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THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT WHEN MR. KNIGHT APPLIED FOR THE FRANCHISE <br />HE ANTICIPATED HAVING ABOUT 1,000 RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS, BUT ONLY 600 ARE <br />SHOWN ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, <br />MR. KNIGHT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SOME OF THE ACCOUNTS WENT TO <br />HIS COMPETITOR; SOME WERE NON -COLLECTABLE; AND SOME WERE OLD NAMES AND <br />ADDRESSES AND DUPLICATES. HE ACTUALLY GOT ONLY ABOUT 500 ACCOUNTS AND <br />GAINED 100 DURING THE YEAR. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR. KNIGHT HAD CONSIDERED THE AFFECT OF <br />THE NEW LANDFILL OPERATION AND STATED HE FELT THAT POSSIBLY THIS RATE IN- <br />CREASE SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP LATER WHEN THE LANDFILL IS IN OPERATION. <br />MR. KNIGHT REPLIED THAT HE HAD NO ACTUAL FIGURES ON A TONNAGE <br />COST TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE AFFECT OF THE LANDFILL, AND HE WOULD ALSO <br />HAVE TO CONSIDER THE LONG HAUL, HE POINTED OUT THAT HE IS OPERATING IN <br />THE RED WITH THE PRESENT LANDFILL AND WOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDING ANOTHER IN- <br />CREASE WHEN THE NEW LANDFILL IS PUT IN OPERATION. HE CONTINUED THAT IF HE <br />WAITED TO ASK FOR A RATE INCREASE UNTIL THE NEW LANDFILL IS OPERATING, HE <br />WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR A MUCH LARGER INCREASE ALL IN ONE LUMP, AND IT WOULD <br />ACTUALLY NOT ALL BE DUE TO THE LANDFILL AS THE INCREASE HE IS REQUESTING <br />TODAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LANDFILL, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR, KNIGHT HAD ANY FIGURES AVAILABLE AS <br />TO THE TONNAGE INVOLVED WITH HIS 600 CUSTOMERS, AND MR, KNIGHT STATED THAT <br />HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN SOME FIGURES TO POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & JERNIGAN IN <br />THIS REGARD. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT WE SHOULD KNOW THE RATES FOR <br />THE LANDFILL WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO AND FELT RATHER THAN HAVE TWO <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS, POSSIBLY THIS HEARING COULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THEN. <br />MR, KNIGHT REITERATED THAT THE INCREASED RATE HE IS REQUESTING <br />STANDS ON ITS OWN MERIT WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING THE LANDFILL, HE STATED <br />THAT RIGHT NOW HE HAS A $700 A MONTH LOSS, AND THE REQUESTED INCREASE WOULD <br />JUST MAKE IT A BREAK-EVEN OPERATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DETERMINED FROM MR. KNIGHT THAT THE COMMERCIAL <br />ACCOUNTS GENERATE ABOUT 500% OF HIS INCOME AND STATED HE FELT THIS SHOULD <br />BE CONSIDERED. <br />54 <br />FEB 91977 <br />Wit ?8 .� 406 <br />I <br />