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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board November 5, 2009 Approved December 3, 2009 Sassaman states that the issue of equity may be what the Commissioners need to discuss . We all have different views of equity . Having the convenience centers means there is less likely to be litter on the roads . Tipton states that what I got from the meeting was I thought it was interesting that the PAYT discussion first came forward from Carrboro and Chapel Hill and when the county put it on the table to do it at the convenience centers, there was back pedaling . Because if the County does it first and they' re not on board, they will experience the pressure from that. The purpose of discussing franchise is basically flow control . Flow control is important if there is a destination to control the flow to and we don' t. I see it as chasing our tails or tackling it a little too soon and may be a waste of time, given there are other things that could be looked at. With expanding curbside recycling - go for it. I ' ve heard a lot of interesting things on the convenience centers . I still hold to the feeling that it would be helpful to find out what users want. Gravity fed, more centers, more hours - there could be more locations with fewer hours, some with gravity feed that some people may be willing to drive to . I think that funding is an issue . I ' ve heard a lot of interesting things . First I was sold on they need to be equitable, but then I heard the library and school analogy and I feel like the equity issue isn' t so much an issue . There is a tendency to keep adding things to our plate before coming to a decision. I see it a lot with this process . It' s great what we have done and what' s happening but I it manageable, make some decision and move forward . The next caution to keep ial recycling whether it is in or out of the thing that I see is to separate out commerc county and make that a separate layer . Smith asks what is the difference in cost of running the convenience center on Walnut Grove Church Rd . and the drop -off at Hampton Pointe . Can we afford the unmanned centers ? Pollock states that the costs of the convenience centers are pretty well defined . It is about $2 . 1 million for garbage and recycling this year . There is probably a couple of hundred thousand from the 3 -R Fee . On the unstaffed sites it is a little difficult to tease out the precise number because the guys that run those routes also do a lot of other work that is related to other pieces of recycling . On a per ton cost it is one of . our less costly efforts even with cleaning all five sites every day using a 1/2 of a staff person s time . Close to 1 / 3 of our tons come from drop off sites and SWCCs, even when we brought mixed paper and cardboard to curbside, tonnage did not decrease . 6