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28 1 decisions. He said there would be short stage and longer stage items, and these can be the 2 same or different groups. 3 Commissioner Pelissier said she is not sure that this can be done in the time frame of 4 the AOG meeting. 5 Commissioner McKee said he has the same concerns as Commissioner Pelissier. He 6 said it is admirable to try and look at all of this, but it is overreaching to ask the group to do this 7 on a short time basis. He said a group does need to be formed and the issues put into their 8 hands, but this needs to be limited to the items that are really on the table— recycling, transfer 9 station siting, and an interlocal agreement between the County and towns. He said the rest of 10 this is good, but he would suggest that the Board pare this down to the priority issues. He said 11 the County is the lead on most solid waste items and should act as the lead. He is open to the 12 suggestion of having more than two residents, but he would suggest that the Board of County 13 Commissioners appoint the residents, not the solid waste board itself. 14 Commissioner Dorosin said he will not support any group that does not involve 15 residents. He feels this is shortsighted and a mistake. He said the list of bullet points contains 16 some items that are high priority, but he also thinks it would be a mistake to exclude some of 17 the long term items. He said these options keep getting put off. He said there seems to be 18 some consensus on having a broad strategy with different priority levels. He said the idea of a 19 transfer station has been mentioned as a high priority, but treatment of communities impacted 20 by the siting of facilities has not been listed as a high priority. He said these two priorities are 21 linked. He said there are some immediate needs with virtually unanimous agreement; but the 22 recognition of the need for a broader scope seems logical to him. He appreciates the concern 23 with a broad list, but he thinks this group will be required to prioritize based on the timetable and 24 the issues that are pressing. 25 Commissioner Rich asked if one of the Commissioners would be the Chair of this group. 26 Chair Jacobs said this is undefined as of yet. 27 Commissioner Rich said she would like one of the Board of County Commissioners to 28 be the Chair. She said she also agrees that there should be a larger representation of 29 residents. She can see the benefits of both arguments being presented tonight. She said there 30 needs to be a solid waste plan moving into the future. She thinks everything should be on the 31 table, and the group should be allowed to decide on the pressing issues to be brought back. 32 Commissioner Gordon said she agrees with the concerns expressed by Commissioner 33 McKee and Commissioner Pelissier. She thinks there should perhaps be a short term task 34 force. She said there need to be focused goals to include: recycling, interlocal agreement, and 35 the transfer station site. She thinks that the Board of County Commissioners should make the 36 resident appointments, and one of the Board of County Commissioners should be the Chair. 37 She noted that the County will have the budgetary responsibility for this, so it is important to 38 have financial constraint on the charge. She said she worked on a lot of agreements, and this 39 list would take a long time to get through. She said an overall plan is needed, but there should 40 be reasonable phasing with high priority items. 41 Commissioner Pelissier said she would rather there be a work group to come up with a 42 plan to proceed, including plans for what kind of the advisory board is needed to move forward. 43 She would like to see the County work with the municipalities to create an interlocal agreement 44 before doing a solid waste advisory group. She said perhaps this could include some of the 45 immediate short term issues related to recycling. 46 Commissioner McKee asked if Commissioner Pelissier is suggesting that they work on 47 an interlocal agreement first. 48 Commissioner Pelissier said yes. She said this would define the role of an advisory 49 group, as well as short and long term goals.