TOWN OF SHREWSBURY PAY-T FEE ANALYSIS & RECOMMENDATION
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Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 1 Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 4 KEY REPORT OBJECTIVES ...... 4 BACKGROUND ...... 5 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS ...... 8 INTENDED USE OF THE ANALYSIS...... 9 EVALUATION FOCUS...... 10 METHODS ...... 10 NEEDS ASSESSMENT ...... 10 OUT-YEAR EXPENDITURES & REVENUES ...... 10 COMPARABLE COMMUNITIES...... 11 COMPARABLE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE ...... 12 EVALUATION LIMITATIONS ...... 12 PROPOSED MEASUREMENTS ...... 12 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ...... 13 SUMMARY ...... 13 ADDITIONAL PAY-T FEE REVIEW...... 16 REVENUE ANALYSIS ...... 17 INDIRECT COSTS ...... 19 TOTAL EXPENDITURES & TAX LEVY ...... 21 ENTERPRISE REVENUES ...... 21 PAY-T FEE ANALYSIS ...... 23 FINDINGS & IMPACT ANALYSIS ...... 26 IMPLEMENTATION & COMMUNICATION ...... 27 KEY ROLL-OUT OBJECTIVES ...... 27 APPENDIX...... 30 DRAFT
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Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following evaluation and recommendation was developed and prepared for the Town of Shrewsbury to both review the Pay-As-You-Throw (PAY-T) operations within the Solid Waste Enterprise and to assess the fee structure’s viability to date resulting in a recommendation for PAY-T fees (bags, bins, bulk waste) for FY 21 – FY 25.
Now in the 11th year of operation and with the recycling market changes the town has the opportunity to gain new perspective on the program’s success in its endeavors. Through a mixed methodical approaching implementing both quantitative and qualitative approaches and a cross-community comparison; this report reviews and evaluates the Town’s Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise and addresses the following:
KEY REPORT OBJECTIVES
1. PAY-T Fee recommendation for FY 21 – FY 25 as detailed below: Proposed Proposed Current Current Variance Variance $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll Small $1.10 $5.50 $0.75 $3.75 $0.35 $1.75 Large $2.25 $11.25 $1.50 $7.50 $0.75 $3.75 Recycling Bins $15.00 - $11.00 - $4.00 - Bulk waste $12.00 - $10.00 - $2.00 - 2. Comprehensive 5-year Operating Cost Projection (Direct and Indirect)
3. Recommendations of program improvements based on a cross comparison of comparable communities PAY-T programs. The evaluation/report establishes a critical initial step in the review of the Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise and it is recommended that a similar review be conducted in concert with the Solid Waste Contracts every five years to insure sufficient program funding.
As this plan presupposes a participatory collaboration among all stakeholders involved, it is imperative that any rate adjustments or program changes continue in a transparent and communicative process.
As with the development of any comprehensive evaluation and/or report, this study would not be made possible without the extended efforts by all those involved. At this time, I want to thank each and every one who assisted throughout this project.
If you have any questions, please contact Management Analyst, David C. Snowdon at 508-841-8508 or [email protected].
Respectfully Submitted,
David C. Snowdon AssistantDRAFT to the Town Manager, Management Analyst
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 4 BACKGROUND Shrewsbury’s PAYT program went into effect in August 4th, 2008. In the PAY-T program, residents are charged for the collection of municipal solid waste based on the amount they throw away. With the goal to create an economic incentive to recycle more, generate less waste, and reduce Solid Waste costs to both the town and its citizens.
Pay-as-you-throw, “The solution to the trash problem”1
For roughly 56% of the communities across the Commonwealth, the typical municipally led solid waste program draws revenue from two main sources: a portion of property taxes, or a fixed bill amount that does not vary in respect to the amount of waste removed. This approach creates a disconnect between the cost of service and the constituent, ultimately hindering any incentive to reduce waste disposal. The remaining 154 communities such as Shrewsbury have implemented variations of the PAY-T program for this purpose.
