HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-10-1998 - 3ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 10, 1998
Action Agenda
Item No. ~
SUBJECT: Solid Waste Matters
DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Public Works
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) 1~`0:
BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) N~::.
ATTACHMENT(S): ~ INFORNTATION CONTACT:
As noted in abstract John Link, ext 2300
Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To discuss and provide direction to staff on proposed landfill community benefits and
solid waste management options.
BACKGROUND: The Boazd may wish to review, discuss, and provide direction on a number of
issues related to proposed landfill community benefits and future solid waste management options,
as outlined briefly below and in referenced attachments:
Community Benefits: Status report on governing board action, and staff implementation (where
applicable) on fourteen proposed landfill community benefits (Attachment 3A); Chair's letter to
NCDOT requesting assistance for traffic signs on Rogers. Road (Attachment 3B); Sheriff s memo
on close patrol along Rogers Road related to vehicles with uncovered loads or causing litter
(Attachment 3C).
NewlAdditional Information: Review of landfill reserve funds for equipment replacement, land
acquisition, and landfill construction, with discussion of possible alternative uses of these reserves if
anew landfill is not pursued (Attachment 3D); County Engineer's memo on potential impacts of
blasting associated with Landfill construction on wells and groundwater (Attachment 3 E);
confirmation of estimated operating/capital cost per ton for a materials recovery facility
(Attachment 3F); Environmental Health Director's memo on well water treatment systems and their
associated costs (Attachment 3G); Joyce Engineering report on the feasibility of the use of the
Greene Tract as a potential site for a transfer station, MRF, and/or construction & demolition
landfill (Attachment 3H, in bound document -received late Friday, February 6, so no County staff
review has taken place); staff memo, developed in response to citizen inquiry about landfill post-
closure costs (Attachment 3I).
Next Stets: The Board may wish to review and discuss the most recent version of the proposed
interlocal agreement (Attachment 3~ for future solid waste management in Orange County, with a
particular eye towards those aspects of the proposed agreement where there appears to be consensus
among the various governing boards. The Board may also wish to review for reference the various
possible solid waste management scenarios (Attachment 3K) discussed by the Board during their
October 1997 and November 1997 solid waste work sessions. Also included for information only is
a list (Attachment 3L) of administrative issues developed by County and Town staffs during Spring
1997 that would have to be addressed should a transition become necessary from Town to County
oversight of landfill operations.
The Board previously indicated its intent to communicate to the municipal governing boards its
current views regarding solid waste management options and proposed community benefits. Staff
will receive the Boazd's direction at this work session and develop a draft of that communication to
the other governing boards, following this work session.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Boazd discuss these solid waste
matters and provide appropriate direction to staff.