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A lady in the audience had a question about where the surtax on tires goes and what a tire shredder costs, and Director Pinto believed that there is supposed to be a grant program developed that would allow that money to be distributed among the counties. Regarding a tire shredder, he advised it would cost about a quarter million dollars. Discussion continued, and City Manager Little pointed out that the City has a major investment in garbage compactor trucks, and they are not particularly enchanted with the idea of throwing that tremendous investment away if recycling takes place at the home. He further was of the opinion that people will object to recycling themselves; they feel they are paying for garbage service now. Director Pinto emphasized that they are not paying the City now to separate their garbage, and if we can get everyone to understand that it will cost "X" amount of dollars more to separate the garbage, and they will agree to it; then we can work it out. City Manager Little continued to emphasize that the City wants to be communicated with and wants to be part of the process. He commented that he just received information from FPi;L where they are willing to come in and contract to mass burn at $50 a ton up and you don't have to separate it. There is also talk about a national consortium for resource recovery that is trying to put together several counties and have them bring everything to a central plant which they will build. Chairman Scurlock assured Mr. Little that he, Director Pinto and our consultants have looked at all of these alternatives. He further pointed out that some time back the City opted out of the Landfill business and handed it over to the county, and with all due respect, we are going to run our own show. Commissioner Wheeler noted that neighboring counties have more high rise buildings than we do, and he felt we probably 6 N O V 17 1988 1. BOOK `75 FgE i 8