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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> May 7, 2009 <br /> Approved June 3, 2009 <br /> of the things that this board discussed was not to endorse the report from Olver, <br /> which in fact you ended up doing . <br /> I am curious if anyone has read the report from Olver . Could anyone answer why <br /> there are two different volume projections in that report? Did anyone know that <br /> UNC ' s waste volume was used as part of the vendor cost estimates ? That would <br /> overstate the cost by at least $4 million . Did anyone confirm the assumptions given <br /> by the Towns were assumptions used by Olver ? We have confirmed that they were <br /> not. Did anyone look at Olver ' s use of fuel [cost] estimates of $2 / gallon? Does <br /> anyone think that $2/ gallon for diesel is reasonable estimate for 2011 fuel prices ? <br /> This is all in addition to some good work that was in this meeting and it wasn' t an <br /> issue until this board changed its mind and decided to endorse the report that I can' t <br /> image that the professionals on this board looked at and reviewed . I know that the <br /> report was reissued after your resolution was written. Collectively from what we <br /> could tell, it' s hard to tell because the reports are pretty confusing, the errors under <br /> estimate the cost for Bingham by a lot, they overestimate the cost for vendors by at <br /> least $10 million, probably more like $12 to $15 million, and the report fails to <br /> reasonably depict how much more it will cost to build and operate a facility in <br /> it will to build and operate a facility that is kept closer to <br /> Bingham Township than <br /> town . <br /> Now this board has been invited to an important work session . The reason the work <br /> session has been requested was because the Board was given a pile of reports from <br /> Olver and the reports had contradictory points in it and they didn' t understand what <br /> was going on . They really want to know the facts . This board has been invited so <br /> how can you help the Board? <br /> We would say what are the real options for a waste transfer station for this county <br /> and one is, and I think there is some agreement, that the best option would be a <br /> smaller site that is closer to town and Eubanks Rd . is not that site . <br /> I think that everybody agrees that a Bingham site commits every taxpayer in this <br /> county to 20 years of excess costs, bad service and environmental risks . I think that <br /> we all agree that if we are stuck that vendors are a reasonable interim option . It has <br /> not been discussed, but I wonder if there isn' t another good option to end the <br /> interlocal agreement. That was a great idea for managing the landfill but maybe it is <br /> time to let the Towns go on their own . Clearly Hillsborough is well on its path to <br /> using vendors for three -quarters of its waste . Even with all the distortions in the <br /> report it was cheaper for Hillsborough to use vendors . Maybe Hillsborough should <br /> go out on its own . Maybe this county doesn' t need a waste transfer station to serve <br /> the whole county . <br /> 5 <br />