2016-188-E Solid Waste - SCS Engineers, PC for preparation of Solid Waste Financial Plan

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DocuSign Envelope ID:8A735669-3D2F-468A-BF99-3DF97688146A Proposal for Preparation of a Solid Waste Financial Plan The operational information needed will include: • Quantities of solid waste, recyclable materials, white good, HHW and other similar materials collected at the various Department solid waste facilities. We will use data supplied by the Department in its fiscal year budgets, but work with the Department to estimate the number of customers and tonnages delivered by customers. • Estimated costs for non-routine operational expenses for active and closed landfill units (e.g., emergency repairs to the cap, groundwater remediation, etc. for the Orange County Landfill. • County population and demographic data that would impact potential waste and recyclables flows to Department facilities. • Estimates of other State "landfill bans" as well as organic diversion initiatives and their impact on waste deliveries to Department facilities. Once this historical information has been gathered, SCS will analyze it to evaluate its reasonableness. This will be done by calculating operating and cost statistics for each respective service operations and measure it against benchmarking data collected by SCS in other similar solid waste system assignments. These data and information will be summarized in a series of diagrams and graphs. Deliverables for Task 2 A Task 2 Interim Report will be issued summarizing the results of the current system assessment, which will include: • A list of all landfill and non-landfill related services provided by the Department; • The approximate labor devoted to the services provided; • Evaluation of"indirect costs"which are paid by the Department to the County; • The extent to which Department personnel deliver other services not enumerated; • The total cost of providing landfill and non-landfill related services; • A review of the existing Solid Waste Program Fee ($107 per year); and, • A comparison of the best management practices related to optimizing revenue and expenses of peer jurisdictions. Task 3 — Cost for the Department to Provide Services Based on the current system assessment, SCS will estimate the costs for the Department to provide solid waste and recycling program services, administer non-landfill programs, and fund the other expenditures that the Enterprise Fund serves. The cost estimate will consider a 10-year term and will include labor and equipment that is necessary to provide the current service. The Pro Forma Model(refer to Exhibit 4)will provide a means to evaluate these costs. The cost-benefit analysis will include an estimate of the "revenue requirement"required to be paid by the assessment of the annual SWPF. It is the total amount of money the Department 8