Trash Talk: Do you have a Minute? How about 17 years worth?

I appreciate folks dropping by and sampling my blather.

While I write CitizenWill from a Will-perspective, I also try to be somewhat objective in my analysis. Not just say, for instance, that Greenbridge is too tall but to actually measure and model its footprint in GoogleEarth. I also like to link to my source materials so that folks can cut through my BS and do their own homework.

In fact, one reader just asked for some of the SWAB minutes I’ve drawn upon. I’ll deliver that plus 17 years of Orange County BOCC minutes to boot.

Unfortunately, quite a few documents are Adobe PDFs. Worse, many are actually scanned as images instead of textual documents that a Google or Yahoo can index making searching a real beast (for a couple hundred bucks, the county could purchase OCR software to convert those images to text).

Textual PDFs of the Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB):

The following are the minutes for the landfill’s LAND OWNER’S GROUP (LOG) 0/01/1990 to 04/01/2007 [no, I haven’t read them all – yet 😉 ]
I’ve tried to remove duplicate references and narrow the list to those minutes most pertinent to both the landfill and transfer station site selection.

WARNING! The list is over a hundred items long and may take a while to load on a dial-up Internet connection.

Meeting Date Department Item Number Description Disposition Link to Minutes
01/06/1990 PW805   SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT NA Minutes in PDF
02/20/1990 PW805   SITE COMMITTEE R Minutes in PDF
03/05/1990 PW805   LANDFILL OWNER’S GROUP SITE SELECTION R Minutes in PDF
12/17/1991 PW805   EUBANKS AREA LANDFILL CITIZENS COMMITTEE NA Minutes in PDF
01/06/1992 PW805   LANDFILL SITE SEARCH NA Minutes in PDF
03/09/1992 CM410   CHERYL FRANKLIN COMMENTED ON LANDFILL SEARCH NA Minutes in PDF
05/04/1992 CM410   AGENDA” ON LANDFILL SEARCH; NA Minutes in PDF
05/19/1992 PW805   CITIZENS AGAINST LANDFILL SITE SEARCH NA Minutes in PDF
06/29/1992 PW805   REPORT-LANDFILL SITE SELECTION PROCESS R Minutes in PDF
08/03/1992 PW805   LANDFILL TEST SITES; WORK SESSION PLANNED NA Minutes in PDF
09/08/1992 PW805   SOLID WASTE MNGT. GOALS & OBJECTIVE & AR Minutes in PDF
09/17/1992 PW805   SELECTION SITE TESTING, ACERAGE NEED-EFFECTS ON WATERSHEDS NA Minutes in PDF
09/17/1992 PW805   INTRODUCTION OF LANDFILL SEARCH COMMITTEE AND CONSULTANTS NA Minutes in PDF
09/17/1992 PW805   BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS TO DATE NA Minutes in PDF
10/05/1992 CM410   BOARD COMMENTS-LANDFILL SITING ISSUE NA Minutes in PDF
11/17/1992 PW805   LANDFILL SEARCH AS TO WHY CHOSEN OR REJECTED AR Minutes in PDF
12/12/1992 PW805   LANDFILL SITE SELECTION & DEVELOPMENT R Minutes in PDF
02/01/1993 PW805   SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT-RURAL SOLID WASTE R Minutes in PDF
02/01/1993 PW805   COLLECTION & LANDFILL SITE SEARCH PROCESS R Minutes in PDF
03/23/1993 GA510   SELECTION OF A SITE FOR A NEW LANDFILL TO SERVE ORANGE CO & APPROVEING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEM
ENT FOR THE EXERCISE OF THAT AUTHORITY
AR Minutes in PDF
04/05/1993 PW805   CONCERNS-PROPOSED LAND FILL SITE IN ENO TOWNSHIP NA Minutes in PDF
05/18/1993 CM410   1993-94 COMMISSIONERS GOALS AM Minutes in PDF
06/29/1993 PW805   RECYCLING SERVICES AR Minutes in PDF
11/01/1993 PW805   RECYCLING IN RURAL AREAS NA Minutes in PDF
11/01/1993 PW805   LOG-ENGINEERING FIRM-SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT NA Minutes in PDF
04/19/1994 PW805   LANDOWNERS ON SITE 17 CONCERNS ABOUT PROCESS BEING USED BY JOYCE ENGINEERS RD Minutes in PDF
05/02/1994 PW805   TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT LANDFILL OWNERS GROUP R Minutes in PDF
