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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSWAG Meeting Summary 111010 FROM: Solid Waste Advisory Board SUBJECT: November Monthly Meeting DATE: November 9, 2010 LOCATION: Solid Waste Administration Building 1207 Eubanks Road Chapel Hill ____________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Jan Sassaman (chair) Remus Smith (Hillsborough rep) BJ Tipton (UNC ex-officio member), Al Vickers (Carrboro), Jim Ward (Chapel Hill), Steve Yuhasz (BOCC liaison), MEMBERS ABSENT: Linda Bowerman (Carrboro rep), Orange County has not appointed reps to fill its two vacancies yet STAFF PRESENT: Gayle Wilson, SW Director, Blair Pollock SW Planner, Paul Spire SW Manager, Wanda McCain Admin Asst., Cody Marshall Recycling Manager ____________________________________________________________________________ Beginning time of meeting: 7pm Old Business (if any) - Minutes from October approved … New Business Topic A: Development of Annual Work Plan Discussion point • Chair presents draft of work plan and discussion follows, Chair will revise draft and re- send to members for final review and then presentation to BOCC Action Item: Chair slated to revise annual work plan and send to the SWAB next week 11/15-19 for review and then to submit to the BOCC … Topic B: Develop Timeline and Framework for Evaluation of Alternative Methods to Landfill Disposal Discussion points • SWAB may not have the technical capacity to perform this work itself and will definitely need help evaluating the many new emerging technologies. • It is not obvious that this work should precede development of a new Interlocal Solid Waste Agreement (IA) among the local governments. SWAB went on to discuss IA instead of detailing the development of a timeline & framework for alternatives. • Some discussion of alternatives highlighted in a specific report made by GBB to County in 2008 about state of alternative technologies. Report showed only incineration was mature enough to be practical and economically viable and only at a larger scale than Orange County’s waste. • SWAB has developed a list of items that it will recommend be part of a revised IA and that will be refined and submitted to BOCC as soon as possible • Commissioner Yuhasz agreed to bring to BOCC a discussion of how the IA should be developed and to ask BOCC to consider asking the Towns to participate in redeveloping the IA with an eye to including a decision making process on long-term waste management (including alternatives to landfilling) Decision/Vote(s): Only to accept October meeting minutes and adjournment Other items: • SWAB to get notified of monthly e-newsletter on solid waste put out by the Department. • SWAB members and other Work Group members to receive the recommendation on Solid Waste Convenience Centers that is topic of work session on 11/18. • Chair explained new SWAB meeting public comment procedure Meeting adjourned at: ________8:55pm_____________ Name of Minute Taker: Wanda McCain/electronically recorded for later transcription and detailed minutes preparation; Blair Pollock – quick report preparation.