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Minutes <br /> Regular Meeting - Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> November 8 , 2001 <br /> Approved December 13, 2001 <br /> Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Remus Smith, Albert Vickers, B . J . Tipton, Barry <br /> Jacobs, and Brian Ketchum <br /> Staff : Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Rod Visser, and Wanda McCain <br /> Jan Sassaman volunteers to chair the meeting <br /> 1 . Adoption of Minutes from August 9, 2001 . Moved by Remus Smith, 2nd by <br /> Al Vickers — Adopted 5 to 0 <br /> 2 . Organization Issues - Designation of New Chair - Al Vickers nominates Jan <br /> Sassaman as new chair . Brian Ketchum - 2nd Sassaman is elected and <br /> appointed as new chair . 4-0 <br /> 3 . Chapel Hill Commercial Waste Reduction Task Force - Pilot Program <br /> Request - Vickers gives a summary of what the Town Council is proposing . <br /> The Town of Chapel Hill wants to implement a pilot program to help reduce <br /> waste in the commercial sector and is asking the county to fund the program . <br /> Wilson states that the Solid Waste Department has been involved in the <br /> process . There was a (Town of Chapel Hill) Task Force formed to <br /> demonstrate to some of the businesses how to reduce their waste and thus the <br /> amount that they have to pay for collection . We were approached about <br /> setting up a pilot program in a restaurant, office building, and an apartment <br /> complex to pick up materials depending on the type of business and to do a <br /> waste audit . <br /> We have tried to be helpful to the Town and explained that, at that time, there <br /> was room for some expansion for food waste . If the pilot program expansion <br /> fell within that budget it could be paid for out of this budget. While waiting <br /> for the Chapel Hill Task Force to get back to us, we went ahead and added <br /> restaurants that were requesting the service and now we no longer have any <br /> additional budget for additional food waste and glass programs . <br /> We did offer to take on more facilities if the Town would fund the additions . <br /> We already have food waste and commercial glass programs in several places <br /> around town and could tell the Town the level of reduction achievable based <br /> on existing programs . The only area where we could gain additional <br /> information is with mixed paper . We could set a container at an apartment <br /> 1 <br />