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Approved November 3, 2016 2 <br />Solid Waste Advisory Group Meeting Summary <br />DATE: September 16, 2016 <br />LOCATION: Solid Waste Administration Training Room <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Hillsborough Commissioner Mark Bell, Carrboro Alderman Randee Haven - O'Donnell, UNC - <br />Healthcare Representative Mel Hurston, UNC- Chapel Hill Representative Brad Ives, Orange County <br />Commissioner Barry Jacobs, Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, Hillsborough Commissioner Brian Lowen, Chapel Hill <br />Councilmember Michael Parker, Orange County Commissioner Penny Rich <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger <br />STAFF PRESENT: OC Solid Waste Gordon Dively, OC Chief Financial Officer Gary Donaldson, OC Solid Waste Alex <br />Gottschalk, County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Hillsborough Public Works Director Ken Hines, OC Solid Waste <br />Jennie Knowlton, OC Solid Waste Allison Lohrenz, Chapel Hill Public Works Director Lance Norris, OC Solid Waste <br />Blair Pollock, Chapel Hill Solid Waste Wendy Simmons, , UNC -CH Solid Waste Program Manager BJ Tipton, OC <br />Solid Waste Management Director Gayle Wilson, OC Solid Waste Cheryl Young <br />Call to Order <br />• Introductions <br />0 <br />0 <br />Meeting Summary approval <br />• May 25, 2016 Meeting Summary approved <br />Gordon Dively, new OC Solid <br />Waste Operations Manager <br />Allison Lohrenz, new OC Solid <br />Waste Recycling Programs <br />Manager <br />Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Financial Planning Final Report -Bob Dick, Project Manager and Ryan Duckett, Staff <br />Engineer- SCS Engineers <br />• Donaldson states that report will be updated with recent revisions <br />• SCS Engineers present that the current financial structure is unsustainable <br />• Orange County has a premier, model program and SCS Engineers were unable to identify any <br />obvious inefficiencies that would not correlate to a reduction in services. <br />o Jacobs requests analyzing services provided from Solid Waste Fees in Durham and Chatham <br />counties, also, counties that have a similar waste reduction rate <br />o Lavelle asks when final report, with revisions, will be finished. Bob Dick suggests two weeks <br />o Jacobs asks if Solid Waste Capital could be included in current Impact Fee Authority <br />County Mattress Disposal Program — Gayle Wilson <br />• Wilson provided a summary of recent mattress disposal program improvement options <br />• Jacobs suggests using a collection lock -box for collecting the mattress drop -off fee <br />• Jacobs suggests investigating the use of Orange Correctional inmates to handle mattress collection <br />at Waste and Recycling Centers, insuring that they were paid a living wage <br />