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JUN 16 1982 TO: Board of County `Commissioners FROM: Gary M. Brandenburg County Attorney QfN( 50 fisc. fl DATE: June 3, 1982 FILE: SUBJECT: Insurance Limits on Garbage Franchises REFERENCES: The County Commission during the meeting of May 19, 1982, approved two garbage franchises. During the discussions, one of the companies suggested that the new insurance requirements were too high and costly and were not necessary. Consequently, the Board adopted the franchise with a provision that current limits of $100,000/$300,000--$1,000,000 stay in effect for 30 days; and unless the company is notified to the contrary, the limits would automatically increase to that suggested by this -office. In the interim, this office was requested to contact an insurance agent for a recommendation. SubsegAent to the meeting, I contacted Bob Jackson, attorney for Rural Sanitation; and he suggested that Mr. Hamilton G. Arden, Jr. would be the best source of such a recommendation. Mr. Arden's recommendation is attached to this letter and is self- explanatory. I would recommend that the County Commission allow the rates to automatically increase to the amounts originally proposed or in the alternative set limits higher than,that originally proposed. Commissioner Wodtke inquired if both companies were notified of this recommendation, and Attorney Brandenburg stated that Attorney Jackson representing Rural Sanitation was sent a copy of the memo, and he discussed this with the attorney for Waste Management on the phone several days ago. They had no problem with the recommendation. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Commissioner Lyons, the Board unanimously agreed to allow the garbage franchise provisions to take effect automatically -and the insurance limits to increase automatically to those originally pro- posed by the Commission.