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r 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ATTACINMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Background Materials Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To review the status of several major solid waste management issues, and provide direction to staff, as appropriate, on how to proceed. BACKGROUND: Orange County and its municipal governments face a number of important decisions in the coming months on several major solid waste management issues. The Public Works Director will provide a brief summary on the status of the following major issues, along with expected major decision points as outlined in the attached background materials: • Landfill Reorganization • Waste Disposal • Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan • Solid Waste Collection(Unincorporated Orange County) Included with this abstract are additional background materials previously reviewed by the Board, which may help focus work session discussion on several key decision points where guidance is now needed. These include: • Former Commissioner Willhoit's 11/10/96 memo suggesting structure for landfill reorganization(pages 25-27). The BOCC may wish to provide feedback/direction to their representatives on the elected officials subcommittee which is reviewing the options for landfill governance as discussed at Solid Waste Summits in September 1996 and November 1996. That subcommittee is scheduled to have its first meeting on January 15, 1997. • Former Commissioner Willhoit's 7/2/96 memo to the LOG conveying the BOCC's views on the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan(pages 28-29). The BOCC may wish to confirm its views as previously communicated to the LOG. The LOG recently requested that each