02/06/1995 PW805   LANDFILL OWNERS GROUP BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED R Minutes in PDF
02/21/1995 PW805   REQUEST FOR COPY OF RECOMMENDATION FOR LANDFILL R Minutes in PDF
03/08/1995 CM410   LANDFILL ORGANIZATION OPTIONS AR Minutes in PDF
03/15/1995 PW805   LANDFILL SITE REPORT DUE IN FALL R Minutes in PDF
05/01/1995 PW805   PETITION IN PROTEST OF SITE 9 LOCATION AS NA Minutes in PDF
06/26/1995 PW805   INTERIM EXPANSION OF LANDFILL OWNERS GROUP AR Minutes in PDF
06/29/1995 PW805   WHOLE MEETING WAS ABOUT EXPANSION OF LANDFILL R Minutes in PDF
10/11/1995 CM410   REPORT ON GREENE TRACT, LANDFILL SITE & R Minutes in PDF
11/01/1995 PW805   RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL AR Minutes in PDF
02/12/1996 PW805   RESOLUTION APPROVING SITE ORANGE COUNTY 17 AS AR Minutes in PDF
03/19/1996 PW805   REQUEST FOR ANOTHER COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT A D Minutes in PDF
04/18/1996 PW805   SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GOALS ADOPTED BY ORANGE NA Minutes in PDF
04/25/1996 PW805   SPECIAL MEETING BETWEEN ALL GOVERNING BOARDS R Minutes in PDF
05/01/1996 PW805   COUNTY’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR COUNTY LANDFILL NA Minutes in PDF
05/14/1996 GA510   ACQUISITION OF WILSON PROPERTY FOR LANDFILL AR Minutes in PDF
06/19/1996 PW805   JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL PH Minutes in PDF
06/27/1996 PW805   SPECIAL MEETING PUBLIC FORUM TO HEAR VEDCO PH Minutes in PDF
08/05/1996 PW805   DISCUSSION OF LANDFILL REORGANIZATION WORK P Minutes in PDF
08/20/1996 PW805   AND PROCESSING AR Minutes in PDF
09/30/1996 CM410   ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING NA Minutes in PDF
11/04/1996 PW805   LANDFILL TIPPING FEE RIVISIONS AR Minutes in PDF
11/13/1996 CM410   ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS SOLID WASTE SUMMIT II AR Minutes in PDF
12/07/1996 PW805   WIDE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT & FUTURE LANDFILL R Minutes in PDF
02/03/1997 PW805   REFERENCE MADE ON LANDFILL OWNERS GROUP NA Minutes in PDF
02/24/1997 CP561   SPECIAL USE PERMIT-ORANGE REGIONAL LANDFILL PH Minutes in PDF
04/01/1997 GA510   REPORT ASK FOR ON NEVILLE TRACT BY ROGER BARR RM Minutes in PDF
04/17/1997 PW805   ADJACENT LANDOWNERS MEETING R Minutes in PDF
05/05/1997 CP561   SPECIAL USE PERMIT ORANGE REGIONAL LANDFILL PH Minutes in PDF
08/07/1997 PW805   SOLID WASTE MATTERS NA Minutes in PDF
10/22/1997 PW805   EUBANKS ROAD LANDFILL COMMUNITY BENEFITS RB Minutes in PDF
10/30/1997 PW805   SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES RD Minutes in PDF
11/20/1997 PW805   REVIEW OF NEW ATTACHMENTS-HYDROGEOLOGY REPORT R Minutes in PDF
11/20/1997 PW805   FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE WHOLE RM Minutes in PDF
12/16/1997 PW805   CITIZEN MADE REMARKS ABOUT THEIR NEEDS FOR FRESH CLEAN WATER NEAR LANDFILL-ALSO TRUCKS ENTERING
LANDFILL WITHOUT COVERS
RD Minutes in PDF
02/10/1998 PW805   IMPORTANT! SOLID WASTE MATTERS WERE DISCUSSED RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MAILING OF INFORMATION
POST-CLOSURE USE OF LANDFILL DISCUSSED
NA Minutes in PDF
03/04/1998 PW805   CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION FACILITY SITE AR Minutes in PDF
04/14/1998 GA510   MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE NA Minutes in PDF
04/21/1998 PW805   ROGERS ROAD COMMUNITY GROUP TO HOLD FORUM ON R Minutes in PDF
08/11/1998 PW805   SOLID WASTE REPORT: OPTIONS FOR SOLID WASTE AM Minutes in PDF
09/01/1998 GA510   REPORT THAT PUBLIC FORUM ON CONSTRUCTION & R Minutes in PDF
10/06/1998 PW805  5d A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE LANDFILL OWNERS GROUP AND ITS MEMBER GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS THE S