Ten years prior to the Town of Shrewsbury’s adoption of a PAY-T program, The EPA had been promoting similar initiatives. By 2004, 110 out of 351 municipalities in Massachusetts had implemented PAY-T programs. Shrewsbury’s neighbor, Worcester, through its PAY-T program had decreased its waste management costs by $1.2 million and increased its recycling rate from 3% to 36% immediately following the program’s introduction in 1993.2
In fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the town of Shrewsbury’s recycling was only 20% of the total waste collected, which was significantly lower than the EPA’s 40% diversion goal.3 Additionally, the low recycling rates were incurring higher solid waste expenses for the town. The Town of Shrewsbury’s trash hauler in 2007 provided recycling at no additional charge, and residents who were not recycling were in violation of the town’s bylaw.4
The PAY-T program was designed to reduce budget expenses by incentivizing residents to recycle more; and the Town’s revenue generated from the sale of PAY-T bags would pay for services and offset the Tax Levy impact.5 Until very recently, simply increasing recycling would reduce the tonnage of trash at the curb, resulting in less spending for
1 WasteZero. “Pay-as-you-throw, The Solution to the Trash Problem”. http://wastezero.com/our-solutions/pay-as- you-throw/ 2 Canterbury, J. & Eisnefeld, S. “The Rise and Rise of Pay-as-you-Throw”. (MSW Management), Dec., 15, 2005. 3 Ibid., & Town of Shrewsbury. “2007 Annual Report”. https://shrewsburyma.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/48 4 Town of Shrewsbury. “2007 Annual Report”. https://shrewsburyma.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/48 5 Town of Shrewsbury.DRAFT “2008 Annual Report”. https://shrewsburyma.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/49
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 5 waste disposal. While this model inherently is still valid, it is imperative that the correct curbside recyclable materials are collected as the Town now is required to pay for the processing of recyclable materials. Recycling smart results in the best benefits to the Town, the community, and the recycling market.
Over the first three years, the Town witnessed an 11.5% increase in recycling tonnages to a total of 33.74% of the Town’s total collected curbside tonnage. From 2012 forward recycling has slowly trended downward to approximately 29.67% of the total collected curbside tonnage. This variance may best be explained by the transitioning from “wish recycling” that may have been more evident in the first years of the PAY-T program to a cleaner more marketable recycling stream. An August 2019 audit of the Town’s recycling materials revealed a 1.55% and 2.00% contamination rate for the Co-mingled and Fiber stream respectively.6 While there is certainly room for improvement, the Town should be encourages and proud of these levels.
Prior to the implementation of the PAY-T program, the Solid Waste Enterprise Tax Levy requirement in 2008 was $1,691,639. Since its inception, Shrewsbury’s PAY-T program has endeavored to increase town wide recycling rates while reducing the Town’s financial Tax Levy burden to roughly 50% of the enterprise’s total annual budgeted. From FY 09 to FY 19 the average budgeted tax levy and median budgeted tax levy are calculated at $886,641 and $883,768 or 49.80% and 48.69% of the total budgeted expenditures respectively.
Starting July 1, 2019, the Town began both its new Solid Waste and Collection contract with Waste Management, and recycling disposal contract with Casella recycling. Additionally, global changes in the recycling market introduced new recycling disposal costs for the Town’s Solid Waste Enterprise. Thus, the PAY-T FY 20 budgeted Tax Levy requirement is calculated at $1,286,469 or 57.05% of the enterprise budgeted expenditures. A visual representation of the dollar change and percent change in the Tax Levy Impact can be seen in Figure 1, Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Tax Levy Impact, on page 7.
6 Casella Recycling,DRAFT Town of Shrewsbury Residue Audit, August 5 – 16.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 6 Figure 1: Solid Waste & Recycling Enterprise – Tax Levy Impact*
* Budgeted Tax Levies include Solid Waste Management Retained earnings except for FY 09 and FY 2010. ** In 2011, Solid Waste Retained Earnings were $200,000.
