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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No iaL- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 18, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Scrap Tire Disposal Fee <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 4/6/95 LOG Memorandum Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider establishing a fee for the disposal of certain <br /> scrap tires, not eligible under State law for free disposal. <br /> BACKGROUND: The State of North Carolina collects a 2% tax on new tires <br /> sold in North Carolina and distributes 68 percent of the proceeds of <br /> this tax on a per capita basis to the 100 counties to offset the costs <br /> of scrap tire disposal. The State prohibits local governments from <br /> imposing a local fee for disposal of scrap tires, with a few <br /> exceptions: for example, for tires originating from outside of North <br /> Carolina. <br /> As outlined in the attached LOG staff memorandum, the proceeds from the <br /> 2% tax have been insufficient to cover the costs incurred by the Orange <br /> Regional Landfill to dispose of scrap tires. Landfill Owners' Group <br /> (LOG) staff believe that some of these tires are not eligible for free <br /> disposal under the requirements set out in the State statutes. At <br /> their April 6 meeting, the LOG unanimously approved a staff <br /> recommendation to the governing boards of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and <br /> Orange County that a disposal fee of 75 cents per tire or $75 per ton <br /> be imposed on scrap tires not eligible for free disposal. The fee <br /> would be implemented as soon as approved by all three governing boards. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br /> scrap tire disposal fee at 75 cents per tire or $75 per ton for those <br /> scrap tires not eligible for free disposal under State law. <br />