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Z~ <br />charge the same property tax rate which already includes a cost for solid waste <br />collection and disposal. <br />• There was some support for implementing PAYT by the Town now without waiting <br />for others to do so. It is a proven waste reduction strategy in other places and that not <br />proceeding out of fear of failure, would undermine an opportunity to fiuther reduce <br />waste in Orange County. This small-scale implementation is also an opportunity to <br />get some information on how well PAYT works before implementing it more <br />broadly. <br />• There were concerns about measuring the true impact of PAYT on total volume of <br />waste disposed because some waste might just be shifted to other sectors or other <br />jurisdictions, but counted by the Town as reduced. <br />Staff indicated that the SWAB had options in its recommendations to the BOCC for <br />financing various solid waste activities and explained how PAYT could be a fmancing <br />option as well as a strategy for waste reduction. <br />Overall, we did not have a single recommendation to the Board of County <br />Commissioners regarding the Chapel Hill PAYT proposal. <br />