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Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
Background: The intent of this section is to foster transparency about the purposes of the analysis/evaluation and the access to evaluation results. This section identifies the primary intended users and purposes and intended uses of the
evaluation. To capture the involvement and needs of each INFLUENCE group associated with the Solid Waste Enterprise and the PAY-T program, the stakeholders have been identified by their roles along the following matrix. INTEREST LEVEL Meet Needs: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection – The Recycling Dividends Program (RDP) is part of the MassDEP Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) which provides qualifying municipalities who have implemented programs proven to maximize waste reduction, re-use and recycling of which the Town of Shrewsbury has been granted.7 Any changes and improvements to Shrewsbury’s PAY-T program are also of direct concern of MassDEP.
Key Players: Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Department of Public Works, Town Manager’s Office – It is imperative these individuals be involved early in the evaluation process to develop the values and questions most necessary for the Town and the residents. These individuals are directly responsible for the general welfare of the community and they possess direct influence on the current implementation of the PAY-T program. For the above mentioned departments roles will include the following: a. For the above mentioned departments roles will include the following: i. Facilitate in data collection ii. Ensure/Increase credibility of analysis and interpretation on behalf of Town residents iii. Disseminate evaluation recommendations/information iv. Aid implementation of recommendations
Key Informed: WasteZero, Manufacturer of PAY-T bags, Waste Management, contracted hauler, Wheelabrator, contracted solid waste disposal, and retailers of PAY-T bags and stickers – WasteZero and several of the retailer stores have been working with the Town of Shrewsbury since the inception of the PAY-T program in 2008. Any changes to the program will directly impact their service provision. WasteZero currently holds the contract with the Town of Shrewsbury to supply the necessary volume of PAY-T bags which are then sold through retailers in town.
Both Waste Management, the contracted hauler, and Wheelabrator, trash disposal services, provide daily waste management services. Wheelabrator has a yearly limit on the allotted cubic yardage of ash stored at the town’s landfill. Any reduction in
7 MassDEP. “Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) Municipal Grants”. https://www.mass.gov/howDRAFT-to/sustainable-materials-recovery-program-smrp-municipal-grants
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 8 Shrewsbury waste allows Wheelabrator to bring in ash from other communities to be stored at the landfill. Therefore, any changes and future implementation of the PAY- T would be of direct concern as it would impact their contracts and solid waste management services. b. Roles will include: i. Inventory of current PAY-T quantities in production and at retailers ii. Provide insight into PAY-T program options iii. Address any concerns with bag quality iv. Assist in implementation of PAY-T Bag fee changes
Key Informed & Involved: Town Meeting members, Town Residents – To understand all the contextual factors and aspects of Shrewsbury’s PAY-T program it is important actively involve and engage the direct users of the program. The Town Meeting members are elected residents who are to act in the best interest of the residents they represent. Gathering and understanding the views of the Shrewsbury residents and their Town meeting representatives is imperative for any successful program changes. c. Roles will include: i. Provide insight into current program operations ii. Provide insight on proposed fee adjustments
INTENDED USE OF THE ANALYSIS The variety of stakeholders involved will be able to use the evaluation results to focus and improve the operations of Shrewsbury’s PAY-T program going forward. An evaluation of the program's effectiveness in meeting its goals will be most useful to the Town Administration, the Board of Selectmen, and the Finance Committee who design, review financials, and implement the various aspect of the PAY-T program.
The recommendations and results can be a useful resource for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) as they will provide contextual insight into how effectively the PAY-T programs are working to achieve its goals within specific municipalities. The evaluation results will also be shared with comparable communities to provide useful insight for their specific programs.
Ultimately, the intent of evaluation is to gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of Shrewsbury’s PAY-T program while providing opportunities for improvement within the town and the statewide program. A primary goal of the evaluation, is to uncover strengths in programs that engender greater recycling rates at a reduced cost to municipalities. Individuals and residents, may possess the desire to recycle through ingrained social values; however, when the rubber meets the road proper incentives must be in place to further encourageDRAFT such social values.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 9 EVALUATION FOCUS The proposed evaluation plan’s focus and design has been selected for its feasibility in implementation and its efficiency to discern the program’s strengths and weaknesses. Accordingly, this plan proposes the use of both quantitative and qualitative design and methodologies which will provide meaningful data and further inform evaluation questions and procedures. The following evaluation questions have been chosen for their ability to ascertain core program values.
