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will oversee the work and monitor the contractors authorized to perform to activities. 3. Recognize and authorize appropriate annual increases in the MSW tipping fee. Increases will occur in accordance with financial projections that support the proposals outlined above and closure and post closure financial obligations. The current agreement allows a 10% annual increase. The current rate is $57 per ton MSW. 4. Select an appropria#e closing date for the landfill as a functioning operation. The estimated closure dates as proposed in the attachments and discussed earlier in ~thas abstract are approxima#e in nature. As the landfill ages solid waste compresses with time. An exact date the landfill will reach permitted capacity is a variable. The Board has the option fo extend the life of the landfill and add available funds- for the proposals outlined above along with- securing reserves for closure and post closure actions. County staff has not yet sought a permit extension, and the landfill is scheduled to close in the spring 2013. If the Board chooses to extend the life of the landfill, it will need to direct staff to file the appropriate permit applications. 5. Encourage the Towns through conversations with elected leadership to become more involved in the future of the Rogers/Eubank Road neighborhood. The improvements not eligible for funding via the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund (Sewer, community development activities, etc.) can be addressed via other revenues sources. The longer the landfill stays open the greater savings the Towns experience in waste transportation costs to a MSW landfill or transfer station elsewhere. The Towns and County could jointly address these issues collectively to lessen the financial burden upon any one government. 6. Convene a meeting with the Towns to discuss the future of MSW in Orange County. There has been a limited municipal response to taking future MSW to the City of Durham's MSW transfer station. Alternative MSW disposal options being pursued by the Towns thus far have not produced viable results. Anew interlocal agreement is necessary to address both future MSW disposal and closure, and post-closure costs and liability. Summary Prior efforts by the County and Towns did not fully address the locational impacts of the landfill upon the neighborhood after the original site decision was made. Moving forward requites a dedication by the Towns and County (together) to act appropriately in bringing some finality to these issues. Not all of the requests made by the Rogers/Eubanks. Road neighborhood exist because of the landfill, but many are a direct result of its location and operation. The MSW landfill may close in the next few years, but the C&D landfill operations will continue for many -years to come and those impacts will be ongoing.