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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 3, 2014 SUBJECT: Proposal to Create a Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed Task Force Composition Action Agenda Item No. 7 -e PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Board of County Commissioners, 919 -245- 2130 PURPOSE: To consider creating a multijurisdictional task force of one year's duration to articulate, investigate, and propose collaborative solutions for solid waste issues confronting Orange County; the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. BACKGROUND: Per the BOCC discussion at the May 13 work session, it is being proposed to create a multijurisdictional task force of one year's duration (from the date of the first SWAG meeting) to articulate, investigate, and propose collaborative solutions for solid waste issues confronting Orange County; the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The proposed task force, called the Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG), would consist of 12 members: eight (8) elected officials consisting of two (2) each from the County and each of the towns; two (2) from the University of North Carolina; and two residents at- large. Each elected body would select its own representatives, as would the University. The Solid Waste Advisory Group will select the two public representatives at its initial meeting from among applications solicited by the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners' Office. Staff from each jurisdiction, from the University, from state government, and from private waste vendors already operating in Orange County will be called upon to provide expertise as needed. The charge to the group at the outset is to define the nature, scope, and timing of the solid waste issues to be considered, including but not limited to- * an interlocal agreement on solid waste; • reducing solid waste that is not recycled; • recycling opportunities and services; • siting a transfer station or landfill within the county; • supporting public education on solid waste issues;