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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Landfill Tipping Fees <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> None Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <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 approval of changes to the Orange County Landfill <br /> tipping fee schedule for FY 1995-96. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Landfill is administered by the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill under provisions of the 1972 Landfill Agreement between <br /> Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The agreement <br /> requires that all three parties must approve changes to the tipping fee <br /> schedule. <br /> The Landfill Owners' Group has recommended to the governing bodies of <br /> the three jurisdictions that 1995-96 tipping fees be established as <br /> follows: <br /> Current Recommended <br /> Waste Category Fee Fee Increase <br /> Mixed solid waste $25/ton $31/ton $6/ton <br /> Ash $16/ton $17/ton $1/ton <br /> Brush/clean wood waste $5/ton $10/ton $5/ton <br /> The proposed tipping fee changes can be accommodated within the <br /> County's 1995-96 Public Works budget as approved by the Board of <br /> Commissioners during the June 19 budget worksession. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve 1995- <br /> 96 tipping fees of $31/ton for mixed solid waste, $17/ton for ash, and <br /> $10/ton for brush/clean wood waste. <br />