Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste & Recycling
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune
Date: February 27, 2017
SUBJECT
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Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the proposed FY 2018 Solid Waste & Recycling Materials Forecast, which is utilized in preparing the Fiscal Year 2018 Solid Waste & Recycling Annual Budget and FY 2018 - 2022 Capital Improvement Program.
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BACKGROUND
Annually staff prepares a Solid Waste & Recycling Materials Forecast to support the development of the upcoming fiscal year operating budget and five year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) period. The exhibit attached, FY 2018 Solid Waste & Recycling Materials Forecast, provides the materials forecast documentation which supports the FY 2018 Solid Waste operating budget, the FY 2018 - 2022 five year Capital Improvement Program and the long range capital requirements that extend beyond the five year planning period. In preparing the Materials Forecast, staff reviews industry analyst economic and growth forecast data, Denton's historical data and trends, anticipated construction activity, and potential annexations during the planning period.
The municipal solid waste (MSW) materials and commodity tonnages are reviewed, analyzed, and then forecasted utilizing growth projections and future planned program development. The forecasted quantities of materials handled, disposed, recycled, processed, and diverted will provide the basis for the development of the FY 2018 departmental operating budget and ongoing and future Capital Improvement Projects planned for development.
During Fiscal Year 2017 the Department plans to begin landfill mining operations. Materials forecasted to be recovered from the mining operations are include within the recycled and diversion totals of the FY 2018 SW&R Materials Forecast.
Summaries of the actual FY 2016, the projected end of FY 2017, and forecasted FY 2018 materials tonnages are provided below. Additional detail information is avail...
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