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54 <br />Like the funding for libraries or convenience centers, the service district tax is a way to offer a <br />needed or desired service to a large group of residents without making the cost prohibitively <br />expensive. <br />31. How many residents in Orange County contract for garbage service? <br />This number is not known because private haulers are not required to report it and can be <br />reluctant to reveal their proprietary business data. In the late 1990s, phone interviews by <br />Orange County Public Works recorded about 5,000 reported private waste customers in the <br />unincorporated area of the county. Another informal phone survey about five years ago by the <br />Solid Waste Department came to a similar number, but those were based on non - binding <br />responses from the private haulers of a range and remain only estimates of use of private waste <br />hauling services. <br />32. How will the cost of the opt -out service be kept at a reasonable fee? <br />The cost of the opt -out or subscription service option would presumably be fully funded by the <br />subscribers, regardless of the level of the fee. Unfortunately, if the cost becomes too expensive <br />some subscribers may cancel their service and /or new residents may choose not to enroll. If <br />this happens the service fee would continue to escalate in order to achieve necessary levels of <br />funding to operate the program, and the number of subscribers would continue to decline. <br />Alternatively, the Board could agree to supplement this program from the general fund when <br />the service fee reached a certain level or the number subscribers become insufficient to sustain <br />the recycling service. In that instance, municipal residents would then be subsidizing a rural <br />service that they are not eligible to receive. <br />33. How long will it take to get ready for the opt -out subscription service? Will it cost more, less or <br />about the same as the tax district? Sounds like more trouble. <br />The County Manager has previously indicated that at least six months would be required to <br />establish the opt -out service option. Given the Board's December 2013 declaration of intent to <br />establish a service district (among other Board solid waste /recycling related priorities that are <br />consuming staff resources) no preparatory work has been performed with regard to an opt -out <br />option. There is still some uncertainty with regard to some of the details of implementation of <br />an opt -out type service that would have to be resolved by the Board through discussions with <br />staff and the approval of an implementation plan and subscription fee schedule. <br />Additionally, if quantities of recyclable material shift from the curbside program to the <br />convenience centers due to the increasing cost of the opt -out (subscription) service, the impact <br />on the centers could be substantial and additional resources will likely be necessary to collect <br />and haul these additional materials. Staff has not conducted a detailed analysis of these <br />additional costs. <br />34. Is there any other county that charges for convenience centers as well as for the cost of <br />recycling' <br />Based upon a less than comprehensive research due to the large number of questions involved, <br />and the limited timeframe in which to respond we have found that, according to NCDENR State <br />records from County reporting on the annual report, the following communities appear to meet <br />those criteria of charging for convenience centers and charging for recycling collection: Caldwell <br />
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