ITING OF FUTURE SOLID WASTE FACILITIES IN A COMPREHENSIVE FASHION
AR Minutes in PDF
11/17/1998 GA510   SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES P Minutes in PDF
02/18/1999 PW805  1 DISCUSSION ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND TAKING OVER SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILI
TIES FROM THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, ALSO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY, CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO AS WEL
L AS THE “PRINCIPLES FOR ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
NA Minutes in PDF
03/16/1999 PW805  8b WAIVER OF LANDFILL FEES-ENO RIVER ASSOCIATION AR Minutes in PDF
04/20/1999 PW805  2b DISCUSSION ON TESTING OF WELLS IN THE PRESENT LANDFILL FACILITY ON EUBANKS ROAD NA Minutes in PDF
05/04/1999 GA510  2b INQUIRY ABOUT STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND E
XPLANATION AND HOPE TO HAVE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT SIGHNED BEFORT SUMMER BREAK
R Minutes in PDF
05/18/1999 PW805  9f 1999-2000 LANDFILL FUND BUDGET RD Minutes in PDF
06/01/1999 GA510  9a 1999-2000 LANDFILL FUND BUDGET APPROVAL AR Minutes in PDF
06/15/1999 GA510  1 PULBLIC INFORMATION PROCESS FOR THE C & D SITING –SITE 8 NA Minutes in PDF
06/21/1999 PW805  2A SEVERAL CITIZENS WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND DDEMOLITION (C & D) SI
TE. COMMISSIONERS SET A LIMIT OF 15 MINUTES FOR COMMENTS ON THE C & D SITE ISSUE
NA Minutes in PDF
06/30/1999 GA510  9c SOLIC WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF CARRBORO, CHAPE
L HILL, AND HILLSBOROUGH THAT WOULD GOVERN THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ORANGE COUNTY
AR Minutes in PDF
08/17/1999 GA510  9c SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT AR Minutes in PDF
08/31/1999 GA510  2 SOLID WASTE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AR Minutes in PDF
09/07/1999 GA510  6a POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) LANDFILL SITE EVALUATION AND ENGINEER’S REPORT
AND QUESTION AND COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS COMMENTS
RD Minutes in PDF
09/14/1999 PW805  2a A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE NEED FOR ALL PARTIES TO SUPPORT A REVENUE STRUCTURE SUFFICIENT TO FI
NANCE IMPLEMENTATION FOTHE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
AR Minutes in PDF
09/21/1999 CP561  c PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LANDFILL SITES – SOLIC WASTE MANAGEMENT D
IRECTOR’S PRESENTATION, JOYCE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION, CITIZEN COMMENTS
PH Minutes in PDF
09/29/1999 CM410  5a MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION”D” INDICATING ORANGE COUNTY’S INTENTION TO ELIMINATE FOR FURTHER CON
SIDERATION THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LANDFILL ON A 33 ACRE SITE NEAR EUBANKS ROAD
D Minutes in PDF
09/29/1999 PW805  3 INQUIRY ABOUT ROGERS ROAD WATERLINE EXTENSION RD Minutes in PDF
10/05/1999 CM410  9q CONCEPT OF CREATING A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) RECYCLING TASK FORCE AND APPOINT CO
MMISSIONERS BROWN AND JACOBS AS REPRESENTATIVES ON THE TASK FORCC AND TO BRING BACK THE CHARBGE AND STRUCTURE
AR Minutes in PDF
11/03/1999 GA510  4b INFORMATION ON GREEN TRACT THAT WOULD BE USED FOR FUTURE SOLID WASTE ACRTIVITIES AS THE COUNTY
ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY NEXT MARCH
R Minutes in PDF
11/09/1999 PW805  1a SOLID WASTE MATTERS – 60 ACRE GREENE TRACT PORTION SET ASIDE AS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SITE RM Minutes in PDF
11/22/1999 GA510  1 GREEN TRACT SURVEYS AM Minutes in PDF
