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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 5, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Amendments to Orange Regional Landfill Tipping Fee Schedule DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 5/15/97 Memo from LOG Chair Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 5/30/97 Memo from LOG Chair TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider changes to the landfill tipping fee schedule to take effect July 1, 1997. BACKGROUND: In a May 15 memo (Attachment 1), LOG Chair Richard Franck explained the rationale for the Landfill Owners' Group's recommendation that the tipping fees for mixed solid waste (MSW), and construction and demolition(C & D)materials be raised, effective July 1, 1997, to $36 per ton, and$34.25 per ton,respectively. The current fees are $33 per ton for MSW and C & D materials. The proposed fee increases were intended to address the third of three additions to the 1997-98 Landfill Budget: first year implementation of the integrated solid waste management plan. The other two additions - a C &D manual separation program and a construction waste reduction program- are intended to be funded through a surcharge on building permits for projects costing over$50,000. At their May 28 meeting, the LOG considered a suggestion from the Chapel Hill Town Manager that instead of raising the tip fees to the levels suggested, that the solid waste plan implementation costs for 1997-98 be funded by using an existing landfill fund reserve account. The LOG took no action on this suggestion, but in Attachment 2, the LOG Chair explains how this arrangement would work. County staff s view is that the Town Manager's proposal is an acceptable alternative to tip fee increases beyond the$35 per ton level for mixed solid waste. Under terms of the 1972 landfill agreement between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and carrboro, all fees must be approved by each of the three boards. If all three boards do not agree on a change to a particular fee, that fee remains unchanged.