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<br />Chair Adams said the other idea was establishing an enterprise fund, and looking at it as a <br />business model. What he was talking about (in 7-2(b)) is, what are the services that the County <br />provides, and how do we pay for those services, and what makes logical sense? She would <br />agree with the director that if you use the water, you are going to dispose of the water, and <br />who is going to be taking care of that disposal? There is a nexus to look at a total cost <br />accounting approach to it, and making sure that <br /> <br /> <br />Chair Adams understands that DEM has funding to go forward with a life cycle assessment of <br />s coming. We will wait for the findings to be presented to the <br />Commission. <br /> <br /> <br />f. Ideas for using the newly authorized County transient accommodations tax <br />(Part III, Act 1, Special Session 2021), if enacted by County ordinance, to <br />support sustainability or other program needs. (Adams) <br />Chair Adams asked whether there has been any conversations about what to do with the <br />County transient accommodations tax (if the Council were to authorize it), and whether we <br />should go for it. <br /> <br />Any effort is appreciated, Director Mansour said, and we should not give up, and we should <br />continue trying every possible option. Commissioners have seen the capital project list, and <br />. It <br />we are looking at resource recovery, extracting the gas from within our landfill to be able to <br />provide for hydrogen vehicles and hydrogen stations. We are going to tap into the state <br />consultant . The State already had <br />designated a consultant that counties can utilize for green energy performance contracts. We <br />are looking into that or anything we can tap into and possibly funding new technology that can <br />make us sustainable. This is the intent. This is the Mayors top priority with the Sustainability <br />Summit in March. He put out to the whole state that we need to be sustainable, so we are <br />looking at every option possible. <br /> <br />g. Request for discussion regarding greenwaste diversion program policies and <br />practices at th <br />figure out whether this was a <br />like going to the dump and having to bring back what we take. <br /> <br />Director Mansour said that in his understanding this is only a temporary situation. The security <br />services provider is having a hard time hiring people. These are the personnel that opens from 6 <br />a.m. to 8 a.m., and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Not having the staffing, we adjusted hours to between <br />19 <br /> <br /> <br />