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� � Proposed Fee Changes for FY 2009~10 Solid Waste Department (Enterprise Fund) 0 Orange Coun� �R }� � o��, � B��F� � F�. ��l ��e ��. �dUd� Cu�� F�. e Basic(B)County's assessed to @U improved properties in Orange (�oUntV. and this fee funds universal recycling services available to all ''|�eDto `-' |cd � Utthe County. The y�U|t�@D0ily (K0) Fee is assessed to 0U UDiha eligible to receive nnU�fa[�i�~atv|e recycling service�onl residents Curbside (R) Fee is assessed all units in the unincorporated areas of the [>OUntVthat are eligible to receive biweekly --'rural curbside � cy—ingcoUao� 'n' The Urban Curbside (U) Fee ia assessed bo all residential units inside the corporate limits ofCardboro. Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough who are eligible to receive weekly urban curbside recycling collection. The W1. R' and U Fees are intended to fully fund the associated collection programs. During Fiscal Year 0809 the Rural and Urban Curbside programs underwent o significant expansion to include the collection of corrugated cardboard at the curb. The addition of corrugated cardboard tothese collection programs addressed a long sought citizen demand for this service and has resulted in the increased collection of recyclable materials and has also enabled the Orange C)OUDtV Landfill to bon disposal of corrugated cardboard effective March 1, 2008. However, ao projected, theaddi§onofthisoen/icehaoa\moincreased the operating costs for these two programs and has also decreased the value of the 'materials onUeoLed as increased labor is needed to sort the paper and prepare it for recycling markets. The necessity to raise the UmndRfmeoforF}aco| 2OD0/1OvvoodiacuaoedduMngtheFiooal2OD8/O0budgetdeUberationa. Rural Fee (R) Fee: At the present rate of$28/unit/year the Rural Curbside Program is under-funded and will operate at an 0186,571 deficit.An R'Fee increase of$12 per uni t is projected t o generate an additional $157.546 of revenue and will reduce the deficit to an amount that 1s within the market fluctuations associated with the revenue generated by the sale of rnmteMa|a collected by this program. Urban Curbside (U) Foe: At the present rate of$44/un\t/vaorthm Urban Curbside Program is under-funded and will operate at a $155.586 deficit. A U Fee increase of$8 per unit io projected to generate an a ddit1 ono 1 $14D.82Din revenue and will reduced deficit yoon amount less than $1/unit per year. If the U and R Fee increases are approved, for FY 0910 the Rural Curbside Program is still projected to operate with a deficit of$29,025 and the Urban Curbside Program is projected hJ0peG]teYithadefic\tOf$14.786. Any operating deficit experienced bY the Recycling Division 1s made upbyo subsidy from the Solid Waste Enterprise General Fuhd. ~^ ^��_~� /~�� ~v n