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25 1 He said the district tax is what has been discussed to date. He said the urban curbside 2 will be bid out to private contractors, and the County will purchase and maintain the roll carts. 3 Commissioner Pelissier asked if this means that the financing for July 1, 2014 is 4 unknown. 5 Michael Talbert said the urban service will be paid for with fees, as outlined in the 6 abstract. He said the fee is estimated at $60 per year for families and $19 per year for the 7 multi-family. He said this is not official until the RFP is back. 8 He said Chapel Hill also wants to look at bi-weekly collection alternatives. 9 Chair Jacobs said the County is anticipating a specific plan to pay for carts by the time 10 of the July 1St rollout. He said the current priority is to endorse the concept of moving toward 11 this option in the urban recycling program. 12 Michael Talbert said staff does anticipate financing the carts but the carts have a long 13 lead time and need to be ordered. He said financing can be arranged after this. 14 Commissioner Rich said she is excited about this, and she thanked the towns for 15 agreeing to stick with this amazing program. 16 She asked Gayle Wilson how many bins fit into the roll out carts. She questioned the bi- 17 weekly collection. 18 Gayle Wilson said the proposed carts are 95 gallons, versus the current 18 gallon bins. 19 He said the new roll carts will allow room for cardboard. 20 He clarified that bi-weekly collection means collection every other week. 21 Commissioner Rich said she liked the idea of an advisory board or citizen committee to 22 discuss solid waste and recycling. 23 Chair Jacobs suggested using language of"every other week" instead of bi-weekly 24 collection. 25 Commissioner Price thanked staff for moving this project forward. She asked about the 26 timeline for the rural area recycling. 27 Michael Talbert said that would be coming to the Board of County Commissioners on 28 December 10tH 29 Commissioner McKee said there is no doubt that the County and Towns can do this 30 more efficiently as a team. 31 Commissioner Gordon said she is glad there will be one recycling program. 32 She asked for confirmation that the carts will not be ordered until the letters of intent are 33 received. 34 Michael Talbert said this is correct. 35 Commissioner Gordon said this is an achievement worth celebrating. 36 Chair Jacobs said this is a breakthrough, and it will be celebrated at the Assembly of 37 Governments meeting. 38 He said the Solid Waste staff deserves a pat on the back for a great job. 39 He said this agreement could also help reach the goal of recycling more materials. 40 Chair Jacobs said this process might be more complicated in the rural areas. 41 Michael Talbert said the County and Towns are both interested in the possibility of fixing 42 the pricing for the urban services for at least 3-5 years. 43 Commissioner Rich thanked the solid waste staff. 44 Commissioner Pelissier referred to page 24 of the abstract. She asked for clarification 45 on the reference to performance measures. 46 Gayle Wilson said he understood that the town wanted more data on the performance of 47 the programs that were operated in the towns, specifically data on participation rates and 48 quantity of materials. 49 He said this was previously difficult to obtain, but the radio frequency chip (RFID) in the 50 roll carts should be able to provide this data.