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Item No. 11.10

Council Report: C 210/2019

Subject: Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority 2020 Budget - City Wide

Reference:

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

That City Council APPROVE the 2020 Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority budget, attached as Appendix A.

Executive Summary:

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Background:

In accordance with the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA) Agreement, both City and County Councils are required to approve the EWSWA budget once it has been approved by the EWSWA Board. On November 5, 2019 the Board met to deliberate and ultimately approved the EWSWA's 2020 budget. On November 20, 2019, County Council received and approved the EWSWA's 2020 budget as well. The Authority's budget is now before City Council for consideration.

In order to guide the EWSWA Board in their budget deliberations for 2020, the Board considered a February 2018 recommendation from a joint report of the CAOs of the City of Windsor and the County of Essex which supported a commitment to "work towards a sustainable, balanced budget over the next ten years while maintaining appropriate reserve funds and avoiding significant spikes in tipping fees."

Discussion:

The 2020 EWSWA budget was developed in consultation with both City and County Administration. For 2020, it is proposed that the amount levied to Windsor and the seven County of Essex municipalities will increase by 4.1% on 2019 base costs, or