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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> would be very beneficial. If any Council Members have any more questions, please email them <br /> and carbon copy the Council Members as well. <br /> Councilmember Scott stated, I want to thank the Engineering Department and Public Works as <br /> well. You guys have done a great job with outreach to the community. I've been in several <br /> meetings where a lot of information not known was bringing people to attention and you provided <br /> a lot of information on projects moving forward.You did a lot of good listening. I like the fact that <br /> traffic calming was experimental first (1st). I think I brought that up last year, but we try things <br /> before we say,hey,we are going to just go do this on the concrete. So,kudos to you and your staff. <br /> You've done a wonderful job with outreach to the community and I think it's gone a long way. <br /> So, thankY ou. <br /> Committeemember Voorde stated, I'm glad to see you are addressing the upgrades and the <br /> maintenance of the Filtration Plant. It's been deferred maintenance and I'm glad they are now <br /> being addressed. Thanks. <br /> Mr. Horvath stated, We will now talk about Solid Waste and the Solid Waste Management <br /> Services which includes picking up trash, yard waste and then also bulky item pick-ups. Here <br /> (referencing a slide in the presentation) is our leadership staff. Mr. Horvath then named the <br /> individuals in the organizational chart. He continued, Our goals for 2020 include trying to get our <br /> truck maintenance costs down. We spend quite a bit on truck maintenance every year. We made a <br /> big change to have a transfer station. So,we are no longer going to the landfill. That was a big part <br /> of it because the landfill was pretty dirty and was a long haul to get down there. But, we are still <br /> working on trying to find ways to reduce our truck maintenance costs for 2020 as well as <br /> decreasing hourly and overtime costs. We are also trying to decrease cross-contamination between <br /> solid waste and yard waste. We are going to implement new branding in 2020 and then I apologize <br /> I didn't put it on here (referencing a slide in the presentation), but it goes in with the other three <br /> (3), implementing a new routing software system. It's a GPS camera and routing system to make <br /> us more efficient and helping to reduce the number of complaints of missed trash pickups. It will <br /> also help us on the cross-contamination issue as well. <br /> He continued, This (referencing a slide in the presentation) is the budget overview. So, you can <br /> see here that revenue is fairly stable when you look at the charges for service. That hasn't changed <br /> in the last number of years. You've got a tick down in the other revenue and that is primarily due <br /> to rebates we are receiving. We are receiving energy rebates for CNG. So, we use the CNG gas <br /> and for every gallon we use, we have a rebate with the State. Those are no longer available. <br /> Otherwise, the revenue stayed about the same. What I'm about to show you here (referencing a <br /> slide in the presentation) as we go down, when you look at the expenses and revenue, we've got <br /> an operating net loss at about $600,000 a year. That means on an Enterprise Fund is that we need <br /> to find a way that we make that either zero (0) or positive. Solid Waste is no different than water <br /> or waste water, it is all based on cost of service studies. We are putting that together right now, so, <br /> I've not included any numbers in this budget on the revenue side for increased revenue, but we <br /> will be coming back to the Council before the end of this year to talk to you about a potential rate <br /> increase on our solid waste area. There are a couple drivers here. You can see for the most part <br /> that our salaries and wages have been pretty flat. We've done a good job of controlling that. There <br /> are some areas that have increased and some of that is interfund allocations. That has gone up <br /> about $370,000, almost $400,000 a year. And then in addition to that, our debt service for truck <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION ; EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend.Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 13 <br />