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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ ~ - h <br />SUBJECT: Commissioner Appointment -Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement Work Group <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover <br />Letter from BOCC Chair -Interlocal <br />Agreement for Solid Waste Management <br />Letter -December 2010 <br />November 11, 2010 SWAB Memorandum <br />Responses From Towns <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: To consider making a Commissioner appointment to the Solid Waste Interlocal <br />Agreement Work Group. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution in <br />December 2009 to not pursue a local municipal solid waste transfer station at this time. This <br />decision included Orange County's intention to utilize the City of Durham Transfer Station for a <br />3-5 year period following the closure of the landfill. The Towns were invited to join the county <br />until a more permanent solution was determined. Since that time it is our understanding the <br />Towns have been evaluating whether they will join the County during this interim delivery to <br />Durham or continue to explore other options as well. No town has expressed any decision <br />regarding this matter as yet. The December 2009 resolution contained directives for the Solid <br />Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) and County staff to establish a timeline and framework for a <br />process to evaluate longer-term disposal methods as well as for County staff to re-engage the <br />Towns in a process of amending the 1999 Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Disposal. <br />On November 18, 2010 during a Board of Commissioners Work Session, the Solid Waste <br />Advisory Board submitted a report (attached) recognizing the issue of revisiting the Interlocal <br />Agreement and deciding on short and long range waste disposal course of action. The SWAB <br />strongly recommended the Towns and County establish an open and collaborative process as <br />soon as possible to address both the organizational and operational issues related to future <br />local waste management. The SWAB felt it imperative that this process should be comprised of <br />elected officials and senior staff and the process should begin as soon as possible. <br />A letter, endorsed by the Board of County Commissioners, was sent in December 2010 to <br />formally request that the Towns consider establishing a working group, with representation from <br />each jurisdiction, in an attempt to address and resolve outstanding solid waste management <br />