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Approved January 29, 2015 2 <br />Solid Waste Advisory Group Meeting Summary <br />DATE: November 12, 2014 <br />LOCATION: Solid Waste Administration Training Room <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: UNC- Chapel Hill Representative Matt Fajack, Carrboro Alderman Randee <br />Haven - O'Donnell, UNC - Healthcare Representative Mel Hurston, Orange County Commissioner -Chair <br />Barry Jacobs, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, Hillsborough <br />Commissioner Brian Lowen, Orange County Commissioner Penny Rich, Chapel Hill Councilmember <br />Jim Ward <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Hillsborough Commissioner Kathleen Ferguson <br />STAFF PRESENT: Carrboro Town Manager David Andrews, OC Solid Waste Eric Gerringer, County <br />Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Hillsborough Public Works Director Ken Hines, OC Solid Waste Jennie <br />Knowlton, County Staff Attorney Annette Moore, Chapel Hill Public Works Director Lance Norris, <br />Carrboro Public Works Director George Seiz, Chapel Hill Solid Waste Wendy Simmons, OC Solid <br />Waste Paul Spire, UNC -CH Solid Waste Program Manager BJ Tipton, OC Solid Waste Management <br />Director Gayle Wilson, OC Solid Waste Kristina Witosky, Assistant County Manager Cheryl Young <br />Meeting Summary approval <br />• Meeting Summary approved with the following corrections: <br />• Delete double entry under Current Waste & Recycling Practices and Interests for UNC - <br />Healthcare, " Kleinschmidt requests information on Drop -Off site participation, Lavelle <br />requests tonnage from each individual Drop -Off site, Wilson states that participating <br />population would need to be surveyed, Wilson reviews past 3 years of adopted <br />enterprise fund fee schedules" <br />• Change under Next Meeting, "Lavelle states that Appendix I I (C) and (E) be moved back <br />into the body of the ILA" to "Lavelle requests that Appendix II (C) and (E) be moved back <br />into the body of the ILA" <br />Solid Waste Convenience Center and Recycling Funding Options <br />• Survey is currently being conducted at three Solid Waste Convenience Centers to determine the <br />origin or users. Will be conducted at remaining two Centers. <br />• Wilson presents four Convenience Center and recycling funding options <br />• Currently, fees cover approximately 35% of Convenience Center expenses while <br />General Fund covers remaining <br />• SW Funding Option #1: 1 Municipal, 1 Rural Comprehensive SW Fee <br />• SW Funding Option #2: 1 Urban, 2 Rural Comprehensive SW Fees <br />• SW Funding Option #3: Similar to Current Funding Structure <br />• SW Funding Option #4: 1 Single County -Wide SW Program Fee <br />• Preferably a decision would be made in time to prepare and submit in the upcoming budget <br />• Request made for comparable counties' current fee structures, including recycling level rates <br />• Town and County staffs to meet and discuss fee options further and report back at next SWAG <br />meeting <br />• Fajack requests cost analysis of combining UNC- University with Orange County recycling <br />collection <br />