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<br /> Comprehensive Review of <br /> S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options <br /> <br /> <br />v2.1 77 10/22/12 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Exhibit 5 -2. Summary of Comparable Solid Waste Programs <br />City Name Primary Collector and Published Rates1 <br />Distance from <br />Chapel Hill <br />(miles) <br /> <br />Population <br /> (Households)2 <br />Chapel Hill Government: Residential + Bulky Waste ($11.70/mo./HH) <br />Commercial (Various rates), Yard Waste ($6.27/mo./HH) <br />Contract: Recycling ($7.42/mo./HH)3 <br />N/A 57,432 <br />(11,500) <br />Cary Government: Residential + Recycling ($14.00/mo./HH) 22 136,203 <br />(43,637) <br />Apex Contract: Residential ($9.39-$9.64/mo./HH), <br />Bulky Waste (service fee), <br />Recycling ($2.25-$2.35/mo./HH) <br />Government: Yard Waste ($4/mo./HH) <br />25 37,749 <br />(11,360) <br />Burlington Government: Residential +Yard Waste ($3.71/mo./HH)4, <br />Bulky Waste (free or service fee) <br />Contract: Recycling ($2.29/mo./HH) <br />31 50,475 <br />(16,905) <br />Holly Springs Contract: Residential ($9.50/mo./HH), <br />Recycling ($4.25/mo./HH), <br />Yard Waste ($2.00/mo./HH) <br /> <br />37 24,838 <br />(8,009) <br />Raleigh Government: Residential, Yard Waste, and Bulky Waste <br />($7.70/mo./HH)5 <br />Recycling ($2.60/mo./HH) <br />33 406,709 <br />(107,789) <br />Kannapolis Contract: Residential, Yard Waste, Bulky Waste, e-waste, <br />and Recycling (combined environmental fee of <br />$6.85/mo./HH <br />117 42,828 <br />(16,128) <br />Notes: <br />1 Rates are generally obtained from annual solid waste budgets or Town/City/County websites. <br />2 Households estimated using number of housing units and applying housing units in multi-unit structures percentage <br />from US Census Bureau. <br />3 Estimated by SCS based on 2013 budget and simplified allocation of costs between various services (3/5th of <br />respective personnel and operations costs to residential and bulky waste pickup and disposal, and 2/5ths to yard <br />waste pickup and disposal. Recycling budget based on fees charged by Orange County @ $37/HH/Year basic <br />fee plus $52/HH/Year urban recycling collection fee. These are “full-cost” estimates of the costs of service, <br />compared to some of the reported fees from other jurisdictions which do not reflect the full costs of service. <br />4 This service fee does not appear to fund the entire system. The Town’s website refers to this as a solid waste <br />tipping fee. <br />5 This service fee does not appear to fund the entire system; the City’s FY 2012-13 annual budget indicates over <br />40% of the solid waste division funding ($12.8M) is through transfers from the general fund.