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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 22 opt for carts may continue to use their bins roadside or carry recycling to the convenience centers or drop -off sites. If the proposed cart purchase is approved, the carts will be ordered with delivery to residents expected during the months of late January and February and residents may start using the carts upon delivery. The distribution schedule will be partly weather dependent, but should be completed by early March. Residents may keep the orange bins for personal use or recycle them at any Solid Waste Convenience Center. Members of the public who have not yet ordered a cart but are eligible (located in the existing service area) and interested can contact the Solid Waste Department, 919 - 968 -2788 or recyclingp_orangecountync.gov. Staff anticipates that the carts will result in increased recycling, greater collection efficiency and fewer worker injuries with more automated collection and less manual stooping to collect from bins. The first three months of in -Town recycling using the blue roll carts resulted in a 29 percent increase in tons of recyclables collected at the curb. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The BOCC appropriated $378,000 for 7,000 roll carts in the FY- 2014/15 budget based on an estimated cost of $54 /each, including distribution. These funds were to be borrowed from the solid waste enterprise fund reserve at a 2.5% rate over five years. A $75,000 grant (reimbursable) from North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources is still expected to fund a portion of the rural cart cost. The current cost of the carts is $58.44 or $444,144 total, including distribution and a mold label on the lid. The increase is a result of an increase in the cost of resin; the purchase of fewer carts than for the urban program and obtaining less of a volume discount; higher costs for cart distribution in rural areas as opposed to in -town' and the mold label on the lid as opposed to decals used for the urban roll carts. North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 143- 129(e) (3) allows local governments to make purchases through a competitive bidding group purchasing program, which is a formally organized program that offers competitively obtained purchasing services at discount prices to two or more public agencies. The HGACBuy is a cooperative purchasing group that meets the requirements of NCGS 143- 129(e) (3). The specific contract number is HGACBuy Contract #GC01 -13. The $66,144 budget increase is proposed to be funded by increasing the amount borrowed from the solid waste enterprise fund reserve. Commissioner Jacobs since the Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) is looking at options for funding, he wonders if this is not putting the cart before the horse. He said this is the modality that will be embraced, but it is predicated on having a way to pay for it that is legally defensible and fiscally practical, and the advisory group has not yet adopted this. Gayle Wilson said a decision has already been made for the urban system, and three times as many carts were purchased. He would think that the funding situation for the urban programs and the rural programs would be the same. He said if a comprehensive way cannot be found to fund recycling, then 7000 carts will not be the biggest problem. Commissioner Jacobs said he respects Gayle Wilson's comment, but there have been so many agonizing conversations about how this will work both financially and legally, and it seems to have leaked to making a decision. He said the advisory group thinks this is where we will end up, but the whole board has not been brought along in the discussion of the funding or the legality. Gayle Wilson said he does not know what SWAG is going to recommend, and the Board could delay this decision on roll carts until an ultimate decision is made. He said that is