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Solid Waste Advisory Board Regular Meeting June 13, 2012 Meeting Summary Draft 1 Attendance: Jan Sassaman, Remus Smith, Steve Yuhasz Staff: Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Cody Marshall, Wanda McCain and Wendy Simmons 1. Opening & Welcome – Sassaman: No quorum, this will be an informational meeting. 2. Adoption of Minutes from March 14, SWAB meeting – No quorum. Sassaman: In the minutes there was a request of Mr. Yuhasz to give the SWAB some form of charge formal or informal from the BOCC. SWAB is willing to serve them and answer questions but we need bounds on the envelope of what they want us to do. We don’t have staff resources or member resources; Chapel Hill is the only party to the interlocal agreement that has a full complement on the SWAB. Yuhasz: There isn’t anything different to tell from what has been the charge of the SWAB since the time the Commissioners made the decision to send the MSW to Durham. Sassaman: We can’t function if we are kept in the dark. Those that attend the meetings are beginning to feel like it’s a waste of time. Yuhasz: From a political standpoint all action has been halted pending the decision of Chapel Hill and what they are going to do with its waste and if they will continue to be part of the partnership. Until that decision is made there will not be a lot to discuss. Simmons: The next update from SCS is tentatively scheduled for June 26th. The final report will not be presented to Council until the fall. The meeting on June 26 will focus on short-term recommendations. Wilson: We have a secondary interest in what the Town does with their collection both commercial and residential. If they walk away and allow the private sector to service garbage collection you will see an immediate impact on reaching our waste reduction goal. Yuhasz: The SWAB is the creature of the interlocal agreement and without the parties to the interlocal agreement the SWAB doesn’t exist anymore. There may be