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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board June 7, 2007 Approved August 2, 2007 Attendance : Bonnie Norwood, Jan Sassaman, BJ Tipton and Remus Smith Staff: Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Wanda McCain, and Paul Spire 1 . Adoption of Minutes from May 3 SWAB meeting Norwood moves to accept. Smith 2nd . Passes unanimously . 2 . Board Member Comments Norwood states that she appreciates the mention of [Phelps] Van [Eubanks site attendant] and his wife ' s condition in the minutes . Smith states that he has received calls congratulating the staff on the advertising being done . A lot of people don' t know what' s done with recycling but the ads fill in a lot of holes . Sassaman states that the next meeting will be in August. At this point he is unsure if he will still be a member . He hasn ' t heard from the mayor of Chapel Hill . His term expires at the end of the month . 3 . Overview of Proposed Solid Waste Management FY 2007-08 Wilson states that this is the summary part of what goes to the Board of Commissioners; they get more detail . The budget department prepares it and I do the narrative . The manager is proposing an $ 11 . 2 million budget. The proposed highlights are an increase in the 3 -R fee, without the increase there is a 24 % [shortfall] in covering the full cost of basic [with the fee] , multifamily would need to be increased by 120 % to fully fund that, rural would have to be raised 119 % and urban is 17 % less than full funding . The recommended increase would cover about half of the shortfall and the landfill is still subsidizing recycling by over $400, 000 with the proposal . Without the proposed fee increase it [the subsidy from the landfill] would be closer to a million dollars . That would be OK [if it weren' t for the upcoming] big expenses of transfer station at $5 million, a $1 . 5 million operations center, and landfill closure for which we need that revenue . There is also a proposal for an increase in the tipping fee of MSW of one dollar per ton . Another highlight is the manager ' s proposal that the Sanitation Division, currently a part of the Public Works Department, be moved to the Solid itation Division manages the drop-off sites Waste Management Department. The San and the collection of garbage from those . They also service garbage at county government buildings and county schools . There is a budget work session on June 14 . Sassaman states that the estimated budget for this fiscal year is significantly over the original budget. What is the reason for that? Wilson states that there are a couple of reasons . Some expenses are being incurred that are associated with taking over Sanitation such as maintenance that is offset by 1