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<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Melvin and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board awarded the contract for Data Processing
<br />Consultants for the Computerized Dispatch System to the low bidder, Megathon,
<br />in the amount of $29,400.00.
<br /> Mr. Jerry Hammill, Chairman of the Cabarrus County Watershed Improvement
<br />Commission, presented the bids for the 1988-89 stream cleaning project. He
<br />reported that the 1988-89 project would include approximately 3/4 mile of
<br />Coddle Creek, a reach on Rocky River beginning at Coddle Creek extending to
<br />Roberta Road, and a reach on Rocky River beginning at Roberta Road and ending
<br />at Highway 29. The bids as received were as follows.
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<br /> SUMF~Y OF BIDS
<br />The bid from Charles R. Fisher Logging Company for clearing trees and
<br />debris from Rocky River is based on an hourly rate of $170.00. This
<br />hourly rate includes 2 (two) skidders and a 6 (six) man crew. If a bid
<br />by the mile is preferred, the company will do so.
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<br />The bid from Propst Construction Company for the clearing of Rocky River
<br />of trees and debris is based on an hourly rate of $210.00 and a weekly
<br />rate of $7,500.00. The weekly rate is based on a 40 hour work week.
<br />*not included in the bid but verbally given after the bids were opened
<br />was a dozer, an excavator, a chain saw, and possibly a four man crew.
<br />The latter could vary. A representative was to verify this in writing
<br />but failed to do so.
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<br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Moss and unani-
<br />mously carried, the Board awarded the bid for the Rocky River stream cleaning
<br />project for fiscal year 1988-89 to the low bidder, Charles R. FiSher Logging
<br />Company, at an hourly rate of $170.00 which would include two skidders and a
<br />six-man crew.
<br /> The Board expressed appreciation to Mr. Jerry Hammill for his
<br />participation in the recent delivery of hay to farmers in Ohio.
<br /> Mr. Hubert E. Hoglen, Jr, President and Owner of Royal Service, Inc.,
<br />reviewed the written request dated July 7, 1988, for approval of the transfer
<br />of the franchise now held by Royal Service Inc., to Waste Management, Inc.
<br /> Mr. John K. Stitt, Vice President of Davidson Commercial Disposal
<br />Service, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc.,
<br />stated that the closing for the sale of Royal Service, Inc., was scheduled
<br />for July 29, 1988, and that Waste Management wished to start service on
<br />August 1, 1988.
<br /> UPON MOTION of Commissioner Melvin, seconded by Commissioner Moss and
<br />unanimously carried, the Board authorized Chairman Lentz to execute the
<br />following Consent to Assignment.
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<br />CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT
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<br /> WHEREAS, DAVIDSON COMMERCIAL DISPOSAL, INC. ("DAVIDSON"), a North
<br />Carolina corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of WASTE MANAGEMENT OF
<br />CAROLINAS, INC., and ROYAL SERVICE, INC. ("ROYAL"), a North Carolina
<br />corporation have reached an agreement in principle providing for the sale by
<br />ROYAL to DAVIDSON of certain assets related to ROYAL's solid waste collection
<br />and hauling business; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, a material part of said agreement in principle is the assign-
<br />ment by ROYAL to DAVIDSON, with the consent of the County, of the solid waste
<br />collection franchise (the "Franchise") granted to ROYAL by Cabarrus County,
<br />North Carolina (the "County") and effective January 1, 1988; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, ROYAL has given notice to the County Health Department of the
<br />proposed assignment to DAVIDSON as required under Section IX(B)(1) of the
<br />Franchise ordinance; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, DAVIDSON and ROYAL each desire that the County consent to such
<br />assignment as required by Section IX(B)(1) of the Franchise ordinance;
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, on the conditions that the agreement in principle
<br />between DAVIDSON and ROYAL is consummated, that the Franchise is assigned by
<br />ROYAL to DAVIDSON, and that DAVIDSON agrees to be bound by the terms and
<br />conditions of the Franchise, the County does hereby consent to the aforesaid
<br />assignment of the Franchise.
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