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January 3, 2012 (Work Session) Page 925 Richard Koch, County Attorney, recommended the Adequate Public Facilities Voluntary Mitigation Payment Adjustment for CY 2012 be deferred until the outcome of the APFO litigation is determined. Following a brief discussion, all the Board indicated their agreement to defer the APF VMP Adjustment until such time as the North Carolina Supreme Court renders a decision. Commissioner White also expressed support for eliminating the APF Ordinance. Planning and Development - Think Cabarrus First Campaign and Budget Amendment - $4,063.00 Shannon Johnson, Sustainable Local Economy Project Manager, presented the following information relating to the "Think Cabarrus First Campaign ": The Council for a Sustainable Local Economy has recommended approval of a "Buy Local" campaign. The "Buy Local" campaign is the first initiative of the Council and is designed to promote public awareness of local businesses and services. The intent of the campaign is to create a business directory on -line to help customers find local businesses and services to meet their needs. It is anticipated that the creation of this directory will cost $4,000.00 which is to be generated through a $20.00 fee for participating businesses and services. She also responded to questions from the Board. All the Board members indicated their agreement with the "Think Cabarrus First Campaign ". General Services - Construction and Demolition Landfill Operation and Financial Update Kevin Grant, Sustainability Manager, presented the following summary of events regarding the Construction and Demolition Landfill Operation and Financial update: As discussed during the May, BOC meeting, the construction and demolition landfill had a very limited amount of air space left in its current waste placement cell. Also discussed was the fact that the landfill has experienced additional costs associated with increased regulatory compliance and the need to maintain a closure / post closure liability balance for the landfill. This, combined with reductions in revenue created a situation where the landfill is unable to fund itself. Contributions from the general fund would be needed regardless of closing or expanding. A Memorandum of Understanding with Greenway Waste with regards for a Public / Private partnership was also discussed and approved back in May. This option would have eliminated the need for contributions from the General Fund. While we continued negotiations concerning the memorandum of understanding, we also began meeting with the department of environment and natural resources to see if we could extend our existing area in which we were permitted to place waste. We were running out of space and needed to provide room to place additional waste to keep our permit active while negotiations with Greenway Waste continued. Also, part of the MOU with Greenway Waste was the stipulation that the department of environment and natural resources would grant additional expansion areas at the landfill that would not require a liner. We needed additional time to pursue this issue. We received a permit to construct an unlined extension of our current waste placement cell back on July 29 Shortly thereafter, the extension construction project commenced utilizing County landfill employees. Funds from the current landfill operating budget were used for the extension project. We have estimated that by not contracting out this project, we saved approximately $150,000. It was during this approval process and construction for the extension of our current waste placement cell that negotiations with Greenway Waste broke down over the issues of profit sharing and financial assurances. An email was sent to - the Board of tH Commissioners explaining this on September 14