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2 <br /> 1 Reserves for Fiscal 2014/15. The Board let stand the Manager Recommendation to fund the <br /> 2 Urban Curbside and Multi-family ($1,362,266) from an annual 3-R Fee of$59/unit and $19/unit <br /> 3 respectively. Subsequently, the Mayors of Carrboro and Chapel Hill requested that the BOCC <br /> 4 decision be reconsidered at tonight's budget work session. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The budget to fund the Urban Curbside and Multi-family Recycling <br /> 7 programs from solid waste reserves would be an additional $1,362,266. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board reaffirm the June 3, 2014 <br /> 10 decision to fund only the Rural Curbside Recycling program from solid waste reserves in the <br /> 11 amount of$728,260. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Michael Talbert said there has been a lot of discussion about this item, and the towns <br /> 14 have requested that the Board re-consider its position and look at the options again. He said <br /> 15 the items in front of the Commissioners include tonight's abstract, as well as the abstract from <br /> 16 June 3. He reviewed the following 4 options, which were previously discussed: <br /> 17 <br /> 18 1. Fund Rural Curbside Recycling Program for Fiscal 2014/2015 with Landfill <br /> 19 Reserves. <br /> 20 To fund$728,260 from Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves which were $3,082,630 as of <br /> 21 June 30, 2013. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 2. Fund Rural and Urban Curbside Recycling Programs for Fiscal 2014/2015 with <br /> 24 Landfill Reserves. <br /> 25 To fund$2,090,526 from Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves which were $3,082,630 as <br /> 26 of June 30, 2013. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 3. Eliminate all Recycling and Convenience Center fees and raise the County's <br /> 29 property tax rate. <br /> 30 To replace all revenues from fees would equal$6,049,228 and require a property tax <br /> 31 increase of 3.77 cents. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 4. Increase the Solid Waste Convenience Center fees to cover all or part of the <br /> 34 $1,856,543 transfer from the General Fund to Solid Waste to fund Convenience <br /> 35 Center Operations <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Michael Talbert said the towns are asking the Board to consider option number 2, which <br /> 38 funds urban and rural curbside together. <br /> 39 Chair Jacobs noted that the Board discussed all of these items at some time in the past <br /> 40 but voted for option 1. He said the mayors of the town were disappointed that the Board did not <br /> 41 choose option 2, as a matter of fairness to those in the municipalities who had contributed to <br /> 42 the solid waste enterprise fund. <br /> 43 Commissioner Rich made a motion, seconded by Chair Jacobs to vote for option 2: <br /> 44 Fund Rural and Urban Curbside Recycling programs for Fiscal Year 2014/15 with Landfill <br /> 45 Reserves. <br /> 46 Commissioner McKee asked the manager to explain the technical aspects and problems <br /> 47 that may be encountered by imposing a fee on the current rural recycling customers. <br /> 48 Michael Talbert said the whole district covers about 13,000 households, and the <br /> 49 participation is about 57 to 60 percent. He asked if Commissioner McKee was talking about <br /> 50 billing only that 60 percent. <br />