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9 . 43.3 Primary Consitlero�iooa ro be Aadresaed it Onnge Coonty Assumn Responsibiliry tor Maeagemeot o(Solid Waste OperaEans. Town of CM1apel Hill and Cowry smff Aeve previously dedicared a sigwfiaav[ emawt oP tima and effon �o tM1e development of a transi�ion plav m facili�ace �he pomntial vansfer of responsibiliiy from Chapel Hill m the County. Prepararory work has eddresud issues mch as auWma[ioq employce compensetion, posiliun descnp�ions, ti�ancial sysreMgeneral ledgeq assar, ope�ecions, lega4 inswence, IIab01ty isswa, ovgs�ias�ioo, evd reguletory �equiremwcs. Pmgress on this transition plan smpped atier the Ocrober 199"1 Assembly of Govemments mce[ing wtil decisions coWd be eeacAed. Much work a�d many implementation details remain m be warked out, however. Staff fiom boN juosdictions refiained fiom premanuely assuming tFat the gweming boards woWd W[imamly approve such a vansition. Perso�mel relared issues ve Ne most wmplex md unsitive, end will require considerable time and care ro effecfively ica�e policies, procedures, and orAer va�sition im0ams m each afiecred employee. ArcacM1mant N& outlinas perso�el work acoomplished thus far aud remewug ro be oomplemd prior w a wmwer of mv�agement�esponsibility10 The m jor s�sff�g conside�atio� related m a porential assumption of overall wlid wu�e managemem responsibility by Orange Cowty ere prevenred be�ow: • The Town of CM1apel Hlp 9olid Was�e Depanmevt would be pans&md in i� wcirety md become a new Cowty deparwent. • The Solid Wes�e Menagement Direcror xrould become a Co�oty depenmwt head, aporcing • directly m the Cowty Mawger. This posicioq pald by Ne Landfill Fwd, would have a wo�king�iile of Assisrem w Na Menager Por Solfd Weste. • Upov �he Solid Wavte Depenment becomivg an Orengc Cowty orgariiueioq each of�Fe umevt employees, both pemuravt avd temporary, would become an Orange Cowty employee. A[Ne tlme of�his transifiou,the funcfions of the Solid Wasre Departmem would rominue as presemly swcwred and the employees' duties end respovsibilifies would wntin�e as presrn[IY%%9ippM. • To s�pport Ne vv�sifioq employce pay end benefts would be Avidled in such ways as lo provide a substantially yuivalent ro�sl compensation packege for the employew tre�sfemng Rom fie Toum of Chapel Hill to Orwge Coumy. • Upon �he vansifiov eM wiW �he pay md be�etits Rendling approved to provide a substantially eq�ivelent compeasafion packege, Ne employees would become Orange Cowty employees and be covered by tlm Cowry's persoMel policies and beneFlts. • If �he Cowty Solid Wazre PoncGOre should change in the fuwre such u tivwgA implemenmfiov of a vansfrr station oe me[enals rewvery faciGty, the Cowty would handle any �eed for f er staff or diffe�ent s+sff tivo�gA amition or reassig�went of eusting stati nther than Uvough layoff. � • a�v�omra„w.Mw.ro..orrhw•u�ni�oo,�uco.ensmm�orm.��.no��un.isse PnnteG'. OBIpBM1J62'.59 GM