2. Increase the Total Waste Management Fee by $0.56 per tonne to $38.00/tonne from $37.44/tonne. This is the fee assessed to municipalities for each tonne of refuse delivered for disposal. This results in $55,780 based on the 2019 municipal tonnage level plus an additional $165,300 due to an increase in municipal tonnes from 99,600 in 2019 to 103,950 in 2020.
3. Increase the fixed cost assessment to Windsor and the 7 County municipalities based on the following chart. Fixed costs are assessed based on population per the 2016 census.
Municipality | 2020 Budgeted Fixed Cost Assessment | 2019 Budgeted Fixed Cost Assessment | Year Over Year Increase In Fixed Cost Assessment |
---|---|---|---|
Windsor | $4,640,815 | $4,407,225 | $233,590 |
Amherstburg | $468,723 | $445,130 | $23,593 |
Essex | $436,479 | $414,509 | $21,970 |
Kingsville | $460,517 | $437,338 | $23,179 |
Lakeshore | $782,294 | $742,918 | $39,376 |
Lasalle | $644,878 | $612,419 | $32,459 |
Leamington | $589,643 | $559,964 | $29,679 |
Tecumseh | $496,351 | $471,368 | $24,983 |
Total County | $3,878,885 | $3,683,645 | $195,240 |
Total | $8,519,700 | $8,090,870 | $428,830 |
(The sum of $55,780 from Recommendation 2 and $428,830 from Recommendation 3 equates to $484,610. This represents a 4.1% increase to the 2019 budgeted total municipal assessment of $11,819,890.)
4. Approve the Fee Schedule (see attached).
5. That any resultant surplus/(deficit) from 2019 operations be contributed to, or funded by, the Rate Stabilization Reserve.
6. That any resultant surplus/(deficit) from 2020 operations be contributed to, or funded by, the Rate Stabilization Reserve.