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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board June 1 , 2006 Approved August 3, 2006 for implementation of the solid waste management plan was not budgeted because it will not be finalized until the fall, assuming it will be adopted . No funds have been proposed for storm debris / organycli ics recng or leachate sewer line construction . Other key issues are : there is over $400, 000 in the budget to do the design and permitting of the transfer station but the prerequisite for that is to know where it [the transfer station] is going . There is money for the new phone system, furnishings and the first installment of debt service payment for the new operations center . Up until 2002 the landfill fund had never had any debt . Primarily because of failure to implement some alternative funding for recycling, the reserves were spent down to zero and we started borrowing money for most of the capital items . Establishing the 3 -R fee helped re -established the equipment reserve fund but one of the reasons that the budget continues to go up is debt payment services, which were zero in 2002 and in 2007 will be over $ 1 million/ year . There are two major pieces of equipment coming up for replacement next year -Track Hoe - � $250, 000 and an Articulated Truck - less than $400, 000 . We are proposing to finance those pieces . An increase in the 3R fee is being recommended . There may be resistance seeing that the property tax will increase . If the increase is not granted the $411 , 000 undesignated balance will be gone and about $ 100, 000 of equipment reserve will be used . Looking down the road at all the things coming — the transfer station, new convenience centers, landfill closure, construction of the second phase of C &D landfill, implementation of the solid waste management plan, dealing with storm/ land clearing debris, etc . there will be $8 million to $12 million worth of expenses in the next five or six years . It' s not financially responsible to assume it will all be debt financed . This is one of the reasons the fee increase is recommended . The fees that we are recommending are [increasing] basic $27 to $34, multi-family $ 14 to $16, rural $16 to $22 and urban $39 to $41 . Wilson states he has listed some reasons why the fee is being recommended and the consequence of doing without it . There is also a summary analysis of the 3R fee which demonstrates where we are . Kabrick asks when does this go to the Commissioners . Wilson replies their first discussion with me will be the 13th . Norwood asks that on the proposed 3R fee increase basic is seven more dollars and the others are smaller, why aren' t they all the same ? 2