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AGENDA #9d <br />ul u•;- a11i1►Tii <br />TO: Mayor and Town Council <br />FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager <br />SUBJECT: Response to Orange County Board of Commissioners Proposal for Assuming <br />Responsibility for Solid Waste Management Operations <br />DATE: September 28, 1998 <br />This memorandum presents a discussion of the issues raised in a letter from the Chair of the County <br />Commissioners, dated August 20, 1998. (Please see attachment to cover memorandum.) <br />BACKGROUND <br />On April 30, 1998 Margaret Brown, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners, forwarded a <br />letter to the Town Council that asked the Council its opinion on certain matters and solicited the <br />Council's thoughts on how to move to closure on the major solid waste issues facing local <br />governments in Orange County. This letter included questions related to the transfer of <br />responsibility for solid waste operations. <br />On July 8, 1998 Mayor Waldorf, based on the Council discussion of July 2, sent a response <br />(Attachment 1). <br />On August 20, 1998 Ms. Brown forwarded a proposal to the Mayor and Council expressing how <br />Orange County might assume responsibility for overall solid waste management. Ms. Brown <br />requested that the Council review the proposal carefully and respond within 60 days. <br />DISCUSSION <br />We offer our thoughts on the issues raised in the August 20 letter and propose that we prepare a <br />response to the Commissioners based on the Council's guidance. It is our recommendation that the <br />draft Interlocal Agreement (Attachment 2 - draft of Oct. 7, 1997) be utilized to the extent possible <br />and modified as necessary to record the understandings among the parties. Below we follow the <br />order of issues presented in the County's working paper of August 20, 1998, offering our comments <br />on each issue. <br />