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Chair Jacobs said there has been discussion about offering in-house medical care for employees and whether it was advisable to do this through the County health department or not. He asked if there have been any further discussions about this issue. Michael Talbert said no. He said this project was put on hold when the County lost their HR Director. He said it is not advisable to do this through the County health department. He said many entities do this through UNC Healthcare, and this will be investigated. Chair Jacobs asked if this is something that the new HR Director will be asked to look into. Cheryl Young said there is an allocation of$25,000 in the budget to study the possibility of putting in-house medical care in place. Chair Jacobs noted that there are 4 employees that have worked more than 30 hours per week in the past 12 months, but these are not full time employees. Michael Talbert said there are a number of part time permanent employees that work 30 hours or a little more. Diane Shepherd said these 4 employees are considered temporary employees. She said all permanent employees that work 20 hours or more get health insurance. Chair Jacobs asked what constitutes a temporary employee. Diane Shepherd said the employee would have to be here a full year. Chair Jacobs asked if this means that employees who work 52 weeks will become permanent employee. Diane Shepherd said there is not an automatic process for this to happen. Chair Jacobs said this is what the state was doing, which was to hire people for 50 weeks and then fire them to avoid paying benefits. Diane Shepherd said the County tends not to do this, and the number has been worked down, but there are still these 4 individuals. She said there are a variety of reasons for this, including short staffed departments. Chair Jacobs said he is going to petition the Board to eliminate these types of positions, or that there be a policy about how to eliminate them. Cheryl Young said under the health care reform act, even temporary employees can get benefits. Chair Jacobs said the County does not want to exploit people. 3. Interlocal Aqreement for Solid Waste and Recyclinq Gayle Wilson gave the historical background regarding the original interlocal agreement for solid waste management and the proposed development of a new agreement. He said there was staff consensus on a detailed outline for a new agreement, which was used to draft the detailed agreement before the Board tonight. He read the draft interlocal agreement as included in the abstract. He said there were a few issues that remain in question from staff's perspective. He outlined those issues as follows: The level of detail of existing recycling programs and services that needs to be incorporated into the agreement. For example, is it necessary to detail each individual recycling service, delineating what materials are collected, frequency of collection, number and type of containers used, etc. within the agreement? • Should the County or a Town (or Towns) plan, site and develop a waste transfer station would consideration be given to allowing the other parties to the agreement access to the facility?