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• The degree of involvement and advance notice given to the parties to the agreement to regarding proposed fee increases (which fees and what flexibility/limitations would be granted) and the level of authority to approve or authorize fee changes. • The composition, mission and authority (if any) of a new advisory committee/board/commission/waste partners group. Staff considered that elected officials may wish to initiate a separate process to discuss and address this matter. It is possible that among the first topics of such an advisory body could be coordinating the investigation into pay-as- you-throw and/or organics management options. • Provisions for withdrawing from the agreement including a more clear definition of "outstanding debt". • Inclusion of the University as a party to the agreement (could be a secondary priority to be pursued at a later date) The more fundamental issues of an agreement could be incorporated and adopted in the short term (by July 1), with other issues to be resolved through a mutually agreeable process among the parties (or by a new advisory group) over the next several months. Alternatively, a final and comprehensive agreement could be pursued regardless of the time necessary and the parties could continue in an informal manner until a final agreement is executed. There may also be other options for proceeding. Michael Talbert said there are issues to be resolved with the towns. He said, at this point the towns have received this agreement, but neither board has discussed it yet. Chair Jacobs said it would be helpful to just highlight the points of contention instead of the entire agreement the next time this is presented. He said this would allow for better focus on these issues. He said the Mayor of Chapel Hill assured him that the transfer station is not a problem, but staff seems to think it is. John Roberts said he wanted the full agreement read, rather than the outline. He said staff was not able to agree on issues that he feels would be more appropriately discussed and decided by elected officials. Commissioner McKee asked for elaboration on the issue with the transfer stations. Gayle Wilson said town staffs of Chapel Hill and Carrboro seemed to have received instruction to downplay or not include any provisions in the agreement that would provide for serious consideration of County utilization of a town transfer station. He said he has not talked with the town managers or elected officials about this, but that was the impression he was given by staff. Commissioner McKee asked if there were reasons given. Gayle Wilson said no, but it seemed their staff had been given that guidance. Commissioner porosin said it seems to him that this, as written, is very limited. He said if there is going to be an agreement on solid waste there should be discussion about the possibility of future landfills and transfer stations, in addition to recycling. He thinks that there may be a flaw in the idea of having staff put this together without more direction. He feels that, as a body, the officials need to decide whether to move forward collectively. He said this document seems to be ignoring issues that need to be addressed. He finds some of the language troubling, such as the section regarding County use of the transfer station. He said this seems like an afterthought. Commissioner Gordon said this draft is a start, but it is not complete. She said this was brought back to the Board because that was what was planned for this time. She said the 1999 agreement took a lot of negotiations and discussions, and it was very comprehensive. She said it is structurally not possible to do a comprehensive interlocal agreement by July 1, 2014, but it is still important to put in motion some type of agreement to allow services to start by July 1St. She does not know if it is wise to negotiate part of an agreement and not the