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May 16, 2011 (Regular Meeting) Page 435 accept and recycle food waste and yard debris from the City of Concord, Cabarrus County and its adjacent Counties to enhance the County's Sustainability Programs. 1. The County will enact ordinances, rules & regulations, and assist to divert food waste and yard debris to the Compost Facility, including, requiring all County and City owned facilities to recycle all food waste and yard debris. 3. If NCDENR does not approve the Permit or does not allow the County to be recognized as the Permit holder or does not allow Greenway to operate under the same financial assurance responsibilities as set forth for the County, then the parties agree to the following: a. The County and Greenway agree to equally share in all costs incurred during the approval process. In addition, the County agrees to pay Greenway a negotiable fee to close the Landfill. b. The County and Greenway mutually agree to terminate this Agreement. 4. Senior Geologist, Mr. Ron Gilkerson will be the lead contact for Greenway and Sustainability Manager, Mr. Kevin Grant will be the County's main contact. The County and Greenway indicate agreement with this MOU by their signatures. (G -4) County Manager - Presentation of the Proposed FY 2012 Cabarrus County Budget John Day, County Manager, stated the FY 2012 budget has been presented to the Board, on flash /thumb drives. He reported the FY 2012 budget was prepared according to the Board's direction in February, which was to match the FY 2011 5 -year plan as close as possible. The FY 2012 budget is within $400,000.00 of this year's projection, maintains a property tax rate of 63 cents and freezes spending roughly at the 2012 level. He stated the County staff looks forward to working with the Board and are available to respond to questions. He also noted the first budget meeting is scheduled for May 24 th . Chairman White announced budget workshops will be held on May 24 and 31 and June 1 St at 3:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room in the Governmental Center. Vice Chairman Poole announced the budget will be available for the public to view on the County's website at www.cabarruscounty.us Commissioner Carruth urged citizens to attend the budget meetings and ask questions, stating the budget is the Board's most important task. Chairman White also urged citizens to vote for the sales tax referendum on May 17 stating it will supplant approximately $4.7 million in the budget. He also addressed a possible reduction in lottery funds and sales tax revenues from the State. (G -5) Communications and Outreach - New Website Will be Launched May 20 2011 Aimee Hawkins, Communications and Outreach Manager, presented a preview of the County's new website to go live on May 20 She reported the 2011 redesign of the Cabarrus County website ( www.cabarrus county. us ) will provide an improved user experience to enhance the findability and search of desired information, to increase transparency of county operations, and to showcase Cabarrus County as a great place to live and work. Cabarrus County's website is the front porch to the county. It is a place for community members to access information, perform county business, and engage in information - sharing to the benefit of all who live and work in Cabarrus County. As such, the website will be inviting, helpful, informative, and easy to use. Cabarrus County's new website will: • Communicate with residents, businesses, media, and other stakeholders through topic- driven navigation that eliminates the need to know which department is the keeper of a certain piece of information. • Maintain individual department web sections while allowing information to be aggregated topically to provide portals for similar information or for similar audiences.