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Sanitary district presents smaller tax fund, plans for fleet leases, GPS and transfer-station savings
Summary
Richmond sanitary district leaders told the Committee of the Whole on Sept. 24 that revenue for the 6601 tax fund is down about 6% driven primarily by a circuit-breaker increase; officials budgeted for fleet replacement via lease, added GPS/asset-management costs and set aside capital funds for a future transfer station and covered recycling area.
Sanitation leaders presented the Richmond sanitary district’s 6601 (tax) and 6607 (capital improvement) budgets, saying total sanitary-district revenue is projected to fall about 6% and outlining steps to respond to higher costs and new regulatory requirements.
The presentation said the principal driver of the revenue drop is an additional $500,000 tied to the state circuit-breaker. The district budgeted a 3% bargaining-unit increase (the civils were set at 0%), made internal job-split adjustments among administrative (0505) and operations (0506) accounts, and shifted some capital earmarks into the 6607 capital improvement fund.
Officials said fuel and vehicle-related accounts are a major near-term pressure. Operation-side fuel (trash trucks and heavy fleet such as vac and water trucks) is the largest…
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