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but had not been given due consideration. Mayor Fulp stated he had given his request due consideration. Agency Appointments Councilmember Sanders tendered his resignation as Member representative from the San Bernardino Valley Municipal and nominated Councilmember Hutton to sit in his stead and he volunteered to serve as alternate. Mayor Fulp asked for legal opinion and City Attorney Biggs said that procedure is informal. Councilmember Beltran moved, seconded by Councilmember Bennett, to accept Councilmember Sander's resignation, to ratify the appointment. Unanimous vote. Sanitation Councilmember Hutton stated his presentation was in response to Councilmember Sandoval's request for a status report. Director Hutton said the Department was going to advertise the fact that they are starting to prepare the commercial bins. In the meantime, Councilmember/Director Hutton said that staff was proposing a compromise resolution to freeze all hauling rates for a period of six months. Councilmember Sandoval expounded that in response to numerous telephone calls, it appears that the City knew there would be early problems to overcome, that it could not anticipate areas of transition and there exists a need to look at an equitable rate structure. The rate freeze would afford the City an opportunity to look at the rate structure, help staff adjust rates and address the needs of the City. City Attorney Biggs stated that after a meeting last night at La Cadena Creek, to help alleviate the confusion, she had been asked by Councilmember Sandoval to prepare the proposed resolution. Councilmember Bennett objected strenuously regarding a way to work in an increase. She declared the department was currently running over the budget and that this was not the way to regulate it. She emphasized that the City is to provide service to the community not create a monopoly for the City. She stated that the City is here to provide efficient and effective service and the Council should allow that existing companies to provide that service. Councilmember Sandoval said the question was not to decide the question of hauling waste as this was determined by a 6-1 vote by the present Council. He reiterated that it was prudent to evaluate the rate structures. Motion by Councilmember Beltran, seconded by Councilmember Bennett, to consider an alternate motion that (1) the City have a management audit on sanitation and recycling and (2) extend those haulers now in place, on a month to month basis, for the six months of the freeze, and that all private haulers provide an "X" amount of dollars for such audit and the City Manager is to be allowed to W7 APR 0 4 1995