New Budget/Contract fees
On August 1, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved the Trash/Recycling Fund Budget for September 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008. This budget provides funding for a sixteen-month time frame rather than twelve months. This change will align the trash/ recycling fund budget with the township's annual budget process.

In order to accomplish this transitional budget the following was approved:

1. A one-time billing covering the period Sept. 1 to December 31, 2007 (4 months) in the amount of $70 per household.

2. The annual billing in January 2008 in the amount of $200 (a $10 discount if paid in full netting payment of $190).

3. Quarterly billings in April, July, and October in the amount of $50 for households that do not opt for the annual payment.

The adopted trash/recycling/leaf collection budget provides for total revenues of $2,158,979 and total expenditures of $2,123,065, with a projected ending fund balance of $191,914. As noted above, the 2008 annual household fee will increase from $160 to $200. All fees for grass bags, tags, and recycling containers will remain the same.

The salient features prompting this rate increase are:

1. An increase of 48% in costs for transportation from the refuse hauler according to the new contract. Beginning in September 2007, the household fee for refuse collection will increase from $5.23 per household to $7.72 per household.

2. Disposal costs from the Lancaster County Solid Waste Authority are anticipated to increase (approximately $1.50/ ton), from $71 to $72.50.

3. Funding is included for:
- The purchase of a new billing software and hardware system (costing approximately
$35,000). It will replace the antiquated DOS system currently being used.
- Two "leaf seasons" in the 16-month budget.
- Additional equipment for the fall leaf season effort, chipper, leaf picker, and a pickup truck totaling $70,000.

Back