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Options 2, 3, & 4 explore the creation of a Solid Waste Tax Service District which <br /> would function much like a Fire District. The size of the district and scope of services provided <br /> by the district would be determined by the Board. A Solid Waste Tax Service District would not <br /> impact the County General Fund but would be an independent special revenue fund. <br /> Options 5 & 6 propose to create a Solid Waste Franchise Agreement which could <br /> privatize rural curbside solid waste and/or rural curbside recycling. If Solid Waste collections <br /> are part of a comprehensive franchise agreement solution, unincorporated Orange County <br /> could be divided into districts which could be serviced by multiple private haulers. With either <br /> a county-wide franchise agreement or dividing the County into districts, a number of the <br /> existing twelve (12) private haulers may be displaced. Towns could opt in or opt out of a <br /> Franchise Agreement. <br /> Option 7 is the only option that would impact the County's General Fund Budget, by <br /> financing recycling via the General Fund, and would possibly have impact on the funding <br /> formula for Education, based on the 48.1% of the County's General Fund commitment to <br /> Education. <br /> Option 8 could eliminate rural curbside recycling, relying on Convenience Centers and <br /> Drop-off sites. Urban and multifamily curbside recycling would be left up to the Towns. <br /> Michael Talbert reviewed the options in more detail below: <br /> Municipal Solid Waste & Recycling Funding Options: <br /> 1) Eliminate all 3-R Fees & Create a County-Wide Solid Waste Management Authority. <br /> North Carolina General Statute's 153A-421 (Attachment 3) outlines how two or more units of <br /> local government may create a regional solid waste management authority by adopting <br /> substantially identical resolutions to that effect in accordance with the provisions of this Article. <br /> The resolutions creating a regional solid waste management authority and any amendments <br /> thereto are referred to in this Article as the "charter" of the regional solid waste management <br /> authority. Units of local government which participate in the creation of a regional solid waste <br /> management authority are referred to in this Article as "members". The purpose of a regional <br /> solid waste management authority is to provide environmentally sound, cost effective <br /> management of solid waste, including storage, collection, transporting, separation, processing, <br /> recycling, and disposal of solid waste in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. <br /> (The Basic 3-R Fee could remain in place as part of decisions an Authority might make in <br /> determining revenue sources as services are extended county-wide.) <br /> 2) Keep only the Basic 3-R Fee in place and supplement recycling with the creation of a <br /> County-Wide Solid Waste Tax Service District to serve unincorporated areas of the County. <br /> Encourage the Towns to join the District, otherwise Urban and Multi-family curbside recycling <br /> would be left up to the Towns. <br /> 3) Eliminate all 3-R Fees including the Basic 3-R Fee & Create a County-Wide Solid <br /> Waste Tax Service District, to serve unincorporated areas of the County. Allow the Towns the <br /> option to join the District, otherwise Urban and Multi-family curbside recycling would be left up <br /> to the Towns. The new Solid Waste Tax Service District would fund the operation all five (5) <br /> Convenience Centers and recycling Drop-off Sites. <br /> 4) Keep the Basic 3-R Fee and Create a Solid Waste Tax Service District for current <br /> Rural Curbside Routes serving 13,730 households. Urban and Multifamily curbside recycling <br />