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APPROVED 12/2/96 ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS SOLID WASTE SUMMIT II November 13, 1996 MINUTES The meeting was convened by Chair Carey, Jr. He welcomed the elected officials and announced that the Economic Development Center's State of the Economy breakfast would be held in the morning at the Friday Center. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and members William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis, and Don Willhoit. CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rosemary Waldorf, and members Julie Andresen, Joyce Brown, Joseph Capowski, Mark Chilton, Pat Evans, Richard Franck, Edith Wiggins and Lee Pavao. CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN PRESENT: Mayor Michael Nelson, and members Hank Anderson, Jay Bryan, Jacquelyn Gist, Diana McDuffee and Alex Zaffon. CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN ABSENT: Hilliard Caldwell HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Mayor Horace Johnson HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Kenneth Chavious, Evelyn Lloyd, Catherine Martin, Richard Simpson and Remus Smith. The meeting was turned over to Andy Sachs of the Dispute Settlement Center. He stated that the intention for this meeting was to identify a preferred management model for solid waste management in Orange County. He explained the agenda and asked for additions and changes. The options for management structure which were created at the September 30th Assembly of Governments' meeting are listed below: • Orange County Government would control the budget and set policy with the help of an Advisory Panel. • Orange County Government would control the budget with the help of an independent policy and decision making panel. • A Board independent of County Government would set both budget and policy Suggestions from the September 30th Assembly of Government's meeting for how the policy and/or decision making Board would be structured are listed below: • Four units of government would each have two members • Four units of government would each have two members with one additional member whose appointment would rotate between Orange County and Chapel Hill • Four units of government would each have two members with one additional member whose appointment would rotate between Orange County and Chapel Hill. The rotating member would vote only to break a tie vote. • No new management structure until neighbors' concerns are resolved fairly and commitments are made to 50% reduction in waste. The following needs were identified at the last Assembly of Government meeting: