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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
SOLID WASTE DIVISION
LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM
PROGRAM MISSION: To protect the
environment and ensure a safe, clean, attractive and healthy community by
providing removal of leaves from single-family and duplex homes.
The seasonal Leaf Collection
Program provides fall collection of leaves raked to the curb by residents and
bagged leaves put out for collection.
The program uses specialized vacuum trucks that collect loose leaves
from County streets and provides biodegradable bags for curbside pickup by leaf
collection crews the day after residents' regular trash collection day. Biodegradable bags are available beginning
in October and continuing throughout the leaf season or until the supply is
exhausted.
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Leaf Collection
Program
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'03 to '04
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Personnel
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$405,412
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$442,369
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$463,579
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5%
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Non-Personnel
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369,034
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368,995
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333,945
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-9%
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Total Expenditures
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$774,446
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$811,364
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$797,524
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-2%
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Revenues
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257,945
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256,000
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256,800
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-
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Net Tax Support
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$516,501
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$555,364
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$540,724
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-3%
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Authorized FTEs
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4.1
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4.1
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4.1
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Funded FTEs
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4.1
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4.1
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4.1
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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The increase in personnel costs is mostly attributable
to an increase in costs of hiring temporary workers during leaf collection
season.
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The decrease in non-personnel costs ($35,050) is mostly
due to a decrease in the projected costs for fuel, decrease in rental cost of County
vehicles and decrease in operating materials cost.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY
2001
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FY
2002
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FY
2003
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FY
2004
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FY
2004
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Actual
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Actual
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Estimate
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Estimate
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Target
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Vacuumed leaves collected (cubic yards)
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25,583
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31,527
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29,000
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31,000
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N/A
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Bio-degradable bags collected
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109,516
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128,882
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90,000
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130,000
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N/A
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Objective: To ensure timely and effective collection of
leaves from single family and duplex residences.
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FY
2001
Actual
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FY
2002
Actual
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FY
2003
Estimate
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FY
2004
Estimate
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FY
2004
Target
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Outcome
Measures
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Percentage of program
completed (by December 31st)
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100%
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100%
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94%
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100%
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100%
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Customer satisfaction with leaf collection
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N/A
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N/A
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75%
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80%
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80%
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Customer Satisfaction is a new performance measure for
FY 2003. The measure reflects the
percentage of customers ranking the service as good or excellent (4 or 5 on a 5
point scale).
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