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i~ <br />D <br /> <br />Agreement for Solid Waste TKanagemeat <br />To establish a comprehensive approach to solid waste management <br />issues, and in consideration of the p=ami.ses made to one another in <br />this Agreement, orange County•and the Towns of Carrboro, 'Chapel Hill <br />and.Hillsborougli hereby agree. as follows: <br />1. The County will assume solid waste management responsibility ae <br />follows: <br />Operate .the System.. The County will operate the System for the <br />benefit of the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations <br />within their, jurisdictions. The County will establish and enforce <br />reasonable rules and regulations governing the operation and use of the <br />System, operate the, System in•an efficient and economical manner and <br />maintain the properties, constituting the System in goad repair and is <br />sound operating condition. <br />Provide solid waste disQasal facilities.. The County will provide <br />System Management Facilities suitable for the disposition of Solid <br />Waste by the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations within <br />their jurisdictions". The existing landfill, as well as any successor <br />System Management Facility, will be designated to accept solid waste <br />generated exclusively by residents, businesses and institutions located <br />in Orange 'County and that portion of Chapel Hill located within Durham <br />County, North Carolina., <br />L~eter~iae policy.. The County will have the ongoing authority and <br />responsibility in, its, discretion (1) to administer and operate ,the <br />System•in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Plan•and .Policies <br />and (2) to determine and modify the Solid Waste Management Plan and <br />Policies from time to time. The Parties affirm on the date of this <br />Agreement their commitment, to the solid waste reduction goals set out <br />in the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. The County agrees to <br />consult with the•other Parties and the Advisory Board, frequently and <br />consistently, to determine their views as the Solid .Waste Management <br />Plan and Policies anal possible changes thereto. <br />Take oa employees. All of "the System Employees will be <br />transferred to the County and become County employees subject to the <br />supervision of the County Manager, in the same fashion as other County <br />employees. <br />The Parties acknowledge that it is an. impar~tant abj.ective. of this <br />Agreement that the current total compensation package for System <br />Employees be maintained at a substantially .equivalent level through <br />their transfer to the County, although the combination of salary and <br />• benefits for any employee may change. The Parties recognize that all <br />" ~ components of compensation to System Employees after the transfer will <br />.~be subject to changes in salaries anal benefits in the same fashion as <br />. ~ 1 <br />