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Attachment 1 5 <br />COPY ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM_ ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: ,April 9, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -b <br />SUBJECT: Operational and Funding Options for Orange County's Solid Waste and <br />Recycling Programs <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste /Recycling PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) General Statutes 153A -136 Regulations <br />of Solid Waste <br />2) General Statutes 160A -327 <br />Displacement of Private Solid Waste <br />Collection Services <br />3) General Statutes 153A -421 Regional <br />Solid Waste Management Authorities <br />4) Solid Waste Recycling Division <br />Schedule of Revenues and Expenses <br />for Fiscal 2011/2012 <br />5) April 3, 2013 Solid Waste Advisory <br />Board Resolution <br />6) Summary of Solid Waste & Recycling <br />Services <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, 245 -2300 <br />Gayle Wilson, 968 -2885 <br />John Roberts, 245 -2318 <br />Michael Talbert, 245 -2308 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss operational and funding options for Orange County Solid Waste and <br />Recycling Programs. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County is recognized as being number one in the state for waste <br />reduction, reaching 59% of its 61% aggressive reduction goal. The County is disposing only <br />0.56 tons /person compared to the base year of 1991 -92, when the disposal rate measured 1.36 <br />tons. In the region, Wake County has achieved a 25% reduction rate, Durham County rate is at <br />21%, Chatham County is at 37 %, and Alamance County at 26 %. Orange County's 61% waste <br />reduction goal was adopted in 1997 by the County and by the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill <br />and Hillsborough as part of the County's original Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan. The County <br />is committed to continuous robust public education services and waste reduction programs <br />regardless of the funding or operational program implemented by the Board. <br />The County's Reduce, Reuse & Recycle (3 -R) Fees consists of four annual recycling fees <br />adopted by Orange County in 2004 to fund recycling programs and services that are billed in <br />conjunction with the annual property tax. The fee consists of a Basic Fee ($37 /year) that is <br />charged to all improved properties county -wide and funds various recycling operations such as <br />the county Toxicity Reduction Improvement Program (Household Hazardous Waste, batteries, <br />waste oil, electronics, etc.), recycling drop -off sites, recycling at solid waste convenience <br />