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r ATTORNEY COLLINS REFERRED TO THE DOCUMENTS THE BOARD HAD BEFORE THEM AND POINTED OUT THAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE VERY BROAD AND THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE, AS IT READS, IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. ATTORNEY RICHARD SALIBA, REPRESENTING RURAL SANITATION SERVICE, FELT THE BOARD MUST FOCUS ON THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT RURAL SANITATION HAS WITH THE COUNTY. HE ADDED THAT RURAL SANITATION IS CAPABLE AND DESIRES TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THE APPLICANT IS NOW REQUESTING. DISCUSSION WAS HELD ABOUT THE PRESENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THE COUNTY HAS WITH RURAL SANITATION SERVICE. ATTORNEY SALIBA REFERRED TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF HARRIS SANITATION, INC., AND OUT OF SIX OF THE OFFICERS, FIVE ARE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT. HE ADDED THAT RURAL SANITATION HAS THE TRUCKS AND THE CAPABILITY TO SERVICE LARGE AND SMALL COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ZZ YEARS, AND THERE ARE NO ACTIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR COMPANY. HE THEN DISTRIBUTED A COMPENDIUM TO THE BOARD AND READ EXCERPTS FROM IT WHICH REFERRED TO VARIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. HE READ SEVERAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THAT REFERRED,TO ON-GOING INVESTIGATIONS, ANTI-TRUST SUITS, BRIBERY CHARGES, AND CIVIL SUITS, ETC., IN CONNECTION WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. ATTORNEY SALIBA THEN COMPARED THE RECORD OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. TO RURAL SANITATION SERVICE, AND HOPED THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENTED. A COPY OF THE COMPENDIUM, PREPARED BY ATTORNEY SALIBA, IS ON RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. BOB FRYER, REPRESENTING RURAL SANITATION, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT THEY DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SERVE THE COUNTY, AND THEY PURCHASED THEIR EQUIPMENT THINKING THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THEIR FRANCHISE. COMMISSIONER BIRD MUSED THAT IF A NEED EXISTED TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION -TYPE DEBRIS COLLECTED, RURAL SANITATION SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED THIS SERVICE EARLIER.