County considers single-provider trash service

In 2007, the Santa Rosa County Commission notified trash haulers that it would consider creating single-provider areas in 2010. When the commission meets today, it's expected to approve a request for proposals to provide residential solid waste services to the part of the county south of the Eglin Reservation -- Gulf Breeze, Holley, Midway and Navarre and Navarre Beach.

State law requires local government to give businesses at least three years' notice before adopting a single-provider system or pay displaced companies an amount equal to their gross receipts from the affected area in the previous 15 months.

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