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5 <br /> Memorandum <br /> -To: Carrboro Hoard of Alderman <br /> Chapel Hill- Town Council <br /> Hillsboroug.1 Board of Commissioners <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> From; Richard Franck, Chair <br /> Landfill Owners Group <br /> Subject: Update on 1997-98 Landfill Fund Budget Recommendation <br /> Date: May 30, 1997 <br /> Landfill Owners Group: met on May 8 and finalized the LOG budget <br /> recommendations.-for the 1997-98 Fiscal Year. The Owners Group <br /> considered several potential additions to the Chapel Hill Town <br /> Managers' proposed budget that would result, if approved by all <br /> three member governments, in a tipping fee increase in excess of <br /> that proposed by the Chapel Hill Town Manager. These <br /> recommendations were presented to all elected officials in a <br /> memorandum from me, dated May 15. The three recommended additions <br /> are: <br /> 1. Construction & Demolition Manual Separation Program $39,500 <br /> 2 . Construction Waste Reduction Program $32, 500 <br /> 3 . Request for Proposals to design, build and operate $95,000 <br /> a Materials Recovery Facility <br /> Funding for #1 a #2 is recommended to be provided by a surcharge on <br /> building permits. Funding for #3 is proposed to come from an <br /> increase to the ChapelHill Town Managers' proposed tipping fee of <br /> $1.00 for mused solid waste and $1.25 for Construction & <br /> Demolition. The impact on local government general fund budgets is <br /> estimated to be: <br /> Carrboro = $10, 600 <br /> Chapel Hill = $24, 000 <br /> Hillsborough $ 4,600 <br /> Orange County $18,500 <br /> At the Chapel Hill Budget Work Session of May 21, the Town Manager <br /> proposed adoption of the Owners Group additions, however, instead <br /> of raising the tipping fee as the Owners Group 'proposes, he <br /> suggests using an existing landfill fund reserve account to fund <br /> the $95, 000 add item: #3. The Reserve for Acquisitions and <br /> Construction, has an estimated June 30, 1997 balance of $837,550. <br /> This fund was expressly created for the purpose of funding future <br /> land acquisitions and; future construction projects (other that <br /> South Bubanks Construction) and can be properly utilized for an <br /> activity directly related to the design and construction of such a <br /> major solid waste facility. It appears that the Chapel Hill Town <br /> t <br />