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Board of Commissioners SWDD Budget Workshop Meeting Minutes - Final July 15, 2020 1:30 P.M. (PUBLIC HEARING) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT (S.W.D.D.) PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD. The Board of County Commissioners reconvened as the Board of Commissioners of the Solid Waste Disposal District. The minutes will be approved at an upcoming Solid Waste Disposal District meeting. 20-1770 Attachments: SWDD Administrator recommendations for the following proposed Solid Waste Disposal District Fund: • Landfill - $9,924.072, an increase of $911,276 • Recycling - $10,471.995, an increase of $1,610,944 • Less capital outlay ($2,570,000), a decrease of ($950,000) • Residential ERU $124.37, an increase of $3.47 • Commercial WGU $44.29, an increase of $2.29 • Readiness to Use Fee $27.42, an increase of $2.73 Administrator Brown announced that the Solid Waste Disposal District's (SWDD) proposed budget was $17,826,067, an increase of $1,572,220. He reviewed the impacts to the SWDD Budget, and explained that even though St. Lucie County was not charging the County for recycling, there was still $300,000 in transportation costs to transport the recycling. Administrator Brown explained that the County approved a new Leachate pre-treatment system at a cost of $600,000 per year, and that the County had partnered with Atlas Organics to make the waste into compost at a cost of $400,000 per year. Administrator Brown detailed the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and he recommended and budgeted for a rate study to be done. A discussion ensued between the Board and staff on the CPI increase, with Administrator Brown stating that he would arrange for a study and bring it back to the Board. He recommended a rate increase of 7.2% for residential and 6% for commercial. Indian River County Florida Page 1