5.3. SR 11-23-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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In 1999, the county is removing the $20 charge on the tax bill and increasing the tipping fee at the RDF plant. In this regard, the solid waste charges to the city will increase in 1999. However, the city does not plan to increase its charge9 to the customer by $20 per year and instead is planning to use some of the reserves which has butt up in the garbage collection fund since November 1990. Once the revenues are reduced and a new contract is negotiated, rates to the customers for 2000 will be evaluated. One item that may be negotiated with the haulers, which ultimately could lower rates to the customers, is to release the haulers from the requirement of waste disposal at the R/~F plant and let the haulers negotiate the best environmentally safe contract for disposal. This expense would then be wrapped back into the overallI contract with the haulers as it was prior to October 1996. With contradt renegotiations coming up in 1999, there are a number of issues which need to be evaluated including our commitment to the RDF plant, getting the lowest possible fees for our customers, and considering an option to turnl back the billing for services to the garbage haulers rather than havingi the city continue with this responsibility. The new Municipal Liquor Store at the corner of Highway 169 and 193rd Avenue opened in October 1997. Accordingly, .1998 is the first full year of operation at the larger Northbound store. Until year end totals are available in early 1999, we will not have an accurate picture of expenditures and revenues at the new facility. The proposed 1999 budget is based on the nine month actual figures for 1998. Overall the customer count at the new liquor store is down about i percent and thb expenditures for labor are up from what was experienced at the old facility. Both of these statistics are not a surprise, however, we do expect the customer count to increase in the future. Initially profit at the liquor store was ar~ticipated to decrease, but, over time, as labor costs stabilize and total sales and customer counts increase, the profits are also expected to increase. Nonetheless, annual total profit will be lower than what we experienced at the oldi Northbound for a few years because that smaller facility operated with much less personnel. Northbound still has over 50 percent of its revenues generated from selling beer and beer has the lowest profit margin of all the products sold at the store. V~ine has the highest margin and is becoming a bigger seller at the new facility. This new market for wine is also expected to help boost profits in the future.