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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board May 13, 2004 Approved September 9, 2004 Kabrick asks what drives Strom toward the position . Pollock states that my understanding of his position is that it is the responsibility of the business to get rid of their waste . On another level it is a way to avoid a bigger tax increase by reducing services . Wilson states that things got off track back in February when they had the opportunity to hear a detailed presentation that laid the foundation of why we were doing this . They have been operating in the dark without sufficient information . Sassaman states that you [Kabrick] should stress that with Strom. One of the things that they bumped around was that the fee structure does not allow them to adopt a pay- as -you-throw . This has nothing to do with garbage . Spire states that the perception at the meeting [Assembly of Governments] was that Chapel Hill felt because the MRF was taken out of the plan they did not have a way to expand recycling at the curb . Therefore they did want to approve the plan and the fee [just] happened to be there [as part of the discussion] . Wilson states that may be true, but they seem to not be willing to pay for the services they have now . How will they fund a new expanded recycling program? There are two separate arguments that are closely linked . Sassaman states that one of the issues that came up was about those people that would not be able to afford the fee . Wilson states that the Commissioners raised that issue also . They are modifying an existing program to help people based on the EMS ambulance appeal [procedure] . If you receive an ambulance bill that you cant afford to pay, you can go into an application process, prove your income and the County has a pool of money where they will make the payment for you . This system will be set up for fee also . Everything would be done through social services . This would take the air out of that argument . Norwood asks for clarification for collecting fees and taxes . Wilson states that with taxes you have the full range of mechanisms that local governments have in collecting . This particular fee has fewer options than the availability fee for collection. The analysis assumes if the fee goes out on the tax bill we will expect an 88 % return. If the decision is delayed and there is a separate billing the revenue collector says we will be lucky to get 70 % . There is still a lot of work to do . 4