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227 Commissioner Barnhart briefly described a proposed Blue Ribbon Task Force to look at the way the County conducts business. The Board will consider this proposal at a later meeting. Board of Health Recommendation Relative to Landfill Operation - Dr. Fred Pilkington Dr. William F. Pilkington, Health Director, and Dr. C. H. Smith, Jr., Health Board Chairman, reviewed the issue of whether or not Cabarrus County should continue to operate a sanitary landfill. Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) has proposed to accept all of Cabarrus County's waste for a time period beginning January 1, 1992, and ending December 31, 2002. The proposal includes the provision that the county retain all tipping fees from residential Cabarrus customers and 20 percent of the tipping fees derived from commercial Cabarrus customers. If there is capacity in the existing BFI landfill beyond December 31, 2003, the County would be allowed to continue its use of the BFI landfill until all air space is used up. During discussion, Dr. Pilkington pointed out October 9, 1993 as the date for the implementation of guidelines for Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and January 1, 1998 as the last date the County can operate at its current landfill site unless there is a lined expansion. Dr. Pilkington and Dr. Smith reported that the Board of Health had voted to recommend that the County reject the BFI offer and remain in the landfill business. There was lengthy discussion relative to the proposal by BFI and the continued operation of the County's landfill. During this discussion, Mr. Witherspoon pointed out it would be the County's responsibility to make plans for disposal procedures in the future whether or not it chose to accept the BFI offer or decided to stay in the landfill business. The Board deferred a decision regarding the landfill issue until March 15. INFORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS Chairman Carpenter opened the floor for informal public comments at 12:30 P.M. Ms. Andrea Palo, resident of the Freedom Acres Subdivision, objected to the major/minor configuration for the youth baseball league for 1993-94 as approved by the Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation Commission. She complained that the public had not been adequately informed about the program and stated in her opinion such a configuration would.deeply affect the children. Ms. Palo asked that the Board of Commissioners reconsider the decision of the Parks and Recreation Commission and deny the major/minor configuration with a parent committee to be established to study the issue. UPON MOTION of Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Payne with Chairman Carpenter and Commissioners Payne and Casper voting for and Commissioner Barnhart voting against, the Board moved to put the Parks and Recreation youth baseball league program back to the way it was in 1992 and requested that a parent committee be formed to do an extensive study on the proposed major/minor configuration for the youth baseball league. Items for the March 15th Agenda Commissioner Barnhart asked that the following two items be included on the agenda for the March 15th meeting: Reconsideration of the Board's regular meeting schedule and an update on the Muddy Creek Wastewater Treatment Project. In regards to the meeting schedule, Commissioner Barnhart noted that Commissioner Fennel was not present for the meeting on this date due to work commitments. REPORTS The Board received the memorandum dated February 22, 1993 from Mr. Blair Bennett, Finance Director, stating that the following amounts were written off as receivables on December 31, 1992. Only those receivables deemed uncollectible after several attempts to collect are included in the figures.