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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 30, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. Z <br /> SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management Issues <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager/Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/l) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> Chronology - Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 10/27/97 Finance Director Memo Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> (w/attachments) Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> Report of LOG/Landfill Neighbors Work Group <br /> Minutes -Various Commissioner and Assembly TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> of Governments Meetings Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> r <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss issues related to the future management of solid waste in the jurisdictions <br /> of Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the Assembly of Governments meeting on October 22, 1997, members of <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners indicated to elected officials from the municipal <br /> governments that they need additional information and deliberation on a range of issues related to <br /> the proposed interlocal agreement on solid waste management. The following topics are slated <br /> specifically for discussion at the October 30 work session: <br /> Chronology of Key Events Related to Proposed Interlocal Agreement <br /> Staff have prepared a brief chronology of events related to the development of the proposed <br /> interlocal agreement, beginning with the two "Solid Waste Summits" during Fall 1996, through the <br /> most recent Assembly of Governments meeting. Copies of minutes, or extracts from minutes, of <br /> some of the key meetings on the timeline are included for historical reference. <br /> Landfill Enterprise Fund Financial Condition <br /> County Finance Director Ken Chavious has consulted with Chapel Hill Town staff, and has <br /> reviewed the audit of the 1996-97 Landfill Fund activities (part of the audit of all Town of Chapel <br /> Hill financial operations, which is near completion). As indicated in his memo with attachments, <br /> the Landfill Fund is in sound financial condition. The Finance Director will be available to <br /> comment on the information provided. County staff are working with Chapel Hill Town staff on <br /> additional specifics regarding programmed future uses of landfill reserve funds, and will provide <br /> this information as it becomes available. <br />