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• Levied on each improved property unit outside incorporated municipal limits where biweekly <br />curbside recycling pickup is available <br />• $76 plus Basic Service Fee of $36 per year <br />• Total Fee $52 per year <br />• $4.33 per month <br />Multifamily Fee <br />• $74 per unit per year <br />• Levied an each improved property unit where apartment/condominium "IUlultifamily" Type <br />service is available, regardless of location in the Gounty <br />• $74 plus Basic Service Fee of $36 per unit per year <br />• Total Fee $50 per year <br />• $4.16 per unit per month <br />Tipping Fee Revenue <br />• lipping fees used to subsidize recycling through 200910 <br />• 2004/05 $749, 537 <br />• 2005106 $859, 235 <br />• 2006/07 $994, 332 <br />• 2007!08 $847, 406 <br />• 2008/09 $1, 042, 430 <br />• 2009/10 $0 -Landfill closes <br />Recommendation <br />• BOCC review and discuss recommendation <br />• Provide additional guidance and direction to staff <br />• Adopt Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Fee for timely insertion into 2004 Property Tax bills <br />Rod Visser said that the reason they are doing this is because Orange County leads <br />the state in recycling and was the first county in the state to surpass the statewide goal. Orange <br />County has reduced its solid waste per capita by 45°l° and most of the rest of the state has <br />increased the amount of disposed waste. In a way, we are victims of our own success because <br />as the waste is reduced, the income is also reduced. He said that the interlocal agreement has <br />been in place between the County and the Towns since 1999, but this is the first time where the <br />quasi-legislative role of the Solid Waste Advisory Board comes into play. They would like to <br />implement this in July 2004. <br />Chair Jacobs said that Chapel Hill has on its agenda tomorrow night same questions <br />and concerns about the three-year solid waste plan. <br />Commissioner Brown asked what would happen if someone could not pay this extra <br />fee that is on their tax bill. Tax Collector Jo Roberson said that her understanding is that they <br />cannot use any type of forced collection on this. It will reflect as a "fee" outstanding balance <br />and not a "tax" outstanding balance. <br />Commissioner Brown said that she thought they were going to come up with an <br />appeal process for this fee for people with low income. Rod Visser said that if the Board wants <br />them to do this, they would look at it. John Link said that they did talk about it briefly. The staff <br />can address this. <br />