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LANDFILL CURBSIDE RECYCLING 55 1999-2000 BUDGE' Base budget request 7/1/98 Budget 1/1/99 Budget Estimated 6!30/99 Expenditures 715,450 750,000 754,710 679.500 The base budget request for fiscal veaz 1999-2000 represents a decrease of $34,550 or 4.6% below the original 1998-99 budget. This request continues existing service levels, with the following changes and highlights: • Urban curbside recycling contract costs aze increased by $7,000, or 1.3%, based on serving x11600 new homes projected to be constructed within town limits or annexed by the end of fiscal year 1999-00 and a 1% cost increase per household served based on the contractually negotiated escalator clause. Average number of homes served throughout the year will be 14,250. The end of the year's projected total of homes is 14,500. The contract cost increase excludes the cost of bins. Collection cost per household increases to $3.11. • Rural curbside recycling contract cost will decrease by about $36,000 or 18.4% below that initially budgeted for the current year, due to the lower than projected cost when we rebid the program. This lower cost for FY 99-00 includes infill expansions of about 600 units by the end of 1999-00, over current contractual number of homes. Total homes on rural routes will be 8,300 by the end of 1999-00. ~+ Total public outreach funding will increase $4,300 or 18.5% above the original 1998-99 budget We plan to use the planned county-wide newsletter, direct mailings to curbside program users and print advertising targeted at this group. Reaching new residents, those new to the program and reminding current residents about the program remain important tasks with our high turnover and rapid growth. The calendar cazd for ~~ rural users is important due to the biweekly collection schedule. Curbside recycling tonnage is up 8% for ' ~ y the first half of this year compared to last year, number of households is up 3.6%. Drop-off site tonnage, where some with access to curbside still recycle, is up 7.4%. The cost of outreach per household receiving curbside service is projected at $0.69, up from $0.63 this year. • Supplies have decreased $9,550, or about 95%, compared to the 1998-99 original budget; this decrease relates to an advance purchase of new and replacement bins for the year. Current Yeaz Summary (1998-991 The revised budget is up $4,710 compared to the beginning budget to cover carryover costs from 1997- 98 in various operating accounts. The current projected expenditures yield a surplus of 10%, or about $75,200 below the mid- year budget This projected surplus results primarily from withheld funding from which to pay BFI for curbside services that they claimed were properly rendered which we disputed. They have ceased the claim. Postage and printing expenditures were significantly under the anticipated amount as a postcard mailing has been delayed until re-routing in July 1999.