2020 Budget & Long-term Plan Overview February 12, 2020
Day 1 - Agenda 1) Presentation Overview 2) Waste 3) Transportation 4) Facilities 5) Major Capital Projects 6) Corporate Services 7) Information Technology 8) Finance 9) Communications 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 2 Overview: February 12, 2020
Waste Services Division
Core Services Mandatory Services • Material Recovery Facility Operations • Roadside Collection of Recyclables (>39,000 households) • Perpetual Care / Environmental Compliance for 8 Closed Landfills • Landfill Leachate Management 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 4 Overview: February 12, 2020
Core Services Discretionary Services 1 Active Landfill • 3 Community Recycling Centres • o Waste Transfer o Drywall, Scrap Metal, Bulky Plastics, HHW, E-Waste, L&Y Waste, Tires, and Clothing Diversion programs Roadside Collection of Waste, Food Waste, and L&Y Waste • (>39,000 households) Roll-off Waste Haulage Services • By-Law Enforcement / Illegal Dumping • Promotion and Education of Waste Management / Diversion • Programs Long-Term Waste Management Planning • Annual Litter Clean-up Challenge • Special Event Recycling Program • Medical Waste Exemption Program • 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 5 Overview: February 12, 2020
Quick Facts 39,000+ 44,801 27,648 curbside w aste tonnes of waste tonnes of waste collection stops per managed landfilled week 17,152 30 15,352 pieces of mobile tonnes of waste diverted tonnes processed at equipment Material recycling facility Implemented year-round HHW & E-Waste diversion program in 2019 • Implemented Styrofoam diversion program in 2019 • Launched Green Bin and Blue & Grey Box Collection Programs in • 2019 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 6 6 6 Overview: February 12, 2020
Waste Budget Overview (k$) 2019 2020 Change Notes Revenue Levy 7,095 8,169 15.1% MRF 1,618 1,163 (28.1%) Commodity, CKL Bag Tags & Tipping Fees 4,245 5,140 21.1% I/P Subsidies & Other 1,284 1,373 6.9% WDO funding 14,242 15,845 Expenditures Collection 3,207 4,466 39.3% New contract, organics Landfills & Transfer Stations 3,552 4,209 18.5% Leachate, I/P, Brighton debt MRF 3,803 3,516 (7.5%) CKL rebate exp, MRF debt Capital 2,085 345 (83.5%) Brighton LF works completion Other Operating 1,987 2,041 2.7% Reserves (392) 1,268 (423.5%) 2019 net draw, carryovers 14,242 15,845 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 7 7 Overview: February 12, 2020
Budget Pressure – MRF Revenue MRF Revenue MRF Marketed Tonnes $2,250,000 14000 12000 $2,000,000 10000 8000 Tonnes $1,750,000 6000 4000 $1,500,000 2000 $1,250,000 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year $1,000,000 Total Tonnes Paper Containers andCardboard 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 8 8 Overview: February 12, 2020
Budget Pressure – Waste Collection New long-term collection contract and new / enhanced services have increased the cost of collection significantly: • Capital cost of specialized trucks has increased • Fuel costs have escalated at a rate greater than inflation • Minimum wage increase since previous contract awarded in 2010 • New services (Green Bin, Two Stream Recycling) “Many municipalities have encountered ‘sticker shock’ in recent negotiations due to factors such as … labour shortages and insurance costs. As noted during the 2019 CIF Spring Consultation, contractors were regularly reporting labour cost increases of up to 15% on average, and more recently, insurance increases of seven to ten fold.” Continuous Improvement Fund 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 9 9 Overview: February 12, 2020
Budget Pressure - Leachate Historic Leachate Volumes for Brighton and Eagleson Landfill 40,000 35,000 30,000 Cubic Meters (m3) 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year Brighton Landfill Eagleson Landfill 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 10 10 Overview: February 12, 2020
Issue P aper Summary Issue Paper Amount Funding #1 Equipment Replacement Strategy $200,000 $80K Levy – Base $120K Reserves #2 Staffing at Community Recycling $131,000 Levy - New Centres #3 Changes to User Fees ($800,000) Levy savings 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 11 11 Overview: February 12, 2020
Issue P aper 1 Overview Equipment Replacement Strategy Fleet of approximately 30 pieces of mobile equipment for the • operation of Landfill / Transfer Stations and the MRF Significant processing equipment at the MRF • Waste Services Division developed a sustainable 10-year equipment • replacement strategy In 2020, proposal to replace: • o 2007 Backhoe with a new or quality used Frontend Loader ($200,000) $120,000 previously approved in 2018 budget to replace the Backhoe • allocated to reserve, now recommending Frontend Loader for greater versatility Financial Impact $200,000 • o $120,000 Reserve o $80,000 Levy 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 12 12 Overview: February 12, 2020
