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12 <br /> 3.3.3 Revenues The Solid Waste Management Department provides residential <br /> The bulk of the revenues-82.5%—are derived from the Every Other Week(EOW)single-stream recyclables collection to <br /> Solid Waste Programs Fee, which is a single County-wide fee homes in the county's unincorporated areas.The Department <br /> assessed on each improved parcel within the County in both operates three(3)residential fully automated collection routes <br /> the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County, as per day, Monday through Friday, for a total of thirty (30) <br /> well as the portion of Chapel Hill not in the County.The fee is collection routes based on the EOW level of service. The fully <br /> set annually and intended to compensate the County for its automated collection routes utilize 95-gallon carts provided to <br /> services,programs,and facilities.The current fee is$142.00 per each serviced household by the County. <br /> annum,except for the City of Mebane,which has its fee set at In addition to the recycling collection services,the Department <br /> $94.72.The fee is included in the property owner's property tax provides Front-end Load (FEL) MSW collection to government <br /> bill. The remainder of revenues comes from a variety of over buildings, with the total number of collection routes varying <br /> 30 sources,including program fees,material sales,and tipping from zero to two (0-2) routes per day. The Department also <br /> fees.The C&D Landfill tipping fee is currently$42.00 per ton for operates a source-separated OCC FEL route for commercial and <br /> C&D material. government buildings five(5)days per week.In addition to the <br /> 3.3.4 Expenses above-described collection routes, the Department operates <br /> Operating expenses for the Department included personnel one to five(1-5)roll-off hook trucks daily to service the County's <br /> and other direct expenses, including supplies, maintenance Waste and Recycling Centers. For additional information <br /> and repairs,and utilities.They also include almost$1.7 million and details, including descriptions of the collections fleet <br /> for contract services, primarily for recycling collection and equipment,see Appendix A. <br /> transportation services. See Appendix A for the summary of 4.1 1 Residential Waste and <br /> current contracts. <br /> Recycling <br /> As of FY 2021, the County Solid Waste Landfill Fund had <br /> $6,324,039 in outstanding debt and a requirement of The Solid Waste Management Department operates the <br /> $7,346,899 for closure/post-closure of its landfills. The Fund County's Integrated Solid Waste Management facility,located <br /> expended about$1.15 million in new capital expenditures,paid at 1518 Eubanks Road, and contains the following facilities <br /> for primarily by transferring funds from the operating budget. and operations: <br /> At the close of FY 2021,the balance in the Solid Waste Landfill • Construction and Demolition Landfill <br /> Fund was$11,032,195. <br /> • Regulated Material Recycling Consolidation area <br /> 4 - Solid Waste • Mulch/Compost management area <br /> Management • Equipment Maintenance facilities <br /> • Department's administrative offices <br /> System Inventory • Single-stream consolidation and transfer facility <br /> The Current Systems Review also took an in-depth look at the • Rigid plastics consolidation and baling area <br /> existing collections policies and practices,including a description • Tires consolidation and transload site <br /> of the current collections routes and fleet information. <br /> Orange County,North Carolina <br /> 10 •• . <br /> • CALIIYFI}' August 2023 <br />