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Orange County, NC <br />Financial Plan & Rate Study for Solid Waste Enterprise Fund <br />RATE MODEL SCENARIOS <br />SCS developed two Rate Model scenarios to evaluate impacts to the Enterprise Fund financial <br />situation over the 5 -year planning period. Depending on the individual scenario, the Model <br />assesses net revenue needs if the Program Fee, other revenues, and operating costs equal those in <br />the Budget for FY 2016 -17 with inflation factors applied, known capital items accounted for, and <br />other adjustments made to specific line items as detailed in Appendix C: <br />• Scenario 1 — Scenario 1 assumes status quo for the Department Solid Waste Program <br />Fee ($107 per year). This scenario is intended to be used as a baseline or "Status <br />Quo" scenario to enable comparison with Scenario 2. <br />Scenario 2 — This scenario serves as an assessment of the required increase in the <br />Program Fee to balance projected operating expenses and revenues for solid waste <br />and recycling services. Scenario 2 assumes the Program Fee balances the Fund's <br />annual budget if other revenues and operating costs equal those projected in the <br />Budget for FY 2016 -17, dependent on the sub - scenario. This iteration serves as a <br />"break- even" analysis. <br />Model Results <br />The table below (and also in Section 2.1.8, Exhibit 12) shows the Modeled Budgetary Gap for <br />Scenario 1 and the break -even Program Fees for Scenario 2 for FY 2016 -17 to FY 2020 -21. Note <br />that the Program Fee was back - calculated using an optimization algorithm. Complete financial <br />model results highlighting the Fund's projected annual net revenue /deficits are presented in <br />Appendix F. <br />Scenario Modeling Results <br />Scenario <br />FY 2016 -17 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />FY 2018 -19 <br />FY 2019 -20 <br />FY 2020 -21 <br />1 — Status Quo Budgetary <br />Gap with $107 Program <br />($1,780,040) <br />($2,015,497) <br />($2,064,603) <br />($2,345,290) <br />($2,593,011) <br />Fee <br />2 — Break Even Program <br />Fee with $0 Budgetary <br />$137 <br />$140 <br />$141 <br />$145 <br />$148 <br />Gap <br />Note: Negative values indicate a projected gap. <br />ES -3 <br />