Rate Study Trash, Recycling, Sustainability Programs

1. Compare current trash, recycling, and sustainability programs system costs (operations, capital improvements, bonded debt) against appropriate industry benchmarks. 2. Recommend baseline rate structures required to fund the City’s trash, recycling, and sustainability programs system and consider annual inflationary, indexed adjustments to rates needed to maintain each service. 3. Analyze the cost of serving and the benefits derived from trash, recycling, and sustainability programs classifications. This includes residential, and commercial customers in the following customer classifications: (1) Residential trash customers; (3) Residential recycling customers; (4) Commercial trash customers; (5) Commercial recycling customers; (6) Internal sustainability programs; and (7) External sustainability programs. 4. Recommend methods for communicating trash, recycling, and sustainability programs system costs, including recommendations for restructuring utility bill format and educating the public

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Material Processing and Handling Equipment.