FY2023 Adopted Budget

• Staff continues to excel in meeting the demands of an ever-growing customer base with existing space limitations. The landfill, recycling center, yard waste facility and hazardous materials receiving facility regularly see 350 to 400 customers per day and a record high of 555 customers was reached on a single day in September 2020. • Staff response to the derecho storm was commendable. The weeks after the storm saw significant increases in yard waste traffic, which we safely accommodated with minimal issue or customer complaints. • Staff continues to expand options and promotion for the proper disposal of hazardous materials, including batteries. The program continues to see high usage, which has resulted in increases in customers and pounds of batteries diverted from the landfill. • Recycling program usage continue to grow, both in customers and volumes/weights. • Successfully transitioned to virtual education and outreach programming and continue to adapt to a hybrid model that includes virtual and in-person events and programs. • FY09 Landfill cell was closed out with intermediate cover. • The increase of a 0.5 FTE to 0.75 FTE Scalehouse Operator will allow for time for additional customer training, reprieves from the scale house and more consistent enforcement of landfill policies. • A site planning study is underway with a consultant. Upcoming Challenges: • After maintaining the full scope of operations through COVID and with the significant increase in work derecho, staff are exhausted. • Additional trucks have not been fully utilized on organics waste routes as planned. The new trucks are regularly replacing refuse or recycling trucks on routes for breakdowns and to accommodate planned maintenance. This leaves rear-load packers for organics routes, or one rear-load and one fully automated; leaving us at only run two routes. • Addition of three glass recycling locations will increase staff and equipment time needed to service the locations. • Trash tonnages increased 18% from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2021. Many people were able to work from home, increasing waste from residences. In addition, we saw a jump in August and September 2020 with building materials from the derecho storm. • Customer counts continue to increase year after year and the current layout is not adequate to safely accommodate existing programs and customers. • Space restraints limit potential new waste diversion, recycling and composting options. • Wood waste and wood chip volumes continue to remain a challenge. We will continue to explore options for wood waste other than wood chips. • Several construction projects are in planning; these will impact incoming traffic and operations at the compost pad. • Landfill Operators and Heavy Equipment Operators worked over 2,000 total hours of OT in fiscal year 2021. They regularly work an average of 15 hours of overtime per person, per pay period, during the busy season; in the slower season they work an average of 5 hours OT per pay period, per person. This is not sustainable.

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