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2 2. Financing of other solid waste operations should remain tipping fee based, to the maximum extent possible. As needed, supplemental revenue from user fees, solid waste availability fees, solid waste service district(s), or the like could be considered. 3. Legislative changes by the General Assembly should be sought if needed to make permissible the best combination of financing mechanisms. 4. Should Orange County assume overall solid waste management responsibility, the County general fund would not underwrite overall solid waste operations or be a source of supplemental revenue. 5. Costs of proposed community benefits that cannot legally be borne by the Landfill Fund should be shared by the jurisdictions (for example, on the basis of ownership stake in the landfill) - if not through property taxes, then perhaps through sales taxes. The towns have suggested that the County bear the costs through bonds. Impact of this on County debt structure would need to be considered. 6. Indirect cost charges to the Landfill Fund should the County assume solid waste operations would likely be higher. It appears that the Town of Chapel Hill has not been fully reimbursed over the years for its cost of administering solid waste operations. An outside consultant should be retained to do an impartial analysis of the indirect costs that should be reimbursed to the County if it assumed overall responsibility. 7. Landfill funds would need to be budgeted for planning of new solid waste operations related to a materials recovery facility (MRF), transfer station, new landfill, or the like(depending on which processing and disposal mechanisms are ultimately selected. 8. If a decision were made to consider a new landfill site, it should be done through a proactive search proces§ that solicits voluntary sale of property, and not through a process that would lead to condemnation of property for a new landfill. 9. There will be additional operating costs above the current level during the period of overlap when both current landfill operations continue and future solid waste management activities (whatever they may be) are phased in. B. Administration of Solid Waste Operations If the County assumes overall solid waste management, the Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste Department would be transferred in its entirety and become a new County department. The existing Solid Waste Management Director would become a County department head, reporting directly to the County Manager. This position, paid by the landfill fund, would have a working title of Assistant to the Manager for Solid Waste. Organization Attachment 1 shows the current organization for the Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste Department. The department is made up of two main areas: Landfill operations and recycling.