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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 15, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - Q <br />SUBJECT: Bradshaw Quarry Road Solid Waste Convenience Center: Scenarios and <br />Strategies to Maintain Operations for Remainder Fiscal Year 2009-10 <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Staff Analysis Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste <br />Management, 968-2885 <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245-2307 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the BOCC with operating scenarios and funding strategies for <br />continuing the Bradshaw Quarry Solid Waste County Convenience Center (BQR SWCC) for the <br />remainder of FY 2009-10 (January-June 2010). <br />BACKGROUND: A BOCC decision was made during the FY 2009 -10 budget process to close <br />the BQR SWCC (including the elimination of one Center Operator position) effective September <br />20, 2009. The BQR SWCC was recommended for closure due in part to its lowest statistical <br />use. At its September 15t" meeting, the BOCC rescinded the closure and stated its intent to <br />maintain BQR SWCC operations through the calendar year. <br />The BOCC adopted a budget amendment on October 20t" in the amount of $23,517 from the <br />County's undesignated fund balance to fund BQR SWCC operations until January 2, 2010. The <br />BOCC also requested a report on December 15t" with options for funding the BQR SWCC, <br />within the current Sanitation budget, for the remainder of the fiscal year. Under the current <br />format for operations/schedule, the projected cost to maintain BQR SWCC operations for the <br />remaining six-month period, January -June 2010, is $42,996, of which $24,490 are personnel <br />costs and $18,507 are operational costs. It should be noted that one full time Solid Waste <br />Convenience Center Operator position has already been vacated in anticipation of the BQR <br />SWCC closing. <br />Solid Waste Management has reviewed and considered a variety of operating scenarios and <br />funding strategies to keep the BQR SWCC open within budgetary constraints. Four different <br />models are depicted below for BOCC discussion. A staff analysis with additional details on <br />how the recommended scenarios and strategies were derived is attached as <br />background. <br />Considerable discussion on this issue also occurred at the November 17t" Solid Waste Plan <br />Work Group (Work Group) meeting. Suggestions were received from both the public and Work <br />Group on both short and long term solutions to maintain BQR SWCC operations. It was <br />