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