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SEP 2 4198® BOOK 44 FACEB18 THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. STUART CAMPBELL OF 3035 GOLFVIEW DRIVE FELT THAT RURAL SANITATION DOES A MARVELOUS JOB, BUT NOTED THAT AN INCREASE FROM $6.00 TO $7.00 IS A 16% INCREASE, WHICH IS MORE THAN EITHER THE FIREMEN OR POLICEMEN GOT. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE CURBSIDE RE- QUIREMENT ONLY STARTED ABOUT 1-1/2 YEARS AGO, AND HE FELT THAT HAD TO BE A SAVINGS. MR. CAMPBELL NOTED THAT RURAL SANITATION HAD AN INCREASE RECENTLY AND WISHED TO KNOW JUST WHEN THEY DID HAVE THEIR LAST RAISE. HE ALSO WISHED TO KNOW HOW MUCH INDIAN RIVER SHORES WAS GOING TO BE INCREASED AND COMMENTED THAT THIS MEETING COULD SET A PRECEDENT. HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT EITHER INDIAN RIVER SHORES SHOULD BE INCREASED MORE OR HIS AREA INCREASED LESS, CITING THE RELATIVE DIFFERENCE IN DISTANCE TO THE DUMP AND THE COST OF GASOLINE AS THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE INCREASE BEING RE- QUESTED IS NOT AN ANNUAL INCREASE, AND IT CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE RATE OF INFLATION. COMMISSIONER LOY EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A COUNTY FRANCHISE AND WHILE THE DAY MAY COME WHEN WE HAVE ZONES WITH DIFFERENT RATES, AT THIS MOMENT, THEIR FRANCHISE COVERS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SHE CONTINUED THAT IN MAY OF 1977, RURAL SANITATION DID RECEIVE A RATE INCREASE FROM $3.75 PER MONTH TO $4.25, AND THEN, IN FEBRUARY OF 19781 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GAVE THEM A $1.75 PER MONTH INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE NEW LANDFILL CHARGES. THAT $1.75 WAS NOT A RATE INCREASE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TO ALLOW FOR THE LANDFILL CHARGES; S0, THEIR LAST INCREASE WAS IN 1977. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, AGREED THAT THE SERVICE GIVEN BY RURAL SANITATION HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. HE ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY LIMITATION ON THE PICKUP. HE NOTED AT TIMES WHEN HE HAS AN EXTRA BAG OR S0, SOMETIMES IT IS PICKED UP AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT. MR. FRYER STATED THAT HE TRIES TO PICK UP WHATEVER IS PUT OUT WITHIN REASON, BUT OCCASIONALLY THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH NEW HELP. W