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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Landfill Reorganization Work Group Recommendations <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: x <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: NO: x <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE:. To consider a resolution that would communicate to the governing boards of Orange <br /> County municipalities the concerns of the Orange County Board of Commissioners with regard to <br /> the future governance structure of solid waste management in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: At their August 5 meeting, the Board of Commissioners discussed the draft <br /> outline for a new landfill governance structure. The Board also discussed a draft resolution that <br /> would signal the intent of the Board of County Commissioners to assume responsibility for future <br /> solid waste disposal operations, in light of the County's statutory responsibility for this function and <br /> widespread dissatisfaction with the pace of decision-making concerning future solid waste <br /> management responsibilities. <br /> The attached resolution is a modified version of the August 5 draft, and reflects comments suggested <br /> by individual Commissioners since that meeting. It also suggests that the Landfill Owners' Group <br /> establish a specific timetable during which decisions about solid waste management responsibilities <br /> would be resolved. Failing that, the Board would indicate its intention to move forward expeditiously <br /> with assumption of solid waste disposal planning and decision-making. The resolution also <br /> contemplates a suggestion that all elected officials from all four governing boards agree to participate <br /> in a facilitated meeting for the purpose of"values and goals clarification" and discussion of which <br /> solid waste management decisions are properly the prerogative of individual governing boards, and <br /> which could be delegated to some form of solid waste management entity. Such a facilitated meeting <br /> could be held during the time scheduled for the next Assembly of Governments meeting on <br /> September 30, 1996. <br />