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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board January 9, 2003 Approved February 13, 2003 Gist states that she is afraid that what might happen is that the report will go to the Commissioners who might assume that the Boards have signed off on it when Carrboro hasn t. She stated " I am also afraid [about] springing two different things on taxpayers simultaneously . " Sassaman states that he agrees that it should be made clear to the Commissioners that this has not been signed off by the Towns . While weeach have a responsibility to our own Town, the (SWAB ' s) charge is from the Commissioners . Gist states that the idea behind SWAB when it was being formed, was that the County thought it would get input [through the SWAB] from governments and citizens . I wish that my Board were not dealing with this issue at this time . I think it will end up as confusing to the public and the Commissioners in the long run could jeopardize the goals we are trying to work towards . Wilson states that the concerns are legitimate . Rod Visser has been talking with Margaret Brown about protocol and how to move forward once the SWAB presents the report . I don' t think the Commissioners understand that when they receive the report that it has not gone through the other Towns . The way I understand what is to happen is that the SWAB will present the report to the Commissioners and they will develop a process by which they gather the input from the Towns . Under normal circumstances it was thought that this Board would speak for the Towns . The alternate financing is not a normal issue . Gist states that she is concerned about how it' s perceived all around . Prete states that what we' ve been doing so far has been a work in progress and therefore I have been reluctant to present the information in draft form with holes and revisions to the Board . The catch-22 is getting input without having information to digest and react to . My recommendation to the Board will be to schedule work session after the SWAB report goes to the Commissioners . Gist states that the main concern is how this (dovetails) with the initiative of the Board which is leaning toward blue bags . [Pay-as-you-throw] Wilson states that we will try to differentiate what we are doing from what you all are doing as much as we can . Our staff will be available to work with your staff in a Carrboro-only work session to explain what the recommendation is and to explain what the Commissioner' s protocol is to reaching a decision . 2