12/07/1999 CM410  3 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING WELL TESTING RELATED TO PERCEIVED THREATS FROM
LANDFILL
R Minutes in PDF
01/20/2000 GA515  9c SOLID WASTE EMPLOYEE TRANSFER PLAN – EMPLOYEE PAY AND BENEFITS AR Minutes in PDF
02/21/2000 CM410  1 JOINT PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONE
RS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING OF 60 ACRES OF THE 169 ACRE GREENE TRACT – GREEN TRACT – APPLICATION FOR ZONING ATLAS AME
NDMENT
PH Minutes in PDF
04/11/2000 GA512  1 BUDGET AMENDMENT #9 CREATION OF SOLID WASTE/LANDFILL OPERATIONS FUND AND ASSOCIATED APPROPRIATI
ONS
AR Minutes in PDF
06/06/2000 HS602  8d QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT FOR LANDFILL CELL #4 LINER AM Minutes in PDF
06/29/2000 GA525  8z BID AWEARD- ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL PHASE 4 CONSTRUCTION GEOSYNTHETICS AR Minutes in PDF
08/28/2000 CM410  3 ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL LANDFILL (MODIFICATION) SPECIAL USE PERMIT, CLASS “A” PH Minutes in PDF
08/30/2000 HS602  3 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN-APPROVAL OF STATE THREE-YEAR PLAN UPDATE R Minutes in PDF
08/30/2000 HS602  2 CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION (C&D) RECYCLING TASK FORCE REPORT R Minutes in PDF
09/05/2000 HS602  8K APPROVAL OF FOOD WASTE COLLECTION AND COMPOSTING CONTRACT WITH BROOKS CONTRACTING AR Minutes in PDF
11/01/2000 HS602  8K LANDFILL LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PLAN RD Minutes in PDF
01/18/2001 HS602  8L ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT AR Minutes in PDF
01/29/2001 HS602  1 SOLID WASTE DISPOSITION OF C & D: REUSE, DISPOSAL, ORDINANCE RM Minutes in PDF
02/07/2001 CM410  3 REFERENCE MADE TO TRASH FOUND ON ROADSIDE AND REQUEST THAT SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE CENTERS BE S
URE TO CHEDK IDENTIFICATION OF USERS AND MAKE SURE ON USED BY ORANGE COUNTY CITIZENS
RD Minutes in PDF
02/13/2001 HS602  1A & B POSSIBILITIES OF REGIONAL COOPERATION AND BOCC POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING NO NEW MIXED SOLID WA
STE LANDFLL IN ORANGE COUNTY
AR Minutes in PDF
04/11/2001 CP561  c CITIZEN ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OF LANDFILL USE IN THIS AREA PH Minutes in PDF
04/25/2001 CM410   0 CHAIR HALKIOTIS SAID A STORY WOULD BE IN NEWS AND OBSERVER ABOT THE EUBANKS ROAD LANDFILL SITUA
TION
NA Minutes in PDF
06/05/2001 HS602  8w DECLARATION OF RESTRICTION ON LANDFILL PROPERTY – TO SATISFY A REQUIREMENT OF STATE ADMINISTRAT
IVE CODE TO INDICATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A TRANSFER OF LANDFILL OWNERSHIP FROM THE THREE GOVERNMENTS COMPRISING THE LAND
FILL OWNERS GROUP TO ORANGE COUNTY
AR Minutes in PDF
06/18/2001 PW805  3 COUNTY DEPARTMENT AND NEW STAFF RESOURCES REVIEW – SOLID WASTE AND LANDFILL OPERATIONS – COMMIS
SIONER BROWN MADE REFERENCE TO THE CONVENIENCE CENTER AND SAKED THE REASON WHIS THIS DEPARTMENT CANNOT HANDLE THE EUBANK
S ROAD CONVENIENCE CENTER- RESPONSE UNDER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT EACH JURISDICTION REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTION

NA Minutes in PDF
11/07/2001 HS602  8l LEASE/LICENSE RENEWAL AGREEMENT – ALTERNATE DAILY LANDFILL COVER WITH LANDFILL SERVICE CORPORAT
ION TO PROVIDE MATERIAL THAT IS SPRAYED ON THE WORKING FACE OF THE LANDFILL EACH DAY
AR Minutes in PDF
05/23/2002 HS602  2 ROD VISSER, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER LED THE DISCUSSION ON SOLID WASTE MATTERS WHICH INCLUDED
(A) SYNOPSIS OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, (B) MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS, (C) 2002-2003 ENTERPRISE
FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS/FUND BALANCE STATUS (D) POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS/ACHIEVEMENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMEN
T (E) SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS/FACILITIES/PLANS (F) KEY ISSUES PENDING BOARD DECISION/GUIDANCE
R Minutes in PDF
08/20/2002 HS602  8o DUKE UNIVERSITY LANDFILL BUFFER EASEMENT AR Minutes in PDF
01/27/2003 HS602  2 IMPORTANT! DISCUSSION ON CLOSING OF MSW LANDFILL IN 2009 AND IF THERE WAS A DOWNSIZING PLAN, GA
YLE WILSON SAID THERE WILL BE A TRANSFER FACILITY AND THE WASTE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO OUT OF THE COUNTY FACILITIES. TH
ERE WILL NO LONGER BE A MSW LANDFILL
R Minutes in PDF
02/03/2004 HS602  8g AGREEMENT FOR GROUNDWATER MONITORING FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL – THE BOARD APPROVED THE CO
NTRACT EXTENDING THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT WITH RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES, INC. FOR GROUND WATER M
ONITORING SERVICES AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND AUTHORIZED THE
CHAIR TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY STAFF AND COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AR Minutes in PDF
04/13/2004 HS602  9c PROPOSED WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING FEE
THE BOARD RECEIVED A REPORT ON A PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT FOR FY 2004-05 A TIERED WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE, AND RECYCLING FEE
TO BE ASSESSED ON ALL IMPROVED ORANGE COUNTY PROPERTY TO FINANCE RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION SERVICES/PROGRAMS.
P Minutes in PDF
05/04/2004 HS602  3 CHAIR JACOBS SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO LARGE OPEN BED TRUCKS FROM A LANDSCAPING COMPANY (FIRST N
AME “NEW”) WITH COMPOST FROM THE LANDFILL, AND THEY WERE SLOPPING ON THE ROAD. HE THOUGHT THE COUNTY REQUIRED THESE TRU
CKS TO HAVE COVERS ON THEIR LOADS
RD Minutes in PDF
11/16/2004 HS602  5h ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT RENEWAL – THE BOARD APPROVED AN AGREEMENT
RENEWAL BETWEEN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AND DRAPER ADEN ASSOCIATES FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES AT THE OR
ANGE COUNTY LANDFILL THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR TO SIGN, SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY STAFF AND TH
E COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AR Minutes in PDF
01/24/2005 HS602  3 COMMISSIONER HALKIOTIS ASKED WHY A CITIZEN CAN ONLY BRING HALF OF A PICKUP TRUCK LOAD OF YARD D
EBRIS TO THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CENTERS. HE HAD TWO PHONE CALLS OVER THE HOLIDAYS FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE CLEANING UP
THEIR YARDS AND LOADED UP THEIR PICKUP TRUCKS AND WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT BRING IN A FULL TRUCK LOAD. COUPLED WI
TH THAT, HE ASKED SOMEONE FROM STAFF TO GO TO THE HIGHWAY 57 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CENTER AND LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE THE C
OUNTY IS NOT BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS PROPERTY. ALL OF THE FENCES HAVE COLLAPSED. HE THINKS THE BIG TRUCKS ARE HIT
TING THE FENCE AND KNOCKING IT DOWN. THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE SPRING.
RD Minutes in PDF
02/08/2005 HS602  3a REGARDING LANDFILL CLOSURE, A CLOSURE PLAN MUST BE DEVELOPED AND SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR APP
ROVAL. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FUNDING OR PLAN PROJECTED FOR THE CLOSURE, BUT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $2.2 MILLION.
