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Agreement for Solid Waste Management To establish a comprehensive approach to solid waste management issues, and in consideration of the promises made to one another in this Agreement, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough hereby agree as follows: 1. The County will assume solid waste management responsibility as follows: Operate the System. The County will operate the System for the benefit of the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions. The County will establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the operation and use of the System, operate the System in an efficient and economical manner and maintain the properties constituting the System in good repair and in sound operating condition. Provide solid waste disposal facilities. The County will provide System Management Facilities suitable for the disposition. of Solid Waste by the County, the Towns and the persons and- organiza~ions within their jurisdictions. The existing landfill, as well as any successor System Management Facility, will be designated to accept solid waste generated exclusively by residents, businesses and institutions located in Orange County and that portion of Chapel Hill located within Durham County, North Carolina. Determine policy. The County will have the ongoing authority and responsibility in its discretion (1) to administer and operate the System in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and (2) to determine and modify the Solid Waste Management Plan .and Policies from time to time. The Parties affirm on the date of this Agreement their commitment to the solid waste reduction goals set out in the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. The County agrees to consult with the other Parties and the Advisory Board, frequently and consistently, to determine their views on the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and possible changes thereto. Take on employees. All of the System Employees will be transferred to the County and become County employees subject to the supervision of the County Manager in the same fashion as other County employees. The Parties acknowledge that it is an important objective of this Agreement that the current total compensation package for System Employees be maintained at a substantially equivalent level through their transfer to the County, although the combination of salary and benefits for any employee may change. The Parties recognize that all components of compensation to System Employees after the transfer will be subject to changes in salaries and benefits in the same fashion as 1