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16 1 Chair Jacobs said he and Michael Talbert have discussed this, and both of them feel 2 that in an effort to be accommodating, options were included that the Board of County 3 Commissioners has already rejected (the general fund and eliminating rural recycling). 4 He said there will be two public hearings. He encouraged the public and the Board of 5 County Commissioners to send factual questions to the manager ahead of time. He said this 6 will come back at the February 18th meeting, so that these questions and factual responses can 7 be shared with the Board and the public in a consolidated fashion. 8 9 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to 10 remove the following two options from consideration: 11 12 - Item #1. Eliminate Rural Curbside Recycling Services and rely on convenience centers for 13 all rural recycling; and 14 15 - Item #4: General Fund Support for. 16 a. Rural Curbside Recycling for the 13,700 existing customers. 17 b. Existing Urban, Rural Curbside, and Multifamily Recycling. Programs 18 19 Commissioner Gordon asked if this should be done before the Board has heard the 20 public comments. 21 Michael Talbert said this has already been done at prior meetings, but public comment 22 can be heard before making a formal vote. 23 Chair Jacobs agreed with Michael Talbert. 24 Commissioner Rich said she recalled that when the Board discussed the public hearing 25 there was a heading of only one option, and that was the tax service district. She said all 26 comments on other options would still be welcome, but she feels that the public hearings should 27 be only on the one item the Board had voted on. 28 Commissioner McKee said he would prefer to keep his motion as is. 29 Commissioner Pelissier suggested calling the question. 30 Commissioner Gordon said her friendly amendment would be to state that this is 31 because the Board of County Commissioners has already rejected these options 32 Commissioner McKee agreed to this amendment. 33 Commissioner Price agreed to this amendment. 34 35 PUBLIC COMMENT: 36 37 Bonnie Hauser said at the Assembly of Government meeting, the towns were clear that 38 they were looking at a five year projection on fees and there was an indication that there would 39 be pressure on the County's cost. She said Chair Jacobs assured the towns that the County 40 would work with them. She said those negotiations have not occurred, and she asked if it is 41 possible that the towns will now put pressure on the County to provide this service at a higher 42 fee. She asked how the County would subsidize the service if this happens. 43 Chair Jacobs said there is an agenda item coming up soon on this issue. 44 Gayle Wilson said the cost for service for the urban programs is a separate cost center 45 from the rural curbside program. He said these are not subsidizing each other. He said, with 46 the 3-r fees, the solid waste department was instructed to keep very meticulous accounting of 47 those expenditures and those funds. He said those fees are set independently and have 48 nothing to do with each other. He cannot imagine that this would ever happen in the future. 49 He said the Town of Chapel Hill has asked for a five year price guarantee, and this is 50 being worked on. He said those numbers will include full funding for those services.