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Commissioner Bird noted that in the original instance, we would have been adding an additional company, but here we are replacing one. In further discussion, it was pointed out that the complex issue of a franchise for mobile home parks needs to be addressed, especially since it is possible that these parks may have more customers than the sanitation services. Attorney Robert Jackson came before the Board representing Rural Sanitation. He gave a history of the sanitation situation in the county since 1961, and stated the reason franchises are needed is not to prevent free enterprise, but to control it so a person can invest in the expensive equipment and trucks needed to provide this service and know he is in business. Mr. Jackson wished to know who is buying what - is Waste Management buying Indian River Sanitation and will it remain Indian River Sanitation, but Harris Sanitation will run it? He noted that when Reed Knight started up Indian River Sanitation, Rural Sanitation did not object because Mr. Knight was local and they could compete on an equal basis. They believe that Waste Management, however, would run Rural Sanitation out of business. He pointed out that Harris Sanitation admits that even though the county has denied them three times, they still come into this county. Attorney Jackson then introduced John Jennings of a solid waste management consulting firm in Orlando to explain how Waste Management was run off the Naval Station in Orlando. John Jennings informed the Board that he has had quite a bit of experience with Waste Management in Orlando and possesses a great deal of information about them, and while the Board might feel that with only two companies in the county, they are limiting free enterprise, he believed if Waste Management is allowed in, free enterprise will be eliminated altogether. DEC 16191 60