July 25, 2017 at 12:44 a.m.
District OKs 2018 budget
District OKs 2018 budget
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Jay County Solid Waste Management District’s budget will go up by more than $45,000 next year.
The district’s board approved the 2018 budget, including 3-percent raises for its director and educator, at its meeting Monday.
The biggest increases in the 2018 budget come in the form of increased costs to provide Saturday recycling trailers and the need for a new truck.
Charges for recycling will go up after the district’s current contract with Waste Management expires in May. Costs are expected to increase across the board, with the charge to haul a trailer going up an average of $22. For 2018, that is expected to bump the cost for the trailers up to about $103,500. It could exceed $120,000 in 2019.
The district spent $81,684 on the trailers in 2016 and is projected to come in at about $90,000 this year.
Included in the budget is $30,000 for a truck for the district staff to use to haul items such as 55-gallon drums for reuse from POET Biorefining. The board set aside enough funding for a new truck, but hopes to be able to save money if it can find a viable used vehicle.
Board members Jeanne Houchins, Randy Geesaman, Barry Hudson, Bill Gibson, Chuck Huffman and Mike Leonhard, absent Gene Ritter, also settled on 3-percent raises for district employees after a short discussion.
They looked at 3-percent and 5-percent options, but several board members raised concerns about the latter. While praising the efforts of director Samantha Rhodehamel and educator Bettie Jacobs, they noted that Portland and Jay County employees are likely to get no more than a 3-percent raise in 2018. They said it seemed out of whack to give solid waste district personnel larger bumps.
“The increase needs to be in line with what the other governmental entities are doing,” said Huffman.
In an effort to save some money, board members agreed to eliminate a secondary phone line and the fax line at the district office. Rhodehamel said both are rarely used.
In other business, the board:
•Approved additional appropriations of $5,000 for a donation to help repair the grandstand at Jay County Fairgrounds and $3,617 for installation of a concrete pad for its recycling trailer at Jay County Sheriff’s Office.
•Learned the district brought in $30,420.41 in tipping fees in June on 17,558.68 tons dumped at Jay County Landfill. Also paid claims totaling $15,973.21. The district now has a total balance of $471.729.81.
•Agreed to have a booth at the Rural America Farm and Garden Expo in September at a cost of $150. The district will also provide a recycling trailer and containers for the event.
•Asked Rhodehamel to get quotes for repair of the ramp at the district office.
All Rights Reserved
Jay County Solid Waste Management District’s budget will go up by more than $45,000 next year.
The district’s board approved the 2018 budget, including 3-percent raises for its director and educator, at its meeting Monday.
The budget calls for $356,860 in spending in 2018, which is up from $311,200 from this year. Projected spending has increased by $91,260 — more than 34 percent — in the last two years.
The biggest increases in the 2018 budget come in the form of increased costs to provide Saturday recycling trailers and the need for a new truck.
Charges for recycling will go up after the district’s current contract with Waste Management expires in May. Costs are expected to increase across the board, with the charge to haul a trailer going up an average of $22. For 2018, that is expected to bump the cost for the trailers up to about $103,500. It could exceed $120,000 in 2019.
The district spent $81,684 on the trailers in 2016 and is projected to come in at about $90,000 this year.
Included in the budget is $30,000 for a truck for the district staff to use to haul items such as 55-gallon drums for reuse from POET Biorefining. The board set aside enough funding for a new truck, but hopes to be able to save money if it can find a viable used vehicle.
Board members Jeanne Houchins, Randy Geesaman, Barry Hudson, Bill Gibson, Chuck Huffman and Mike Leonhard, absent Gene Ritter, also settled on 3-percent raises for district employees after a short discussion.
They looked at 3-percent and 5-percent options, but several board members raised concerns about the latter. While praising the efforts of director Samantha Rhodehamel and educator Bettie Jacobs, they noted that Portland and Jay County employees are likely to get no more than a 3-percent raise in 2018. They said it seemed out of whack to give solid waste district personnel larger bumps.
“The increase needs to be in line with what the other governmental entities are doing,” said Huffman.
In an effort to save some money, board members agreed to eliminate a secondary phone line and the fax line at the district office. Rhodehamel said both are rarely used.
In other business, the board:
•Approved additional appropriations of $5,000 for a donation to help repair the grandstand at Jay County Fairgrounds and $3,617 for installation of a concrete pad for its recycling trailer at Jay County Sheriff’s Office.
•Learned the district brought in $30,420.41 in tipping fees in June on 17,558.68 tons dumped at Jay County Landfill. Also paid claims totaling $15,973.21. The district now has a total balance of $471.729.81.
•Agreed to have a booth at the Rural America Farm and Garden Expo in September at a cost of $150. The district will also provide a recycling trailer and containers for the event.
•Asked Rhodehamel to get quotes for repair of the ramp at the district office.
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