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The Solid Waste Division
The Solid Waste Division
Division
(Division) functions as as an enterprise fund separate from
other City departments The enterprise has no debt and a a a a a a a healthy fund balance of approximately $20 million Equipment is purchased without financing and future replacement replacement funds are placed into a a a a a a a separate equipment replacement replacement reserve Service fees rank among the least expensive in California The majority of revenues are from
refuse and recycling collection service fees Other revenues include charges for the the use use of of the the City’s composting facility by the the entire surrounding Kern County sales of of compost/ mulch products various grants and state/regional government funding for freeway litter control While the City’s collection operation currently uses County-owned landfills for disposal the the Division
also owns and and maintains a a a a a a a a a landfill within the the city limits that was closed in in in 1983 The The operating budget is in in in excess of $50 million The The capital improvement budget typically ranges between $1/2 to $1 $1 million