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2 <br />• Extension of the vendor collection contract that is to expire on June 30, 2012 for one <br />additional year rather than award a new five year vendor contract through a request for <br />proposals <br />• Encourage the Town of Chapel Hill to complete its solid waste management system <br />evaluation in a reasonable period of time so that the roll cart component of the Urban <br />Curbside Program may be implemented in July 2013 <br />• Postpone the anticipated addition of new materials (such as #5 plastic cups and tubs like <br />yogurt cups and #2, #4, and #5 large bulky plastics like five gallon buckets, kid toys, and <br />flower pots) to the curbside program due to the limited capacity of the existing 18 gallon <br />bins as well as relaxing the quantity and size restrictions that now exists on cardboard <br />County staff will monitor the progress of the Town of Chapel Hill's programs and services <br />evaluation, cooperate with the Town's investigation as requested, and consider the overall <br />impacts the Town's decisions may have on all County provided services, specifically with regard <br />to future acquisition and distribution of roll carts for use in curbside recyclables collection within <br />the municipalities. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The primary impact of this recommendation is to eliminate the planned <br />Fiscal Year 2011/12 capital purchase of approximately $948,500 for 18,970 roll cart recycling <br />receptacles. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize staff to proceed <br />with implementation of single stream recyclables collection within the Towns of Carrboro, <br />Chapel Hill and Hillsborough using the existing 18 gallon bin receptacles and negotiate a one- <br />year contract renewal with the Waste Industries, Inc. for the collection of recyclables within the <br />Urban Curbside Recycling Program. <br />