THIS INCLUDES PLACEMENT OF THREE FEET OF SOIL OVER THE TOP OF THE LANDFILL SITE, A SYNTHETIC LINER, A SERIES OF METHANE
GAS VENTS, AND A VEGETATIVE LAYER OF MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR SUPPORTING GRASS AND OTHER PLANTS TO LIMIT EROSION. THE SOIL
HAS TO HAVE CERTAIN ENGINEERING PROPERTIES AND SOME OFF-SITE CLAY MIGHT HAVE TO BE PURCHASED. ALSO, AS PART OF THE CLO
SURE, THERE WILL BE ABOUT $1 MILLION OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE ELIMINATED PERMANENTLY FROM THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCH
EDULE. THE TRANSFER STATION MUST BE READY TO RECEIVE WASTE THE DAY OF THE CLOSURE OF THE LANDFILL.
R Minutes in PDF
05/03/2005 HS602  5I CONTRACT AWARD: AERIAL SURVEY OF THE LANDFILL – THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE AWARD OF THE RFP TO S
UTTLES SURVEYING, P.A. TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL, CONSTRUCTION AND DEMO
LITION LANDFILL, AND ADJACENT NEVILLE PROPERTY FOR THREE YEARS THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008 AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR TO SIGN, S
UBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY STAFF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AR Minutes in PDF
05/17/2005 GA525  5s BID AWARD – BLASTING SERVICES FOR LANDFILL – THE BOARD CONSIDERED AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR BLA
STING AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL FROM MID SOUTH DRILLING, INC. OF MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AT A COST OF $23.30 PER
CUBIC YARD (ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF $41,008) AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALKIOTIS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACOBS TO AWARD THE BID TO MID SOUTH DRILLING, I
NC., OF MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AT A COST OF $23.30 PER CUBIC YARD (ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF $41,008), AND AUTHORIZE T
HE PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE NEIGHBORS WILL BE NOTIFIED WELL IN A
DVANCE OF ANY BLASTING.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS
AR Minutes in PDF
05/17/2005 HS602  9B CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO DESIGN LANDFILL SEWER CONNECTION – THE BOARD CONSIDERED EN
GAGING THE SERVICES OF PHILIP POST & ASSOCIATES TO DESIGN A FORCE MAIN AND GRAVITY SEWER TO TRANSPORT LEACHATE FROM
THE ONSITE LEACHATE STORAGE LAGOON AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL TO A PROPOSED NEW MANHOLE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EU
BANKS ROAD AND MILLHOUSE ROAD AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO SIGN SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY STAFF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACOBS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FOUSHEE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH PHILIP POST
& ASSOCIATES TO DESIGN A FORCE MAIN AND GRAVITY SEWER TO TRANSPORT LEACHATE FROM THE ONSITE LEACHATE STORAGE LAGOON
AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL TO A PROPOSED NEW MANHOLE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EUBANKS ROAD AND MILLHOUSE ROAD AND A
UTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY STAFF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. VOTE: AYES, 4; NAY
, 1 (COMMISSIONER HALKIOTIS)
AR Minutes in PDF
06/23/2005 HS602  5e CONTRACT AWARD: ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR LANDFILL
THE BOARD AUTHORIZED A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT TO OLVER, INCORPORATED, OF CHARLOTTE, NC, FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED
WITH LANDFILL OPERATIONS THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008; AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR TO SIGN, CONTINGENT UPON ATTORNEY AND STAFF RE
VIEW.
AR Minutes in PDF
01/20/2006 CM410  24-25 SOLID WASTE CONTRACT WITH ALAMANCE COUNTY FOR USE OF THEIR LANDFILL AND PURSUE MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE TALKS WITH ALAMANCE COUNTY: THERE IS A MEETING WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR OF ALAMANCE COUNTY FOR LUNCH ON JANU
ARY 31ST.
