ORD-2009-099- Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Ordinance Orange County North Carolina

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,O r Orange County Proposed Fee Schedule - FY 2009-10 Notes aboutlacreases: (1)The MSW and C&D rete has not been raised since 07-08 FY year. There has been significant increase in equipment cost relating to increazed file/ cost, maintenance and repair cost, and pemonnel cost. Also a larger piece of equipment is currently being utilized in the MSW area specifically designed ro increase compaction Utus increasing operational cost significantly. Vegetative Waste and Clean Wood waste tip fee has not inercazed since 2002-2003 FY. Increased handling, processing of materiels Into saleable keno, repairs and maintenance of equipment, and increased personnel cost contribute to fee increase request. Fees for Mulch Out have not increases sins 06-07 FY. Continued operational cost increases due to aging equipment. personnel cost, fuel cost. site upkeep, etc. necessitates additional price increase. Increase is less then SI per cubic yard. (2) Orange County's 3-R Fee is afour-tiered fee, inclading the Beale Fen, Multifamily Fee, Rural Curbside Fee, and Urban Curbside Fen. Tlta Bazie (B) Fee is aazeued to all improved properties in Orange County, and this fee funds universal recycling services awkable to all residents tlvoughout the County: The Multifanuly (NQ Fee is assessed to all units eligible to receive multifamily-style recycling service from cart sites. The Rural Curbside (R) Fea is assessed to all uais in the unincorpomrcd wrens of the County that arc eligible to receive biweekly mrel curbside recycling collection. The Urban Curbside M Fee is assessed to all residential units inside the corporate limits of Cariboro, Chapel Hill, aad Hillsborough who arc eligible to receive weekly urban cmbside recycling collection. The M, R end U Fees are intended ro flrlly tLnd the associated collection programs. During Fisgl Yeer 08091he Rurei cad Urban Curbside progrenss underwent a significant expansion to include Uu collection of corrugated cardboard et the curb. Tha addition of coriugated cardboard to Huse collection programs addressed a long sought citlzrn demand for this service and has resulted in the increased collection of recyclable materials and haz also enabled the Omnge County Landfill to bon disposal of corrugated cardboard effective March 1, 2009. However, as projected, the addition of Uris service Les also increased the operating costs for these two programs end has also decreazed the value of the materiels collected az ktcrwsed labor is needed to sort the paper and prepare it for rccycliag markets. The necessity to raise the U and R fees for Fiscal 2009/10 was discussed during Uta Final 2006/09 budget deliberations. Rural Fee (R) Fee: At the present rate of S2ti/unit /year the Rural Curbside Program is under-fitnded and will operate at nn S 186,571 deficit. M R Fee increase of S 12 per wait is projected to geaerete m additional S 157,546 of revenue and wig reduce the deficit to rn amount that is within the market fiucmatioes associated wiUt the revenue generated by Use sale of materials collected by Utis program. Urban Curbside (U) Fee: At the present rate of S44/unit/yeer the Urban Curbside Program isunder-funded end will operate et a S 155,586 deficit A U Fen increase of SB per unit is projected to generete an additiooal S 140,820 in revenue and will reduced deficit to an entoumt less Ulan S 1/unk per year. If the U and R Fee increases are approved, far FY 0910 the Rural Curbside Program is still projected to aperete with a deficit of 529,025 and the Urban Curbside Program is projected ro operate with a deficit of 514,76ti. Any operating deficit experienced by the Recycling Division is mode up by a subsidy from Use Solid Waste Enterprise Oeaerel Fuad. (3) School refuse collection fees arc not included in the formal fee schedule, but the board must set fLe rate. Fuel prices have increazed substantially ovcr the years and continue to fiucNete but with rn upward trend Landfill fees for the waste collected have also increased and are proposed to increase in FY 2009-10. (I) My Proposed fee cltaages wlli be iaciuded in Uric colunm; a blank beside each fee means them is no fee change in FY 2009-10 Proposed Fee Schedule Pnge 26