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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board November 5 , 2009 Approved December 3, 2009 Vickers states that whatever the Board does on the issue of how or what are the functions of the Solid Waste Department is - providing convenience centers, collection or franchise, the commissioners will ask the SWAB at some point for a recommendation on a funding mechanism . Sassaman states that then it becomes our responsibility, but I don' t think it is at this point. It seems that a recommendation along the lines of we like to see convenience centers such that they are maximally exposed to the population and we recognize that needs to be funded . Vickers states that the issue that hasn' t been discussed much is the unmanned convenience centers [dropoff sites] . We have a lot of drop- off sites and the question is are they placed strategically, are there too many or too few? Sassaman states that that is a different animal . Bowerman states that regarding the funding I don' t think it should be specific . I don' t think we should have people buy in, where some can get stickers and others can' t. I think it should be open to everybody, even if they only need it once . I ' d rather them have it than dump it on the side of the road . Everyone should have access however it' s paid . Sassaman agrees and that access should be equal and funding mechanism should be applied to everybody . Vickers states that the Task group [Work Group] came to the conclusion that access had to be available to everyone . The issue came up that because the Towns currently ith municipal garbage disposal and the county budget pays for pay for solid waste w the municipal waste disposed [from] outside the county (sic) [the Towns] , shouldn' t it be shared -- that the non-urban residents pay directly for their garbage disposal vs . the county (sic) urban residents ? How you work out some system is the question . Sassaman states that there is a simple argument for that. One way is to have a two - tier pay system . The other counter-argument is for the Towns to say once you fill up your bin, you either hold your extra garbage until the next week or use the convenience center or you pay extra if you have too much . If I have too much I put it in a bag and take it to the convenience center along with broken furniture or junk . Some things aren t appropriate for the PTA [Thrift Shop] but are appropriate to the salvage sheds . Vickers states that the Task Force [Work Group] was clear that the access had to be county wide - urban and rural . The issue of equity and funding on garbage disposal and PAYT and how that was treated was left to be discussed at a later time . 5