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Enterprise Funds

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Since the city’s 2017-2037 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan was adopted, the Solid Waste Area
Command has been successful in accomplishing the following:
• Applied and awarded a total of $144k for advancing two grant-funded projects ($49k Organic Recycling &
$95k Styrofoam Recycling) through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – North Central Texas
Council of Government.
• Implemented the city’s Material Management Program Team to engage Fort Worth businesses, industry
and institutions in greater waste minimization and recycling efforts.
• Establish the contracted Litter Abatement Program to assist city staff with cleaning up littered areas
(public and private) throughout the community as well as supporting the Ash Crescent Neighborhood
Services Revitalization Program.
• Improved the process and response time associated with illegal dump sites through coordination of the
Environmental Investigation Unit and Illegal Dump Crews.
• Secured the city’s new Residential Recycling Processing agreement with Republic Services.
• Started the HEAT/ITSM software upgrade project in conjunction with ITS for future enhancements and
improvement within the Solid Waste service levels.
• Completed the first full year of accepting residential-based Household Chemicals at all four Drop Off
Stations, in addition to the Environmental Collection Center, increasing the total volume of materials
being safely disposed and diverted from the Southeast Landfill or local creeks and streams.

FY2019 DISCUSSION
The FY2019 Adopted Budget decreases by $1.2M in transfer out and other for capital transfers with the current
requirement of funding needed for the capital improvement plan. The capital needs for FY2019 will be funded
through the use of fund balance/net position.

HORIZON ISSUES

The Solid Waste Fund is charged with the need to develop a solid waste residential rate model to determine a
viable and supportable funding platform for all solid waste services and programs for the next ten years. This will
integrate with the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (CSWMP), setting our community on a 20-year
journey towards making Fort Worth a greener, and increasingly better place to live, while arriving at operational
sustainability.

Amendments for the Southeast Landfill may be necessary to implement a high-BTU landfill gas to energy system
and secure safe and affordable solid waste disposal capacity for Fort Worth’s residential waste stream until 2060
or beyond.

Solid Waste plans to implement the city’s Recycle Right behavior-based enforcement campaign to reduce costly
residential contamination levels, improve sorted recycling material quality, and minimize the negative impact of
current market conditions.

Finally, enhancements to the city’s street sweeping program are planned to improve operations and programs
within.

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