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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />i~~S _a oas _ a,~s <br />Resolution Opposing <br />NC Senate Bill 951 -Public-Private Solid Waste Collection <br />~ 0?3 <br />WHEREAS, County and municipal governments have been granted by the NC General <br />Statutes the authority to enter into service contracts with the private sector; and, <br />WHEREAS, County and municipal governments are responsible for delivery of basic <br />services to their citizens; and, <br />WHEREAS, County and municipal governments do enter into contracts with the private <br />sector and also may choose to provide governmentally operated solid waste and <br />recycling services, depending on local circumstances and priorities; and, <br />WHEREAS, County and municipal governments continually strive to provide solid waste <br />and recycling services in an efficient and cost-effective manner, consistent with local <br />environmental ethics and service standards; and <br />WHEREAS, Senate Bill 951 would make it difficult or in some cases cost-prohibitive for <br />county and municipal governments with private hauling contracts, or even absent any <br />existing contractual hauling arrangements, to investigate different methods of service <br />delivery that would make these contracts or services more efficient and cost-effective, <br />and which would have the effect of constraining local government provision of waste and <br />recycling collections; and, <br />WHEREAS, Senate Bill 951 rewards the private sector and penalizes County and <br />municipal governments in their attempts to make changes in their solid waste service <br />delivery that could have the potential to reduce the cost, improve the quality of service, <br />or meet local waste reduction goals; <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners is opposed to Senate Bill 951 as being unreasonable and unnecessary <br />and urges members of the Orange County's legislative delegation as well as all <br />members of the General Assembly to oppose any efforts to limit local governments' <br />opportunities in their solid waste service delivery to reduce costs, improve the quality of <br />service, and/or meet local waste reduction goals. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if Senate Bill 951 or other legislation having similar <br />impacts is adopted by the General Assembly, the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners urges Governor Michael F. Easley to veto this legislation. <br />This the 23'~ day of June 2005. <br /> <br />_saaS <br />c <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />