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Minutes - Special Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> March 31 , 2009 <br /> Approved May 7, 2009 <br /> don' t like these sites . We don' t like the sites either and we now have an option that <br /> we know our trash will not pile up . <br /> 2 . Presentation of Consultant Analysis - Olver Inc Sallach states that the information <br /> that we are providing is the backup to the summary that was presented in the agenda <br /> packet. We are also providing a copy of the slides of the presentation . To put into the <br /> context of the evaluation, what we have looked at is the costs associated with <br /> operating the transfer station that would be located at the [Hwy] 54 site . This analysis <br /> addresses [the] additional cost to each jurisdiction associated with hauling that trash <br /> to that site and also deals with the costs of constructing the transfer station, operating <br /> the transfer station, and hauling and disposal of the waste . We have also looked at <br /> ith this . You will get a complete picture of <br /> and compared the vendor options along w <br /> the options as far as transfer and disposal that are available in this immediate area . I <br /> will turn the presentation over to Jim Reynolds who will go through the derivation <br /> and the methodologies used to develop the numbers that we have presented in the <br /> summary sheets . <br /> Reynolds states that the presentation is in three chapters - the investigative approach, <br /> results of the analysis and observations and conclusions . <br /> The investigative approach looks at four components . The components are to <br /> estimate the off-route hauling costs by the Towns and the County . By off-route <br /> hauling we mean that once the truck collects the waste and is full it then has to travel <br /> to a location to dump, which is currently Eubanks landfill . In the future it will be a <br /> transfer station. The off-route time and cost is the component that we looked at to see <br /> what is different with different options . Essentially collection will be the same . We <br /> interviewed all the existing transfer station owners and operators and discussed what <br /> they can and cannot do . We did some investigation of their operations . We looked at <br /> a new transfer station cost specifically for the Hwy 54 site . We also looked at the new <br /> long-haul and disposal cost and we tried to compare apples to apples . By that we <br /> mean we added all the cost in, even if the County might be able to have an economy <br /> of scale because there are already doing some other operations . We didn' t allocate <br /> certain cost to landfilling . We allocated 100 % of the cost to transfer station if it is <br /> needed for the transfer station. That was more in keeping with what the alternatives <br /> were . <br /> Approaches <br /> Off route hauling - We went to the Towns and County and they provided actual <br /> operating data and assumptions . We looked at the number of routes they had, the <br /> number of trips to the landfill they had, and we looked at the crew size, types of <br /> vehicles -- some are rear loaders, front loaders or automated side loaders . Analysis is <br /> based on actual crew sizes and vehicles . We looked at end routes . For Chapel Hill <br /> there are six routes, we averaged various locations [from the ends of routes] . We <br /> 6 <br />