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2 Many years ago, the BOCC adopted a goal of reducing by 2006 the amount of solid waste landfilled annually,on a per capita basis, by 61 percent(other significant waste reduction and C&D management activities and milestones are listed In a chronology of Attachment 2). That represented a more aggressive target than the State mandated goal for all North Carolina local governments of 40 percent per capita solid waste reduction by 2005. It is worth noting that Orange County governing boards, local government staffs, and citizens have cooperated to make tremendous progress towards solid waste reduction goals. Accord ing to the State's most recent annual Solid Waste Management Report for FY 2000-01, Orange County has decreased its per capita solid waste disposal by 36 percent(from 1.36 tone per parson to 0.89 tone per person)since the 1991-92 baseline year. Orange Countys achievement is even more noteworthy in light of the statistic that statewide,per capita solid waste landfilled has actually increased by 12 percent since the baseline year(from 1.08 tons per person in 1991-92 to 1 21 tons per person in 2001-02). With substantial progress already made in Orange County towards the State and BOCC solid waste reduction goals, Implementation of the RRMO provides the opportunity to achieve additional significant reductions In the waste stream that ends up being landfllled In Orange County. The C&D Task Force estimated that only about l 5 pament of the 31,000 annual tons of C&D materials were being selvaged from the landfill face. With He focus on removal of clean wood waste and metal from the waste stream (and with the potential to regulate additional categories of waste at a later date through ordinance amendments), the RRMO will lead to measurable C&D waste reduction in FY 2002-03. Among its major provisions, the RRMO requires: Mandatory recycling of various waste materials • Construction site separation of regulated materials Recyclable Material Permits be obtained to accompany all building permits ' • Licensee for haulers of regulated materials • Certlflcation of facilifies handling commingled categories of waste The adoption of the ordinance necessitates the construction of C&D recycling facilities at the landfill,the acquisition of equipment to manage and haul the materials to market, and new personnel to operate the equipment, to Inspect the incoming loads for compliance, for education and enforcement, and to Issue.permits and licenses. The FY 2001-02 Solid Waste departmental budget included funding for an Education and Enforcement position which already has been established and for which the selected candidate began work an April 15r". The recycling facilities are currently out for bid (see attachment 6). The equipment has all been bid and is malting Board bid award approval. Staffing heads Given the time required to complete the recruitment and selection process for the new positions, and b ensure that the necessary personnel are trained and In place so that the ordinance can be implemented on October 1, 2002, it is important to obtain Boad authorization for the additional positions necessary to support the ordinance and its associated services. These three positions were discussed in the memorandum presented to the Board[ at the October 1, 2001 Solid Waste work session and In prior and subsequent discussions of the ordinance, most recently at the May 23 work session.