RD Minutes in PDF
02/09/2006 CM410  3 CHAIR JACOBS SAID THAT OCS INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM MEBANE AND ORANGE COUNTY TO MEET TO SHA
RE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW GROWTH FROM MEBANE WAS AFFECTING SCHOOLS. THERE WAS ALSO A MEETING WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ALAMANCE COUNTY AND THEY DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF ISSUES. THERE WILL BE A FULL WRITTEN REPORT OF THIS MEETING AND THEY WI
LL FORWARD IT TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING LANDFILL SPACE TOGETHER AND THE A
LAMANCE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING PARTNERS IN THEIR LANDFILL OPERATION. THEY
TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PROPERTY LINE DISPUTE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1849 BETWEEN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND O
RANGE COUNTY. HE THINKS THAT THEY REACHED SOME POSITIVE, TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD PROCEED TO TRY AND RESOLVE
THIS. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED SOME OF THE COMMON TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS AND COMMON AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. HE SAID THAT
IT WAS A POSITIVE MEETING.
NA Minutes in PDF
03/15/2006 HS602  1b GAYLE WILSON SAID THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSFER STATION
SINCE 1997 AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO DECLARING THAT THERE WOULD
BE NO MORE NEW MSW LANDFILLS IN THE COUNTY. A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN THE BOARD WAS DISCUSSING THE SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN
FOR EUBANKS ROAD, THE BOARD STATED THAT THE ITEM SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SWAB FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE THE TRANSF
ER STATION SHOULD BE LOCATED. THEY HAVE DISCUSSED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT SPACE AT THE EUBANKS ROAD LANDFILL
AREA FOR A TRANSFER STATION. THE SWAB HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE TRANSFER STATION BE LOCATED AT THE
EUBANKS ROAD SITE AND THAT IT BE DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, PERMITTED, AND OPERATING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE SOME LANDFILL CAPACITY ON SOUTH EUBANKS ROAD BEFORE IT REACHES CAPACITY.
FEASIBILITY OF LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY – ROD VISSER SAID THAT THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD FOR SOME TIME I
N TERMS OF LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM A LANDFILL FROM METHANE GAS AND HOW MIGHT THIS BE USED
, ETC. THE STAFF ASKED THE CONSULTING ENGINEER TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ANALYSIS.
GAYLE WILSON SAID THAT THEY LOOKED AT THREE ENERGY RECOVERY OPTIONS:
PRODUCING ENERGY EITHER THROUGH MICRO-TURBINES OR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
EXTRACTION OF DIRTY GAS AND DELIVERY TO A NEARBY INDUSTRIAL USE
CAPTURING THE GAS AND PROCESSING IT TO UPGRADE IT AND SELLING IT, OR PUTTING IT INTO A GAS COMPANY LINE HE SAID THAT THE
ONLY TWO OPTIONS THAT THE CONSULTANT THOUGHT WERE FEASIBLE WERE THE HIGH GRADE BTU PIPELINE GAS OR THE CREATION OF ELEC
TRICITY THROUGH MICRO-TURBINES OR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. HE SAID THAT THE LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY PROCESS REQUIRES
A BALANCE OF MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCED WITH THE GENERATION ABILITY. THE OLD LANDFILL ON THE NORTH S
IDE IS PROBABLY NOT WORTH PURSUING FOR THIS. THE ONLY ONE WITH POTENTIAL IS THE NEW LANDFILL ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE CO
NSULTANTS DID NOT SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE GAS ENERGY PROJECT. WHEN THE STAFF ASKED ABOUT T
HE NEW SCHOOLS PLANNED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER, THE CONSULTANTS SAID THAT THEY COULD DO A MORE FOC
USED ANALYSIS OF PROVIDING ENERGY TO ONE OR MORE OF THOSE FACILITIES.
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11/14/2006 HS602  2a DAN WAUGH LIVES IN THE MEADOW RUN SUBDIVISION OFF ROGERS ROAD. HE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LA
NDFILL ON EUBANKS ROAD AND THE TRANSFER STATION THAT MAY BE GOING SOMEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE SAID THAT THE EUBANKS
AREA HAS HAD A LANDFILL FOR MANY YEARS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE LANDFILL THERE AFTER
2009-2010. HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TRANSFER STATION IN THE AREA. HE ASKED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO CONSIDER OTHER SITES. HE SAID THAT HE AND SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP IN THE PROCESS. HE ASKED
TO BE INCLUDED IN UPDATES ON THE PROCESS OF FINDING A TRANSFER STATION SITE.
