Method of conducting services on behalf of a governmental organization

• US 20050182643A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Waste Resources, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Waste Resources, Inc.
• Inventors: Shirvanian, Kosti
• Application Number:
  US11/021,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20050182643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

Services in the nature of a business rather than a governmental function are provided by an operating company jointly owned by a privately owned holding company and a governmental organization. The operating company provides these services in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction.

Claims

1. A method of conducting services in the nature of a business in collaboration with a governmental organization comprising forming an operating company jointly owned by a privately owned holding company and the governmental organization to provide such services in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction.

2. The method of claim 1 where said services comprise street sweeping.

3. The method of claim 1 where said services comprise distributing, maintaining and collecting portable toilets.

4. The method of claim 1 where said services comprise towing of abandoned or illegally parked vehicles.

5. The method of claim 1 where said services comprise trash collection.

6. A method of conducting trash collection comprising

(a) forming an operating company jointly owned by a holding company and a governmental organization to collect trash in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction,

(b) establishing accounting protocols and financial controls for the operating company to determine the profits of the operating company,

(c) sharing profits between the governmental organization and the holding company.

7. The method of claim 6 where said operating company is jointly managed by the governmental organization and the holding company.

8. A method of conducting services in the nature of a business in collaboration with a governmental organization comprising forming an operating company jointly owned by a holding company and the governmental organization to provide said services in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction, said operating company being granted by the governmental organization the exclusive right to provide said services in said geographical territory.

9. The method of claim 8 where the services comprise trash collection.

10. The method of claim 9 where the governmental organization and the holding company share profits generated by the operating company.

11. The method of claim 10 where the governmental organization foregoes selling its ownership interest in the operating company for a predetermined period.

12. The method of claim 10 where the governmental organization has the right to sell all or a portion of the governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest in the operating company.

13. The method of claim 12 where the purchase price of the governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest in the operating company is predetermined and the holding company has the right to purchase the governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest at said predetermined purchase price.

14. The method of claim 9 where the governmental organization and the holding company form a management committee for the operating company comprising members appointed by both the holding company and the governmental organization.

15. The method of claim 14 where the holding company and the governmental organization each appoint to the management committee an equal number of committee members, said members having the power to employ and discharge a general manger of the operating company responsible operations.

16. The method of claim 9 where the ownership interest and control by the governmental organization in the operating company is sufficient so the operating company may avoid payments to governmental entities otherwise imposed on a trash collection company lacking said ownership interest and control by a governmental organization.

17. The method of claim 9 where the governmental organization has the right to use its governmental authority to facilitate collection of charges to customers.

18. The method of claim 9 where the holding company provides at least in part management services to the operating company and is paid a management fee.

19. The method of claim 9 where the operating company pays a franchise fee to the governmental organization.

20. The method of claim 9 where the operating company guarantees that certain environmental standards are met and pays any fines for failure to meet these standards.

21. The method of claim 9 where the operating company indemnifies the governmental organization against claims for improper disposal of hazardous materials.

22. A method of conducting trash collection comprising forming an operating company jointly owned by a holding company and a governmental organization to collect trash in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction, said governmental organization participating in the management of the operating company and sharing profits of the operating company.

23. The method of claim 22 where the operating company has the exclusive right to collect trash in said geographical territory.

24. A method of conducting trash collection comprising forming an operating company jointly owned by a holding company and a governmental organization to collect trash in the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction under mutually acceptable terms including

(i) the governmental organization foregoing selling its ownership interest in the operating company for a predetermined period,

(ii) the governmental organization and the holding company sharing profits generated by the operating company,

(iii) the governmental organization and the holding company forming a management committee for the operating company, each appointing at least one member to the management committee.

25. The method of claim 24 where the management committee has the power to employ and discharge a general manger of the operating company responsible for operations, said general manger during his or her term of employment serving as a member of the management committee.

26. A method of conducting services in the nature of a business in collaboration with a plurality of governmental organizations, each individual governmental organization having jurisdiction over a separate geographical territory,

said method comprising

(a) forming a privately owned investment company,

(b) said investment company forming a plurality of subsidiary holding companies,

(c) each one of said subsidiary holding companies forming an individual operating company to collect trash in the territory of a different one of said governmental organizations, each one of governmental organizations acquiring an ownership interest in the individual operating company providing said services in the territory of said one governmental organization and sharing any profits generated by said individual operating company.

27. The method of claim 26 where the services comprise trash collection.

28. The method of claim 27 where each said individual operating company has the exclusive right to collect trash in the geographical territory of said one governmental organization that has an ownership interest in the individual operating company.

29. The method of claim 28 where said one governmental organization foregoes selling its ownership interest in the operating company for a predetermined period.

30. The method of claim 29 where each individual governmental organization has the right to sell all, or a portion of, said individual governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest in the mutually owned operating company to the subsidiary holding company having an ownership interest in said operating company.

31. The method of claim 30 where there is a predetermined formula for establishing the purchase price of said one governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest in the operating company.

32. The method of claim 30 where said one governmental organization and the subsidiary holding company form a management committee for the mutually owned operating company comprising members appointed by both the subsidiary holding company and said one governmental organization.

33. The method of claim 31 where the subsidiary holding company and said one governmental organization each appoint to the management committee at least one committee member, said management committee having the power to employ and discharge a general manger of the operating company responsible for operations.

34. The method of claim 27 where the ownership interest and control by said one governmental organization in the mutually owned operating company is sufficient so the operating company may avoid payments to governmental entities otherwise imposed on a trash collection company lacking said ownership interest and control by a governmental organization.

35. The method of claim 27 where the governmental organization has the power to use its governmental authority to facilitate collection of charges to customers.

36. The method of claim 27 where the subsidiary holding company provides at least in part management services to the operating company and is paid a management fee based on a percent of the revenues generated by the mutually owned operating company.

37. The method of claim 27 where the mutually owned operating company pays a franchise fee to said one governmental organization.

38. A method of conducting services in the nature of a business in collaboration with a plurality of different governmental organizations, each individual governmental organization having jurisdiction over a separate geographical territory,

said method comprising

(a) forming a non-governmental owned investment company,

(b) said investment company forming a plurality of subsidiary holding companies,

(c) each one of said subsidiary holding companies forming an operating company to provide said services in the territory of a different one of said governmental organizations wherein

(i) said one governmental organization acquires an ownership interest in the operating company and shares any profits generated by the operating company.

(ii) said operating company has the exclusive right to provide said services in the geographical territory of said one governmental organization,

(iii) said one governmental organization foregoes selling its ownership interest in the operating company for a predetermined period,

(iv) said one subsidiary holding company has the exclusive right to purchase all of said one governmental organization'"'"'s ownership interest in the operating company.

39. The method of claim 38 where a pre-established purchase price has been agreed upon.

40. A business method where a joint venture operating company in which a governmental organization has an ownership interest collects trash, said joint venture operating company primarily collecting trash from customers located in the territory over the governmental organization has jurisdiction.

41. The method of claim 40 where the joint venture operating company has an exclusive right to collect trash in said territory.

42. The method of claim 41 where the joint venture operating company pays the governmental organization monies based on profits generated by joint venture operating company.

43. A business method where a joint venture operating company in which a governmental organization has an ownership interest renders a service primarily to customers located in the territory over the governmental organization has jurisdiction, said joint venture operating company employing in connection with rendering said service an automotive vehicle that travels throughout the geographical territory over which the governmental organization has jurisdiction, said governmental organization granting to the joint venture operating company the exclusive right to provide said service within said geographical territory.