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29 <br /> 1 Chair Jacobs said the interlocal agreement was difficult to come up with at the staff level <br /> 2 because some of these short term issues are not resolved. He said that is why this proposal <br /> 3 was brought forward in the first place. <br /> 4 Commissioner Price said this issue keeps coming up, and she likes the idea of coming <br /> 5 up with an advisory group that begins to look at the entire picture. She agrees that there needs <br /> 6 to be more citizen representation, and if there was a limit to the total number she would rather <br /> 7 there be fewer government representatives to allow more citizen involvement. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price for the <br /> 10 Board to: 1)consider creating a multijurisdictional task force of at least one year's duration to <br /> 11 articulate, investigate, and propose collaborative solutions for solid waste issues confronting <br /> 12 Orange County; the towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough; and the University of <br /> 13 North Carolina at Chapel Hill; <br /> 14 2) plan to make BOCC appointments to the task force at the Board's June 17, 2014 regular <br /> 15 meeting; and <br /> 16 3) solicit other representatives from the other jurisdictions, the University and the public (5 at <br /> 17 large positions) as soon as possible; and <br /> 18 4) this task force will prioritize the proposed issues listed in this agenda item (listed below for <br /> 19 information purposes) for its consideration for analysis. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 The charge to the group at the outset is to define the nature, scope, and timing of the <br /> 22 solid waste issues to be considered, including but not limited to: <br /> 23 <br /> 24 * an interlocal agreement on solid waste; <br /> 25 * reducing solid waste that is not recycled; <br /> 26 * recycling opportunities and services; <br /> 27 * siting a transfer station or landfill within the county; <br /> 28 * supporting public education on solid waste issues; <br /> 29 * construction and demolition waste; <br /> 30 * assuring long-term partnership of the entities involved through an interlocal agreement <br /> 31 on waste handling and disposal; <br /> 32 * addressing equitable funding and mechanisms for establishing fees and making future <br /> 33 joint decisions; <br /> 34 * future use of closed landfill sites; <br /> 35 * investigation of partnership possibilities involving neighboring jurisdictions; <br /> 36 * feasibility of innovative and cost-effective, environmentally-sound methods of disposal <br /> 37 of solid waste beyond burial; <br /> 38 * potential inclusion of biosolids in long-range disposal plans; <br /> 39 * emergency storm debris planning <br /> 40 * treatment of communities impacted by siting of any facilities either within Orange <br /> 41 County or beyond its borders to receive shipments of our waste. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Commissioner Pelissier asked if it should be designated that one of the Commissioners <br /> 44 will be the Chair; and she asked if any other issues can be added to this list. <br /> 45 Commissioner Dorosin said he thinks the committee should select its own Chair. <br /> 46 Commissioner Price agreed. <br /> 47 Commissioner Rich said she has a problem with that. She agrees with Commissioner <br /> 48 Gordon that this is something that the Board is financially responsible for, and one of the <br /> 49 Commissioners should chair the meetings. <br /> 50 <br />