5.3. SR 11-23-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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GARBAGE COLLECTION PROGRAM This budget includes expenditures for service contracts with haulers for the collection of the city garbage and recychng material, payments for disposal of waste at the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant, and for the overall administration of the program, including coordination with the Elk River Municipal Utilities for customer billing. 1999 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1998 BUDGET The 1998 garbage collection program budget is proposed in the amount of $748,750. This is an approximately 5.3 percent or $38,000 increase over the adopted 1998 budget. Most of this increase is due to more customers (residents) receiving garbage and recychng services as the city's population increases. The major expenses in the garbage collection program are for the hauler payments and for waste disposal fees at the RDF plant. These two expenditures in 1999 equal approximately 95.5 percent of the total budget. The garbage hauler payments are anticipated to increase $40,000 or 9.2 percent due to growth in the number of customers in the city and due to a low estimate in the 1998 budget. On the other hand, the sohd waste charge is projected to decrease by $10,000 due mainly to a high estimate in 1998. This decrease in sohd waste charges takes into consideration an increase in the RDF tipping fees as estabhshed by the county. It should be noted that in spite of this tipping fee increase by the county, the city is not planning to increase its fees to the customers, but instead is planning on using reserves which have been building up since the program began in November 1990. All revenues for the garbage collection program are shown on the adjacent page. All revenues, in one way or another, come from customer charges. The projected garbage collection revenues, including the use of reserves, match the projected expenditures. The Elk River Municipal Utilities collects the garbage fees and remits the money to the city on a monthly basis. The city then makes payments to the garbage collection firms and the RDF plant. The garbage collection program only deals with residential properties of four units or less. Currently the city bills approximately 4,165 customers for service and this is expected to increase to over 4,300 by the end of 1999. The breakdown of the program shows the collection of approximately 3,130 ninety gallon containers, 785 thirty-two gallon containers, both of which are picked up weekly, and 250 thirty-two gallon containers which are picked up bi-weekly. Recychng material is collected bi-weekly and the service is available for all 4,165 customers.