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Wilson detailed results of departmental organizational reassessment and noted consolidation of positions, moving of Equipment Maintenance staff under the Environmental Support Division and finalization of fiscal transition of Sanitation Division to an integral part of the Solid Waste Dept. enterprise fund, though still using mostly General Fund monies. There were questions on why there are recycling hiring freezes if the funds are not from the General Fund and positions are fully funded from the enterprise fund and there was no fee reduction that might have inhibited hiring. A member requested that the BOCC consider a policy that delineates these types of positions as exempt from hiring freezes if funds are available. Topic D: A resolution Memorializing Bonnie Norwood, deceased SWAB member, passed 5-0. Topic E Rogers Road Neighborhood Cleanup. Further detailed discussion and clarification of the details of the pending March 19 Rogers Road area cleanup was held including a review of the 1997 Report of the landfill Owner Group/Landfill Neighbors Working Group. Staff clarified that the report may not have been formally adopted by the various elected boards who were then party to the Landfill Owners Group. Topic F: Emergency Storm Debris Management was discussed and staff made board aware of its plan to hire a storm debris monitoring firm to assist in case a major storm results in need to more extensively manage debris and reiterated the need to identify one or more adequate publicly owned spaces in the County for staging the storm debris management activities. Topic G: Landfill Capacity: Staff reported that the latest engineering study of the landfill showed that its life can be extended to approximately the end of 2016 or possibly 2017 using certain construction techniques. Details will be presented to BOCC and an option selected for how to manage the remaining air space. Name of minute taker (s): Blair Pollock and Wanda McCain.