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on the commission. A letter had been received from the President of the Los Altos Hills County Fire District, Marilyn Halliday, strongly supporting the continuance of this process. A letter had also been received from Bill Siegel in which he states his opinion that it is important that the Council be the body that decides whether a Los Altos Hills resident or a councilmember should hold two seats on the commission. (Since 1981 two seats on the commission have been held by councilmembers although former councilmembers have also served on the commission.) Siegel further recommends that the Council recommend appointments to the Fire Commission to the Board of Supervisors and to further request the Commission to refrain from making such recommendations. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To direct the Mayor to send a letter to the Los Altos Hills County Fire Commission recommending Sid Hubbard for reappointment to the Fire Commission. 6.2 Recommendation for agreement with Los Altos Hills County Fire District regarding services provided by Jeanne Evilsizer — Reso # This item has been continued to the November 4, 1998 City Council Meeting. 6.3 Fiscal Year 1998-99 Goals and Objectives - First Quarter Status Council thanked the City Manager for this excellent report. 6.4 Report from Solid Waste Subcommittee on first half of year under new contract The City Manager presented a summary of his report on the first half of the year under the new �. contract with the Los Altos Garbage Company. He reported that while total revenues fell short by approximately $40,000, budgetary savings in Town expenses as well as in Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) tipping fees resulted in approximately $52,000 added to the solid waste operations reserve account. There has been very minimal can attrition during the first six months of the contract and it appeared that an increase in debris box rates was warranted. A recent survey done by the County showed that the debris box rates charged by the Town were substantially less than the county -wide average for the same size containers in other cities. The City Manger's report also included tonnage figures on the curbside yardwaste collection program as well as the dropoff program at Foothill College. A request had been received from the Los Altos Garbage Company for the Town to reconsider pursuing delinquent accounts that had been carried on the Los Altos Garbage Company's books for years. The City Manager was requesting Council direction on this request as well as on the issue of asking the garbage company to provide lids for the recycling containers. Betsy Bertram, 11854 Page Mill Road, commented that although recycling seemed to be down somewhat now, it would increase again in the spring. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed _ unanimously to direct staff to agendize a public hearing for consideration of revised rates for debris boxes, to direct staff to obtain additional information from the Los Altos Garbage Company on the issue of delinquent garbage accounts and to contact the Los Altos Garbage Company about obtaining lids for the recycling bins. 7. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB -COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES October 21, 1998 Regular City Council Meeting