2000 NS Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough Solid Waste Management Interlocal Agreement

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3 Agreement for Solid Waste Management To establish a comprehensive approach to solid waste management issues, and in consideration of the promises made to one another in this Agreement, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough hereby agree as follows: 1. The County will assume solid waste management responsibility effective January 1,2000. Operate the System. The County will operate the System for the benefit of the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions. The County will establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the operation and use of the System, operate the System in an efficient and economical manner and maintain the properties constituting the System in good repair and in sound operating condition. Provide solid waste disposal facilities. The County will provide System Management Facilities suitable for the disposition of Solid Waste by the County, the Towns and the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions. The existing landfill, as well as any successor System Management Facility, will be designated to accept solid.waste generated exclusively by residents,businesses and institutions located in Orange County and that portion of Chapel Hill located within Durham County,North Carolina. Determine policy. The County will have the ongoing authority and responsibility in its discretion (1) to administer and operate the System in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and (2) to determine and modify the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies from time to time. The County agrees, however, to consult with the other Parties and the Advisory Commission, frequently and consistently, to determine their views on the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies and possible changes thereto. Take on employees. All of the System Employees will be transferred to the County and become County employees subject to the supervision of the County Manager in the same fashion as other County employees. The Parties acknowledge that it is an important objective of this Agreement that the current total compensation package for System Employees be maintained at a substantially equivalent level through their transfer to the_ County, although the combination of salary and benefits for any employee may change. The Parties recognize that all components of compensation to System Employees after the transfer will be subject to changes in salaries and benefits in the same fashion as other County employees. The County and Chapel Hill will develop a detailed schedule comparing the total pre-transfer and post-transfer compensation for each System Employee. Chapel Hill will send a copy of the completed schedule to Carrboro. Acquire System assets. The County will acquire all right, title and interest to all Existing System Assets. Title to the Greene Tract,however, shall not be conveyed to the County pursuant to this paragraph; Part 3 is and shall be the only portion of this Agreement affecting the state of the title to the Greene Tract.