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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAS NO DOUBT ABOUT HARRIS <br />SANITATION PROVIDING SERVICE, BUT AS LONG AS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH <br />WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT, HE QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD WANTS <br />TO GET INVOLVED WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT,. WE ARE SITTING HERE TRYING <br />TO GET THE BEST SERVICE FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. i,EXT YEAR MR, HARRIS' <br />CONTRACT WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT RUNS OUT, AND WE MAY FIND OURSELVES <br />WORKING WITH WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT, <br />MR, HARRIS STATED THAT ALL THE EQUIPMENT BELONGS TO WASTE WATER <br />MANAGEMENTS HE IS PRESIDENT OF HARRIS SANITATION, BUT HARRIS SANITATION <br />IS OWNED BY WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE BOARD IS NOT ONLY CHARGED WITH <br />GETTING THE BEST SERVICE, BUT ALSO PROTECTING THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE <br />IN THE COMMUNITY, AT THIS POINT SHE IS NOT CONVINCED THAT THE BEST IN- <br />TERESTS OF THIS COUNTY WILL BE SERVED BY MAKING AN AGREEMENT WITH A <br />COMPANY THAT WE KNOW AS WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT, IT IS A LARGE COMPANY <br />AND LOCATED OUT OF THIS AREA, SHE IS NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE <br />SERVICE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO OUR COUNTY AT THIS TIME. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT WE ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO <br />EXISTING FRANCHISE HOLDERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT <br />ARE NEEDED AND ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RATE OF $3,25 COMPARED TO THE RATES <br />BEING PAID BY SURROUNDING COUNTIES, AND HE HOPES WE CAN KEEP IT AT THAT <br />LEVEL, HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT AND WAS NOT <br />IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY GETTING INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPANY. SINCE WE <br />HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY THAT ARE IN THIS BUSINESS AND CAPABLE OF PRO- <br />VIDING A SERVICE THAT COSTS LESS THAN SURROUNDING AREAS, HE DOES NOT <br />SEE THE NEED OF A LARGE COMPANY COMING IN, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE <br />RATES REMAIN AT THE LEVEL THEY ARE TODAY, HE SUGGESTED SITTING DOWN AND <br />REVIEWING THE FRANCHISE CONTRACT MORE CRITICALLY TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME <br />WAY WE CAN UPGRADE THE SYSTEM AND UPGRADE THE RATES, IT IS DIFFICULT <br />FOR A SMALL OPERATOR TO COMPETE, AND POSSIBLY WE SHOULD MAKE PROVISIONS <br />IN THE RATE STRUCTURE WITH MONEY GOING BACK TO THE SMALL OPERATOR TO <br />IMPROVE THE SERVICES. <br />-51- <br />,AUG'2 01975 <br />BOA 23 PAcF2 O <br />