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~qC~ r~t4/'1~ <br />3 <br />Agreement for Solid Waste Management <br />To establish a comprehensive approach to solid waste management issues, and in <br />consideration of the promises made to one another in this Agreement, Orange County and the <br />Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough hereby agree as follows: <br />1. The County will assume solid waste management <br />responsibility effective January 1, 2000. <br />QDerate the System. The County will operate the System for the benefit of the <br />County, the Towns and the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions. The County will <br />establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the. operation and use of the <br />System, operate the System in an efficient and economical manner and maintain the properties <br />constituting the System in good repair and in sound operating condition. <br />Provide solid waste disFosal facilities. The County will provide System <br />Management Facilities suitable for the disposition of Solid Waste by the County, the Towns and <br />the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions. The existing landfill, as well as any <br />successor System Management Facility, will be designated to accept solid. waste generated <br />exclusively by residents, businesses and institutions located in Orange County and that portion of <br />Chapel Hill located within Durham County, North Carolina. <br />Determine poles The County will have the ongoing authority and responsibility in <br />its discretion (1) to administer and operate the System in accordance with the Solid Waste <br />Management Plan and Policies and (2) to determine and modify the Solid Waste Management <br />Plan and Policies from time to time. The County agrees, however, to consult with the other <br />Parties and the Advisory Commission, frequently and consistently, to determine their views on <br />the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and possible changes thereto. <br />Take on em; loyees. All of the System Employees will be transferred to the County <br />and become County employees subject to the supervision of the County Manager in the same <br />fashion as other County employees. <br />The Parties acknowledge that it is an important objective of this Agreement that the <br />current total compensation package for System Employees be maintained at a substantially <br />equivalent level through their transfer to the County, although the combination of salary and <br />benefits for any employee may change. The Parties recognize that all components of <br />compensation to System Employees after the transfer will be subject to changes in salaries and <br />benefits in the same fashion as other County employees. The County and Chapel Hill will <br />develop a detailed schedule comparing the total pre-transfer and post-transfer compensation for <br />each System Employee. Chapel Hill will send a copy of the completed schedule to Carrboro. <br />Ac uire System assets. The County will acquire all right, title and interest to all <br />Existing System Assets. Title to the Greene Tract, however, shall not be conveyed to the County <br />pursuant to this paragraph; Part 3 is and shall be the only portion of this Agreement affecting the <br />state of the title to the Greene Tract. <br />