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RATE SCHEDULE WILL PROVIDE FAR MORE THAN IS NEEDED TO RUN THE FACILITY <br />AND, IN FACT, WILL TURN THE LANDFILL INTO A`MONEY-MAKING OPERATION. <br />HE NOTED THAT AT A CHARGE OF $6.00-A TON, IT WOULD HAVE RUN THE COST <br />OF DEMOLITION OF THE FIRESTONE STORE FROM $6,000 TO $14,000. <br />SIR. PRICE NEXT DISCUSSED THE FEES RECOMMENDED FOR VARIOUS <br />TYPE VEHICLES, SMALL CARS, PICK-UP TRUCKS, ETC. AND FELT THIS WAS <br />NOT A FAIR METHOD AS YOU MIGHT HAUL THE SAME AMOUNT IN A PICK-UP <br />AS YOU WOULD IN A SMALL CAR. THIRDLY, HE NOTED THAT EVERYONE IS <br />AWARE THAT A TON OF CEMENT AND A TON OF FEATHERS DON'T ATTAIN THE SAME <br />MASS OR BULK AND ASKED WHY BULK MATERIALS SHOULD BE BASED ON A TONNAGE <br />RATE RATHER THAN A MASS RATE. HE POINTED OUT THAT A TON OF CONCRETE <br />IS A LOT EASIER TO DISPOSE OF THAN A TON OF BRUSH. MR. PRICE THEN <br />PROTESTED THE DOUBLE CHARGE FOR UNCOVERED LOADS. HE NOTED THAT THEY <br />MAKE AN HONEST EFFORT TO TARP THE LOADS, BUT HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT <br />LEAVING THE DECISION IN REGARD TO IMPOSING THE DOUBLE CHARGE TO THE <br />DISCRETION OF ONE MAN AT THE DUMP WOULD BE FAIR. MR. PRICE CONTINUED <br />THAT IF THESE RATES ARE IMPOSED, THE COUNTY WILL FINDITS DITCHES <br />LOADED WITH LITTER AND NOTED THAT RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PUTTING THEIR <br />GARBAGE IN COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS. HE REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD HOLD UP <br />ACTING ON THESE FEES UNTIL THE SCALES ARE INSTALLED AND MORE ACCURATE <br />INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. <br />EUGENE CRAGG, FORMER MAYOR OF SEBASTIAN, SPOKE AS A PRIVATE <br />CITIZEN, AND STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF A BOND ISSUE <br />OF THIS TYPE WERE TAXED TO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY. HE AGREED THAT <br />DEBRIS IS GOING TO BE COVERING MANY AREAS] A FELT IF THE COUNTY IS <br />GOING TO CLOSE THE DUMP, PEOPLE WILL STILL DUMP THEIR GARBAGE THERE, <br />22 <br />DEC.2 11977 800w 33 78 <br />