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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> October 4, 2007 <br /> Approved December 6, 2007 <br /> Wilson states that ' s some of the risk and this is a way to sneak in an extraneous <br /> comment. <br /> Sassaman asks when will there be a draft plan . <br /> Pollock states that with your approval of this it will then need to go to the <br /> Commissioners . After that it should take sixty to ninety days to complete after <br /> approval of their resolution. <br /> Norwood states that it may be good to have some words that explain why it' s <br /> behind . <br /> Pollock states that the language in the second paragraph of the resolution has been <br /> the general approach to that question . We have a broad public process and a lot of <br /> questions and it just takes a long time . <br /> Smith moves to accept the resolution. <br /> Norwood seconds . <br /> Motion passes . 6 - 0 <br /> 4 . Solid Waste Management Plan Work Group Process Pollock states the agenda <br /> went out today for the next meeting which is next Wednesday (October 10) at 11030 . <br /> One of the items you will see next week is materials recovery facility decision points . <br /> Last year, when the paper was done on this the Work Group asked for more of a <br /> market test of the prices in this region so we went out with an RFP for pricing and <br /> for bids on equipment to build our own . It will be more of a market test to show if it <br /> would be better to build our own or ship materials out. In addition to the options to <br /> build or ship all, the other options are to process paper and ship out bottles or vice <br /> versa or ship it all out first and spend the next few years thinking about whether it is <br /> wise to build our own facility . That is well- detailed and you should be able to make <br /> some recommendations on that. <br /> The other piece you will look at is a reprise of the convenience centers and drop off <br /> sites piece you saw last May . It shows the possible models of how to go forward <br /> with the convenience centers and drop off sites . It will address what it looks like if <br /> you decide to charge people for using the convenience centers and will they <br /> continue to bring the same amount of waste they are now, a lot less, will business be <br /> allowed to use it etc . Also options in terms of number of convenience centers and <br /> dropoff sites . <br /> 2 <br />