Evaluation Questions: 1. Operational Costs on a per PAY-T bag basis 2. PAY-T Bag Fee recommendation for FY 21 – FY 25 3. Comprehensive 5-year Operating Cost Projection (Direct and Indirect) 4. Recommendations of program improvements based on a cross comparison of communities with and without PAY-T
METHODS This section details the necessary performance measures, data sources, and the methods selection to properly address the evaluation questions. Throughout the analyses that follow, detailed assumptions are provided to ensure clarity and transparency.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT The pretest, or initial observation evaluated the community’s annual solid waste tonnage as a means to understand the full cost of collecting, disposing, and providing services related to the Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise on a per PAY-T bag basis.
Enterprise Revenue, actual received, for SMALL and LARGE bags, Bulk waste stickers, and Recycling Containers, ranging from FY10 – FY 19 were gathered through the Town’s accounting in Munis.
Disposal Tonnages per year are gathered through Wheelabrator invoices and reported annually both in a Town PAY-T Report and to MassDEP per the Recycling Dividends Program requirements.
OUT-YEAR EXPENDITURES & REVENUES Known out-year expenditures were gathered from current agreements for service:
1. Waste Management - Collection of Solid Waste & Recycling Materials, FY 20 - FY 25 2. Casella Recycling – Recycling Services Agreement, FY 20 - FY 25 3. Wheelabrator Technologies – Solid Waste Disposal, Thru – FY 28 4. WasteZero – Manufacturing of PAY-T Bags, FY 20 – FY 22
Additionally, adjustments for inflation based on recent cost trends for services not under agreement but annually expended were utilized in the projection of out-year expenditures.DRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 10 COMPARABLE COMMUNITIES The comparable communities were selected using purposeful/ theoretical sampling based on population size, population, trash households, Equalized Value, and PAY-T start date.8 Following an initial analyzation of Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs data the following criteria have been chosen for the comparable communities.
1. Population size: 25,000 – 45,000 2. Trash households served: 9,000 – 15,000 3. Equalized Value: $5,000,000,000 - $8,000,000,000 4. PAY-T start date: 2000 – 2008
In addition to the aforementioned criteria surrounding PAY-T communities which have historically been used for comparison have been added. A list comprised of thirteen municipalities, six of which meet the above set of criteria (including Shrewsbury) and seven of which have been added as historical and geographic comparisons can be found in Table 1, Comparable Communities, located below.
Table 1: Comparable Communities Households Municipality Population EQV** PAY-T Start Date Served* Attleboro 44,284 14,094 $4,710,804,300 7/1/2005 Clinton 13,805 4,346 $1,385,425,600 1/1/1989 Dartmouth 33,511 10,040 $5,885,151,300 10/1/2007 Gloucester 29,781 12,500 $6,746,082,000 9/17/1990 Grafton 18,540 4,650 $2,596,289,300 7/1/2009 Marshfield 25,709 9,388 $5,107,817,200 7/9/2007 Natick 33,006 10,525 $7,703,653,670 7/1/2003 Northborough 15,042 4,890 $2,982,076,900 1/1/2002 Shrewsbury 35,608 10,140 $6,091,353,800 8/4/2008 Sutton 9,272 1,150 $1,481,010,900 7/1/2006 Upton 7,725 2,301 $1,214,624,300 1/25/1999 West Boylston 7,894 2,458 $973,854,400 7/1/2009 Worcester 184,815 52,000 $13,336,462,800 11/29/1993 *Data for Trash households Served from PAY-T programs was gathered from Mass EEA database.9 **Equalized Values are for FY2020 made available through the Division of Local Services10
8 Mertens, Donna, M. & Wilson, Amy T. Program Evaluation Theory and Practice. New York: The Guilford Press: 2012. Page 427 9 MassDEP, Existing PAY-T/SMART Programs. https://www.mass.gov/lists/pay-as-you-throw-paytsave-money- and-reduce-trash-smart 10 Municipal Databank (Data Analytics) including Cherry Sheets, DLS. https://www.mass.gov/service- details/socioeconomicDRAFT-data
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 11 COMPARABLE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE Annual cost to provide residential collection on par with the service provided through the Town’s PAY-T program was gathered through conversations or online quotations from the following vendors: Casella Waste Systems, Republic Services, and Waste Management. Annual collection rates from the vendors have been reported as an aggregated range.
