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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
SOLID WASTE DIVISION
STREET SWEEPING AND LITTER CONTROL PROGRAM
PROGRAM MISSION: To enhance the
appearance of the community and to protect the environment by removing litter,
debris, and pollutants that pose a threat to water streams and the Chesapeake
Bay.
The Street Sweeping and Litter
Control Program provides cleaning of County streets and commercial corridors
such as Crystal City and the Trades Center area. The Program also provides hand and vacuum litter collection for
commercial areas, bus stops and heavily traveled pedestrian routes. The residential street sweeping program
cleans residential streets, removing debris and winter sand. The staff of this program is redirected in
the fall of the year to provide leaf collection services. During leaf collection, street cleaning
services continue to be provided in commercial areas throughout the County but
only by request in other areas.
The Street Sweeping program, in
conjunction with sweeping activities that occur under the Urban Operations
Initiative (UOI), also serves as a central component of the County's watershed
management programs by removing sediment and associated pollutants that
accumulate on streets before they wash into streams. Together, the Street Sweeping and UOI programs help ensure
compliance with the County's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit and
Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Act regulations and support the goals and pending
mandates of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement.
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Street Sweeping
and Litter Control 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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$264,311
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$307,619
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$319,547
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4%
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Non-Personnel
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239,120
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240,916
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252,529
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5%
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Total Expenditures
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503,431
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548,535
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572,076
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4%
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Revenues
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21,322
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10,000
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-
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-100%
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Net Tax Support
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$482,109
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$538,535
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$572,076
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6%
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Authorized FTEs
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8.0
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8.0
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8.0
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Funded FTEs
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8.0
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8.0
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8.0
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
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Because of state
budget cuts affecting the Department of Environmental Services, the FY 2004
budget has been reduced by $10,000 due to the elimination of the state litter
prevention and recycling grant program.
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Personnel expenditures reflect normal step increases
and new hires at above the entry step ($11,928).
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Non-personnel expenditures increases ($11,613) reflect
higher rental charges of County vehicles ($20,110), partially offset by a
reduction in the rental cost of operating equipment ($6,500) and elimination of
the state litter grant.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY
2001
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FY2002
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FY2003
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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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Percent of residential/commercial routes
cleaned
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N/A
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95%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Sweeping
routes cleaned to standard
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N/A
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100%
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100%
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100%
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100%
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Reduction in annual sediment loads delivered
to streams from County streets
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17%
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28%
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28%
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30%
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30%
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Objective:
To ensure that commercial corridors and residential areas are swept and
kept clean and free of debris and dirt, and that litter is collected from
County streets and rights-of-way. Also,
to remove sediment and associated pollutants, such as metals, petroleum
products and bacteria that accumulate on streets before they wash into streams.
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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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Workload Measures
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Cubic yards of
particulate collected
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N/A
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6,380
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6,400
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6,400
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N/A
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Efficiency Measures
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Cycles per year
completed
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Residential areas
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N/A
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4.5
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6
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6
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6
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Commercial areas
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12
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13
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13
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13
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13
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Percent of sweeping requests completed within one business
day
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91%
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93%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Percent of litter complaints completed within one business
day
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99%
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99%
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95%
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95%
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95%
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Commercial Areas does not include UOI program.
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