R98-162 GRANTING COMMERCIAL WASTE HAULING LICENSE

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Glen F. Lynch Disposal 4411 W. Cantrell Decatur, Illinois 62522 October 29, 1998 Ms. Sheri Adams Solid Waste Coordinator City of Decatur #1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza Decatur, Illinois 62523 In re: Request for Council review of Report of Hearing; Waste Manaeement of Springfield commercial license Dear 11•is. Adams: Please accept this letter as a formal request for Council review of the staff report of heari.ng and recommendation dated October 23, 1998 in the above matter. I especially take issue with two points made by the staff recommendation. First, there are currently twenty-two haulers with commercial licenses, even thouah two are have commercial licenses only. These twenty-two haulers more than adequately serve the Decatur area. Second, it is my belief that the staff recommendation does not adequately consider or give credence to the amount of revenue that will be taken out of Macon County, Illinois if Waste Management of Springfield is allowed a commercial waste-hauling license. The twenty-two commercial haulers currendy servi.ng Decatur have local offices, use the local landfill, and the revenue stays in the circle of services here in Decatur. Waste Management of Springfield has stated that they will not be using the local landfill, and they currently do not have a local office. Revenue will be taken from this community and sent outside this community to Springfield or beyond. The staff recommendation does recognize that the solid waste management industry is an evolving one. As one in the industry that certainly recognizes the truth of that statement, I cannot understand why the City of Decatur would allow the introduction of Waste Management during this point in the evolution of services. As the recommendation points out, they are a huQe n�tional company. This can, of course, have benefits for its customers, but it also has burdens too. Those burdens, such as the lack of a local contact person and the slower response