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Minutes - Special Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board March 31 , 2009 Approved May 7, 2009 looked at the County Convenience Centers where trucks would end up being full and mapped the haul distances from there to each of the transfer options . Some costs are based on industry standards . Example of that is maintenance and capital costs on the trucks . We went back to the Towns and County after the analysis was complete and had them review it and made adjustments after their comments to refine the data . Existing-Transfer Stations - We interviewed each owner / operator . There were 27 questions regarding five categories - capacity, times of operation, operational details, local restrictions, and contracting . We went to NC DENR files to review their operating history . We toured each facility and took pictures . New Transfer Station - We looked the construction cost for the Hwy 54 site based on recent bids and transfer station layout. It is an update of the Eubanks Rd . assumptions . Designer assumptions are based on Orange County features, i . e . totally enclosed facility . We looked at all the equipment and operational costs based on your history . There is a history of operating a lot of front-end loaders . We also used Orange County living wage on employee assumptions . New Lonq�haul and Disposal - The cost was based on recent bids and actual operations . This is from the assumed [Hwy] 54 transfer station to the Sampson County landfill . We assumed all new equipment, even the backup and spares . The haul distances are based on tractorArailer routes which are primarily interstate . We adjusted the routes to make sure the tractorArailers weren' t going through the middle of towns to get to the landfill . The disposal fees we assumed for the landfill are based on some recent bids and gate rates that we know of e . g . last year they gave Wake County a bid of $18 / ton . We used $20 as an estimate for our starting point. Results Off-Route Hauling Estimates - This is sort of a combination of approach and results of how we did this . The cost categories for each Town are the same . What we wind up with is the hourly rate to operate that truck and crew . That hourly rate then drives the cost of additional time it takes to go some other location. The hourly rate is based on mileage as well . We then moved from that rate what it would take to go to the landfill now, Hwy 54 transfer station, the Durham transfer station, and the Waste Industries transfer station. This gives the number of routes per week and the average speed to various locations . We assumed a wait time of 15 minutes across the board . We wind up with a total number of miles . We looked at miles per hour . We looked at total hours then off-route hours and the cost of that. We looked at miles per gallon . We wind up with an off-route cost for each of the options . The annual off-route hauling costs that are in addition to what Eubanks are today are . 7