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5 <br />Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan and Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />Table of Contents <br />Section <br />Page <br />ExecutiveSummary ........................................................................................................... ...........................ES -1 <br />ProjectScope of Work ......................................................................................... ...........................ES -1 <br />Data Collection and Review ..................................................................... ...........................ES -1 <br />StaffCommunications ................................................................................. ...........................ES -1 <br />RateModel Scenarios ........................................................................................... ...........................ES -2 <br />ModelResults ............................................................................................... ...........................ES -3 <br />Findings and Recommendations .......................................................................... ...........................ES -5 <br />1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />1.1 Project Scope of Work ................................................................................. ..............................1 <br />1.1.1 Data Collection and Review ............................................................ ..............................1 <br />1.1.2 Staff Communications ........................................................................ ..............................2 <br />1.2 Solid Waste Ordinances .............................................................................. ..............................2 <br />1.2.1 Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance ................................ ..............................2 <br />1.3 Collection of Solid Waste and Recyclable Material .............................. ..............................2 <br />1.3.1 County Solid Waste Collection Program ...................................... ..............................3 <br />1.3.1.1 Residential ................................................................... ..............................3 <br />1.3.1.2 Commercial .................................................................. ..............................5 <br />1.3.1.3 Institutional .................................................................. ............................... 5 <br />1.3.2 County Recyclable Material Collection Program ........................ ..............................5 <br />1.3.2.1 Residential ................................................................... ..............................5 <br />1.3.2.2 Commercial .................................................................. ..............................7 <br />1.3.2.3 Institutional .................................................................. ............................... 7 <br />1.3.3 OCR Recyclable Material Processing and Marketing ................ ..............................8 <br />1.4 Solid Waste Programs Fee .......................................................................... ..............................8 <br />1.5 Collected Recyclable Material Tonnage and Revenue .......................... ..............................8 <br />1.6 Solid Waste Disposal ................................................................................... ..............................9 <br />1.7 Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling .................... ............................... 10 <br />1.8 Food Waste Collection ............................................................................. ............................... 10 <br />1.9 County Solid Waste Management Department Staffing ................... ............................... 11 <br />1.10 Vehicles .......................................................................................................... .............................11 <br />1.11 Public Education and Outreach ............................................................... ............................... <br />12 <br />2.0 Cost of Service Analysis ........................................................................................ .............................14 <br />2.1 Budget and Management Practices Overview ...................................... .............................14 <br />2.1.1 Enterprise Fund ............................................................................... ............................... <br />14 <br />2.1.2 Billing ................................................................................................. .............................15 <br />2.1.3 Budget Overview ........................................................................... ............................... <br />16 <br />2.1.4 Reserves ............................................................................................. .............................18 <br />2.1.5 Rate Model ..................................................................................... ............................... <br />18 <br />2.1.6 Methodology Overview ............................................................... ............................... <br />18 <br />2.1.7 Model Scenarios ............................................................................ ............................... <br />19 <br />2.1.8 Model Results .................................................................................... .............................20 <br />