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APPROVED 12/2/96 <br /> ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> SOLID WASTE SUMMIT 11 <br /> November 13, 1996 <br /> MINUTES <br /> The meeting was convened by Chair Carey, Jr. He welcomed the elected <br /> officials and announced that the Economic Development Center's State of the <br /> Economy breakfast would be held in the morning at the Friday Center. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses <br /> Carey, Jr., and members William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis, and <br /> Don Willhoit. <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rosemary <br /> Waldorf, and members Julie Andresen, Joyce Brown, Joseph Capowski, Mark Chilton, <br /> Pat Evans, Richard Franck, Edith Wiggins and Lee Pavao. <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN PRESENT: Mayor Michael Nelson, and <br /> members Hank Anderson, Jay Bryan, Jacquelyn Gist, Diana McDuffee and Alex <br /> Zaffon. <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN ABSENT: Hilliard Caldwell <br /> HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Mayor Horace Johnson <br /> HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners <br /> Kenneth Chavious, Evelyn Lloyd, Catherine Martin, Richard Simpson and Remus <br /> Smith. <br /> The meeting was turned over to Andy Sachs of the Dispute Settlement Center. <br /> He stated that the intention for this meeting was to identify a preferred management <br /> model for solid waste management in Orange County. He explained the agenda and <br /> asked for additions and changes. <br /> The options for management structure which were created at the September 30th <br /> Assembly of Governments' meeting are listed below: <br /> • Orange County Government would control the budget and set policy with the help <br /> of an Advisory Panel. <br /> • Orange County Government would control the budget with the help of an <br /> independent policy and decision making panel. <br /> • A Board independent of County Government would set both budget and policy <br /> Suggestions from the September 30th Assembly of Government's meeting for <br /> how the policy and/or decision making Board would be structured are listed below: <br /> • Four units of government would each have two members <br /> • Four units of government would each have two members with one additional <br /> member whose appointment would rotate between Orange County and Chapel Hill <br /> • Four units of government would each have two members with one additional <br /> member whose appointment would rotate between Orange County and Chapel Hill. <br /> The rotating member would vote only to break a tie vote. <br />