CHAIR JACOBS ASKED MR. WAUGH TO GIVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE CLERK. HE SAID THAT THE BOARD WAS GOING TO DISCUSS
TONIGHT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT SOME INFORMATION CAME TO THE BOARDS ATTENTION THAT THE COMPLE
TE PICTURE WAS NOT BEING PORTRAYED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE ASSURED MR. WAUGH THAT, BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE ABOUT AN
Y NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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12/12/2006 HS602  9a DEVELOPMENT OF ORANGE COUNTY TRANSFER STATION
THE BOARD CONSIDERED DISCUSSING AND PROVIDING DIRECTION TO STAFF, REGARDING A LOCATION FOR AN ORANGE COUNTY TRANSFER STA
TION.
SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR GAYLE WILSON SAID THAT THE SOLID WASTE STAFF IS PROJECTING THAT THE EXISTING LANDFILL WILL REACH CA
PACITY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IN 2010. AT THAT TIME, ORANGE COUNTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRANSPORT ITS WASTE TO AN
OUT OF COUNTY DISPOSAL FACILITY. THE MECHANISM BY WHICH TO TRANSFER WASTE IS A TRANSFER STATION. THE SCHEDULE FOR DEVE
LOPING THIS IS ABOUT FOUR YEARS. THE SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED A SITE AND THAT IT BE CONSTRUCTED AND DEVEL
OPED ON EXISTING LAND ON EUBANKS ROAD. HE UNDERSTOOD AT THE MEETING THAT THE OPTION OF UTILIZING THE DURHAM TRANSFER ST
ATION WAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE, AND FOR TONIGHT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE DECISION POINTS TO CONSIDER: 1)
INITIATE A SEARCH PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR A TRANSFER STATION SITE; 2) CONSIDER ENDORSING THE SWAB RE
COMMENDATION TO DEVELOP THE SITE ON EUBANKS ROAD ON EXISTING PROPERTY; AND 3) HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING AMONG THE NEIGHBORS
OF THE EXISTING LANDFILL AND SOLICIT OPINION AND COMMENT. THE CHAIR OF THE SWAB, JAN SASSAMAN WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO ANSW
ER QUESTIONS. LAURA BLACKMON SAID THAT WHEN SHE AND GAYLE WILSON TALKED LAST WEEK, THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY IS R
UNNING OUT OF TIME. SHE SAID THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE ROOM ON THE CURRENT SITE FOR A TRANSFER STATION. THERE WAS A PRO
PERTY OWNER THAT SUGGESTED HIS SITE WOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO ANALYSIS OF THIS SITE. SHE SAID THAT S
TAFF FEELS THAT THE CURRENT SITE IS A GOOD SITE, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WO
ULD GO THERE. SHE SAID THAT THE STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD.
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01/23/2007 HS602  5k AGREEMENT FOR GROUNDWATER MONITORING FOR THE LANDFILL – THE BOARD CONSIDERED EXTENDING THE SOLI
D WASTE DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT WITH RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES, INC. FOR GROUNDWATER MONITORING SERVICES AT THE
ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO SIGN, SUBJECT T
O FINAL REVIEW BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER JACOBS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FOUSHEE TO AP
PROVE EXTENDING THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT WITH RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES, INC. FOR GROUND WATER MO
NITORING SERVICES AT THE ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND AUTHORIZE THE C
HAIR TO SIGN, SUBJECT TO FINAL REVIEW BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND TO ALSO ASK STAFF TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS TO USE THIS
MONITORING DEVICE. VOTE: UNANIMOUS
COMMISSIONER JACOBS ASKED IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALL AGREED TO ASK STAFF TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS OF USING THIS MONI
TORING DEVICE AND THE BOARD AGREED.
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2 thoughts on “Trash Talk: Do you have a Minute? How about 17 years worth?”

  1. This is great, all this information at our fingertips. Many of the LOG reports I have not read, so this is very good. Thank you so much for providing these materials.

  2. I aim to please. If you stumble upon anything of interest please feel free to bring it to my attention. As you might have figured, I’m happy to go full “bore” with documentation in an effort to wring some sense out of this mess.

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