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- 3 <br /> This is particularly relevant to the Town. In our intergovernmental agreement with Orange <br /> County and the Town of Carrboro, we agreed to deliver all waste under our control to the County <br /> landfill. We believe that the only way to not pay for collection (either using our own staff or by <br /> contract) and be sure that we do not violate the agreement would be to cease any involvement in <br /> the commercial refuse collection business. <br /> Option 1. Continue present service, with no fee for basic service and established fees for <br /> additional services <br /> Commercial garbage operations for the Town of Chapel Hill presently are provided by the Solid <br /> Waste Services Division in the Public Works Department. We use three employees working a <br /> ten-hour day task system, four days a week. A small Wednesday route is run in conjunction with <br /> other assigned duties. Commercial garbage collection is predictable, customer-service oriented <br /> and relatively efficient. The three commercial crews collect about 59% of the total waste stream <br /> (23,572 tons) in Chapel Hill using only 31% of the Solid Waste Division's budget. The only <br /> Town holidays not worked by commercial crews are Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's <br /> Day. The Orange County Regional Landfill is closed on these days. <br /> We reduced commercial operations in the current year by one route as a result of service <br /> efficiencies and reduced demand resulting from imposition of a fee for more than one weekly <br /> collection. The reduction of one position was achieved through transfer of the incumbent to <br /> another division so that there was no layoff required. The estimated cost saving from this action <br /> in the current fiscal year is $22,000 and will be an estimated $40,000 next year because a full <br /> year of salary will be avoided. <br /> The base budget request for fiscal 2002-03 includes a total of about $980,000 for commercial <br /> collection and disposal services. This total does not assume any salary adjustment or tipping fee <br /> increase, and is comprised of the following: <br /> Personal Services $245,000 <br /> Operations $ 61,000 <br /> Equipment—Fleet Replacement Fund $ 42,500 <br /> Disposal—Tipping Fees $558,000 <br /> Downtown Compactor Service <br /> (hauling/maintenance) $ 22,000 <br /> Administrative Support $ 51,500 <br /> Total Projected 02-03 Budget $980,000 <br /> This total is offset by projected revenues for extra dumpster collections of$90,000, for a net total <br /> cost next year of$890,000. <br /> Advantages <br /> • System already in place; ease of administration <br />