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Solid Waste Management- Multi-Family Recycling Program
<br /> Currently, the County's Solid Waste Management Department contracts recycling
<br /> collection for residents living in multi-family housing with an outside vendor. The
<br /> proposal outlined below offers a cost-saving measure that would discontinue the
<br /> contractual arrangement and bring this particular collection function in-house. If this
<br /> particular function were to be brought in-house it would necessitate the creation of a
<br /> number of new positions.
<br /> Requesf: To establish two, new permanent full-time Recycling Materials Handler
<br /> positions and two new permanent full-time Solid Waste Collector positions for the Multi-
<br /> Family Recycling program.
<br /> Needs Addressed:
<br /> • Waste Industries, an outside vendor, currently collects recyclables for multi-family
<br /> housing units. In addition to collecting and processing, the vendor also delivers the
<br /> collected materials to market.
<br /> • Solid Waste staff estimates that the County could bring the program in-house and
<br /> realize a cost savings of approximately $350,000 over the next six years. Within nine
<br /> years, potential cost savings would total more than $800,000.
<br /> • Estimated costs of the in-house program total approximately $1.96 million over the
<br /> next six years with offsetting revenues of approximately $300,000. This includes
<br /> funding of the four new positions along with operating and capital expenses. The
<br /> table below outlines projected costs and revenues of the proposed in-house for a six-
<br /> year period:
<br /> FY 02/03 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05106 FY 06107 FY 07/08 Total
<br /> Personnel
<br /> (1
<br /> Services ) $106,592 $163,846 $173,289 $183,335 $194,025 $205,406 $1,026,493
<br /> Services
<br /> Operations(2) $155,938 $34,397 $35,492 $43,929 $45,563 $55,133 $370,452
<br /> Capital $155,764 $93,264 $93,264 $93,264 $90,568 $38,000 $564,124
<br /> Total Costs $418,294 $291,507 $302,045 $320,528 $330,156 $298,539 $1,961,069
<br /> Revenue $23,723 $48,419 $49,392 $50,397 $59,534 $68,797 $300,262
<br /> Total Net
<br /> Program $394,571 $243,088 $252,653 $270,131 $270,622 $229,742 $1,660,807
<br /> Costs
<br /> (1) FY 02/03 personnel costs allow for new positions beginning November 1, 2002
<br /> (2) FY 02/03 operations costs include a half-year cost of contracting with Waste Industries to
<br /> allow the department to facilitate purchases, hiring, training and all other costs associated with
<br /> the program.
<br /> (3) Capital Outlay expenditures include two vehicles (debt financed), roll carts (debt financed),
<br /> and building improvements.
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