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curbside recycling services have been renewed with Waste Industries through the end of the current fiscal year. Waste Industries' performance level is generally high. By the end of fiscal year 2001-2002, it is projected that Urban Curbside will service 16,780 residences and that Rural Curbside will service 9,375 residences. In general, the Urban Curbside program adds new homes built within or annexed into one of the municipalities automatically as these residences are constructed or annexed. Curbside recycling in the unincorporated areas (Rural Curbside) is expanded incrementally. Homes that are in-fill or areas that are contiguous with existing .rural service areas are added automatically as part of the annual contract. In comparison, expansion of rural curbside service to homes in areas that would constitute large, distinct, new geographic service areas is considered only as part of an explicit addition to the annually budgeted amount. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total projected cost of this contract for FY 2001-2002 is $906,800 ($698,400 for Urban Curbside and $208,400 for Rural Curbside). This amount is included in the proposed FY 2001/02 Solid Waste Management Departmental Budget. The budgeted amount reflects a 3.6% cost increase per household over last year's costs, plus an additional $0.05 per household per month to accommodate collection of new materials. The 3.6% increase is based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price .Index for Transportation for the South Urban Region. The additional $0.05 per household per month covers the cost associated with the addition of three new types of items to the curbside recycling program this year: aerosol cans, household batteries, and all plastic bottles (where in the past curbside recycling has accepted only #1 PETE and #2 HDPE). Staff' expects, based on experience, in other communities, that the additions of these new materials will boost the recycling tonnage of plastics by at least 10% and steel cans by at least 3%. The exact amount of dry-cell batteries that will be collected is unknown (this will be the first program of its kind in North Carolina), but it is estimated that first year battery tonnage could be as high as five tons. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the new curbside recycling contract with Waste Industries, Inc. and authorize the Chair to sign the contract, subject to final review by Staff and the County Attorney.