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Packs/defibrillators, four (4) replacement power stretchers for a total of $80,000, and $111,000 for th� replacement of three (3) hydraulic extraction tools. Budgeted vehicles/fire apparatus include tw replacement fire pumpers - $1,200,000, a replacement ambulance - $375,000, and 4 replacement staff vehicles - $140,000. Construction of Fire Station 15 is included in the proposed budget for $1,050,000. The remaining $1,350,000 in construction costs will be provided from Fire Rescue Impact Fees. Staff anticipates an additional med unit will be necessary after Station 15 is constructed, which will also require additional staffing. Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) NOTE: The Solid Waste Disposal District and Enterprise budgets are presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). As a result, depreciation is included as a budgeted expense, while capital outlay and debt service principal payments are excluded. The total proposed SWDD budget is $17,826,067, which is an increase of $1,572,220 or 9.7% (page 41). Proposed residential assessment rates are increasing by $3.47 or 2.9% to $124.37 per Equivalent Residential Unit. Commercial rates are increasing by $2.29 or 5.5% to $44.29 per Waste Generation Unit (W.G.U). The proposed readiness -to -use fee is $27.42 per W.G.U, an increase of $2.73 from last fiscal year. • Over the past year, the Board has made decisions to improve the way yard waste and leachate are processed at the landfill. Although these changes have an overall positive impact on our environment, they have contributed to increases in next year's budget. A new leachate pre-treatment system is proposed in FY 2020/21 for $600,000. This system will reduce the nutrient loading from the Landfill leachate which currently exceeds the Industrial Pre -Treatment Standards. This will help with regulatory compliance at the West Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and assist with the overall impact to the lagoon. An additional $480,000 is programmed into the proposed budget as a result of the newly approved vegetative waste processing contract awarded to Atlas Organics which began in January of 2020. Atlas Organics processes the vegetative waste into compost, which is an improvement over the former process of land applying the waste as mulch. There are no inflationary adjustments proposed in landfill operation, recycling collection, or yard waste processing contracts. Republic Services has requested a CPI increase of 2.25°/x, howeverthis increase, which carries an additional cost of approximately $100,000 has not been supported by staff or programmed into the budget. The County's contract with Republic Services has a CPI adjustment effective January of each year while Waste Management and Atlas Organics' contract's CPI is adjusted in April. Although the CPI was positive in January, staff is of the opinion that Republic Services should forego the requested increase due to the impact COVID-19 has had on the economy and local taxpayers. Waste Management and Atlas Organics have proposed no change from their current rates, however staff is continuing negotiations to decrease rates by 0.44% which is reflective of the negative CPI adjustment for April. F_ -I LJ 14