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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 15, 1999 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management Interlocal Agreement DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 6/1/99 Memo from Bob Jessup with Proposed Interlocal Agreement 6/7/99 Memo from Bob Jessup Comparison of County Proposal and Interlocal Agreement 6/10/99 Memo from Gayle Wilson INFORMATION CONTACT: John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To consider approval of an interlocal agreement between the County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough that would govern the future structure of solid waste management in Orange County. BACKGROUND: The Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement Work Group has met several times during the past few months and has made good progress toward producing an agreement that all jurisdictions will support as the basis for future solid waste governance in Orange County. Attorney Bob Jessup has drafted a revised interlocal agreement that tracks with the County's proposal for assuming overall solid waste management responsibility, while borrowing relevant sections from the November 1997 version of the previous draft interlocal agreement. Public Works staff have prepared an updated summary that points out how the elements of the Board's February 1999 proposal are incorporated into the proposed interlocal agreement. The Board may have changes to the agreement that it would like to see made before signing, or may be prepared to approve it in substantially its current form. All of the local governments have expressed an interest in trying to complete the agreement before going on summer break. Should the combination of time constraints and required modifications to the agreement preclude any or all of the local governments from signing the agreement before the summer, the Manager suggests that any such governing board adopt a resolution which indicates that Board's intent to become a party to the interlocal agreement and its view that the County and the Town of Chapel Hill should proceed with the transition activities needed to achieve a January 1, 2000 handover of operations. Attorney Jessup, Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson, and County staff will be available to respond to Board questions about the interlocal agreement.