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6 <br />Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan and Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />2.1.9 Division Budgetary Leveling .......................................................... .............................22 <br />3.0 Potential Solid Waste Operational Changes .................................................... .............................23 <br />3.1 Minor /Miscellaneous cost savings items ................................................ ............................... 23 <br />3.1.1 Optimize Collection Center Hours /Days of Operations ........ ............................... 23 <br />3.1.1.1 Collection Center Use by Month ............................. .............................23 <br />3.1.1.2 Collection Center Use by Day of Week ............... .............................23 <br />3.1.1.3 Collection Center Use by Time of Day .................. .............................24 <br />3.1.2 Consider a Reduction in Urban Curbside Recyclables Collection Frequency.... 25 <br />3.1.3 Sell the Greene Tract Property .................................................. ............................... 25 <br />3.1.4 Other Considerations ...................................................................... .............................25 <br />3.2 Construct /Operate a Transfer Station .................................................. ............................... 27 <br />3.2.1 Transfer Station Considerations .................................................... .............................27 <br />3.2.2 Transfer Station Implementation Quantitative Analysis ......... ............................... 28 <br />4.0 Potential Solid Waste Program Financing Alternatives ................................... .............................30 <br />4.1 Renewal and Extension Funds ................................................................. ............................... 30 <br />4.2 Collections of Assessed Fee ....................................................................... .............................31 <br />4.3 Modification of Organics Collection Program Funding Structure ....... .............................31 <br />4.4 Major Weather Event /Storm Debris Handling ...................................... .............................31 <br />4.5 Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance .......................................... .............................32 <br />5.0 Findings and Recommendations ........................................................................... .............................33 <br />5.1 Revenue Increase Strategies ................................................................... ............................... 34 <br />5.2 Expense Reduction Strategies ................................................................... .............................35 <br />5.3 Rate Benchmarking ...................................................................................... .............................35 <br />6.0 References ................................................................................................................ .............................37 <br />