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February 11, 1981 <br />INDIAN RIVER SANIT'AT'ION SERVICE <br />P.O. BOX 1356 <br />VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 <br />Phone: -569-1776 <br />To: Board of County Con i.ssioners of Indian River County <br />From: C. Reed Knight, Jr., Owner of Indian River Sanitation Service <br />Re:. Harris Sanitation Hearing for a Commercial Franchise <br />Gentleen,; <br />I want,to apologize for not being here in person today, but since it was <br />necessary for me to be out of town, I have asked my office manager Marion <br />Bossong to represent me in this matter and read you my thoughts on this.Since <br />Marion handles all my financial and business matters, I feel she will be able <br />to answer any questions you night have. <br />In the Harris Sanitation Hearing for a Commercial Franchise, there is no <br />mention of any exact specifics as to whether this franchise would be just for <br />the roll -off containers that they are presently serving in the Indian River, <br />County area or whether it would be for all Commercial Accounts. If the ConYnercial <br />Franchise would mean only the roll -off containers, I would have no objection to <br />thei± continuing to service these containers, since no one locally is financially <br />capable of providing this service, as far as I know, However,.I would not want <br />this introduction into commercial roll -offs to be a springboard for*Harris Sani- <br />tation to expand into the already competitive field of commercial customers,and <br />containers. As the County Commissioners are already aware, in reviewing our <br />financial situation at the last Rate Increase Hearing, on July 9, 1980, Indian <br />River Sanitation Service is not prospering and I feel that a further division <br />or loss of commercial customers will cause.me to have to terminate this company and <br />this.would leave only one choice of service to the residential customers of <br />Indian River County, who are the taxpayers. Therefore I oppose the Franchise as <br />it is presently written as the term "Commercial" is not specific enough for my <br />interpretation. <br />E �IA <br />C.. Reed KnighC,,✓ <br />ATTORNEY STORMS REITERATED THAT HARRIS SANITATION WAS <br />REQUESTING A FRANCHISE TO PICK UP CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND IF THERE <br />WAS NOT A NEED, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD PEOPLE CALLING THEM IN BREVARD <br />COUNTY TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. HE NOTED THAT THEY COULD ALTER THE <br />FRANCHISE TO INDICATE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ONLY. <br />ATTORNEY SALIBA REMINDED THE BOARD THAT MR. HARRIS WAS AN <br />EMPLOYEE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., AND TO CONSIDER THE FRANCHISE <br />AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY NOW HAS WITH RURAL SANITATION SERVICE. <br />