A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PRELIMINARY ANNUAL DISPOSAL ASSESSMENT, TIPPING FEES, AND OTHER RATES FOR THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEM

1:56:54Good morning, Justin Ressler, Assistant Solid Waste Director. Um R six is a preliminary, there's a page supposed to be coming up, it's a preliminary annual disposal assessment. uh rates fees and charges for the solid waste disposal and resource recovery facility. So really at a high level the goal of the Solid Waste Department is to process all of our non-recyclable waste through our waste energy facility. We know that our waste energy facility is above its capacity. Last year in fiscal year 19, we were over 45,000 tons above that capacity. And what we've seen over

1:57:24the past six months, particularly during the time of COVID-19, is that we've seen trash tonnages continue to rise. When we did our initial projections for waste growth in Pasco this year, we were at four percent. But we've seen actually a six percent growth rate you can go ahead and go to the next slide.

1:57:40Um really there's two main funding sources for the Solid Waste Department. That's the non-advalorum disposal assessment and the power sales from the waste energy facility. Um right now we have a very lucrative power contract with Duke and that does end in 2024. Um and actually we're selling that electricity to Duke for more than they're turning around and selling it retail for. And so while we're working on a number of things to try to to lessen that hit when that agreement does expire in 2024, ultimately there's going to be some reduction in le revenues associated with that just because of the marketplace of energy sales

1:58:10of right now. I mean so what we did a couple of years ago is we went out and we hired an independent firm to do an assessment of our revenues and project out um what we'd need in the next seven years to to make the enterprise fund work and and continue with capital projects that we presented previously. And what we saw is a $7 increase in the residential ERU disposal assessment over the next seven years. And this proposal is the second year of that. Um I I'd like to point out that these disposal assessments are are are similar to

1:58:40other municipalities with waste energy facilities. Um for example in Hillsborough County they're just north of a hundred dollars for their disposal assessment. So again we we fit right in the bracket with with many of the communities that have the similar type of waste disposal systems. This would also raise the tipping fee by about $6 to $72, slightly over $72. per ton. Next slide.

1:59:04Finally, we wouldn't be changing any of the fees for our ancillary items like mattresses, white goods, tires. We would be adding one category which is flammable liquids. So right now we get a lot of people coming in with uh used gas or oil pulling out of a boat, something like that, and we allow up to five gallons at a time. Um we cap that at five gallons, but we want to make that a larger amount. However, we do want to recover the cost for that. And so we are would be proposing adding a line item of two dollars and fifty-five cents per gallon for used oil, diesel fuel, things like that. And that is just

1:59:34the cost that our our vendor charges us to recycle it. Uh next slide. So with that, this concludes my presentation. Um our recommendation is that the board approve uh this resolution and set the Final public hearing for September eighth in Dade City.

1:59:54Okay. Um

1:59:58So why not public of September?

2:00:02Yes sir. Well that would be the resolution was set up for September.

2:00:06Yes.

2:00:07Okay. Questions? Questions?

2:00:10Gotta do it.

2:00:11Commissioner Oakley, Commissioner Weightman?

2:00:15Move approval.

2:00:15I have a motion. So I have a motion by Commissioner Mariano. Second by Ron Oakley. I was second by Commissioner Oakley. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

2:00:24District One, Commissioner Oakley. District three, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. District four, Commissioner Weightman. District five Commissioner Mariano. District 2, Chairman More.