Agenda - 09-30-1998 - Additional Information

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8 Financing A. All boards should endorse the implementation of an availability fee We believe that an availability fee would be a reliable method of financing future solid waste expenditures that cannot be supported by tipping fees. While all of the boards could endorse the available fee, the draft Interlocal Agreement seems to provide a contractual basis (Article V 5.05 of attachment 2) in addition to a statutory basis for imposing such a fee. It would be somewhat unwieldy to call such a fee the "Chapel Hill- Carrboro- Hillsborough- Orange County Solid Waste Availability Fee ". B. The County will operate solid waste operations as an enterprise fund, without the use of Co= general funds The draft Interlocal Agreement would continue solid waste operations through an enterprise fund. The Interlocal Agreement (Article V) provides for the utilization of other fees. C. Interlocal Aereement should allow the lead agency to raise fees by up to 10 o Article V of the Interlocal Agreement provides for the limitations on tipping fee increases. "The County may not, however, increase the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee during or at the beginning of any Fiscal Year by more than 10% without the prior consent of all the other Parties. " D. The Commissioners endorse in concept: a) financing core operations through tipping fees We support the concept of financing ore operations through tipping fees to the extent possible. b) financing solid waste collection/transportation through property taxes and collection charges We support the concept, contained within the draft Interlocal Agreement, that individual governments may organize and fund solid waste collection operations as they choose. c) financing reduction and recycling through tipping fees as possible, and availability fees where necessary We support the concept of financing waste reduction, recycling, and processing through tipping fees as possible and through availability fees where necessary.