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MR. KNIGHT POINTED OUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS TO CONSIDER - <br />THE SPECIAL COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS AND THE LIFE OF THEM AND ALSO THE AMOUNT <br />OF TIME SPENT ON RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL. HE STATED <br />THAT THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS ARE ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZING THE RESIDENTIAL <br />ACCOUNTS AND NOTED THAT BECAUSE OF COMPETITIVE REASONS, HE IS NOT CHARGING <br />COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS THE MAXIMUM THAT IS ALLOWED IN THE FRANCHISE AND, <br />THEREFORE, DOES NOT SEE ANY REASON TO ASK FOR AN INCREASE FOR SOMETHING <br />WHERE HE IS NOT ALREADY AT HI,S MAXIMUM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENT RATES <br />FOR BACK DOOR SERVICE AND CURBSIDE SERVICE. <br />MR. KNIGHT STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE AREAS CURBSIDE, <br />BUT DIFFERENTIATING IN THE RATE WOULD CAUSE BOOKKEEPING PROBLEMS AND ALSO <br />BE A PROBLEM FOR HIS HELP. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED DISCRIMINATING BY GIVING BACK DOOR <br />SERVICE TO SOME AND ONLY CURBSIDE TO OTHERS AND NOTED THAT PEOPLE WHO DO <br />BRING THEIR GARBAGE OUT TO THE SURBSIDE, WHEN THEY FORGET, ARE PENALIZED <br />BY NOT HAVING IT PICKED UP, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IT DOES NOT STIPULATE IN THE FRAN- <br />CHISE WHERE GARBAGE MUST BE PICKED UP AND MR. KNIGHT CAN RESOLVE THIS WITH <br />THE CUSTOMER, BUT UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED, HE WOULD FEEL THE BURDEN IS ON <br />THE FRANCHISE HOLDER -TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE WHEREVER IT IS. <br />MR. KNIGHT STATED THAT HE WILL BE TRYING TO HAVE MORE CURBSIDE <br />SERVICE TO KEEP THE RATES DOWN AND ALSO TO LOWER HIS INSURANCE PREMIUMS, <br />BUT NOTED THAT HE TRIED TO BUILD BUSINESS BY PROVIDING BACK DOOR SERVICE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />ARTHUR ALBRECHT OF 1465 STH PLACE ASKED IF HE SHOULD ASSUME THAT <br />WHEN THE NEW LANDFILL GOES INTO OPERATION THERE WILL BE ANOTHER RATE IN- <br />CREASE, AND THE BOARD FELT HE SHOULD. MR, ALBRECHT STATED THAT.SOME OF <br />THE OLDER PEOPLE CANNOT CARRY GARBAGE OUT TO THE CURBSIDE, AND ALSO NOTED <br />THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY D0, THE DOGS KNOCK IT OVER AND THE GARBAGE MEN <br />WON T PICK IT UP THEN. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED IF THE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINTS, THE OWNER <br />OF THE SERVICE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED. HE ASKED IF MR, ALBRECHT WOULD BE WILL- <br />ING TO PAY EXTRA FOR BACK DOOR SERVICE. <br />3 <br />55 <br />• ��Q� ice. V "a,'•' 40 <br />I <br />