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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> November 5 , 2009 <br /> Approved December 3, 2009 <br /> what you might charge . You get a trash bin that is full it gets very heavy . I have to <br /> use my car to get my recycling bins to the curb . It is hard to imagine unless you live <br /> in these areas how difficult it is . <br /> Someone mentioned that the county budget is $180 million and solid waste is $2 . 1 <br /> million that is less than 1 % and to worry about cutting back that 1 % , I know that there <br /> needs to be budget-cutting taking place but this is a very essential service . We in the <br /> rural area are paying for the libraries that are inaccessible to us, in the fact that city <br /> people can drive to . We used to live in Durham an in a matter of three minutes you <br /> can be at a library . Now it is very far . We are asking for consideration living in a <br /> rural area . We are not getting the libraries' service, but the convenience centers are <br /> like our gathering centers . The idea of having the shed is there a way that we can <br /> have a little area set aside at the convenience centers besides Eubanks where you <br /> could put things where people could recycle . <br /> Why are all the centers opened and closed on the exact same days ? It makes no sense . <br /> be we need more convenience centers at different locations <br /> Someone was saying may <br /> if you close them all on the same day, it' s harder to dispose of our trash . . . Alternating <br /> the days doesn' t cost a lot of money . I ' ve been to the centers on Saturdays and a lot of <br /> the people that work there don ' t mind because they are making money . Except for <br /> Sunday, there should be a convenience center open every day of the week somewhere <br /> because sometimes people have a very urgent need . It doesn ' t cost more money to <br /> have staggered days for the convenience centers . <br /> Hauser states that building on Frank ' s comments on the scheduling, giving some <br /> scheduling variation for flexibility . The other question is service variation. In Wake <br /> County they have certain things that are done infrequently, like tires . Do we have to <br /> have tires at every convenience center every day or could there be a day a month or a <br /> day a quarter that they receive tires or bulky goods ? One thing that isn' t talked about <br /> but the fire departments are talking about is hazardous waste . One has to come here <br /> for hazardous waste so people collect them in their house it may not be an issue for <br /> solid waste, but it is an issue for the fire department because they are combustible and <br /> they are starting fires . Hazardous waste would be an item that might be worthwhile <br /> to collect on a monthly or quarterly basis . Those are the kinds of service <br /> improvements that is not being discussed in the solid waste work group that cost <br /> virtually nothing to implement. In fact if they are implemented wisely we could save <br /> a fortune of money in terms of the solid waste convenience centers services . <br /> Sassaman states that on the issue of scheduling and that sort of thing, by having it in <br /> the minutes, I am trying make these comments act as a trigger so that maybe the Solid <br /> Waste Department can look at some of those alternatives . I think it is a good idea . <br /> 9 <br />