Agenda - 02-18-1999 - Attachment 1

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Orange County Board of Commissioners Principles for Assuming Responsibility for Solid Waste Management December 8, 1998 IF 1. Solid waste continues to be managed as an enterprise operation; 2. The Greene Tract remains a landfill asset (with acknowledgement that the current Board of Commissioners has no inclination to bury mixed solid waste (MSW) or construction and demolition (C&D) waste on this property); 3. There are no restrictions on acquisition of additional acreage at the current landfill (with acknowledgement that the current Board of Commissioners has no inclination to use the Blackwood and Nunn properties); 4. All entities continue to work through the LOG until such time as the County assumes overall responsibility for solid waste management to develop options for: materials recovery, construction & demolition disposal, and a transfer station (to include examination of reconfiguring property at the Eubanks Road landfill to accommodate one or more of these facilities); 5. The Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough remain committed partners to make an enterprise operation economically viable; 6. Reduction of solid waste and the economic viability of solid waste facilities/operations are made compatible; 7. All parties approve an Interlocal Agreement after the current draft has been revised to incorporate modifications (negotiated by representatives of each governing board); 8. The County retains the freedom to implement fees; and 9. The County is not expected to use general funds to underwrite overall solid waste management activities: ~~EN 1. The County will assume solid waste management responsibility no earlier than October 1, 1999, to include current and future operations; 2. The County will accept transfer of all Chapel Hill solid waste management employees; 3. The Board of Commissioners shall approve the 1999-2000 solid waste management operating budget in June, 1999; 4. Until the County assumes responsibility, the LOG shall continue to direct solid waste management, as in the past, including operating by consensus; 5. Each government shall appoint two representatives to a Solid Waste Management Advisory Commission, pursuant to an adopted Interlocal Agreement, which shall succeed the LOG and begin meeting after adoption of the 1999-2000 budget; 6. Solid waste collection/transportation decisions will remain the prerogative of each local government entity; 7. University representatives will be invited to participate in discussions about planning and operation of the solid waste management system and facilities, even if the University chooses not to commit to participation in the solid waste management system; 8. The County will pursue a conceptual revenue structure that: ^ finances core operations (MItF, MSW and C&D Landfills) through tipping fees ^ finances collection/transportation activities through property taxes and collection charges ^ finances reduction/recycling through tipping fees to the extent practical, with the balance from availability fees 9. The County will finance community benefits through the landfill enterprise (unless Carrboro and Chapel Hill agree to earmark a portion of one cent sales taxes for their share of community benefits). FURTHERMORE The County is willing to entertain assumption by any of the other municipal partners of the lead role in solid waste management subject to the principles and conditions enumerated above.