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staff did an evaluation in-house of what that impact would be, and a report has not been produced yet. Commissioner Price said she does not want to see these small haulers go out of business. Chair Jacobs said the Board could contact the private haulers for a meeting and give them a draft report to look over, and then report back to the Board of County Commissioners Gayle Wilson said this could be done over time. He said he thinks most haulers have probably found a resolution, and this is why none have contacted him. Frank Clifton said many are likely using other landfills or convenience centers. He said even if these small haulers are worked with, it will likely not factor into the bottom line of the budget. Commissioner Price said her concern is that it is deleted in the fee schedule. Frank Clifton said a fee was not created. He said it would likely end up being an agreement with the individual hauler, and the established fee would come before the Board for approval. Commissioner Price asked where the haulers would go if this budget is passed as is. Gayle Wilson said the current policy does not allow small haulers to use convenience centers. He said the new site and concept are not designed for commercial loads. He said he spoke with DENR, and he was told that if commercial loads are accepted at convenience centers, these centers will likely have to be permitted as transfer stations. He said there are significant regulatory issues with this. Commissioner Price said she has also spoken with the Efland Trash Service owner, and she does not feel that these haulers have commercial size loads. She said these are not much larger than a normal load. She asked for staff follow up on this issue. Chair Jacobs asked Gayle Wilson to contact known haulers to see where their waste is being taken and how many people are being served; and then talk with them about state regulations. He asked for the results of this to be brought back to Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner McKee said, with the closing of landfill and the transfer of two employees to recycling, he assumes it is taking more employees to operate that site. Gayle Wilson said due to size of the site, there have been three instead of two employees. He hopes that once residents are trained in use, the staff can be cut down to two. Commissioner McKee said the biggest problem he has with this proposal is the increase of the sanitation household fee. He asked why urban had a $10 increase and rural had a $20 increase. Gayle Wilson said the rural residents use the convenience centers more than urban residents, so this was reflected in the fee difference. He said he is willing to look at this again, but he feels this is a fair spread based on past studies regarding use. Commissioner McKee said all residents do not get the same amount of services for their tax dollars. He said a fee is a tax by a different means. He said there seems to be a disproportionate slant against the rural population. Gayle Wilson said staff feels it is proportionate. Chair Jacobs referred to the 2013-14 objectives and the captured percentage numbers for household waste, plastic, and food waste. He asked if there is an objective of capturing a certain percentage of food waste. Gayle Wilson said this is so new and unique that it would have been a guess. He said staff would like to have a year of experience before making projections. Chair Jacobs said there was an objective regarding regional composting. He hopes the county can get to a place of doing its own local food composting in a closed loop system.