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Loan cit council mrows. wit county's ump conclusions Lodi City Councilmen, at the organization needed and to The reason for setting a time their informal session manage the facility ef- limit for the transaction is to yesterday morning, agreed ficiently. give priority to the project and that Lodi should bow out of the Lodi's Councilmen, spurred spur the county on in its efforts Harney Lane Landfill by City Manager Henry to obtain anew site and get the operation, in accordance with Glaves and Public Works facility into operation. recommendations from a San Director Shelley Jones, feel Glaves told the group that Joaquin County study of the that a time limit should be set operation of a sanitary landfill problem — but with certain for the transfer. is more and more a county reservations. They agreed that the affair, because of increasing The county recommendation reasonable date for the state regulations, and also is that the City of Lodi should transition would be the end of because it is not possible for a continue the operation of the June in 1974,which marks the city to provide its own site for existing landfill site, pending beginning of a new fiscal year. such an operation. acquisition of a new site by the The matter is set for action In addition, he pointed out, county, thus allowing the at tonight's formal meeting of the county is in a better county sufficient time to gear the Council when the Landfill position to provide more up with the personnel and Study will be presented for equipment required to develop review. (Continued on Page 2,Col.5) Dump (Continued from Page One) adequate and efficient per- sonnel to manage the facility than the city could do. During the early period of yesterday's discussion, Councilman James Pinkerton declared that he favored a private enterprise operation, while Councilman Richard Hughes said that he is"not all that anxious to get out of the business while it is being run properly" and that under the present joint operation the city has a "reasonable control." However, Glaves said that increasing state regulations which must be met,along with the lack of manpower to supervise the facility have made such a transfer all but mandatory. Mayor Ezra Ehrhardt •eed, saying that new islation puts the respon- lities on the counties rather n the cities — that the vice is of a regional nature. We have reached the day in society when we cannot vide certain services by selves." ouncilmen indicated that re is no anticipated change the house-to-house pickup -vice by the franchised .venger. 'he subject of fees and the firing of revenues,discussed detail in the report, was nmented on by the coun- ren, but definite decisions re postponed pending •ther study of the issue. nerally,they agreed to "go ing" with the county !ommendations.