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MR, KNIGHT STATED THAT IT IS, IT IS $3.25 PER MONTH FOR TWO COLLECTIONS PER WEEK.IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND FOR COPIMERCIAL OR GOV- ERNMENT, IT IS $1.75 PER CUBIC YARD PER PICK-UP PLUS CONTAINER MAINTENANCE SERVICE FEES AS SET OUT IN THE PUBLISHED NOTICE, CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT THEY PLANNED TO USE, MR, KNIGHT SAID THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY TWO GARWOOD PACKERS FORD 800 TRUCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT, HE. ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS A MAINTENANCE SHOP WHERE HE MAINTAINS HIS GROVE EQUIPMENT AND HAS ONE FULL TIME MECHANIC AND A FULL TIME FOREMAN, PLUS A BOOKKEEPER, A SECRETARY AND RADIO EQUIPMENT, CHAIRMAN SCHMUCKER ASKED IF "IR. KNIGHT WAS PLANNING TO HIRE THE MORRILL BROTHERS WHO LOST THE FRANCHISE, MR, KNIGHT'REPLIED THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO HIRE FRED MORRILL TO RUN ONE OF THE TRUCKS, BUT WAS NOT PURCHASING ANY OF THEIR BUSINESS. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED, MR, KNIGHT FOR HIS ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS NEEDED TO BREAK EVEN, MR, KNIGHT ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE AROUND 2,000 PER TRUCK, HE STATED THAT ANDY'S SANITATION AT THE PRESENT TIME HAS ONLY ABOUT 750. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE TWO VEHICLES, YOU DONT NECESSARILY RUN BOTH OF THEM AS YOU NEED ONE FOR BACK-UP, CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED .IF HE THOUGHT THERE WERE THAT NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AVAILABLE, MR, KNIGHT STATED THAT RIGHT NOW HE FELT THERE WERE BETWEEN 700 AND 800 HE COULD SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT MR, KNIGHT WOULD USE TO SERVICE CONTAINERS, MR, KNIGHT STATED THAT HE WAS PURCHASING SUCH EQUIPMENT FROM THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AND FEELS SURE IT SHOULD MEET ALL SPECIFICATIONS, COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED HOW SOON MR, KNIGHT COULD OBTAIN THE TRUCKS HE HAS AN OPTION ON, MR, KNIGHT ANSWERED THAT IF HE EXERCISED THE OPTION THIS AFTER- NOON, HE WOULD HAVE THEM IN HIS POSSESSION IN HOLLYWOOD TOMORROW AND. WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THEM TO THE COUNTY INSTANTLY, -46- SEP 2 41975 NH' 23 pa,f j