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Compost pilot asks $275,000 to sustain 750-household program; expansion depends on funding
Summary
Staff told the Solid Waste Board the compost pilot currently serves 750 households and the department requested $275,000 to continue the pilot for another year; expansion beyond 750 would require additional budget and vendor capacity.
Nashville Waste Services staff told the board that the county’s compost pilot currently serves 750 households and that continuing it at that level requires a $275,000 budget modification. "We have included within our our budget modifications enough money to continue the pilot at its current uh participants of 750 households. Uh we've asked for $275,000 uh to continue it for another year," Purvis said.
Purvis said the program has been sustained previously by small grants and departmental savings when formal budget requests were not approved. When council members asked about expansion, Purvis said the constraint is primarily funding and vendor capacity: Compost Nashville told staff it could take more households if funding were provided. He offered to prepare phased cost estimates to show what additional funding would buy in terms of households served.
Board members asked for figures showing phased expansion and countywide costs to inform budget deliberations; Purvis said he would produce those numbers.
