Agenda - 02-18-1999 - Attachment 2

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A RESOUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE FINAL DETAILS OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE BY ORANGE COUNTY (98-12-7/R-1'n WHEREAS, in 1972 the governments of Carrboro, Orange County and Chapel Hill together bought a 202-acre site on both sides of Eubanks Road to serve as a landfill for solid waste from Orange County; and WHEREAS, the governments of Carrboro, Orange County and Chapel Hill agreed by contract in 1972 that Chapel Hill would operate the landfill; and WHEREAS, since 1972 the management of solid waste has developed into a much more complex and expensive operation, including federally regulated lined landfills, waste reduction and recycling programs, and the need for a variety of facilities beyond a landfill; and WHEREAS, the Landfill Owners' Group has recommended that the owners of the landfill and the Town of Hillsborough work together to develop another form of governance of the management of solid waste within Orange County; and WHEREAS, representatives of these four governments have been working since the Landfill Reorganization Work Group began meeting in April 1995, on various approaches; and WHEREAS, at the request of the November 1996 Assembly of Governments, another group of representatives from each of the four governments began meeting with an attorney to prepare a draft interlocal agreement; and WHEREAS, the eighth draft of the Interlocal Agreement was presented to the local governing bodies in the summer of 1997, proposing that one government own and operate the solid waste management system with the advice of representatives of the four local governments; and WHEREAS, in June 1997, all four governing bodies adopted and submitted to the State the outline of an integrated solid. waste management plan which included waste reduction and recycling programs; and WHEREAS, sites have been identified for a materials recovery facility and a transfer station on the current landfill site, and more than one potentially viable site for a construction and demolition waste facility have also been identified; and WHEREAS, the Landfill Owners' Group has concluded that the present system of tipping fees will not generate enough revenue to fund the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Plan and appointed an Alternative Finance Committee to explore other means of financing; and WHEREAS, the Committee has identified an availability fee and use of the General Fund as potential complements to the tipping fees, both of which would be most efficiently and effectively handled by the County;