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APPROVED 211 412 0 0 0 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BUDGET WORK SESSION JUNE 15, 1999 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, June 15, 1999 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Alice M. Gordon and Commissioners Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen H. Halkiotis, and Barry Jacobs COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. 1. Solid Waste Management Interlocal Agreement The Board decided to go through the Solid Waste Management Interlocal Agreement and discuss only those items which are questionable. Chair Gordon said that the proposed interlocal agreement is very close to what the County Commissioners indicated they wanted in an agreement. Report from Attorney Bob Jessup on the Chapel Hill Town Council's June 14th meeting. Bob Jessup said that there were only three remaining issues that the Chapel Hill Town Council felt should be addressed in the interlocal agreement. The Town Council authorized the Mayor to complete and execute the agreement if these three points were addressed. The first point is the restrictions on the use of the 60 acres of the Greene Tract that will be conveyed to the County. The second point is to work toward a better identification in the document of the steps of the integrated solid waste management plan, and to state that the parties are committed to the goals of this plan, including the goals for reduction of solid waste and that the County is the only party that can change anything in the plan. The final point is the question of what happens to the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract. Bob Jessup said that the Chapel Hill Town Council's position is that the County is getting 60 acres and will remain a 42% owner of the remaining 109 acres, but reimbursement for the landfill function will no longer be an issue in the interlocal agreement. Commissioner Brown asked about the second point that was made by the Chapel Hill Town Council. She said that in the agreement under "Determined Policy," it does make reference to the Solid Waste Management Plan as the guiding document. She asked if this was substantial enough. Bob Jessup said that some of the Council members wanted to identify the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan with more specificity. They also wanted to include a current recommitment to the existing goals of that plan. Commissioner Carey said that he does not understand how it was assumed that the County would do something with the remaining area of the Greene Tract for its own benefit. He does not understand where this logic is coming from. Commissioner Jacobs said that he feels that the first and third points are contradictory and it cannot be both ways. He said that it is basically saying that the County is getting 60