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Solid Waste Advisory Board- - Regular Meeting December 12 , 2002 Government Services , Hillsborough Approved January 9 , 2003 reiterated that he thought February would be the best month to talk with the Board and receive further direction and guidance and summarize the work we have done so far and review its assumptions . We can talk about the plan and its impact and its cost . Most importantly , the consequence of doing nothing in next years solid waste budget . If we had a meeting with the Board of Commissioners and the only point we were able to make was that without some reduction in services we couldn ' t continue at the current rate without some type of additional income . The Board may proceed to show interest in one of these scenarios [implementing the plan or continuing status quo ] and proceed toward implementation or they may say we like this , " It is too complicated . What can we do to buy us time to work through the details ? " or they may say [for example] , " Gayle , cut your budget $ 800 , 000 next year because you don ' t have the money . " We do need to have a meeting with them and show them where we are financially . We haven ' t had a talk with them in some time and frankly the staff is interested in what they are thinking . Mr . Jacobs gave the dates for the scheduled work sessions . He stated that if we wanted to make budget statements that would affect next fiscal year , the Commissioner would like to make decisions as early as * possible depending on the new sales tax . Gayle stated that February 26"' would be good timing for SWAB to attend the Board of County Commissioners work session . Mr . Jacobs suggested that Gayle contact the Assistant County Manager about this date for scheduling SWAB attendance at the meeting . It was the consensus of the SWAB that they would made a presentation to the BOCC in which it would be explained in detail the purpose of the MRF , the necessity for it { if the waste reduction goals are to be met] and its capabilities , how it would be different from the [failed] one in Alamance County . Mr . Jacobs added that we need to sell the Commissioners on this . It was also suggested that the information to the Commissioners be very thorough and precise and to leave no stone unturned . Al Vickers suggested that of the issues before the board it would be difficult to know which items to cut . He suggested that a discussion of the following would be helpful ( 1 ) the current solid waste management plan , implementation, cost (2 ) minimal cost of maintaining the status quo without increasing recycling and just trying to hold where the county is , (3 ) what level of collection and processing it would take to achieve the goal in the solid waste management plan . This would show what the enhanced processing facility [MRF ] would be giving you in accomplishing the goals . 4 . Continuation of discussion of non - residential funding scenarios and customer group impacts . Joe Cook (Institute of Government) distributed a handout for the meeting which contained the following information Scenarios for December 12 , 2002 SWAB Meeting 6