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1. Solid Waste Proqram Fee Options Recommendation — Solid Waste Advisory <br /> Group <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said the Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) has been meeting <br /> since August of 2014, and he asked the members to acknowledge themselves by raising their <br /> hands. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said there has been good joint participation by staffs. He said <br /> work has been done on basic agreements, and there has been discussion about the fees for <br /> basic recycling. He said everyone agreed to do things in a way that would make it easy for all <br /> of the governments to budget for this coming fiscal year with regard to any fees. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said the group started out with four staff proposals for possible <br /> fees for the recycling program, and then this was reduced down to two options. He introduced <br /> Gayle Wilson to review these choices. <br /> Gayle Wilson said option 1 and option 2 are similar in that the revenue requirements <br /> are the same, but are achieved in a slightly different way. <br /> He reviewed the following information from the abstract attachments regarding the two <br /> options: <br /> Option 1 is a two part annual fee; One Comprehensive Solid Waste Program Fee for all <br /> Municipal Units - $94/year (based on FY 14/15 budget revenue requirement), and One <br /> Comprehensive Solid Waste Program Fee for all Rural units - $118/year (based on FY 14/15 <br /> budget revenue requirement). <br /> Option 1 would establish an urban fee and a rural fee that would be applied to each developed <br /> property and multi-family units throughout the county, including tax exempt properties, except <br /> for UNC-CH properties that are served by the University's separate recycling program. Option <br /> 1 would incorporate an approximate 33% solid waste convenience center costs into the urban <br /> fee component and an approximate 66% solid waste convenience center costs into the Rural <br /> fee component. <br /> Option One: <br /> • Simplified fee structure <br /> • Easy to administer, manage, and explain <br /> • Includes phased expansion of rural curbside service, increasing recycling and waste <br /> reduction rate <br /> • Flexibility in providing services without being constrained by rigid categories <br /> • Example: If a business is located on a residential route (urban or rural) and generates <br /> recyclables in quantities similar to a residence, it can be assigned to a residential route <br /> without concern that there is not an appropriate fee category. <br /> Key Factors <br /> • Rural curbside service is proposed to be phased in to entire unincorporated area over three <br /> year period, equalizing services by the fourth year. The rural fee will increase incrementally <br /> over phasing period. <br /> • Efforts to provide more equitable services among all the program users could be <br /> implemented over time by improving service efficiencies and availability of services. <br /> • Single family, multi-family and developed non-residential property owners in the rural sector <br /> pay $24 more than property owners in the urban sector. <br /> Option 2 is a Single Comprehensive Fee - $103/year (based on FY-14/15 budget revenue <br /> requirement) that would be applied equally to all developed properties and multi-family units <br />