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Naples, Florida, April 19, 1~~3
LET IT BE R~M£MBERED, that in accordance with action taken on
April 5, ]Qn3 the Board of County Commi~sloner. in and for the County
of Collier met In Work.hop S...ion on thl. date at 10,JO A.M. in
Bulldlnq .p'. of the Courthous't COJllp1C!x, I':ast Haples, Florida, with the
fOllowinq members present,
CH^InM"N:
VICE: CHAIRM.a.N:
Mary-Frances Kruse
Dav 1d C. Arown
,70hn .a.. Plator
Frederick J. Voss
C. c. ·Re~· Holland
ALSO PR£SrNT, tlinor M. Skinner, Oeputy Clerk, Knut. Hartman,
Public Works ~mlnistr~torl Burt L. f~underft, County Attorney, Crace
Spaulding, Ad~ini.tr.tive Aide to the Board, Aubrey Roqer., Sheriff,
and Deputy Chief Raymond Rarnfttt, Sheritf's Otflce.
AGENDA
Workshop re discussIon ot alternativeu tor solid waste
Collection and control ot ille~al du~pinq
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DISCUSSION OP' AI.Tr:RNATIVES P'OR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND CONTROL or
ILLECAL DUMPINC - STAP'P' TO RETURN WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
Chairman rruse explained th~t the purpose ot the workshop ia to
give statt direction on th~ numerous prohlems of solid waste pickup and
the possibilIty ot mandatory pickup. PublIc Work~ A~mini8trator ~nute
Hartman said that th~re ar~, currently, franchis. aqreements that were
recently extended flvo years and, it mandatory pickup i~ undertaken,
there would have to be a wil11nqne.. trom those franchisee. to
renegotiate those ~~r~em.nta.
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Mr. Hftrtmftn explained the current mandatory pickup method used,in
the City of Naples. Ch~lrman Kruse soid that evon If the County had
mandatory pickup, quite often thore would be major landscaping debrl.
that would h~ve to he rlisposed oC by hOMeowners and there may still be
a need for transtcr stations for that purposc.
Commissioner Pistor said lf thore waø mandatory pIckup the County
would, Sn ettect, become sale.men tor the franchi.ees. He questioned
if the transfer st~tions could handle the comracte~ deÞris from the
franchise haulers trucka and asked what would be done about the lawn
maintenanC'" roople? Rf!!lponl1lnry to CommJ!lsloner Plfltor, Mr. lI~rtman
said that It ~n !n~Jvl~uðl uscd a transfer statJon he could pay a
..rvice fee. Comml~8loner Voøø a~re~d that something haa to he done
about the lawn clippln~s. lie noted that mandatory pickup would reduce
the amount ot roadslde litter.
A discussion tollow.~ regarding the feaslbility of placing the
charge Cor mand~tory pickup on the tax blll. County Attorney Saunders
said that thia could be done if some sort of special district for .olld
waste collectIon is created. Commi.sioner Voss said if the charge
could be Some sort of tax there could be a tax exemption. R..pondlng
to Commissioner Holland, ~r. Saunders .aid he believed that, currently,
the penalty is a SSOO fine and up to ~O day. In jail for someone
convicted of littering. Sheriff Roger. explained that In order to
pro.ecute someone for littering the arresting officer ha. to .e. the
actual litterIng or there must be a aiqned ntatement from a wltne.. and
that the person ~rivlnq the vehicle must be identified. He sugqo.teð
that the persons in County vehicle. could watch for littering.
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Chairman ~ruae noted that the ~ajorlty of littering consists of
qarbaqe.
Responding to Commissioner P.o11~nd, Sheriff Roqers aaid that he
uses a certain amount of sentenced prl&oner~ for work In the kitchen
but there are not that many available for picklnq up litter along
roads. Commissioner Holl~nd asked If the Sheriff thought if there was
a ~andatory three days in jailor a S100 fine for lltterlnq if that
would have ftny effect on the littering problem and Sheriff Rogers
replied he did not think this could be done on a local level.
Commiasloner Holland said that he thought there are several piece.
of property that are owned by the County that could be U8.~ for horti-
culture dumpinq. Commission~r Pistor agreod and said that eventually
the County ~lght be able to qo into a mulch business bftcause the lawn
clippings should be recycled. A dlscussion ensued regarding a pickup
once a month for large ltcma such as dlacar~ed furniture.
····Commis.loner Brown left the room at ]111~ A.M.....
Mrs. Charlotte We8tmnn sairl she thouqht that mUltifamily, slnql.
family and co~merciðl units should be separatod wlth regard to solid
waste collection.
Chairman Kru~e a9k&d ata!f to consider what has been discussed
with regard to the problem of littering, what the average person doe.
with landscaping debrin, the transfer atatlons an~ ways to pay for
mand~tory aolld waste collection and return the recommend~tlons to the
Board.
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There being no further husinesß to come before the ~oard the
....lon adjourned at ll'25 A.M. by order of the Chair.
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