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CAN WORK OUT. HE FELT A BASIC CHARGE OF $9.00 PER TON WILL PROVIDE <br />SUFFICIENT REVENUE AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT YEAR. MR. COOLEY EXPLAINED <br />THAT FEES WILL BE BASED ON VEHICLE TYPE AS WELL AS TONNAGE. HE <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE REQUIRE SPECIAL DISPOSAL_ <br />PROCEDURES, AND THE PROPOSED RATE -SCHEDULE TAKES THIS INTO CONSIDER-. <br />ATION. MR. COOLEY WENT OVER THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SET OUT IN THE <br />RATE SCHEDULE IN DETAIL, AND RECOMMENDED THAT A DETAILED RATE STUDY BE <br />DONE AFTER A 12 MONTH PERIOD AND POSSIBLY SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE AT THAT <br />-TIME. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD <br />SET THE RATES TODAY BY RESOLUTION AND THEN PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL HAVE <br />TO BE HELD FOR THE SANITATION SERVICE FRANCHISE HOLDERS TO INCREASE <br />THEIR FEES. THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY .JANUARY 1ST WHEN THE SCALES WILL BE <br />INSTALLED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT NORMALLY IN ADVERTISING FOR A <br />PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO A CHANGE IN RATES, THE PUBLICATION SETS <br />FORTH BOTH THE EXISTING RATE AND THE PROPOSED RATE. HE, THEREFORE, <br />ASKED FOR AN APPROXIMATION OF THE RATE INCREASE THE FRANCHISE HOLDERS <br />WILL REQUIRE. <br />MR. COOLEY STATED -THAT THEY HAVE ESTIMATED THAT A HOUSEHOLD <br />GENERATES APPROXIMATELY 400 LBS. OF WASTE IN A MONTHS TIME, OR ABOUT <br />1/5 OF A TON, FOR WHICH THE DISPOSAL COST WOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF <br />$1,50 TO $1.75 PER MONTH. HE SUGGESTED AN INCREASE OF $1.70 TO $•1_.75 <br />PER MONTH. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MEET WITH THE <br />FRANCHISE OPERATORS BEFORE DECIDING ON THIS FIGURE. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO NOTIFICATION OF THE SANITA- <br />TION SERVICE CUSTOMERS, AND IT WAS FELT THIS COULD BE HANDLED BY <br />PLACING A LARGE AD AND ASKING THE PRESS•FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WILL PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER <br />FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON DEC. 21sT TO ESTABLISH RATE STRUCTURES AT <br />THE LANDFILL, AND THEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL FRANCHISE <br />HOLDER CAN BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME. HE SUGGESTED SETTING UP A <br />MEETING WITH THE SANITATION SERVICE FRANCHISE HOLDERS AND REPRESENTA- <br />TIVES OF THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES FOR TOMORROW MORNING. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED RATE SCHEDULE <br />4 <br />X244 <br />