT HE RUNS HARRIS <br />SANITATION. <br />MR. HARRIS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF HARRIS <br />SANITATION ATTEND ONE SAFETY MEETING A MONTH; THEY ARE COVERED BY INSUR- <br />ANCE AND PENSIONS; THEIR TRUCKS ARE RADIO DISPATCHED; AND THEY HAVE A <br />COMPACTOR, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF HARRIS SANITATION CHARGES THE SAME RATES <br />THROUGHOUT BREVARD COUNTY, <br />MR. HARRIS STATED THEY DO NOT; IT DEPENDS ON THE SERVICE EACH <br />CITY REQUESTS. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF HARRIS SANITATION KEEPS A SEPARATE SET <br />OF BOOKS FOR EACH FRANCHISE AREA, <br />MR. HARRIS STATED THAT HE DOES, <br />MR. HARRIS EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT HE HAS A PERSONAL CON- <br />TRACT WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT WHICH WILL EXPIRE IN 1976 AT WHICH <br />TIME IT MAY NOT BE RENEWED. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAS DONE INVESTIGATION OF <br />HARRIS SANITATION AND FOUND THAT THEIR SERVICE HAS,BEEN GOOD, BUT HIS <br />CONCERN IS WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT. HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THERE <br />ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT IN BROWARD COUNTY. <br />-48- <br />AUG 2 01975 goo 23 a*c€257 <br />