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that this method would be the most fair representation of the actual administrative services being provided to each of the special funds. PAGE 11 5604.06-456: Construction & Repair Equipment is a new account for which over '/2 of the fiscal year has gone by with no expenditures. 1. Is this account really necessary? Yes. This account is not necessarily a "new" account, but for the previous three years nothing was budgeted or spent through this account. This was due to lack offunds. The equipment being requested for FY04-05 is necessaryfor the operation of the Sort Station and to maintain our equipment. On Table 8, you noted that the final budget was less than the original proposal, the items that were cut are the water tanker and riding lawn mower. This is why the water tanker is again being requested for FY04-05. The reason you see no expenditures to date this fiscal year is that these items are considered heavy equipment and go out on a County -wide bid once a year. The bid results are presently being reviewed and will likely be awarded very soon. Once the bids are awarded, it generally takes the vendor a few months to deliver. Any heavy equipment that is budgeted, County -wide, is generally not received until late in the fiscal year. Funds for this FY03-04 equipment will likely be encumbered this month. We received bids today. It appears there may be $10, 000 left unencumbered. 2. Were there or will there be any transfers from this account? Yes, there were funds transferred from this account in FIT 2004. We re-evaluated our need for a 10 CYdump truck and determined that we only needed an 8 CYdump truck. We then used this savings to fund an additional Equipment Operator III position. There could be another transfer from this account since the budget for a water tanker was cut to $9,584, we won't be able to purchase that this year. 3. Does the equipment purchased correlate with the proposed $7.775 million Eqmt Maintenance Facility? The welding truck and welding machines will become part of the Equipment Maintenance Facility. PAGE 12 1. Green Waste renamed to Organic Waste? If so, funding to it increased by 73%. The term Organics Diversion encompasses greenwaste plus other organic materials that can be diverted from landfills through a composting technology. The County has been conducting greenwaste diversion as required by State DOH Administrative Rules for solid waste landfill operations since 1995. The amount ofgreenwaste recovered through this program has grown at an average of 29% per year since 1999 when the service was expanded to both sides of the island. Under the greenwaste diversion program, 13