ORD-2010-012 EMS Second Reading: Amendments to the EMS Franchise Agreement

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. - -« 13 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 comfortable with the proposed amendments that have been discussed with the County A#torney. A motions was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve the 1~lanager's Recommendation, to adopt on second reading approving amendments to the EMS Franchise Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Regulating Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Services and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators in the County of Orange," and authorize the Chair to sign; and for staff to return with a refinement that adds and defines the qualifications for at least (1) one public member too be appointed by the Board of Commissioners to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. New and Updated Clinical Services Fees for Health Department The Board considered approving new and updated clinical services fees for the Health Department. Health Director Rosemary Summers reviewed the new and updated clinical services fees for the Heallth Department, which are incorporated by reference. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve new .and updated clinical services fees for the Health Department. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Update on Solid Waste Work Group Planning Process Including Solid Waste Convenience Center Issues The Board considered an update on the general status of the Solid Waste Planning Work Group's development of the three-year update to the County-wide solid waste plan, with particular focus on the future role and funding of Solid Waste Convenience Centers and associated unincorporated County matters. Assistant: County Manager Willie Best introduced this item. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that the State of North Carolina requires that each local government update its ten-year solid waste plan every three years. The last update was due June 2009 but Orange County and its municipalities (through the Solid Waste Planning Work Group) have not yet completed the planning necessary to finalize the plan. Required elements of plan submittal include a description of all programs, services, budget, plan for waste reduction and recycling, littering and illegal dumping, solid waste collection and disposal, public education, etc. He said that historically the County has acted as lead agency in submitting a single plan on behalf of all three municipalities (excluding Mebane at this time) and the County due to the County's role owning the landfill and managing the recycling and waste reduction programs, and the Make Re~norts section of the Interlocal Agreement. The last plan submittal, for 2006, was essentially a descriptive placeholder type document, with solid waste planning activity continuing until tlhe present through the efforts of the Solid Waste Plan Work Group. The Solicl Waste Plan Work Group is made up of elected officials, staff and citizen members of the Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) from all jurisdictions, and was instituted in 2005 to create a more cohesive planning process whose intention is to bring to the governing boards concepts and recommendations on a range of county-wide waste management issues. Gayle Willson said that staff believes that the time has come to proceed toward completion of the; latest version of the 3-year update of the 10-year plan by the Work Group, not only to meet the state's three year plan update objective, but also to provide guidance to County citizens and governments with regard to future direction of recycling and waste management in