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31 1 Michael Talbert said this is beings worked on, and staff is prepared to bring a draft as a 2 starting point for the meeting on the l7 . He asked if this is a starting point that the Board 3 wants to hand to the task force group to work on. 4 Chair Jacobs said his understanding was that the Board wanted the managers to keep 5 going, and if there was a draft proposal, it would be a good starting point to have some 6 agreement to talk about. 7 Michael Talbert said this can be brought forward on the 17th 8 Commissioner Gordon asked how the agreement with the towns will be handled. 9 Michael Talbert said the next agenda item will determine that. He said the towns are 10 currently planning to pay for urban curbside by levying a fee of$59 per resident that the County 11 will collect. He said the County will administer the program, but the town has to levy the fee. 12 Commissioner Gordon asked if an agreement or contract is needed for this. 13 Michael Talbert said this program has operated without an agreement this past year, 14 and all that is changing is the addition of a fee. He said ideally there would be an agreement, 15 but there is not one. He said the County either moves forward with the assumption of going 16 with this or other options can be considered in item 7f. 17 Chair Jacobs noted that the County chose to invest in the roll carts without an 18 agreement, but with an understanding that things were moving toward an interlocal agreement, 19 and there was general support from the managers of the other governments. 20 John Roberts said the old solid waste agreement is technically still effective for 21 recycling. He said recycling was not detailed in the agreement, and the only part of the old 22 agreement that is no longer effective is dealing with the landfill and municipal solid waste 23 issues. He said there hasn't been any kind of detailed agreement between the County and 24 towns regarding recycling for the length of time that the prior agreement has been in place. 25 Commissioner Gordon asked that staff be directed to research this issue and provide 26 some advice at the meeting on the 17th regarding what would be necessary to do the subset. 27 28 f. Funding for Orange County's Rural Curbside Recycling Programs 29 The Board considered approving a funding source for Orange County's Rural Curbside 30 Recycling Program. 31 Michael Talbert said this was last discussed on May 14, and direction was provided to 32 staff to come back with 3 options. He said the Board confirmed their desire to continue the 33 recycling in the rural curbside program for the existing 13,700 customers for the next year. He 34 said the Chair/Vice chair wanted to add another option, which is listed as option 2 in the 35 abstract. He reviewed the following 4 options as outlined in the abstract: 36 37 1. Fund Rural Curbside Recycling Program for Fiscal 2014/2015 with Landfill 38 Reserves. 39 To fund $728,260 from Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves which were $3,082,630 40 as of June 30, 2013. 41 42 2. Fund Rural and Urban Curbside Recycling Programs for Fiscal 2014/2015 with 43 Landfill Reserves. 44 To fund $2,090,526 from Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves which were $3,082,630 45 as of June 30, 2013. 46 47 3. Eliminate all Recycling and Convenience Center fees and raise the County's 48 property tax rate. 49 To replace all revenues from fees would equal $6,049,228 and require a property tax