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Blair Pollack said that the Tawn of Chapel Hill was not involved in commercial recycling, just solid waste collection. Private companies usually do the recycling. Commissioner Jacobs would like to have the SWAB review the C&D Recycling Task Force report. He made reference to the OWASA representatives and said that they were about to receive the master planning consultant's report an the land application of bio solids and alternative disposal possibilities. He thinks it is the right time to talk about working with OWASA on possible collaborations to develop compost. He thinks the SWAB should also talk about continuing to pursue opportunities for interlocal agreements. He suggested having one or two Commissioners alternating as liaison with this board, especially at the beginning. The Board agreed to have Commissioner Jacobs as the liaison for the SWAB. Commissioner Brawn made reference to page 9, Department Assumption of Multi-Family Collections, and asked if this objective was one of the driving farces behind developing a MRF. Gayle Wilson said that this was specifically referring to the last identifiable significant opportunity to reduce the cost of services for a program that the County oversees. Currently, the Multi-Family program is done under contract and the staff has done a detailed analysis on what would happen if this were taken in-house. The analysis shows that the County could save approximately $450,000 in a six-year period by taking this program in-house. He said that this would not require a MRF, but would use up the remaining capacity of the existing recycling pad at the landfill and make it functional five days a week, eight hours a day. The recommendation is to get rid of the contract, buy a truck, hire a driver, deliver it to the pad, sort it, and get the revenue from the materials. Commissioner Brown asked what would make the MRF necessary. Gayle Wilson said that a MRF would allow a ca-mingle recycling stream and stop sorting at curbside. There would only be two compartments in the truck -paper and container - as opposed to six. The MRF allows for an increased number of collected materials and unlimited quantities of materials from the waste stream. Blair Pollock said that if the University were to get an board with the MRF it would really simplify their collection system and bring the County the kind of volume that would drive the cost per tan down. Chair Carey suggested including something about the open meetings law in the organizational section. 6. Solid Waste Financina Alternatives Rod Visser said that this was an area where the LOG did a substantial amount of work. He said that the committee never actually completed a final report, but there was quite a bit of information available concerning the discussions about the different mechanisms that were examined, including availability fees, district taxes, underwriting with property taxes, etc. John Link proposed that the staff provide the Board with a summary of all of the LOG meetings. He thinks the Board of Commissioners should consider what they believe to be acceptable financing alternatives. The SWAB could also lank at these alternatives after the Board has reviewed them. He suggested bringing this report back to the December meeting. Chair Carey said that the Board would accept the Manager's proposal to summarize the document and bring it back. Commissioner Brown asked about a tour of all the solid waste facilities. The Planning Board would also like to join the tour. The SWAB should also be invited. Commissioner Halkiotis would like more information on the machine that Judy Kincaid has that eats up everything from rocks, sheet rock, roofing shingles, etc. ADJOURNMENT With no further items to discuss, Chair Carey adjourned the meeting at 10:00 p.m. The next meeting an the approved meeting calendar will be held an September 5t" at 7:30 p.m. at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina.