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Full-time
Management &
1 Professional
0
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17
Expenditures
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY17 Increase/
Category Actual Actual Original Approved +/- Decrease
Personnel
$324,453 $332,553 $353,626 $422,804 $69,178 19.6%
Services
Operating
$142,683 $188,065 $215,084 $217,394 $2,310 1.1%
Expenses
Capital Outlay $43,415 $29,327 $79,050 $257,200 $178,150 225.4%
Other Uses $0 $0 $73,235 $168,970 $95,735 130.7%
Total $510,551 $549,945 $720,995 $1,066,368 $345,373 47.9%
Traffic Accounts
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY17 Increase/
Code Category Approved Approved Approved +/- Decrease
10 Salaries & Wages $253,918 $251,775 $283,453 $31,678 12.6%
20 Benefits $87,719 $101,851 $139,351 $37,500 36.8%
45 Risk Management $10,557 $8,068 $9,622 $1,554 19.3%
Repair &
46 $72,443 $93,295 $95,296 $2,001 2.1%
Maintenance
49 Misc. Charges $5,500 $6,075 $6,575 $500 8.2%
52 Operating Supplies $26,011 $19,336 $17,591 ($1,745) (9.0%)
Repair &
46 $72,443 $93,295 $95,296 $2,001 2.1%
Maintenance
60 Capital Outlay $43,014 $79,050 $257,200 $178,150 225.4%
99 Reserves $0 $73,235 $168,970 $95,735 130.7%
TOTAL $557,492 $720,995 $1,066,368 $345,373 47.9%
1900’s Street Light
Gas Lamp
Municipal Services
Benefit Unit (MSBU)
• Authority
• Florida Statutes Chapter 125.01(1)(a) authorizes the Board of County
Commissioners to create
• Municipal Service Benefit Units provide specific municipal services to
any specified portion or all of the unincorporated area of the county
• Florida Statutes Chapter 197.3632 authorizes such MSBU non-ad
valorem assessments to be billed and collected in a uniform manner
with ad valorem taxes
• Board of County Commissioners provides the procedural
requirements for creating and implementing an MSBU
• Services are paid for by non-ad valorem assessments levied against
property within benefited areas.
Examples of Types of
Services
• Street Lighting
• Water/Sewer Service
• Road Paving
• Stormwater
• Grounds Maintenance
• Fire Hydrants
• Sidewalks
Creation
Petition submitted containing at least two-thirds of the signatures
of property owners of the area to be included in the MSBU.
The Board of County Commissioners may at its discretion, require
more than two-thirds of the property owners’ signatures.
The Pines Subdivision
Falcon Way & Eagle Way
LEGEND
MSBU Assessment Area for
Proposed Construction of Road
Improvements
Street Lighting Merger
• Merging 47 previously created street lighting municipal service
benefit units into the new unit
• Authorizing the imposition of assessments (future single rate)
• Providing a lien upon property & alternative collection methods
• Revisions to assessments
• Corrections of procedural irregularities, errors and omissions
Waste Resources
Refuse Collection
Program Description
Waste Resource Management provides
• Collection and disposal of municipal solid waste to all citizens and
municipalities of Okaloosa County.
• Conducts oversight for the County’s recycling program covering both
rural and urban residential collection in accordance with State and
federal guidelines.
– Includes the grinding/mulching of the County’s yard waste at two locations:
Wright Landfill and Baker Landfill.
• Manages the Household Hazardous Waste Program serving Okaloosa
County and nine surrounding counties (500,000 residents) through
FDEP Cooperative Arrangement Grants.
• Responsible for managing the collection of Special Waste (tires and
white goods-appliances) and oversight of the Small Quantity
Generator (SQG) Verification Program.
Revenue
The Waste Resource Management Section is funded through
• landfill operating fees
• landfill/transfer station tip fee
• franchise area per household disposal fee and CPI retention.
• revenue from other departments and Conditionally Exempt
Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs)
• sale of metals; and reimbursement from CO-OP grants.
Major Accomplishments
• Provided for collection, disposal, remediation and long term care
activities with reductions in staff and revenues and despite additional
regulatory scrutiny
• Maintained high level service to our municipal solid waste (MSW)
customers through operation of two transfer stations servicing
northern and southern portions of the county
• Began the process of procurement for collection and transfer station
operation services
• Managed a fee collection program for charge customers from three
remote sites
• Managed compliance and remediation programs for three closed
sites per Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
permits
Major Accomplishments
• Managed Contracts for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste
covering 38,000 homes.