Issue P aper 2 Overview Staffing at Community Recycling Centres (CRCs) Year-round HHW operations and expanded materials collections at newly • branded CRCs approved in 2017 Propose 2 Transfer Station Attendants working outside at the Bewdley and • Brighton CRC’s, versus the currently approved 1 o 1 Transfer Station Attendant working outside no longer able to effectively manage HHW, Ewaste and oversight of public drop-off areas for collection of various materials Usage of the County’s CRCs has steadily increased over recent years • Number of Patrons per Year Site % Change 2013 2019 Bewdley 38,800 65,430 69% increase Brighton 27,955 35,680 28% Increase Seymour 20,110 19,756 2% decrease Overall 86,865 120,866 39% Increase Current number of hours for Transfer Station Attendants is approved at • 14,603 annually; propose to increase to 18,437 hours Financial Impact $131,000 • 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 13 13 Overview: February 12, 2020
Issue Paper 3 Overview Changes to User Fees Long Term Waste Management Master Plan recommends maintaining the revenue • balance between User Fees and Property Tax support Review of Waste user fees to minimize levy impact of program changes • o Bag tag fees unchanged since 2007 / Tipping fees 2013 o ~20% reduction Bag Tag sales anticipated with the new Green Bin Program o Tipping fees less than local comparators Further impacts to levy from Waste include • o Reduced MRF revenues o Increased leachate costs o Cost escalations from managing the materials diverted from Landfill Total Net Financial Impact – $800,000 increase in revenue • o Reduction bag tag sales Green Bin Program ($540,000) o Increase bag tag sales from elimination of Bulky Waste Vouchers $200,000 (offset tipping fees reduction) o Increase $3.75 Bag Tag Fee $785,000 o Increase $125/Tonne Tipping Fee $220,000 o Increase Tipping Fee Surcharge $135,000 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 14 14 Overview: February 12, 2020
Transportation Services Division
Core Services Major Road Operations • Fleet Management • Design and construction of roads and bridges • Right of Way (ROW) Management • GIS Services • Community Consultation • 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 16 16 Overview: February 12, 2020
Mandatory Programs Road Operations Minimum Maintenance Standards (MMS) O. Reg. 239/02 • o Winter maintenance activities include: Winter weather monitoring from November 1st to April 30 th of each year, winter patrol, respond to winter events within prescribed timelines, maintain drainage systems, etc. o Roadway maintenance activities include: road patrol, repair of asphalt/surface treatment, shouldering, vegetation management, maintain traffic safety measures (signs, signals, pavement markings, guiderail, etc.), maintain bridges and culverts, maintain drainage systems, etc. Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Code of Practice for the • Environmental Management of Road Salts County must prepare and file a Salt Management Plan annually o with the ministry Aggregate Resources Act, R.S.O, 1990 • Mandatory reporting for Statistics Canada for Annual Estimate of o Canadian Mineral Production and to Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation (TOARC) for License Production 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 17 17 Overview: February 12, 2020
Mandatory P rograms Project Engineering Bridge/Structure Inspections (OSIMs) O. reg 104/97 • Biennial inspections of County’s 112 bridges and culverts o greater than 3 m span and 19 retaining walls Requirement to keep bridges safe and in good repair o Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015, O. Reg. 588/17 • Requirements to develop Asset Management Plan (AMP) by July o 1, 2021 for Core Assets and by July 1, 2023 for all assets Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O 1990, c.E.18 • o All capital works projects must be completed in accordance with Act and more specifically the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Process Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 • o As of June 19, 2014, every municipality required to be member of Ontario One Call o County must respond to all locate requests within 5 days and respond to emergency within two hours 2020 Draft Budget & Long-term Plan 18 18 Overview: February 12, 2020
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