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DEC 191979 Bea 42 PAGE 332 THAT THE CHARGES FOR DISPOSING OF STUMPS, LOGS, TREE LIMBS, BRUSH AND OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES WERE MAKING THEIR COSTS EXCESSIVE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A MORE EQUITABLE RATE, THE COUNTY INVESTIGATED AND COMMITTED TO GO AHEAD WITH INSTALLATION OF AN AIR CURTAIN DESTRUCTOR TO REDUCE THE COSTS FOR THESE TYPE OF BURNABLE ITEMS. POST, BUCKLEY, THEREFORE, NOW PROPOSES AN INTERIM RATE OF $7.00 PER TON FOR THESE TYPE OF MATERIALS, OR A $2.00 PER TON REDUCTION FROM THE NORMAL CHARGE, WHICH THEY FEEL WOULD REPRESENT A SIZEABLE SAVING FOR THIS KIND OF WASTE. (7) A LINE ITEM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED THAT IDENTIFIES BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR WORK DONE OUTSIDE THE LANDFILL. MR. COOLEY NOTED THAT HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME EXCHANGE OF EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER BETWEEN OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTY. THIS WORKS BOTH WAYS, AND ROAD & BRIDGE MIGHT SUPPLY EQUIP- MENT SOMETIMES. TO PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE SITUATION, THERE HAS TO BE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR CREDIT FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND USE OF PERSONNEL. MR. COOLEY BELIEVED THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS ESTABLISHED RENTAL RATES, AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE WORKED UP A PUBLISHED MANUAL OF RATES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT ROAD & BRIDGE, FOR INSTANCE, CHARGED THE SAME RATE AS DICKERSON, AND ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED HIM THAT THESE ARE NOT EXORBITANT FEES, BUT REALISTIC AND REASONABLE. HE STATED THAT THE LANDFILL HAS BEEN BORROWING MORE EQUIPMENT THAN VICE VERSA, AND NOTED THAT THE FEES ARE NOT SET UP ON A PROFIT BASIS. (8) THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT $20,000 BE SET ASIDE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 1979 BUDGET FOR INITIAL LANDSCAPING, AND THIS WORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME EROSION OCCURRING IN THE SIDE SLOPES, PARTICULARLY THAT FACING ALONG I-95. THE LANDSCAPING WOULD BOTH CONTROL THE EROSION