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14 <br /> 1 Gayle Wilson said staff hopes to award the bid in January, and start construction as <br /> 2 soon as weather allows, with a goal of opening the site by August of next year. <br /> 3 Chair Jacobs asked if there is a relationship between the distance of a transfer station <br /> 4 and the convenience center. <br /> 5 Gayle Wilson said all of the convenience centers generate waste that must be hauled to <br /> 6 the transfer station. He said a station on or around Eubanks road would save hauling costs. <br /> 7 He said there would be different mileage from each of the convenience centers. <br /> 8 Chair Jacobs asked if having a transfer station would alleviate the need for the <br /> 9 convenience center. <br /> 10 Gayle Wilson said no, unless you consider a full service transfer station, but this would <br /> 11 mean increased cost, a larger area, and more complicated operation and design. <br /> 12 Commissioner McKee asked if there is room to locate a transfer station on that site or <br /> 13 around that community center on County owned property. <br /> 14 Gayle Wilson said yes. <br /> 15 Commissioner Price asked if there are any figures available on profit from the recycling <br /> 16 program. <br /> 17 Gayle Wilson said money is made on this, and next year's proposed budget estimates <br /> 18 about $454,000 from the sale of recyclable materials. He said he will be happy to provide this <br /> 19 information to the Board. <br /> 20 Chair Jacobs said it would be good to see a 5 year trend for this information. <br /> 21 Commissioner Gordon asked where this revenue goes. <br /> 22 Gayle Wilson said this offsets expenses within the recycling division, which is in solid <br /> 23 waste. <br /> 24 Commissioner Gordon referred to the fee schedule. She suggested raising fees to <br /> 25 recoup general fund contributions. She would prefer going to 50 percent, and she asked what <br /> 26 the Board is willing to do. <br /> 27 Commissioner Pelissier suggested that this would be done at their last budget work <br /> 28 session. <br /> 29 Commissioner Gordon said this is open to discussion tonight. <br /> 30 Commissioner Price said she thought this would be discussed with the town and not at <br /> 31 tonight's meeting. <br /> 32 Commissioner Gordon said the Board has not ruled out the discussion tonight. She said <br /> 33 only 25 percent of their money is being recouped. <br /> 34 Chair Jacobs said that this is part of a bigger picture, because the Board may not want <br /> 35 to add a fee if taxation is increased. He said this should be considered as part of broader <br /> 36 conversation, and the towns should have an opportunity to discuss it. <br /> 37 Commissioner Gordon asked when this discussion will happen. <br /> 38 Chair Jacobs said this might be discussed at the last work session. He noted that the <br /> 39 Town of Chapel Hill has a meeting on June 10th and he could communicate with the towns <br /> 40 about this. He suggested a discussion of this on June 12th <br /> 41 Commissioner Rich said to make sure the towns receive the yellow sheet. <br /> 42 Chair Jacobs said the mayors should also receive this, along with an explanation that it <br /> 43 will be discussed on June 12th <br /> 44 Commissioner Gordon said she brought this up so that a clear decision can be made. <br /> 45 Commissioner Dorosin left at 10:16 p.m. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Tax Administration, Pg. 432 <br /> 48 Dwane Brinson said the net change is an expenditure increase of$198,000. He said <br /> 49 this is mainly due to changes in taxation changes for registered motor vehicles. He said there <br /> 50 are an extra 3 months in the current fiscal year, and this is why it makes next year look bad. He <br />