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� 8 Minutes - Regular Meetingi Solid Waste Advisory Board 19rF April 8 , 2004 � Approved May 13, 2004 Attendance : Bonnie Norwood, Randy Kabrick, Remus Smith, and Jan Sassaman Staff : Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Wanda McCain, Rebecca Holdway and Rod Visser 1 . Adoption of Minutes from March 11 Kabrick makes minor grammatical changes . Moves to adopt as amended . Norwood 2nd Passes unanimously . [Note : changes are shown in March minutes] 2 . Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling Fee (Final) Recommendation Kabrick asks for clarification on the difference between the WRRR fee and the Basic [service] fee . Wilson replies that the WRRR fee is the description of the type of fee that it is and the nomenclature of the fee structure . The Basic [service] fee is a component of the fee structure . The new fee is not an availability fee, but a waste recovery fee . According to State statue it is a recycling fee . It is to be assessed on all residential and non-residential improved properties . It is a tiered fee system based on the location of the property all will receive at least Tier 1 [Basic] , which is proposed as $36 / year . Those that live in other service areas — urban, rural, or multi-family — would receive Tier 2 in addition to the $36 fee . We are proposing that it be mailed out with the property tax bills . It is intended to go to non-profits, tax- exempts as well as other properties . The only exception is UNC [because they do not receive our recycling services] . The proposal suggest that the fees could be kept at a constant rate for up to five years or until the ill continue to provide some subsidy for the landfill closes . The tipping fees w [WRRR] fees . The fees that are being proposed do not cover the full cost . A breakdown of the fees is as follows : Urban - $ 75 annual assessment, ($36 + $39) Rural with curbside collection service - $52 annual assessment, ($36 + $16 ) Multi-family - $50 annual assessment ($36 + $ 14) . The subsidy used from disposal has been proportioned among the fees [to each service sector] based on the proportion of [sectoral] fee to the total fee . There will be a meeting on Tuesday night where this will be introduced to the Commissioners . Hopefully they won ' t have a lot of changes and will be able to act on it in a timely manner . There is a lot of work going on to build a database for billing . When billing property taxes, the bill is formulated according to the property identification number (PIN) . Recycling services are provided by street addresses . The most labor-intensive part of the process is to put addresses with PINs . This information doesn' t exist in the unincorporated areas . 1