The City of Pensacola currently collects residential and multi-family residences within the city with City crews and equipment. Continued increases in labor, fuel, maintenance and internal City charges, have increased the City’s operational expenses. In light of these issues, the City engaged the services of SCS to evaluate current rates and service levels to meet projected operational expenses.
Based on data and information provided by City staff, a rate model was developed, which enabled SCS to make projections of financial performance of refuse collection for the upcoming five-year planning period (2007-2011) and model various user rate structures to help plan for future solid waste fleet replacements.
SCS also reviewed current operational and business practices and made recommendations to the City Commission for costs savings and revenue enhancements as part of its overall business plan for the department. We analyzed potential operational changes in solid waste and trash collection as well as transfer station operation and modeled the rate impact with these changes. As a result of these efforts, SCS recommended revised solid waste rates for residential customers.
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