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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board April 5 , 2007 Approved May 3, 2007 Pollock speculates that only if there' s a political clamor for franchising should we pursue it. Vickers states that the County Commissioners might like the franchise because it' s less money out of their capital budget. Tipton asks for clarification of which sector might be franchised, residential or commercial? Wilson replies mostly residential but some commercial has been tried not in major metro areas where it might be more difficult. Pollock states that we've been successful because our cost and quality is good . Wilson states that if you car t franchise, the private sector may cherry pick the good materials while the County is left with glass and low value plastics . If we can' t have the good staff, we don' t want the bad stuff. Pollock suggests that the group can either tackle the timeline or the tasks . Wilson states that the memo is written from me to the work group . Another way to do it is to the SWAB and you all have the responsibility to go to your respective boards . Sassaman states that the way it' s done [now] is better . Wilson states that [Blair] when this is redone you may want to add a little more context to the first paragraph that explains why we are doing this . Sassaman states that this should go beyond the workgroup . The [other] elected officials should be copied . To go back to Bonnie ' s suggestion is there anything to gain by meeting again in April . What do we think we can do to expedite this . Wilson states that nothing will be ready . Sassaman asks if there will be some preliminary information to look at on May 3rd . Wilson replies it' s hard to say . Until we get it we don ' t know how raw it will be . Sassaman states that what I am pushing against is whether we should be spending a big portion of our time on May 3rd at looking at some this in preparation for the following week ' s meeting with the work group . 5