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Director Pinto suggested since we also depend on state regulation, that we take the state law on requirements and adopt them into our franchise as our law, and if it is possible, the Utility Departments involvement would be no more than asking for the franchise and giving Mr. Galanis the authority to follow it through and take it to our own local board if there is a problem. He stressed that haulers are not a utility; they are not sewage treatment plants, and we would prefer to be out of the picture altogether except that they are dumping at the Landfill and creating a tremendous problem, which must be resolved. Mr. Pinto informed the Board that they had also looked at the possibility of franchising the operation that is proposing to accept and treat the septage, but that operation had so many aspects, i.e., turning the septage into a bi-product and selling it, using the water from the process to irrigate a nursery, etc., that he did not feel we would want to become involved in regulating it. Commissioner Bird believed that what we are trying to accomplish is more like a license, and wished to know if we can't handle this with a license rather than a franchise, which he felt grants a territory and a certain exclusive- ness. Administrator Wright believed that what we are trying to do is use the franchise part of the ordinance but make it a license, and Director Pinto confirmed that what he is saying is take the franchise rules and make them part of the license. Chairman Scurlock suggested that the Board authorize staff to iron out the details and bring back a recommenda- tion. The Board members agreed. George McCullers, septage hauler, stated that he personally could not see any advantage in having a franchise. He noted that his trucks are numbered and 13 APR 111984 gooK 56 FACE697