At a recent retreat of my waste district
board, it became obvious that before decisions were made about program or
facility development the board needed to understand their roles and
responsibilities. We are preparing our new 5 and 10 year plan. I was
consequently directed to prepare a list of policy statements for them to
debate and adopt (or not).
For instance, a couple of board members have a
strong lassez-faire attitude and want to shut down our drop-off and other
facilities and throw the regions waste management program entirely into the
lap of the private operators. They feel this will produce the best of
all possible worlds. Others feel that we must be more than just
educators but have a role in guiding, directing and guarranteeing the
provision of services in the long term. They are suspicious of all
private waste management enterprise since money (motivation) is the root of
all evil.
EEAAHHH!! I'm sure this has been done
before (right?). Does anyone know of published policy statements by
other regional boards? Any ideas?