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Chair Carey asked how much grant money have they received and Eric Griffin <br />said that they have received approximately $4 million so far. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not support buying the magnets for the <br />reference cards. He would rather save $12,000. <br />Jahn Link said that they would pursue option one for the reference card <br />distribution. <br />Jack Ball said that they would be seeking other avenues such as trying to get <br />some Orange County businesses to help sponsor these cards. <br />2. Solid Waste Matters <br />Rod Visser said that an initiative came up in August and they were approached <br />by Alamance County officials to look, conceptually, if Orange County would have any <br />interest with Alamance County receiving Orange County's waste. The second item is <br />the Highway 57 solid waste convenience center and that the lease will expire on April 1, <br />2006. They are exploring options for this. They are certainly working hard on a fallback <br />option. Thirdly, the staff will give an update on the SWAB and the three-year update to <br />the ten-year solid waste management plan that is due to the State in June 2006. <br />Solid Waster Director Gayle Wilson said that there was a meeting in August in <br />Graham, with Alamance County officials and Chair Carey, John Link, and himself <br />attending. The purpose of the meeting was that they were asked by Alamance County if <br />Orange County would be interested in delivering its waste to Alamance County if <br />Alamance County would be willing to receive it. There was no promise from Alamance <br />County to take the waste if Orange County said yes, but only an inquiry if Orange <br />County would be interested. An analysis was performed and the Engineering Consultant <br />looked at it also. The memorandum attached to the report provides an overview of the <br />options. The prerequisites to transferring waste out of County are: <br />• development of a transfer station <br />• procurement of the out of county disposal site <br />• procurement of hauling services (contractor in-house) <br />The consultant concluded that Orange County should proceed with the original <br />plan to develop a transfer station when the landfill reaches capacity because of the <br />modest landfill space savings to be achieved, coupled with the additional expense and <br />effort. The staff analysis looked at four options: <br />• Transferring waste to Alamance as soon as passible, prior to our landfill reaching <br />capacity <br />• Transferring waste to Alamance in 2010, when the landfill reaches capacity and after <br />they have developed their permanent transfer station <br />• Follow original 2010 timeline of developing a transfer station and considering <br />Alamance as a destination along with other available options <br />• Negotiating for an equity arrangement between Orange County and Alamance <br />County, if Alamance County disposal rates are not competitive with other options. <br />This option could be pursued independent or in conjunction with other options. <br />Gayle Wilson said that the key issue seems to be cost related. He said that <br />transferring waste to Alamance County (or any other location} would entail considerable <br />additional cost to the local solid waste system. He said that this was awell-discussed <br />consequence of the decision of not pursuing a new landfill in Orange County back in the <br />