• Provided curbside recycling service to approximately 30,000 homes
• Collected 8,700 tons of recyclables through residential service and another
43,950 tons through private recycling efforts (includes 15,611 tons of yard
waste).
• Disposed of 14,000 waste tires
• Collected and processed over a million pounds of Household Hazardous Waste
• Expanded Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off services to Tuesday through
Saturday weekly from 7 am to 3 pm.
• Received $187,000 to operate Okaloosa County’s HHW program at no charge to
local residents and to conduct 11 mobile collections in eight neighboring
counties
• Expanded the in-house office recycling services in selected County office
buildings including the new Administration Building utilizing the services of
HORIZONS
Major Accomplishments
• Provided recycling opportunities to four local public events including the
Earth Day/Arbor Day events and the July 4 celebration at the Landing and
the Southeast Recycling Conference and Trade Show in Sandestin
• Provided Environmental presentations to schools and other public venues
• Maintained compliance with LTC permits at all landfills
• Maintained compliance with remediation assessment goals at all landfills
• Continued subsidence remediation program at NLF
• Removed Pilot Test Infrastructure at NLF
• Procured maintenance equipment for Rapid Infiltration Basins at BLF
• Initiated Stormwater Control Assessment and Design for BLF
• Crafted Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Contract at WLF and Baker
Landfill (BLF)
Program Goal
• To provide an environmentally safe and cost effective system for
the collection and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste in
compliance with Florida Statute Chapter 403 and Florida
Administrative Code 62-701. To comply with all FDEP
regulations and current agreements for environmental
restoration and long term care activities at Okaloosa County
landfills. To provide an environmentally safe and cost effective
system for the reduction, reuse, and recycling of municipal solid
waste (MSW).
Key Objectives
• Provide a collection mechanism for the removal of Municipal Solid Waste.
• Manage franchise agreements.
• Respond to customer inquiries.
• Educate the public on services provided.
• Conduct closure monitoring and remediation activities at all public landfill
facilities in accordance with all state and federal regulations.
• Manage Baker scale house operations.
• Produce timely gas monitoring, compliance, and assessment reports for
FDEP activities at Okaloosa County landfills.
• Maintain remediation system infrastructure for a consistent and high
operational output.
• Avoid FDEP non-compliance issues and/or violations.
• Execute aggressive quarterly maintenance programs for BLF and WLF.
Key Objectives
• Reduce subcontractor costs through effective project controls.
• Provide collection of recyclables for residential and commercial customers
• Provide collection of yard waste for residential and commercial customers
• Provide processing of yard waste
• Provide collection/drop-off of white goods and waste tires
• Provide weekly drop-off of HHW for local residents
• Provide weekly drop-off of CESQG waste for small businesses
• Conduct mobile HHW collections in ten neighboring counties
• Increase participation and raise public awareness concerning County
Programs
• Increase employee proficiency
• Research new technologies and systems related to recycling and HHW
management that can improve operational efficiencies and costs
Performance Measures
Expenditures
$8,000,000
$7,000,000
$6,000,000
Disposal
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
Operating
$1,000,000
$0
FY15 FY16 FY 17
Actual Original Proposed
Performance Measures
120, 000
Disposal
90, 000 Tons
60, 000
Residential
30, 000 Customers
0
FY15 FY16 FY 17
Actual Original Proposed
Performance Measures
$8, 000, 000
$7, 000, 000
Total
$6, 000, 000 Rev enue
$5, 000, 000
Balance
$4, 000, 000
$3, 000, 000
$2, 000, 000 Cummulativ e
Balance
$1, 000, 000
$0
FY15 FY16 FY 17
Actual Original Proposed
Performance Measures
FY15 FY16 FY17
Performance Measures
Actual Estimated Proposed
Total Compliance Monitoring and
Output
18 12 6
Reporting
Total Remediation Monitoring and
8 6 6
Reporting
Total Residential Service Requests 40 50 80
Equivalent Cost Per Ton $65.69 $71.54 $73.59
Efficiency
Equivalent Revenue Per Ton $71.17 $72.59 $74.05
Number of Violation Notices 0 0 0
Expense to Revenue Ratio 89% 98% 99%
Effectiveness
% of Residential Service Requests
