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<br />7. I'c;11o:Jinc� is a list of Florida governmental agen-
<br />cies for which Waste I•Iailage�ment, Inc. of Florida directly, or
<br />i�'.I GUei Gni Of its Sll.iSidiaries or Operating tIivlSiQnS, haS
<br />provided service in the past cold for which service is nOt
<br />pl-esently being provided. Waste Management has never had a
<br />contract cancelled for poor service or anv other reason. The
<br />reason in each case wliv we are no longer servicing ti,2
<br />.munity is that On the- latest COlii tit rii r h con, -
<br />tract,
<br />bidding O � the CO
<br />tract, we were not the low bidder. r
<br />City of Hillsborough Beach
<br />City of Ft. Lauderdale
<br />City of La;:-_ Clark Shores
<br />City of royal Palm Be-ach
<br />City of Altamonte Springs
<br />8. The "queStions and concerns" raised by "members of
<br />the public" constitute nothing more than a rambling diatribe
<br />by one person, John. Jennings, a forrmier competitor, who has
<br />en?.aged i27 a mal iC.lOils Calllpc i gn against Waste Management,
<br />Inc. of Florida for a couple of years. Dianv of his comments
<br />are in_comurehensible so-
<br />e will respolld only to the coherent
<br />allegations.
<br />To begin with, Mr. JeInings in his teStimC2 refte-red to
<br />a nation l.Jide anti -racketeering probe by the F..BI rec,Ir;ling
<br />Wast.e I'lanagel.ient, Ii:c. No one in the company is 'aware of
<br />any such investigation.
<br />P,Ir. Jennings said that the County Should "take a look
<br />at some of the Grand Jury investigations." ta'hile there have
<br />been none involving Waste Manacement, Inc. of Florida or
<br />Waste :Management, Inc., there have been two such investic_ra-
<br />tiors involving subsidiaries of ;taste Management, Inc. In
<br />1973 a State Grand Jury in Wisconsin charged an operating
<br />divisic-n of Waste Manage,:ent of Wisconsin, Inc. with collu-
<br />sive -agreements witin two competitors. Tile Operating Manager
<br />S,,,as acquitted, but tfle Wisconsin company was convicted and.
<br />-"ine,d Y , 000 . ;he other s_tuat- on involved Georgia .'taste
<br />System.s,+ Inc. a Waste I4an.agement, Inc. subsidiary doi.nq busi-
<br />ness in rticinta, Georgic;. In 1930, a Federal Grand Jury
<br />Charae� the Co mpany and tilree OtI'_�'r COmpani S in Fi` lcnta
<br />Wit?7 Co�.1U:�i`�'e praCti Ces . Tilt' atter Iicl' nOt yet C,OIle to
<br />tI"_al a.-Ld al! Cie "endantS v1gOrOUS �r assert the_r 12ii10 eI1Ce .
<br />Tnlese are the only two such proceed -Ings in a tell year period
<br />out of approximately 150 operating entitles.
<br />Ne;:t, IMr. . Jennings had much Lto say about one contract." 1.n
<br />Orlando, Flo_-ida - the Navy Buse � 'Til:_ only rel�tiVG in LE -
<br />mation regarding that matter is t at Dump 111 a si'b'si'.i... ia
<br />r y
<br />of Waste 1'1anageil;ent, Inc. of Florida, was low h4 inter on tie
<br />co ntra : t -or 2 number 'of years until the Contract was sub -
<br />d for which Dulmo All did
<br />,]ected :.G a Small Business set-aside
<br />not qU 1-fy. The SL1ccesSful bidder on the next: CGnl'ract vas
<br />OUa lity Corrugated Feed Products, which subcontracted a T33r-
<br />tion of the con -tract to Dump I':ll with the full -edge
<br />of the 1NTavv Base. CCnt::GversV arose because of the su^con-
<br />tractinc, and friendly relationship between the General
<br />Manager of Dump All and the President of quality and quality
<br />did not- bi ' the next time the contract was placed o LO_'
<br />bid. At this time the low bid,",.---- was Ronkoma, whLc: is Awned
<br />bpi a b1^;i:h 'r -i 1 ` of ice O Waste
<br />\ n- dJ G� an i ?" f tL I'ic I?c C�cei.^.i';�C, Inc.
<br />Neither Waste DI-anagement, Inc. nor any suhsldia-r, has. an`r
<br />owners1hin interest In RC? oaa, but because
<br />of the relation-
<br />S?iip by IIi trr iage, IRon'ko::l,. was d1i.squalifie d. The ma.t 'ar has
<br />bee•il %OT'1Ctten by e%o "yc)ne illt c
<br />�I 2 I1inC, I t iS 11:ci:
<br />about not.?i.na
<br />12? faCt, ' :`_ Tiit.ilt'rF'^lE.n+'. O=. JU:'iv A11 insists
<br />�erninc� cailec: attirlL. :c- �� ?
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