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Solid Waste division plans composting rollout, convenience centers and major fleet purchases while managing vacancies
Summary
Solid Waste presented an FY26 plan to add convenience centers, expand a strike team, start curbside organics/composting and replace fleet; the fund serves about 171,000 MLGW customers and held roughly $16 million in fund balance at the time of presentation.
K. Philip Davis, director of the Memphis Solid Waste Division, told the budget committee on May 7 that FY26 priorities include filling positions, replacing fleet, repairing the Belvedere transfer station, expanding the strike team and rolling out organics composting.
"Our priorities include filling positions, acquiring fleet, repairing the Belvieu transfer station, expanding the strike team and convenience center program, and covering the escalating operating costs," Davis said in his presentation.
Davis said the Solid Waste Fund is a special revenue fund funded by…
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