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Commissioner McKee said that he appreciates the effort to move toward single-stream. He said that the Board will be meeting with the municipalities in January and he would like to ask to move the timeline back until the Board of County Commissioners has had a chance to talk with them about solid waste. Cody Marshall said that the current contract is up June 30, 2012. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would prefer that staff keep moving ahead on the current timeline. Commissioner Jacobs said that the municipalities have been asking for single-stream and pay-as-you-throw, so this will make a partnership more attractive to the municipalities. Commissioner Gordon said that she supported Commissioner McKee's comments about not moving ahead until they have had this conversation with the towns, because the meeting is in January. The Board agreed to direct staff to continue gathering information but not to make any major decisions until after the conversation. with the towns. Commissioner Jacobs clarified that some people will continue to use the smaller bins and Cody Marshall said yes. Commissioner Gordon said that she supports what Commissioner Jacobs said about privacy and security of information obtained from the chips in the carts. Chair Pelissier asked where the single-stream would go. Cody Marshall said that there are three major markets in the area -two in Raleigh and one in Greensboro. Chair Pelissier just wants to make sure that no efficiencies are lost in the transport. 10. Countv Manager's Report Frank Clifton said that this year the County employees combined pledges for the United Way Campaign of over $30,000. Also, the Social Services Department gets together to .collect a community toy chest program. The employees gave over 6,700 toys last year. Also, the employees have talked him into the Jeans for Joy program, which is when employees can wear jeans and contribute $1 for every day they wear jeans during the month of December. Lastly, the Employee Relations Committee put together a food drive this year. 11. Countv Attorney's Report John Roberts said that once Municode gets the link up on the County website, they will not automatically be able to include amendments in the document. He is going to work with IT so that there will be links to documents with amendments that are done, pending Municode adding the amendments into the actual code of ordinances. 12. Appointments -NONE 13. Board Comments Commissioner McKee -none Commissioner Foushee said that for those members of the public who would like to contribute to the annual giving to DSS, they can mail a check to P. O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278. The website is Hillsborough-nc.toysfortots.org and gives a list of places for drop- off. Commissioner Foushee said that she attended NACo's Healthy Counties Forum in D.C. last week. Her expenses were paid in full by NACo and the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. The goal is to improve individual and community health and to assist counties to implement federal health reform.