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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> January 9, 2003 <br /> Approved February 13, 2003 <br /> Wilson states that the county . tip fees every year are about $ 600, 000 . If the county <br /> wanted to offset the new fee by all or a portion of what they usually pay for tip fees, <br /> they could reduce tax rate by this amount or spend it for something else . <br /> Vickers askswhat' s the cost and is it really worth expanding the programs <br /> Remus Smith states that we have struggled through this long enough . I would like <br /> to move that we select the availability fees based on the fact that Orange County <br /> services are so diverse . The person that does not get the service should not have to <br /> pay for it. <br /> Norwood 2nd the motion . <br /> Gist asks if we can get more information on the Prince William process before we <br /> vote . <br /> Sassman states that we need to get a consensus . <br /> Tax Tax + Fee Fee Prince William <br /> 0 0 0 4 <br /> Prete states that in looking at the various scenarios, there is a continuum of risk for <br /> the revenue that would go from the tax to the availability fee and then to the Prince <br /> William model to be the least risky in terms of revenue for the programs . <br /> Vickers states that the Prince William option is more fee-based than our fee based <br /> [model] . The reality is it' s fee plus taxes and when the county does collection and <br /> the disposal and the city pays for collection, disposal is paid through the tipping fee <br /> which is still funded by taxes . <br /> Sassaman states that if we go with the Prince William option how will that play out <br /> with a transfer station instead of a landfill . <br /> Vickers states that the transfer station becomes flow control . You would prepay for <br /> disposal, but if you don' t use the transfer station you will still pay a fee . <br /> Wilson states that the Prince William fee is an availability fee with more fees and <br /> you have more services represented under that fee . The C&D landfill would still <br /> have a tipping fee . After the presentation by Tom Smith, I really like this method <br /> because it' s all -inclusive . It' s easy to explain . <br /> 7 <br />