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This Research Memorandum presents estimates of the unit cost of selected sanitation services for the City of Atlanta. The Research Memorandum was prepared at the request of Gary Cox, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the City of Atlanta. Estimates of unit costs are presented in Table 1. The remainder of the Research Memorandum explains how these unit costs were derived and provides some observations.
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