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15 <br />Operations <br />The recommended Operations budget for fiscal year 1999-00 is 52,737,704, an increase of 5818,146 (42.6%) <br />from the 7/1/98 budget. 'This increase is due primarily to the construction of the final landfill disposal cell <br />(Cell #4). <br />Professional services (5226,900) include funds for groundwater monitoring operations at the existing Eubanks <br />Road facility, engineering services associated with new cell development, and legs! and financial services. <br />Contractual services (5315,100) include funds for alternate daily cover system; leschate treatment and hauling; <br />scrap fire hauling and disposal; grinding of yard waste for mulch; and scrap metal hauling, <br />Capital outlay (S1,080,400) includes fimding for the following major items: <br />• purchase of a replacement scraper/pan (5315,000) for landfill operations; <br />• computer hardware, a gas meter nerd miscellaneous tools for landfill operations and equipment <br />maintenance (512,1oox <br />• computer equipment and related peripherals to eoabie public presentations (54,500 and <br />• construction of the spat landfill disposal cell (5748,800). <br />Funding is ra~mmended for continuation of the reserve accounts previously established. Note that the reserve <br />' ~ account continbutions have been restructured to reflect projected cost savings on some projects in recent years. <br />Detailed reserve tables are iaclnded with the Noo-Depart<nental Budges. The foIloariag is a summary of <br />contributions for 1999-00: <br />• contnbuti'on ~ capital equipment (SS00,000~ the projected net balance in this reserve at June 30, 2000, <br />~' will be 5537,900; <br />y • reserve for Eubanks construction (5250,000); the projected net balance in this rescue at June 30, 2000, will <br />be 5852,000; <br />• reserve for aequisiti~s and won (5260,000); the projected net balance in this reserve at June: 30, <br />2000, will be 5923,250. <br />Fund balances as of Jae 30, 1999, take into accotmt proposed use of the reserve funds as landfill revenues in <br />FY 199900 as discussed in the Revenue section. <br />Recvclina <br />The base budget request for general recycling includes the continuation of current programs with modest <br />increases is the member of commercial glass, food waste, and multifamily recycling sites. <br />The curbside recycling program bass budget, includes funds to cover the anticipated contract costs for urban <br />and rural service. <br />~ ~ <br />