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11 <br /> Gayle Wilson said the main reason these options were pursued are the difficulties <br /> incurred by the size of mattresses. He said the mattresses have to be sorted by size, which <br /> must be done by hand, as mattresses will not stack easily any other way. He said it requires a <br /> great deal of manual labor. <br /> Chair McKee asked if the Orange County employees at the SWCC are too busy to <br /> assist a resident with disposing of a mattress. <br /> Gayle Wilson said staff would be too busy on days such as a Saturday afternoon, and <br /> a lot of these employees are retired and not physically fit to assist with bulk items. <br /> Commissioner Price said she had concerns with alternatives 2 and 3. She said rotating <br /> the location would lead to confusion and frustration. She said charging a fee for collection will <br /> just lead to people placing mattresses on the side of the road. <br /> Gayle Wilson said the disposal of mattresses is much easier than the recycling of <br /> mattresses. <br /> Commissioner Price said the main need is to have somewhere covered to place the <br /> mattresses other than the side of the road. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said alternative number 2 gets to Chair McKee's concerns. He <br /> suggested having a youth internship program in the Solid Waste Department and having the <br /> youth stack and sort the mattresses. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley suggested staff would work on other options, after this <br /> conversation. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Chair McKee, and said this should be doable. <br /> Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> Community Services <br /> Solid Waste — Capital Investment Plan (graph) <br /> Community Services <br /> • Proposed Amendments— Solid Waste <br /> o Planning funds to begin a joint effort with Towns for a potential transfer station <br /> or other alternative waste disposal process - $100,000 in the CIP <br /> o Purchase 60 acres of Greene Tract owned solely by Orange County/Solid <br /> Waste - $668,178 original purchase price plus interest <br /> Community Services — photo <br /> Community Services <br /> • Sportsplex <br /> o Revenues — 8.3% Growth <br /> ➢ Ice revenues up $100K <br /> ➢ Fitness up $50K <br /> ➢ Kidsplex growth of$35K <br /> ➢ Swim Team growth of$20K <br /> ➢ Healthy food options up $20K <br /> o Operating expenses mostly flat, with increases primarily variable payroll costs <br /> related to revenue growth. <br /> o Master Swim Program — 50 participants <br /> o Silver Sneakers Program at Seymour Center <br /> o 6,000 members <br />