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Commissioner Halkiotis said that he wants to make this easy for the staff to administer. He supports the Agreement as it is. He suggested asking Carrboro to trust and support Orange County to set the fee structure. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Brown to reaffirm the Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement as written. Commissioner Jacobs would rather go along with what Carrboro has requested. He said even though it is not a major issue with the Board, it is apparently a major issue with Carrboro to include two towns along with the County in the Agreement. Commissioner Brown said that while everyone supports recycling, there are all kinds of views on the level of recycling and how to go about it. Commissioner Carey said that the Board has an opportunity to build some trust by recognizing that Carrboro feels this is an important issue. He feels the Board needs to move ahead with this issue. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the LOG and said that during the last year, the County was getting voted down constantly. He feels that Chapel Hill and Carrboro should trust the County to manage the landfill operations. He wants the Board to move ahead and see what happens. He just wants to make it easy for the staff. VOTE: AYES, 3; NOS, 2 (Commissioner Carey and Commissioner Jacobs) A RESOLUTION OF AFFIRMATION (see memo from John Link) Commissioner Jacobs asked if what is in the resolution is incorporated in the Interlocal Agreement. Rod Visser said that there is language in the Interlocal Agreement that says that the County needs to have the freedom to implement appropriate fees or otherwise to adjust the system to man the fees. This resolution is just a supplement to the Agreement. John Link said that this resolution makes it perfectly clear that Orange County cannot move forward without the fees. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the Resolution of Affirmation to the Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement as stated below: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE NEED FOR ALL PARTIES TO SUPPORT A REVENUE STRUCTURE SUFFICIENT TO FINANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the governing boards of the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Orange County have upon several occasions in the past expressed their formal support for the implementation of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan and its inherent solid waste reduction goals of 45% by the year 2001 and 61 % by the year 2006; and WHEREAS, progress towards those goals will be dependent on the successful implementation of new strategies, processes, programs, and facilities that will