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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> June 1 , 2006 <br /> Approved August 3, 2006 <br /> Kabrick asks is there a budget for fuel . <br /> Sassaman states that fuel is a tough one to deal with because it can be measured but <br /> there are certain factors beyond anyone' s control in how much fuel they have to use . <br /> Vickers suggests restating it to say reduce paper use by using double sided paper and <br /> encourage purchasing to only purchase duplex printers and copiers . <br /> Sassaman states that to use the words as to encourage isn t as strong . You want to <br /> encourage but what is something you can do to encourage them . <br /> Vickers states that the employees are trying to do their job, but it doesnt help them by <br /> imposing rules on their job and you don t know what their job is . <br /> Sassaman states that it is not imposing any rules at all . What he is proposing here is <br /> to say if you find a way in your job to reduce the paper you use we will give a pat on <br /> the back . We are not telling you how to do it. <br /> Clayton asks are you going to do a baseline . <br /> Pollock states that the base line could be the FY05-06 paper budget and normalize that <br /> for price increases . <br /> Norwood states that from the mentality that I' ve seen, it' s ok as long as it ends up in <br /> the recycling bin and does not matter what she does to that piece of paper . <br /> Sassaman states that the objective that the county is saying to address is to implement <br /> programs and monitor local and regional air quality by promoting public <br /> transportation options and incentives in the county that increase connectivity and <br /> decrease dependence on personal vehicles and by selecting alternative fuel and low <br /> emission fuel vehicles for the county vehicle fleet . We are being asked what are your <br /> ideas to achieve that goal . What is an action item? To say to promote carpooling is <br /> not an action item because it' s wishy -washy . <br /> Clayton states that an example would be that Gayle could say no one could drive to <br /> Hillsborough solo from Chapel Hill . <br /> Sassaman states that he is trying to get you to think in terms of what is it that you can <br /> do to achieve those goals . <br /> Kabrick suggests overall trip miles for the county, implement mandatory carpooling <br /> to certain functions . Increase maintenance on all county owned vehicles to increase <br /> fuel efficiency . <br /> 7 <br />