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Comprehensive Review of S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options v2.1 44 10/22/12 the Orange County Landfill. A general description of each of the historical fourteen (14) residential collections routes is provided in Section 2. As described, these collections routes have historically been serviced by seven (7) dedicated crews and vehicles. SCS’s initial evaluation of the routing configurations on each of the two (2) residential MSW collection days recognized that these routes are equally distributed throughout the town. Considering budget authorizations for FY 2012-13, the SWSD was funded for full-time collections staff commensurate with six (6) routes. Based on the Town’s budget data, our limited review of collection routing data, and experience with collections in other municipalities, considerations for general routing recommendations to provide sufficient collection capacity while making a transition to an alternate disposal facility with the closure of the Orange County landfill are discussed below:  Approve a budget amendment for FY 2012-2013 to fund the historical 2-day per week collection schedule and provide appropriate weekly collection capacity. The Town would likely fill the currently vacant full-time positions and cease using temporary labor to accomplish the seven (7) route configuration (the Town maintains sufficient collection vehicles and equipment and 7 routes are currently dispatched despite the budget allocation and funding). This fiscal impact of this routing configuration is presented in Section 6.  Alternatively, transition to a 3-day per week MSW collection schedule. The SWSD would eliminate a route and maintain the budgeted six (6) residential collection crews servicing consolidated and reconfigured routes. Yard waste collection would continue on the current 2-day per week schedule. This fiscal impact of this routing modification is presented in Section 6.  Consolidate collection routes to be located in the general vicinity of each other to promote efficiencies while transitioning end routing from the Orange County Landfill to a transfer station. Rather than equally distributing the residential routes throughout the Town on the designated collection day, SCS recommends that the Town should be divided into two (2) halves, so that there are an equal number of routes in the northern half of town versus the southern half of town. Crews would then collect from half of the town on one (1) collection day and the alternate half on the second collection day. Modifying the routes in this manner would allow supervisors to adjust personnel and equipment resources more efficiently to react to breakdowns, potential overweighting, and other routine problems anticipated during collections. With the routes coordinated in closer proximity to one another, it would be easier for the Town to re-direct resources from adjoining routes to cover any deficiencies caused by these potential collections issues. Similarly, the individual routes may be designed to terminate at a mutual end point, such that the vehicles may potentially caravan when direct hauling out-of-county to a transfer station. By pairing or caravanning, drivers and crews may efficiently respond to potential break-downs during this transport.