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MR. HARRIS STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INDICTMENT OF AN <br />EMPLOYEE FOR PRICE FIXING, EMBEZZLEMENT OR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ATTORNEY BURCH HAD <br />WRITTEN MR, NEILL ASKING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING OFFICERS OF WASTE <br />WATER MANAGEMENT WHO HAD BEEN INDICTED, AND MR, NEILL REPLIED, IN PART, <br />AS FOLLOWS: "THERE ARE NO OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED OR INDICTED <br />BY THE GRAND JURY," HE CONTINUED THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN INDICTED, <br />BUT HE FEELS HE IS INNOCENT, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED <br />A REPORT OF VARIOUS LAWSUITS AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY $9,000,000.00. <br />ON JULY 31ST THERE WAS A CONVICTION ON PRICE FIXING IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, <br />AND THERE IS CURRENTLY CIVIL LITIGATION AS WELL AS CRIMINAL LITIGATION, <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />ROBERT JACKSON, REPRESENTING A FRANCHISE HOLDER IN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY KNOWN AS RURAL SANITATION, APPEARED AND STATED HE WANTED TO GO ON <br />RECORD AS OBJECTING TO A NEW FRANCHISE BEING APPROVED IN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, <br />HE CONTINUED THAT RURAL SANITATION HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE <br />1959 AND HAS BEEN RELIABLE, IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING TO SERVICE ADDI- <br />TIONAL PEOPLE, THEY HAVE PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL NEW TRUCK, MAKING A <br />TOTAL OF SIX; THEY ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH TWO. THEY ARE NOT WORRIED <br />ABOUT BUSINESS IF SOMEONE LOCALLY WANTS TO DO IT, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE <br />IN THE COMMUNITY WHO COULD DO IT, THEY ARE CONCERNED.ABOUT A BIG COMPANY <br />COMING IN AND POSSIBLY PUTTING THEM OUT OF BUSINESS, <br />MR, JACKSON STATED THAT HE CHECKED WITH THE STATE, AND OFFICERS <br />-OF WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT ARE OFFICERS OF HARRIS SANITATION, EXCEPT <br />MR, HARRIS. <br />HE QUESTIONED'MHY, IF THEY ARE GETTING $5.00 FOR PICKING UP <br />GARBAGE IN BREVARD COUNTY, WOULD THEY WANT TO COME TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />FOR $3.25? "THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTY." UNDER SECTION 17 OF <br />THE FRANCHISE CONTRACT, IT STATES THAT,. AN APPLICATION FOR A FRANCHISE <br />SHALL NOT BE APPROVED IF THE CURRENT FRANCHISE HOLDERS ARE CAPABLE OF <br />-49- <br />AUG 2 01975 <br />B00 <br />23 PAGE25E <br />