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11 1 twelve (12) private haulers may be displaced. Towns could opt in or opt out of a Franchise 2 Agreement. 3 Option 7 is the only option that would impact the County's General Fund Budget, by 4 financing recycling via the General Fund, and would possibly have impact on the funding 5 formula for Education, based on the 48.1% of the County's General Fund commitment to 6 Education. 7 Option 8 could eliminate rural curbside recycling, relying on Convenience Centers and 8 Drop-off sites. Urban and multifamily curbside recycling would be left up to the Towns. 9 10 Michael Talbert reviewed the options in more detail below: 11 12 Municipal Solid Waste& Recycling Funding Options: 13 1) Eliminate all 3-A Fees & Create a County-Wide Solid Waste Management Authority. 14 North Carolina General Statute's 153A-421 (Attachment 3) outlines how two or more units of 15 local government may create a regional solid waste management authority by adopting 10 substantially identical resolutions to that effect in accordance with the provisions of this Article. 17 The resolutions creating a regional solid waste management authorityandanyannmndnments 18 thereto are referred to in this Article as the"charter" of the regional solid waste management 19 authority. Units of local government which participate in the creation of a regional solid waste 20 management authority are referred to in this Article as "members". The purpose of a regional 21 solid waste management authority is to provide environmentally sound, cost effective 22 management of solid waste, including storage, collection, transporting, separation, processing, 23 ranyo|ing, and disposal of solid waste in order to protect the public hea(th, smfety, and welfare. 24 (The Basic 3-R Fee could remain in place as part of decisions an Authority might make in 25 determining revenue sources as services are ectended county-wide.) 26 27 2) Keep only the Basic 3-R Fee in place and supplement recycling with the creation of a 28 County-Wide Solid Waste Tax Service District to serve unincorporated areas of the County. 29 Encourage the Towns to join the District, otherwise Urban and Multi-family curbside recycling 30 would be left up to the Towns. 31 32 3) Eliminate all 3-A Fees including the Basic 3-R Fee & Create a County-Wide Solid 33 Waste Tax Service District, to serve unincorporated areas of the County. Allow the Towns the 34 option to join the District, otherwise Urban and Multi-family curbside recycling would be left up 35 to the Towns. The new Solid Waste Tax Service District would fund the operation all five (5) 36 Convenience Centers and recycling Drop-off Sites. 37 38 4) Keep the Basic 3-R Fee and Create a Solid Waste Tax Service District for current 39 Rural Curbside Routes serving 13,730 households. Urban and Multifamily curbside recycling 40 would be left up to the Towns. A Solid Waste Tax Service District could be expanded to include 41 all of the unincorporated areas of Orange County. 42 43 5) Keep only the Basic 3-R Fee in place and create a County-Wide Solid Waste 44 Franchise Agreement that could cover all Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Collections and 45 Recycling in the unincorporated areas of Orange County. Municipalities within the County could 46 have the option to participate in the Franchise Agreement and negotiate a fee schedule that 47 differs from the fees established by the County. An anticipated time line is discussed above. 48 49 6) Keep only the Basic 3-R Fee in place and create a County-Wide Recycling Franchise 50 Agreement that could cover all curbside recycling in the unincorporated areas of Orange