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interim period until a more permanent waste management solution is established. Discussions with the City of Durham have indicated a willingness of Durham to receive was#es delivered from Orange County, although no written agreement is currently in place. Landfill Closure Staff has presented the BOCC with options for the timing of the closure of the landfill that ranged from closure according to its current permit capacity that would indicate a closure sometime in late 2013. With a minor permit amendment disposal capacity could be extended to mid- 2017 and to mid- 2018 with a major permit amendment (based on recent incoming tonnages). These types of landfill permit amendments are generally considered routine from a regulatory perspective. On October 4, 2011 the Board instructed the staff not to seek an extension past the projected useful life of the landfill, which is anticipated in the spring of 2013, and inform the municipalities that the County intends to close the landfill no later than June 30, 2013. The suggested timetable for closure: • Final BOCC Closure Decision • Development of construction documents, contractor bidding and award process and execution of closure construction contract/notice to proceed - 245 days • Mobilization - 84 days • Landfill Closes (June 30, 2013?) • Construction - 182 days (regulations require closure construction to be completed within 6 months from last day of receiving waste) Engineering estimates indicate~ a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill closure cost of about $3,116,720: A minimum 30-year post-closure period would result in post-closure monitoring, maintenance and reporting cost of about $4,824,555. Additional closure and post-closure cost for the Construction & Demolition (C&D) Landfill is estimated at about $4,025,326, for a total closure and post-closure estimate of $11,966,601. As of June 30, 2011 the total liabilities of solid waste fund was $16,999,996, including capital lease and debt obligations, post- employment health care obligations, and compensated absences. As of June 30, 2011 total Solid Waste Fund cash reserves are $12,941,892. The Solid Waste enterprise fund, without considering the sale of any assets, is about $4,058,104 short of ineeting all long-term liabilities. Landfill Utilization bv Towns & County - FY 2010/11 The proportional use of the landfill (tons of municipal solid waste) by the Towns and County are as follows: Carrboro - 6,650 19 % Chapel Hill - 15,008 42 % Hillsborough - 3,185 9 % County - 10,497 30 % Total 35,340 Sinqle Stream Recvclinq