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Oaf SJ- Goo �� <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 11, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Budget Amendment#9 - Creation of Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Fund <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Budget as Amended spreadsheet Donna Dean, extension 2151 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a budget ordinance amendment related to.the transition of the <br /> Solid Waste and Landfill operations from the Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: As recently approved by all Landfill Owners Group (LOG) members, <br /> responsibility for operation of the landfill and overall solid waste management will be <br /> transferred from the Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County on April 17, 2000. The cost of <br /> Solid Waste/Landfill programs is completely offset by landfill tipping fees, recycling sales, <br /> interest income and appropriated fund balance. <br /> In order for the County to incur financial obligations and pay salaries and other bills for the <br /> new County department, it is necessary for the Board of Commissioners to amend the <br /> County's 1999-00 fiscal year budget. The attached amendment provides the mechanism <br /> for staff to establish a new County fund entitled Solid Waste/Landfill Operations. Approval <br /> of this amendment ensures that there will be no lapse in financial activity for the new <br /> department during the handover in operations from Chapel Hill to the County. Staff <br /> anticipates requesting that the Board approve one or more subsequent budget <br /> amendments later this fiscal year, as the Town of Chapel Hill makes adjustments to their <br /> revenue and expenditure records and completes the financial audit of their Landfill <br /> Enterprise Fund for operations through April 16, 2000. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Operating expenditures for this program are totally offset by <br /> anticipated revenues, so there is no impact on the County's General Fund. <br />