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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 26, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. � <br /> SUBJECT: Need for a New Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> County Attorney <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) <br /> Recommended Elements of a New <br /> Interlocal Agreement <br /> 2. 1999 Interlocal Agreement Gayle Wilson 968-2885 <br /> John Roberts 245-2318 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the need for a new interlocal agreement to address solid waste <br /> planning and state reporting, recycling, municipal solid waste disposal, the future of the Greene <br /> Tract, and the future of the Solid Waste Advisory Board. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1999 Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and later Hillsborough entered <br /> into an interlocal cooperation agreement, the Agreement for Solid Waste Management <br /> ("Interlocal"), regarding the future of the Greene Tract, and also the disposal of municipal solid <br /> waste (MSW), construction and demolition waste (C&D), and recyclable materials. The <br /> Interlocal provides in great detail for the management of MSW. However, its provisions related <br /> to C&D waste and recyclable materials are extremely limited. <br /> In September 2011 the attorneys for the County and Municipalities met and discussed the <br /> Interlocal. Their determination was that upon the proposed 2013 closure of the Orange County <br /> Landfill the Interlocal effectively terminates with regard to the provisions related to MSW. Given <br /> the limited extent to which the Interlocal addresses the management of recyclable materials and <br /> C&D waste if the governing boards of the County and Municipalities desire to continue the <br /> current method of the collection and processing of recyclable materials a new interlocal <br /> agreement should be developed. <br /> With the closure of the Orange County Landfill there will also be a need to collect and manage <br /> MSW. There may be continued benefit for the County and Municipalities to cooperate for such <br /> collection and management by jointly contracting with a third party for those services. <br /> Regardless of whether the County and Municipalities continue to partner with regard to the <br /> management of MSW it is wise for the County and Municipalities to continue to partner with <br /> regard to planning for the management of MSW and recyclable materials. Joint planning, waste <br /> reduction goal setting and reporting would particularly benefit the County and assist the County <br /> in its mandated state planning responsibilities. <br />