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regulatory compliance requirements, existing site conditions and a reasonable estimate of quantities of waste received at the landfill through June 2004. The estimate did not include cover material costs associated with significant increases in waste received at the landfill (i.e. disaster debris, large-scale commercial development projects, or other unanticipated disposal impacts). 2. Are there additional fines and penalties we need to be aware of? Fines and penalties are assessed at the discretion of the governing regulatory agency. The County of Hawaii has entered into a Consent Agreement with DOH to address (among other things), deficiencies in the amount of cover material previously used at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill. The associated Consent Agreement penalty resulted in the County paying $43,08 7.50 to DOH as well as funding solid waste related programs that we would otherwise not have done. In working with DOH, we chose to support backyard composting workshops, as this is a great way to keep organic materials from ever seeing our facilities. PAGE 10 1. Departmental Admin Fees ➢ What does Departmental Admin Fees cover (Revenue Acct. 3401.46)? The Departmental Admin Fees cover all the costs of running the department, including salaries and wages for the Department's Administrative staff, supplies, telephone, equipment, etc. The costs incurred by the Department's Administrative staff are charged back to the special funds that it administers. ➢ Why was there a 41.14% increase ($145,796 in FYE 2002 to $205,780 in FYE 2003)? In FYE 2002, there were only two positions established for this new Department, a Director and a Private Secretary. In FYE 2003, two more positions were added, a Personnel Management Specialist and an Accountant III. The Department is still working towards establishing the necessary staff to effectively administer the department so this trend should continue. ➢ Why is the administration of the Solid Waste Fund almost 50% more costly than for the Sewer Fund? The Department's Administrative costs are allocated to the special funds based on three factors, the size of their budget (expenditures), the number of employees, and the receivables (billings) workload. The Solid Waste Fund has the largest budget, which would presumably require more administrative oversight and payables processing. The Solid Waste Fund also has the largest number of employees, which would imply that more administrative time would be required to address personnel issues and process payroll. The receivables workload is actually greater for the Sewer Fund due to a more complicated billing process and much higher volume of accounts, the allocation does take that into account. Different methods of allocation can be considered, we just felt 12