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11 <br />Agreement for Solid Waste Management <br />To establish a comprehensive approach to solid waste management <br />issues, and in consideration of the promises made to one another in <br />this Agreement, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill <br />and Hillsborough hereby agree as follows: <br />1. The County will assume solid waste management responsibility <br />e~€e e~ii*~e--.~a~a~-~~Q a s f o 11 ow s <br />Operate the System. The County will operate the System for the <br />benefit of the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations <br />within their jurisdictions. The County will establish and enforce <br />reasonable rules and regulations governing tie operation and use of <br />the System, operate the System in an efficient and economical manner <br />and maintain the properties constituting the System in good repair and <br />in sound operating condition. <br />Provide solid waste disposal facilities. The County will provide <br />System Management Facilities suitable for the disposition of Solid <br />waste by the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations <br />within their jurisdictions. The existing landfill, as well as any <br />successor System Management Facility, will be designated to accept <br />solid waste generated exclusively by residents, businesses and <br />institutions located in Orange County and that portion of Chapel Hill <br />located within Durham County, North Carolina. <br />Determine policy. The County will have the ongoing authority and <br />responsibility in its discretion (1) to administer and operate the <br />System in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies <br />and (2) to determine and modify the Solid Waste Management Plan and <br />Policies from time to time. The Parties affirm on the date of this <br />Agreement their commitment to the solid waste reduction goals set out <br />in the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. The County agrees,- <br />~~e~ to consult with the other Parties and the Advisory ^~M <br />Board, frequently and consistently, to determine their views on the <br />Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and possible changes thereto. <br />Take on employees. All of the System Employees will be <br />transferred to the County and become County employees subject to the <br />supervision of the County Manager in the same fashion as other County <br />employees. <br />The Parties acknowledge that it is an important objective of this <br />Agreement that the current total compensation package for System <br />Employees be maintained at a substantially equivalent level through <br />their transfer to the County, although the combination of salary and <br />benefits for any employee may change. The Parties recognize that all <br />components of compensation to System Employees after the transfer will <br />be subject to changes in salaries and benefits in the same fashion as <br />1 <br />