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MEMORANDUM to Orange Co.
<br />November 2, 2016
<br />Page 4
<br />Exhibit 2. Solid Waste Reserves Assessment (National Scale)
<br />Municipality
<br />Data Year
<br />Solid Waste
<br />Reserves
<br />Expense
<br />Reserves as
<br />% of
<br />Expense
<br />Island County, WA
<br />FY 2016 Budget
<br />$8,642,147
<br />$7,948,930
<br />108.7
<br />City of Weston, FL
<br />FY 2017 Adopted
<br />$2,032,491
<br />$2,102,000
<br />96.7
<br />Orange County, NC
<br />FY 2016 -17 Adopted
<br />$8,867,042
<br />$11,989,955
<br />74.0
<br />City of Porterville, CA
<br />FY 2016 -17 Estimate
<br />$3,562,164
<br />$6,206,240
<br />57.4
<br />City of Franklin, VA
<br />FY 2015 -16
<br />$560,000
<br />$1,402,353
<br />39.9
<br />City of Kerman, CA
<br />FY 2014 -15 Projected
<br />$402,558
<br />$1,074,135
<br />37.5
<br />City of Denton, TX
<br />FY 2015 Proposed
<br />$7,573,202
<br />$27,802,592
<br />27.2
<br />City of Brentwood, CA
<br />FY 2012 -13
<br />$2,763,641
<br />$10,529,359
<br />26.2
<br />Fairfax County, VA
<br />FY 2010
<br />$33,235,902
<br />$128,922,894
<br />25.8
<br />Mean
<br />$7,776,741
<br />$23,754,566
<br />52.4
<br />Median
<br />$3,562,164
<br />$7,948,930
<br />38.7
<br />The data appears to indicate that most municipalities (that have them) maintain their solid waste
<br />reserves at a level between 25 and 50 percent of annual solid waste expenses. Outliers with
<br />reserve funds at or exceeding the annual levels of solid waste total spending may be attributed to
<br />programs with large, costly facilities requiring financial assurance or other contingency funds
<br />(for example, upcoming landfill closure).
<br />NC COUNTY SOLID WASTE EXPENSE ASSESSMENT
<br />SCS reviewed North Carolina county solid waste department budgeted expenses using
<br />information published on county websites in the form of the proposed budget, approved budget,
<br />or other financial documents. Using this information, solid waste department /program spending
<br />was calculated on a per capita basis. The results of this review are presented in Exhibit 3 below.
<br />A listing of basic services offered through each County solid waste program is included to enable
<br />a rough comparison of the value delivered per unit cost for each program. The presence of a
<br />County -owned revenue - generating disposal facility (such as a landfill or transfer station) in each
<br />County was also noted if applicable for comparison purposes to differentiate programs with solid
<br />waste fees that may be "subsidized" by such revenue - generators.
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