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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 16, 1999 Action Agenda Item No. g_ 6 SUBJECT: Waiver of Landfill Fees -Eno River Association DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/l~ ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2/22/99 Memo from CH Town Manager Rod Visser, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a request from the Eno River Association regarding the waiver of landfill disposal fees. BACKGROUND: At the February 11, 1999 meeting of the Landfill Owners' Group, the LOG received an oral petition from the Eno River Association that landfill fees be waived for cleanup activities that the Association will engage in between mid-February and July, 1999. The cleanup will take place on a recently acquired tract of land that is to become part of the Eno River Park. The LOG approved the request at the February 11 meeting. The interlocal agreement between the County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro specifies that all three governing boards must agree to any changes in the landfill fee schedule. Therefore, all three owners must approve this waiver request before it can be put into effect. FISCAL IMPACT: The exact cost of this action cannot be determined at this time, because the amount of material collected through cleanup of this tract of land is unknown. The current tipping fee is $38 per ton. If the fees are waived, the cost of disposal would be absorbed in the Landfill enterprise fund administered by the Town of Chapel Hill. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board confirm the action of the LOG and approve the requested waiver of landfill tipping fees.