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haulers to deliver the services to the citizens of the County. He also believed that the capacity to <br />deliver those services was evaluated fairly. <br />Chairman Davis, commenting on the issues of monopoly and franchises, said he was first <br />bothered after hearing from the Rigby's that they did not have the opportunity to bid or compete; <br />but now everyone has been given that opportunity. He understood Commissioner O'Bryan's <br />comments but felt the practicality of what we feel versus reality is basically to wish that one of <br />these companies like Waste Management or TCR would give the opportunity for some of these <br />other startup companies to compete against them, later down the road. But in the real world that <br />does not happen. He also understood that it was not always possible to have local contracts, and <br />when Waste Pro backed out it weakened the arguments for CSI. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Solari, <br />SECONDED by Chairman Davis, under discussion, to deny <br />all three applications and to make no changes to the existing <br />waste hauling Franchise Agreements. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan, responding to Mr. Westover's comments about the amount of <br />staff -time that was tied up going through the process, acknowledged that this sometimes <br />happens. He said the Board had looked at the cost of privatizing the County's convenience <br />centers, and at the end of the day realized that no action was their recourse, therefore, he would <br />support the Motion. <br />The Chairman asked if there were any further input, and received none. <br />April 21, 2009 <br />S.W.D.D. <br />The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION, and by a 3-1 <br />vote (Vice Chairman Flescher dissenting, and <br />Commissioner Wheeler absent) the Board denied all three <br />10 <br />