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Appraiser. We are familiar with the Flagler County case, and ours is different. Mrs. Park emphasized that it is still garbage pickup, but Attorney Vitunac pointed out that there are right ways to do things and wrong ways, and Flagler County did it the wrong way. Mrs. Park repeated that the Attorney General said it could not be used as a lien against property, and she intended to look into that further. Mrs. Park pointed out that "if we had a county -wide law or a state-wide law to demand deposits on all containers that go in the Landfill, it would go a long way in paying part of that cost. It also would enable counties to reach the 30% mandated requirements immediately. She asked if the Board has considered a bottle law, and Attorney Vitunac explained that it is up to the State of Florida. Counties are not allowed to pass laws Like that. Commissioner Wheeler noted that Tallahassee has considered a bottle bill for the last 5 years, but it hasn't passed, and Chairman Eggert believed it was going to take a big citizen uprising to get that passed. Mrs. Park felt it was time to do that, and Commissioner Bowman pointed out that there is a big, big bundle of money up there that is lobbying against a bottle bill every year. Mrs. Park realized there are lobbyists up there with big bundles of money that fight against everything, but she felt it is time to have a bottle law in Florida. Chairman Eggert noted that they have the bottle bill in Michigan and it has worked very, very well. They have it in 13 other states, as well. Mrs. Park emphasized that if the State would pass a bottle law, counties would be able to reach the 30% recycling mandate immediately instead of by 19"92. Fred Mensing, Roseland resident, felt the County is going to be faced with 250 of the people asking for an exemption simply because the garbage trucks will not go down streets that are not vi 31 FOR AUG 071990 1� - J