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STATED THAT HE DOES BELIEVE THE USER SHOULD PAY FOR.THE OPERATION, AND HE WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF PUTTING THIS ON THE AD VALOREM TAX. HE NOTED.THAT OUR FRANCHISE SANITATION SERVICES DO HAVE IDENTICAL RATES, AND EMPHASIZED THAT THE LANDFILL IS NOT GOING TO BE OPERATED IN ANY TO MAKE A PROFIT. HE MENTIONED ALTERNATIVES OF HAVING A MANDATORY PICKUP IN.THE COUNTY OR POSSIBLY CHARGING AT THE COLLECTOR STATIONS, THE CHAIRMAN AGREED THAT THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE DUMPING THEIR GARBAGE ILLEGALLY, AND NOTED THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LITTER CONTROL OFFICER. HE STATED THAT IN RE- GARD TO CHARGING DIFFERENT FEES FOR. -DIFFERENT TYPE VEHICLES, WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT ALL THESE SMALL VEHICLES ON THE SCALES, AND, IN ANY EVENT, THERE IS A $2.00 MINIMUM CHARGE. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT THE BOND ISSUE' --HAS BEEN VALIDATED, AND WE MUST ESTABLISH RATES EVEN THOUGH HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT MR. PRICES TESTIMONY IN REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS HAULED. ENGINEER KEVIN COOLEY STATED THAT THEIR ESTIMATES IN REGARD TO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND RUBBLE ARE NOT JUST AN EDUCATED GUESS. IN ADDITION TO A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH OF LOCAL RECORDS, THEY ALSO BASED THEIR FIGURES ON.STUDIES DONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. HE FELT MR, PRICES FIGURES REFLECTED SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GO ON IN THE COUNTY DAY AFTER DAY,YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND POINTED OUT MR. PRICE'S FIGURES ESTIMATE THAT A SINGLE CONTRACTOR WOULD SEND APPROXIMATELY 60 TONS OF WASTE A DAY TO THE LANDFILL. MR. COOLEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ENTIRE CITY OF VERO BEACH GENERATES AND COLLECTS WASTE AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 43 TONS A DAY, AND THEREFORE,. MR.. PRICE'S FIGURES SUGGEST THAT A SINGLE CONTRACTOR WOULD TRUCK 1-1/2 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DOES IN A DAY. MR. COOLEY DID AGREE THAT IF THEY HAVE A MAJOR PROJECT, THEY MAY TRUCK MORE IN A"jCONCENTRATED PERIOD OF TIME. 24 DEC 211977 - 33