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and if, ADF legislation passes for specific types ofgoods, the County will receive some proportion of the funds. 2. Will fees be used for County of Hawai'i recycling programs? Yes. Any fees that are collected will be revenue posted against recycling program expenses. Fees can be used to provide financial incentives to direct more tonnage into recycling markets, especially items that have either weak or volatile markets such as e - waste (computers etc.), plastics, paper fibers, and cooking oil. We currently offer diversion grants of $40/ton to create incentives for recycling vendors to collect and recycle paper fibers and cooking oil. The cooking oil is enhanced into an alternative fuel. At the price of $40/1on, the County has full participation in the Diversion Grant program. The level offunding that was budgeted by the County ($160,000/year) for the past year has been insufficient to deal with the rising quantity of these recyclables being produced by our community. At $40/ton, recycling is a less expensive disposal method than landfilling or than our commercial tip fee. For "Recycling Division"? Yes. Iffees collected through advance disposal fees by the State are provided to the County and can be expended on administrative costs, it is possible that future positions established within a "recycling division" would be funded through fees. For external recycling businesses? Fees collected will be used to provide financial incentives to recycle the more difficult to recycle goods where recycling incurs high transportation costs. External recycling businesses will be contracted through our existing diversion grants program. PAGE 6. Reduce days, and percentage of balances over 90 days past due, in Accounts Receivable for Wastewater and Solid Waste services by 5% for FY 2004-2005. 1. This can be accomplished simply by writing off bad debts over 90 days old. Improving collections is preferred. Improving collections is always the goal. Reducing the days and percentage of balances over 90 days past due are indications of improved collections. Hawaii County Code Section 2-108 and 2-109 addresses uncollectible accounts and requires that Corporation Counsel finds the debt to be uncollectible before the account can be written off So debts over 90 days old cannot be simply written off to reduce the days and percentages of balances over 90 days. PROGRAM MEASURES Tipping fees as a % of Solid Waste Fund expenditures Unsure whether this is necessarily a good measure.