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The Board continued to discuss whether the levels of service would decline with either <br />Bid No. 1 (with SWDD having a reduced budget and fewer employees); or with Bid Item No. 2 <br />(Class I Landfill Operations and Maintenance plus the Customer Convenience Centers [CCCs]). <br />Mr. Unversaw assured Board members that no reductions in service would occur if <br />Republic Services receives the bid award. <br />The following speakers provided arguments in support of retaining Waste Management <br />for the Class I Landfill services and maintaining the Customer Convenience Centers under the <br />County: <br />Fred Mensing, Roseland <br />Richard Hutton, 1975 1S` Place Southwest <br />Ruby Piatt, SWDD Customer Convenience Center <br />Jens Tripson, 2525 14th Street <br />Adriene Cuffe, 695 43rd Avenue, asked the Board to defer making this decision so <br />County employees could try to effect a similar cost savings as Republic's. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Wheeler, <br />SECONDED by Chairman Solari, to approve staff's <br />recommendation <br />Commissioners Wheeler, Davis, and Solari individually expressed support for the <br />Motion, citing such reasons as: (1) current employees would be given the opportunity to work <br />for Republic Services; (2) good business practices - it is the fiscally responsible action for the <br />County to take; and (3) elimination of uncertainty for the employees who fear a job loss every <br />time the privatization issue recurs. <br />4 <br />November 16, 2010 <br />S.W.D.D. <br />