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