CHAPEL HILL -- The Town Council voted Monday not to offer land at the Town Operations Center to Orange County for a garbage depot.
The council did direct town staff to evaluate the financial impact of two other county options, the 150-acre Howell site on N.C. 54 west of Carrboro and a partnership with Durham County to use its solid-waste transfer station off Interstate 85.
Five of seven council members present rejected Mayor Kevin Foy's proposal to also investigate two sites on Millhouse Road, one owned by the county and the other by the town. The majority also rejected Foy's compromise proposal to at least determine the fiscal impact of all four sites even if the council had no intention of letting the county use the operations center site.
