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~~ ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 17, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. --~~ <br />SUBJECT: Contract with Triangle J Council of Governments for Household Hazardous <br />Waste Su ort Services <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) N No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Copy of Contract <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br />Director 968-2885, Blair Pollock, 968- <br />2788 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968.4501 <br />Durham 688-7'331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To contract with Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) through June 30, <br />2001 for the provision of household hazardous waste support services. <br />BACKGROUND: TJCOG has provided the services within this contract to the Department of <br />Solid Waste since 1994. The scope of services outlined in this agreement were formerly <br />provided by TJCOG as part of the cooperative regional household hazardous waste (HHW) <br />program between Chatham,, Durham, Orange and Wake Counties. As each county's program <br />has matured, the cooperative agreement has evolved to the extent that each county now <br />contracts directly with TJCOG for these support services. <br />By contracting with TJCOG, the four counties utilize economies of scale which allow advertising <br />and other services for the Household Hazardous Waste programs run by each county to be <br />purchased at less cost than if the same services were purchased by each county individually. <br />The contributions from each county fund ahalf--time position at TJCOG. The staff person in this <br />position works with representatives from each county and provides advertising, printing, and <br />other support services to Orange County as needed. <br />This contract, to be effective 7/1/00, is being presented to the Board at this time because the <br />Department of Solid Waste Management staff has been negotiating with Triangle J Council of <br />Governments over specific terms of the Agreement, and due to the fact that attention to issues <br />associated with the Department's transfer to Orange County have delayed staffs' ability to <br />prepare the final document. <br />