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Commissioner Bowman noted that question had been raised as <br />to why the county spent so much money on sending all the notices <br />out by first class mail, and the answer is that state law <br />required it. <br />County Attorney Vitunac also apologized for the letter of <br />notice that was sent out, and stated that he wrote it not <br />realizing people might not understand what solid waste was. He <br />agreed the tone of the letter was bad, but it was copied almost <br />verbatim from state requirements. The state does not like <br />special districts going on the tax rolls unless people are made <br />fully aware of what the consequences may be. <br />Administrator Balczun advised those.present that the <br />county is embarking on a substantial program of improvement at <br />the County Landfill. We are required to construct a new cell at <br />the Landfill for trash to be generated in the future, and the <br />estimated capital cost of the cell is about 2-114 million. In <br />addition, the law requires that we close the existing cell in a <br />particular fashion, and our engineers estimate the cost of closing <br />the existing cell to be about 1.6 million. We have options for <br />funding these costs. One would be to add the cost to the ad <br />valorem tax, but we have some difficulty with that philosophy. <br />The second alternative is some sort of special district, which we <br />feel is eminently more fair. The county is faced with the <br />problem of effectively disposing of trash. <br />Utilities Director Pinto informed those present that almost <br />two years ago, we embarked on a master plan for handling of solid <br />waste in the county, and that was completed in 1986. As a <br />community grows, the waste stream grows with it, and our estimate <br />for waste already is being exceeded by almost one hundred tons a <br />day. It is estimated that the county is generating 1.3 tons of <br />solid waste per residential unit per year. As can be seen by the <br />mountains of waste visible from 1-95 both in Indian River County <br />and Fort Pierce, all counties are faced with the same problem and <br />must handle this problem and must face the cost involved. Due to <br />DEC 2 2 1987 37 BOOK 70 ul r. 417 <br />