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� <br /> Current MSW and C&D landfill tonnages,thus revenues, are declining below projected tonnages <br /> and may require a reliance on reserves to cover any possible shortfalls in operating revenue. <br /> Three-R Fees will continue to fund not only the current recycling effort,but also increasingly the <br /> hauling of recyclable yard waste, clean wood, scrap metal,appliances and tires. Some <br /> convenience center staffmg and site operations costs proportional to the area of the sites used for <br /> recycling services are also slated to be partly funded by the 3-R Fee for 2010-11 and beyond. <br /> Table 3- Revenue Sources for 2008-09 Solid Waste Mana ement <br /> Source Amount(to nearest 1,000) Comments <br /> Landfill Ti in Fees $3,481,000 <br /> 3-R Fees $3,556,000 Charged to all improved properties to <br /> cover rec clin ro am costs <br /> Recycling&Mulch Sales $ 768,000 Includes all scrap metal,compost and <br /> wood chips as well as `conventional <br /> rec clables— a er,cans,bottles <br /> White Goods&Tires $191,000 State reimbursements <br /> Landfill Penalty Fees $174,000 For illegally landfilling measurable <br /> amounts of cardboard,wood and <br /> scra metal. <br /> Other: RRMO licensing, grants, $452,000 Estimated <br /> interest income,compost bin <br /> sales, capital contributions, sales <br /> � of s lus e ui ment etc. <br /> No Transfer Station <br /> A decision was reached in December 2009 not to construct a transfer station in Orange Counfiy <br /> for at least the next several years. The implications of that decision for each of the four local <br /> governments in the County's interlocal solid waste agreement have not yet been determined <br /> although County hauling analyses show an additional annual cost in the $135,000 to $140,000 <br /> range for hauling waste from the Convenience Centers to the Durham Transfer station. Some <br /> inter-governmental discussions have taken place, but the governments have not finalized any <br /> decisions pn the future destinations of waste once the landfill closes. It is clear that each <br /> government will experience longer hauling distances and increased transport costs to move waste <br /> to an out of County destination. It is not clear whether they will a11 seek a common solution after <br /> the MSW landfill is closed in early to mid 2013. <br /> T'he County ceased its search for a site for an MS W transfer station via a motion adopted <br /> December 7, 2009 (see Appendix A) subsequent to a motion passed by the Board of Orange <br /> County Commissioners (BOCC) in 2001 sta.ted that no new MSW landfill would be constructed <br /> in Orange County. The County now seeks alternative long-term means of managing its <br /> municipal solid waste along with that of its current three municipal partners in the interlocal <br /> agreement: Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. <br /> 38 <br />