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15 1 Michael Talbert suggested that the service continue for the current 13,700; and with the 2 efficiency of roll carts and single stream it may be possible to pick up another 1,500 to 2,000 3 customers that would like to participate. He said this expansion could be done with the 4 distribution of roll carts in the fall. 5 Chair Jacobs said part of the commitment to the urban program was to cement the 6 partnership. 7 Commissioner Pelissier said she does not want to cut any of the rural curbside 8 recycling. She said this does not need to be done piecemeal. 9 Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Pelissier. She said there is not much 10 time left, and she would like to see them build on something that has been discussed this year. 11 She said continuing the service to the 13, 700 residents would be consistent with this. She 12 does not know that roll carts have been authorized for all of these residents, and she does not 13 want to buy roll carts that will not be used. She said it is late to talk about anything that has not 14 been agreed to by the partners. 15 Commissioner Gordon said it seems to her that a fee needs to be created, and if a 16 property tax was what people wanted, they could have done the tax district. She feels that 17 additional revenue needs to be raised, and valid points have been made for future discussions. 18 Commissioner McKee said he thinks the manager's recommendation is the best option 19 at this time. He said they passed any other decision point in April. He said he will not agree to 20 any rollback in service, because there is no way to define it. 21 Commissioner Dorosin said this means the County is going to keep doing something 22 that they know is flawed. He noted that Commissioner McKee did not make a motion at the 23 meeting in April. 24 Commissioner McKee said he accepts his portion of blame for what was done at that 25 meeting, and he stated publicly that he was not going to make a motion that night. He said the 26 Board has to choose from a basket of bad options. 27 Chair Jacobs suggested that the Board would like to continue service to the current 28 customers. He said he heard the manager say that service might be provided to additional 29 customers without increasing the cost, and if this is true, it should be articulated in the proposal. 30 He said the other issue is how to pay for it, and the manager has a proposal to do this out of 31 reserve funds. He said the Board just needs to decide if there is a more equitable way to pay 32 for it, and whether just charging the rural recycling from the reserve fund is equitable or if all 33 curbside recycling should be paid for from this fund for this year. He said this is what should 34 come back to the Board for options. He said the idea of self supporting convenience centers or 35 property tax as an alternative could be brought back as a motion on June 3,d or 17th 36 He said ideas for improving the systems have been identified to look at on another day. 37 Michael Talbert said none of the options are equitable. He said he is hearing that the 38 Board would like to continue the existing program as is, and if efficiency allows, to add as many 39 customers as possible with existing resources. 40 Chair Jacobs said yes, and he clarified that customers would be allowed to continue 41 using bins if they wanted. 42 Michael Talbert said yes. He said secondly he is hearing that the Board wants to have 43 options to pay for the service through either reserves or a property tax increase that could 44 potentially pay for all recycling and convenience center fees. He said the tax proposal will come 45 with the number amount needed to make this happen. He does not know this amount right 46 now. 47 Commissioner Dorosin added that, though the majority opinion is to keep the service as- 48 is, he does not agree to that. 49 Commissioner Pelissier asked if there would be roll carts this fiscal year.