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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance — Establish Three New Support <br /> Positions and Award Equipment Bids <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Purchasing/Planning/Personnel/ <br /> Finance <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1- C&D Recycling Task Force Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br /> "Statement of Principles" Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br /> 2- Chronology of C&D Related Actions Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> 3- Summary of Position Duties Elaine Holmes, 245-2552 <br /> 4- Class Specification — Solid Waste Ken Chavious, 245 -2453 <br /> Materials Transfer Operator TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 5- Bid Tabulations Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider establishing three new full-time permanent positions and awarding <br /> bids for five pieces of equipment to support implementation of the County's Regulated <br /> Recyclable Materials Ordinance; and to amend the Classification and Pay Plan to add the new <br /> class title of Solid Waste Materials Transfer Operator. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Historical Context <br /> On December 11, 2001, the Board of Commissioners adopted a Regulated Recyclable <br /> Materials Ordinance (RRMO). That action represented the culmination of the vision of the <br /> BOCC-appointed Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling Task Force that met from late <br /> 1999 through mid-2000 and presented its report and recommendations to the BOCC in August <br /> 2000. Chaired by Commissioner Jacobs, the Task Force worked with a guiding "Statement of <br /> Principles" (Attachment 1) that shaped its recommendations. Foremost among the 11 <br /> recommendations in the Task Force's report was the enactment of an Orange County <br /> ordinance that would mandate recycling or reuse of various categories of C&D waste. Key to <br /> the Task Force's efforts was the recognition that the C&D waste stream, which comprises about <br /> one-third of the County's annual waste stream of about 90,000 tons entering the landfill, was <br /> largely untapped for recycling/reuse potential. <br /> Many years ago, the BOCC adopted a goal of reducing by 2006 the amount of solid waste <br /> landfilled annually, on a per capita basis, by 61 percent (Attachment 2 lists other significant <br />