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Apri14, 2006 The Honorable Stacy Higa and Council Members Page 2 Fuels and Lubricants - $100,000 Fuel costs have skyrocketed this year after Hurricane Katrina, and are expected to be 20% higher than last year. Additional funding is needed to cover the cost of fuels and lubricants for the rest of the fiscal year. Building and Construction Materials - $500,000 This amount will cover the cost of extending the life of the Hilo Sanitary Landfill through the end of the present fiscal year. This extension will be accomplished through implementation of a sliver fill operation which will utilize the existing "footprint' and height of the landfill, but steepen the side slopes from a 4-to-1 slope to a 2-to-1 slope. This is a change in the way the landfill will be managed and operated, so the County has taken steps to procure expert assistance to make sure the sliver fill is done safely and professionally. One step included the hiring of Brian A. Stirrat and Associates, an engineering consulting firm experienced in designing sliver fills for landfill operations, to do the engineering of the sliver fill. Another measure taken was sending three Solid Waste Division operations supervisory employees to California to visit and learn from eight landfills where sliver fills are being constructed. The requested funds are needed for: • Ongoing engineering design of the sliver fill, and associated drainage, benches, down- drains, monitoring wells, and detention basins. This will be in compliance with the proposed operations manual and will be a regulatory requirement of the Department of Health. ($100,000) • Survey and air photogrammetry to accurately identify the available air space and track the in-filling of the available airspace with solid waste. On-going surveying is required to demonstrate the air capacity and the volume of materials being landfilled. This will be part of the regulatory requirements in the permit. ($75,000) • Additional equipment to rent or lease/purchase a D-6 dozer to dress and shape the outside edge of the landfill. The current D-8 is too large and heavy for this work, and will gouge out the side slope instead of allowing it to be dressed properly. In addition, the D-8 is used full time for moving solid waste at the landfill face in conjunction with the compactor. An extra excavator also may be rented as required to excavate the drainage to handle the stormwater and any possible leachate in conjunction with the Department of Health permit. ($36,000) • Additional cover material will be needed in excess of the current rock cover contract. Additional material will be needed for the outside edge, dressing up the existing cover, installing rock drains as required by the Department of Health to channel stormwater into the detention basins. ($274,000) • Overtime for County employees who work above and beyond their regular hours to construct the sliver fill. There are currently no extra employees who can be utilized during their regular hours, as they all have schedules that take up their regular time. To meet the needs of the County, they are coming in after their regular work schedule to provide the manpower required. ($15,000)