FY26 Proposed Budget

Recent Accomplishments: • Permitting, design and construction for Landfill Cell FY23 was completed. • Design for the Landfill Equipment Building Replacement was completed; construction has begun and should be completed in FY25. • Iowa City Community Compost continues to be a steady-selling commodity, potentially enough to support a per-ton increase from $20 to $25. The last increase was in FY12. • Staff wrote a successful $4 million grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) program to improve the surface of the existing facility and expand by two acres. • Staff wrote a successful $100,000 grant to assist with the purchase of an over-windrow compost turner in FY25. • A successful partnership with Table to Table continues to encourage residents to reduce food waste. • Ongoing assistance from Green Iowa AmeriCorps supports our battery recycling program, litter assistance, waste reduction programming and other Resource Management goals. • The Division remains fully staffed and staff turnover is minimal. • Staff has built on the success of Donation Drive Through and continues to build non profit partnerships to help community members reduce waste and reuse items during the July move-out period. • White Goods staff reduced trips to the landfill by about 60% from FY23 to FY24 by compiling materials at the Refuse location and cross-loading bulky items into trucks

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