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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No Meeting Date: December 4 , 1995 SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management Goals ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT Proposed Goals Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To consider adopting a set of solid waste management goals . BACKGROUND: The Landfill Organization and Financing Options Work Group has been meeting throughout 1995 to consider options for reorganizing the management of solid waste in Orange County and its municipalities . The group, which includes Commissioners Willhoit and Halkiotis, is working on developing recommendations to the governing bodies of the County and Towns concerning a governmental structure that would replace the existing Landfill Owners, Group (LOG) . During a series of meetings, the work group (whose membership is the same as the current LOG) discussed and refined a list of proposed solid waste management goals and mission statement designed to help the group establish a foundation for the future governance of the landfill and other solid waste management activities. Citizens were invited to comment on the proposed mission and goals at a public hearing conducted by the LOG on September 28 . At their October 19 meeting, the LOG recommended that all governing bodies consider adopting the attached mission and goals statement . RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the solid waste management mission and goals statement .