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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 4, 2002 <br /> Action Ageiytla� <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Regulated Recyclable Materiels Ordinance—Establish Three New Support <br /> Positions and Award Equipment Bids <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management/ PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> Purchasing/Planning/Personnel <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1- G&0 Recycling Task Force Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br /> 'Statement of Principles" Pam Jones, 2462652 <br /> 2- Chronology of C&D Related Actions Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> 3- Summary of New Position Duties Elelne Holmes, 245-2552 <br /> 4 Class Speoication—Solid Waste TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Materials Transfer Operator Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 5- Bid Tabulations Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> 6- Recycling Facilities Update 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 act ion represented the culmination of the vision of the <br /> BOCC-appolnted 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 eleven <br /> recommendations in the Task Force's report was the enactment of an Orange County <br /> ordinance that would mandate recyGing 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-ihiN of the County's annual waste stream of about 90,000 tons entering the landfill,was <br /> largely untapped for mcwtirmlreuse potential. <br />