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Elaine Craig, Chris Gallegos, Terry Dorman, Roy Hudgins, Richard Quintana, Larry Villegas, Jess Castro, and John Medina. Regardless of the decision made, Lisa Aceves requested quality pick-up. She said EDCO had served her area in the past and now, with the City, quality had suffered. Mr. Dennis Butler, Chair of the Utilities Commission, posed a question regarding recycling. Former San Bernardino Councilman Ralph Hernandez was present and so recognized. CM/Director Hutton indicated that the City of Redlands conducted a study and subsequently sold COP bonds which acquired money for all its automated equipment. Director Hutton recommended COP bonds or lease purchase of the necessary equipment. CM Bennett spoke in favor of keeping the Sanitation Department in-house for better control. She encouraged the Council to look into bonding such as Redlands had obtained. Mayor Fulp inquired about going from waste to energy, EPA permits and time -frame. Director Hutton said that all EIR documents had been prepared and had gone through all the agencies. He spoke about having visited Ogden/Martin in Oregon. Director Hutton recommended converting the fleet to automated, namely, one driver per truck; reducing overhead to reduce manpower; and, to have wastestream collected instead of sending it to the land -fill. He alerted that the County is proposing to close the landfill within 18 months. Waste would have to be transported and the City would lose host city fees. CM Cook asked that the Sanitation Department be improved, reorganized and kept in-house. CM Beltran described a waste energy facility as a large facility. With no more than four facilities in the country, on experimental basis, he said it was not a feasible option. CM Hansen spoke in favor of continuing our own stream of waste and running it through a waste energy process. (2) Approve Agreement between the City of Colton and a Private Hauler for Municipal Solid Waste, Recyclable, and Greenwaste Collection and Transportation to Disposal, Composting, and Processing Facilities. City Attorney Biggs said she had received and continued to maintain custody of the sealed bids from Taormina Industries and Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. She advised that the process integrity rules, allowing no contact, were still in effect. She informed that on Tuesday she was contacted by a representative of Taormina who asked that they be allowed to submit corrections to typographical errors. CA Biggs directed that the proposed corrections be submitted in a sealed envelope. Representatives of Burrtec objected strongly to allowing the corrections and she concurred. She said that the original documents were submitted on Friday. 2 MAY 15 1996