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Ms. M. Sullivan, Sebastian, urged the Board to retain the Convenience Center staff, and not to privatize this operation, as she felt the County employees were providing excellent service for the money. Fred Mensing, 7580 129a' Street, appealed to the Board to evaluate what could be done within the County's current Solid Waste Center's operations to increase productivity using current staff. He feared that a private company could present large fee increases. Steve Myers, Teamsters Local Union 769, declared that a public sector employer should be able to run more efficiently than a private sector employer. He reiterated the concerns of the previous speakers relative to a private contractor hiking prices. Tom Pecco, 1268 Bevin Drive, and SWDD employee, urged the Board to give the County employees a chance to enact some changes, and divulged that staff was already working with Director Mehta to make some modifications. He predicted that if the County sold its equipment and went to privatization, the private contractor would enact a rate increase, and the County would find that privatization had not been a good idea. The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION and the Board, by a 4-1 vote (Commissioner Flescher opposed) approved Option B, to develop Bid specifications, to bid the Customer Convenience Center operation and associated January 22, 2008 S.W.D.D.