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15 <br />Operations <br />The recommended Operations budget for fiscal year 1999-00 is $2,737,704, an increase of $818,146 (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 ($226,900) include funds for groundwater monitoring operations at the existing Eubanks <br />Road facility, engineering services associated with new cell development, and legal and financial services. <br />Contractual services ($315,100) include funds for alternate daily cover system; leachate treatment and hauling; <br />scrap tine hauling and disposal; grinding of yard waste for mulch; and scrap metal hauling. <br />Capital outlay ($1,080,400) includes funding for the following major items: <br />• purchase of a replacement scraper/pan ($315,000) for landfill operations; <br />• computer hardware, a gas meter and miscellaneous tools far landfill operations and equipment <br />maintenance ($12,100); <br />• computer equipment and related.peripherals to enable public presentations ($4,500); and <br />• construction of the final landfill disposal cell ($748,800). <br />Non-deaartmental <br />Funding is recommended for continuation of the reserve accounts previously established. Note that the reserve <br />' account contributions have been restructured to reflect projected cost savings on some projects in recent years. <br />Detailed reserve tables are included with the Non-Departmental Budget. The following is a summary of <br />contributions for 1999-00: <br />• contribution to capital equipment ($500,000); the projected net balance in this reserve at June 30, 2000, <br />~' will be $537,900; <br />~ • reserve for Eubanks construction ($250,000); the projected net balance in this reserve at June 30, 2000, will <br />be $852,000; <br />• reserve for acquisitions and construction ($260,000); the projected net balance in this reserve at June: 30, <br />2000, will be $923,250. <br />Fund balances as of June 30, 1999, take into account proposed use of the reserve funds as landfill revenues in <br />FY 1999-00 as discussed in the Revenue section. <br />RecyclinQ <br />The base budget request for general recycling includes the continuation of current programs with modest <br />increases in the number of commercial glass, food waste, and multifamily recycling sites. <br />The curbside recycling program base budget, includes funds to cover the anticipated contract costs for urban <br />and rural service. <br />