6.7. SR 11-15-2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

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GARBAGE COLLECTION PROGRAM This budget includes expenditures for service contracts with haulers for the collection of the city's garbage and recycling material, payment 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. 2005 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 2004 BUDGET The city began the organized residential garbage collection and recycling program in November 1990. The garbage collection and recycling program deals only w~h residential properties of four units or less. The Elk River Municipal Utilities collects the garbage customer fees for the city. The city makes payments to the garbage collection firms for services and to the RDF Plant for disposal. The city is beginning a new five year contract with Randy's Sanitation and BFI for garbage collection and recycling services. This contract expires in October 2009. Additionally, the city has entered into a long term contract with the county for the disposal of garbage at the RDF plant. This contract established disposal fees at $45.00 per ton and runs through April 2008. Currently, the city has approximately 5,736 customers. The customer breakdown of the program by type of container shows: 3,537 ninety-gallon containers, 1,328 sixty-gallon containers, 502 thirty-two gallon containers, and 198 thirty-two gallon (picked up bi- weekly) containers. Additionally, 171 customers have two or more 90-gallon containers that are picked up weekiy. Recycling material is picked up weekly except for the households that have bi-weekly garbage service. In 2004 the majority of the new households selected the 60 gallon container option. The 2005 garbage collection and recycling program budget is proposed in the amount of $1,019,800. This is a $66,850 or 7 percent increase over the adopted 2004 budget. The increase in this budget is due to the moderate rate of residential growth which the city is experiencing. There are no rate changes to the customers being planned for 2005. Regarding expenditures, the garbage hauler payment and the waste disposal fees amount to 96 % of the total budget. This percentage is consistent with previous years. The garbage hauler payment is based on actual customer counts and the waste disposal fee is based on RDF plant tonnage figures. Other expenditures to note include the $26,500 payment to the Elk River Municipal Utilities for biling and collection services, the $7,900 for city staff time that is necessary to manage this program, and $3,800 for the recycling rebate program.