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_I <br />DEC 171980 45 PAGE �9� <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />BIRD, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE BONDS OF ROBERT F. BALLARD, <br />FRAN 0. ROSS, AND CHARLES H. WALTERS, AS TRUSTEES OF THE INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE MEMBERS <br />OF THE BOARD. <br />SAID BONDS ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. <br />NEW STATIONERY FOR COUNTY COMMISSION OFFICES <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT NEW STATIONERY HAS <br />BEEN ORDERED AS PER SAMPLE IN THE PACKET. <br />REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING BY HARRIS SANITATION CO. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS REPORTED THAT HARRIS SANITATION CO. WISHES <br />TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SANITATION ONLY FOR THE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT <br />WE HAVE OTHER SANITATION COMPANIES PROVIDING BOTH COMMERCIAL AND <br />RESIDENTIAL SERVICE AND HE WANTED THE BOARDS OPINION AS TO WHETHER <br />WE WANT TO GIVE HARRIS A PUBLIC HEARING OR TELL THEM WE DON'T WANT <br />TO -BRING IN SOMEONE JUST FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED IF THE OTHER COMPANIES ARE WORKING <br />UNDER FRANCHISE, AND IT WAS STATED THAT THEY ARE, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FAVORED FREE ENTERPRISE AND WAS IN <br />FAVOR OF LETTING THEM IN AND LET THEM BID. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT OUR FRANCHISES ARE NOT <br />EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES, BUT IT IS UP TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER <br />THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE, HE CONTINUED THAT WE WENT <br />THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE SAME COMPANY WHICH <br />IS A SUBSIDIARY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, HE HAD NO PROBLEM ABOUT <br />GRANTING HARRIS SANITATION THE RIGHT TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR CASE <br />AND THEN MAKING A DECISION BASED UPON PRESENTATION AND NEED, BUT HE <br />DID FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IN THIS TYPE OF SERVICE THERE IS JUST <br />SO MUCH BUSINESS THAT CAN BE DONE AND SOMETIMES TOO MANY FRANCHISE <br />HOLDERS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THOSE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. <br />78 <br />