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15 1 Commissioner Price said her concern is that it is deleted in the fee schedule. 2 Frank Clifton said a fee was not created. He said it would likely end up being an 3 agreement with the individual hauler, and the established fee would come before the Board for 4 approval. 5 Commissioner Price asked where the haulers would go if this budget is passed as is. 6 Gayle Wilson said the current policy does not allow small haulers to use convenience 7 centers. He said the new site and concept are not designed for commercial loads. He said he 8 spoke with DENR, and he was told that if commercial loads are accepted at convenience 9 centers, these centers will likely have to be permitted as transfer stations. He said there are 10 significant regulatory issues with this. 11 Commissioner Price said she has also spoken with the Efland Trash Service owner, and 12 she does not feel that these haulers have commercial size loads. She said these are not much 13 larger than a normal load. She asked for staff follow up on this issue. 14 Chair Jacobs asked Gayle Wilson to contact known haulers to see where their waste is 15 being taken and how many people are being served; and then talk with them about state 16 regulations. He asked for the results of this to be brought back to Board of County 17 Commissioners. 18 Commissioner McKee said, with the closing of landfill and the transfer of two employees 19 to recycling, he assumes it is taking more employees to operate that site. 20 Gayle Wilson said due to size of the site, there have been three instead of two 21 employees. He hopes that once residents are trained in use, the staff can be cut down to two. 22 Commissioner McKee said the biggest problem he has with this proposal is the increase 23 of the sanitation household fee. He asked why urban had a $10 increase and rural had a $20 24 increase. 25 Gayle Wilson said the rural residents use the convenience centers more than urban 26 residents, so this was reflected in the fee difference. 27 He said he is willing to look at this again, but he feels this is a fair spread based on past 28 studies regarding use. 29 Commissioner McKee said all residents do not get the same amount of services for their 30 tax dollars. He said a fee is a tax by a different means. He said there seems to be a 31 disproportionate slant against the rural population. 32 Gayle Wilson said staff feels it is proportionate. 33 Chair Jacobs referred to the 2013-14 objectives and the captured percentage numbers 34 for household waste, plastic, and food waste. He asked if there is an objective of capturing a 35 certain percentage of food waste. 36 Gayle Wilson said this is so new and unique that it would have been a guess. He said 37 staff would like to have a year of experience before making projections. 38 Chair Jacobs said there was an objective regarding regional composting. He hopes the 39 county can get to a place of doing its own local food composting in a closed loop system. 40 Gayle Wilson said staff has given this a lot of thought and there are plans to include 41 food waste at the Eubanks site. He said the problem with composting is the need for a proper 42 place to do it. He said siting issues have brought down many good ideas. 43 Chair Jacobs said he hopes the department has learned from the Walnut Grove 44 experience and can apply this at the Eubanks Convenience Center. He asked for examples of 45 this. 46 Gayle Wilson said one lesson learned is with regard to the the concrete pad. He said 47 these were not made long enough and had to be lengthened; so the pads will be made longer 48 at Eubanks. He said there were some water issues with the canopies that cover sheds, and 49 staff now knows that gutters need to be added to these. He said there will also be a need to 50 address some issues with attendants and how things are grouped together in the new center.