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. / :1 J 1 ~ manual facility. Estimated Cost: Capital costs: $1,742,500 , Annualised cost and cost per ton diverted: $615,400/11,600 tons = $53.05 per ton. Plus $50,000 for solid waste plan administratorlsite inspector Pros and Cons of Semi-Automated Construction Waste Sorting Facility Pros of Semi-Automated: • Highest potential for waste diversion of any strategy • Workers are protected more than in a manually oriented facility • Ability to provide more potential market areas for source separated materials, especially drywall • Flexibility to sort more materials as more markets become available Cons of Semi Automated ! Potentially highest capital cost of all options • Dangerous working conditions for those manually removing materials .from a conveyor. belt at a picking station • No experience with this type of facility - Table 3 Sumrnar3- of Capital Costs of Options No Build $0 Landfill Only 118,500 Transfer Station 897,500 Manual separation facility --_ 1,080,000 Semi automated separation facility 1,742,500 Financing The following discussion applies to options 3 the transfer station, 4 the manual facility or 5 the semi-automated facility. There are significant costs associated with building a facility ourselves. Below are several options for financing. We will provide more information and analysis at the January meeting. 1. If available, utilize part of existing cash reserves for some of the costs of the projecu and consider leasing equipment where possible to spread the cost over several years.. Existin; land reserve funds could be used to purchase land needed for any option selected. 2. Raise the tipping fee $16 (for semi-automated facipity in option S) to cover all cosu in the first year, assuming no other cost increases. [We recognize ,that this is not a feasible option,