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Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan & Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />3.1 Optimize Collection Center Hours /Days of Operations .................... ............................... 21 <br />3.1.1 Collection Center Use by Month ................................................. ............................... 21 <br />3.1.2 Collection Center Use by Day of Week ................................... ............................... 21 <br />3.1.3 Collection Center Use by Time of Day ...................................... ............................... 22 <br />3.2 Consider a Reduction in Curbside Recyclables Collection Frequency ............................ 23 <br />3.2.1 Other Considerations ...................................................................... .............................23 <br />4.0 Potential Solid Waste Program Financing Alternatives ................................... .............................25 <br />4.1 Collections of Assessed Fee ....................................................................... .............................25 <br />4.2 Modification of Organics Collection Program Funding Structure ....... .............................26 <br />4.3 Major Weather Event /Storm Debris Handling ...................................... .............................26 <br />4.4 Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance .......................................... .............................26 <br />5.0 Findings and Recommendations ........................................................................... .............................28 <br />5.1 Revenue Increase Strategies ................................................................... ............................... 28 <br />5.2 Expense Reduction Strategies ................................................................... .............................29 <br />5.3 Rate Benchmarking ...................................................................................... .............................29 <br />6.0 References ................................................................................................................ .............................31 <br />List of Exhibits <br />No. <br />Page <br />Exhibit I. <br />Solid Waste and Recycling Centers by Location and Customer Counts by Fiscal <br />Year................................................................................................................ ............................... <br />3 <br />Exhibit 2. <br />Solid Waste and Recycling Center Locations ......................................... ............................... <br />4 <br />Exhibit 3. <br />Solid Waste and Recycling Center Customer Counts by Fiscal Year . ............................... <br />5 <br />Exhibit 4. <br />24 -Hour Recycling Drop -off Sites by Location ....................................... ............................... <br />6 <br />Exhibit 5. <br />24 -Hour Recycling Drop -off Site Locations ............................................. ............................... <br />7 <br />Exhibit 6. <br />Recyclable Material Tonnages and Revenue ......................................... ............................... <br />9 <br />Exhibit 7. <br />Orange County Solid Waste Management Department Website ..... .............................12 <br />Exhibit 8. <br />Orange County Solid Waste Management on Social Media ............ ..............................1 <br />3 <br />Exhibit 9. <br />Revenue Tier Streams and Associated Accounts .................................... .............................15 <br />Exhibit 10. <br />Commissioner Approved Fee Schedule — FY 2015- 16 ........................ .............................16 <br />Exhibit 11. <br />Distribution of Department's Operating Revenues and Expenses by Fiscal Year........ <br />17 <br />Exhibit 12. <br />Scenario Modeling Results — Projected Fund Budgetary Gap ........... .............................20 <br />Exhibit 13. <br />Recycling Center Customers by Day of Week in FY 2015- 16 ........... .............................22 <br />Exhibit 14. <br />Recycling Center Customers per Hour by Day of Week FY 2015 - 16 ...........................22 <br />Exhibit 15. <br />Recycling Center Customers by Hour of Day in FY 2015- 16 ............. .............................23 <br />Exhibit 16. <br />Average Personnel Direct -Cost per Person ............................................ .............................24 <br />Exhibit 17. <br />Budgeted Solid Waste Management Department Revenue Components as <br />Portions of Total Revenue (FY 2016- 17) ................................................ .............................25 <br />Exhibit 18. <br />Tons Disposed at Orange County C &D Landfill by Year .................... .............................27 <br />Exhibit 19. <br />Comparison of Annual Fees ....................................................................... .............................30 <br />