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Board believes using a "stabilized" fee would be a preferable method of eatabliahing a rate. The <br />Board also acknowledges the benefit of this mechanism's flexibility to include or exclude tax exempt <br />or undeveloped properties and to adjust fee stnuturea when appropriate, such as with multi-family <br />housing. The m$jor concern with this mechanism is the method of administering fee collections, <br />who would do it and how would it be done? <br />4. .ach l ris is nn Fs~'bli•_hes, Imnlementa^snd -o lech its a+vn F~ <br />While the Hillsborough Board does IIt1L believe this is the best option, it still appreciates the concept <br />of giving each local governmental entity the flcxibiliry and freedom to implement the mechanisms <br />they feel are most appropriate for their jurisdiction. More specifically, the Board believes the <br />solution should be an integrated countywide plan that is administered by the agency in charge of <br />solid wastc/rccycling operations. It appears at this point that Orange County will ultimately be the <br />agency administering these functions. A uniform method of charging and fee collection would <br />ideally provide for an e#Eicient administration of the program. In addition, centralized administration <br />of a countywide plan allows the local governments to more easily support and explain the positive <br />merits of malting these noceasa:y improvements to Orange County's Solid Waste Managemrnt Plan. <br />For these reasons the Hillsborough Board is concerned that decentralizing authority for fee coAcction <br />would make it harder to educate citizens. Equally important to the Town of Hillsborough is that the <br />p~ropOSed Cha1~C 20 Hillsborough under tht$ Option e~arLet a 'fttp revere ~) ce~et t r in icasv tp the <br />Town. This type of increase would put an excessive burden on Hillsborough and is unacceptable. <br />Cnn <br />The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners believe that Alternatives #2, #3, or a combination of #2 <br />and #3 anay be viable financing mechanisms to provide the necessary subsidy to make up for the loss <br />of tipping fee revenues. <br />