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4. Increase the Solid Waste Convenience Center fees to cover all or part of the <br />$1,856,543 transfer from the General Fund to Solid Waste to fund Convenience <br />Center Operations - see the table below. <br />Convenience Center <br />Increase to <br />Increase to <br />Increase to <br />Increase to <br />Fee Category <br />Current <br />33% of <br />50% of <br />67% of <br />100% of <br />Fee <br />Remaining GF <br />Remaining GF <br />Remaining GF <br />Remaining GF <br />Contribution <br />Contribution <br />Contribution <br />Contribution <br />Balance <br />Balance <br />Balance <br />Balance <br />Rural <br />$40 <br />$61 <br />$72 <br />$83 <br />$102 <br />Urban <br />$20 <br />$31 <br />$36 <br />$41 <br />$ 51 <br />Multi - Family <br />$ 4 <br />$ 6 <br />$ 7 <br />$ 8 <br />$ 10 <br />Revenue <br />$1,202,292 <br />$1,840,754 <br />$2,160,833 <br />$2,480,912 <br />$3,062,552 <br />(97% Collection Rate) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact to the County is: <br />• to use $728,260 of Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves for Option (1) above; <br />• to use $2,090,526 of Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves for Option (2) above; <br />• to replace all revenues from Solid Waste Recycling and Convenience Center fees and <br />raise the property tax rate by 3.77 cents from 85.8 cents to 89.57 cents to generate an <br />additional $6,049,228 for the Solid Waste Fund for Option (3); <br />• to increase the Solid Waste Convenience Center fees to cover all or part of the <br />$1,856,543 transfer from the General Fund to Solid Waste to fund Convenience Center <br />Operations for Option (4), see the table above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board fund the Rural Curbside <br />Recycling Program by using $728,260 of Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves for Fiscal <br />2014/2015 (Option 1 above). <br />