Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 25, 1995 TAG: 9504250104
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: SARAH HUNTLEY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The landfill's 1995-96 financial plan is 5 percent lower than this year's budget, despite the fact that it includes a 4 percent raise for employees and keeps municipal and commercial disposal fees steady.
Disposal fees of $50 per ton for municipal waste and $55 per ton for commercial waste will be maintained through June 1996, landfill officials said.
The resource authority will be able to meet its financial needs without expanding its overall budget because of a decrease in the tipping-fee credit doled out to the authority's charter members. This year, the charter members - Roanoke, Roanoke County and Vinton - received credit at a rate of $10 per ton of waste. With the start of the fiscal year July 1, the credit will be reduced to $5 per ton.
Roanoke County Finance Director Diane Hyatt said the decrease in credit rates, reached during previous agreements, is unlikely to have a substantial impact on local governments' budgets. Although the governments' credit will be lower, total use of the landfill is on the rise, she said.
The new budget also includes a $300,000 host fee to be paid to Roanoke County for having the landfill within its borders and $100,000 for the city, which provided the property for the transfer station on Hollins Road.
Although the resource authority submitted its budget to local governments in March, it required the approval of the three charter members before it could be put into effect. City Council's vote ratifying the budget followed approval by the county and Vinton.
by CNB