EVALUATION LIMITATIONS It is important to be aware of the inherent limitations of each evaluation. Quantitatively, the analysis is subject to selection bias. The metrics utilized for the comparable communities should be reviewed and agreed upon by key stakeholders while also recognizing the difficulty of controlling for all contextual variables.
Following this analysis and review with the key players of the stakeholder matrix, it is imperative to review the findings with the remaining stakeholders to ensure all the nuances and complexities of the Town are understood and properly represented.
PROPOSED MEASUREMENTS It is important to select methods most appropriate in answering the evaluation questions. The following indicators and performance measures have been selected for their feasibility in answering the evaluation questions and their availability due to being pre- determined municipal metrics (either for the Town of Shrewsbury or Comparable Communities). Municipalities implementing PAY-T/SMART programs are required to track solid waste expenditures and metrics and these figures are made readily available through MassDEP. 1. Shrewsbury’s annual Tax Levy Impact 2. Shrewsbury’s Solid Waste Enterprise – Out Year Expenditure Estimate 3. Shrewsbury’s Annual PAY-T program receipts 4. Population growth throughout tenure of program (DOR) 5. PAY-T Bag Pricing (small/large) Mass DEP, existing PAY-T municipalities 6. Mass DOR Cherry sheet databanks (single-family tax bill, assessed value, and population) DRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 12 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION SUMMARY To effectively meet out-year expenditures and the changing recycling market we recommend the setting of PAY-T Fees as the following for FY 21 – FY 25. % Proposed Proposed Current Current Variance Variance Increase $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll Small 47.00% $1.10 $5.50 $0.75 $3.75 $0.35 $1.75 Large 50.00% $2.25 $11.25 $1.50 $7.50 $0.75 $3.75 Recycling Bins 36.36% $15.00 - $11.00 - $4.00 - Bulk waste 20.00% $12.00 - $10.00 - $2.00 -
When averaged, the household impact for PAY-T bags would be an increase of $0.7885 per week or $41.00 per year. Using the average household consumption figures a household currently can expect to pay $83.46 in PAY-T bags. The proposed bag fees would increase this annual amount to $124.46/year. While the recommended PAY-T Fees are greater than the selected Comparable Community averages of $1.03 and $1.95 they are in line with $1.25 and $2.21 average value of the 59 PAY-T of communities providing curbside collection across the commonwealth. For the full list of Communities please see both the PAY-T Community Map and Database provided by MassDEP located in the Appendix. These differences may be best explained by the nuances and the designed funding models of each program; for example the use of an annual fee, ranging from $80-315, in addition to PAY-T bag fees to supplement program costs.
Another valuable point of interest is the proposed fee structure impact compared to private residential service on an average household level per year. The cost of comparable private residential collection of refuse and recyclable materials would range from $442 - $576 per year. The average private service at $515 per year is approximately 4.1 times greater than the average household PAY-T bag usage at $124.46 per year. Stated alternately, $515 per year equates to disposal of 22.25 LARGE bags per week.
It should be noted that the out-year expenditures and the revenues set to meet these requirements attributed Indirect Costs in accordance Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44 Section 53 F½ and the budgeting approaches used for the Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Enterprises in the Fiscal Year 20 budget. These indirect costs equate to an average of $62,305 per year for the enterprise or approximately $0.09 of the bag increase for both SMALL and LARGE bags. In most cases, these indirect costs are not new charges, but existing costs in the enterprise service provision. The goal is to provide a more transparent and accurate accounting of the costs to provide the service to the Town.
In the future, the Town may want to consider hiring a Sustainability/Recycling Coordinate whose salary would be allocated as a direct charge to the enterprise. A dedicated employee could provide heightened services and messaging for the community. It is feasible to receive grant funding for the initial establishment of such a position through MassDEP.
The following pages 14 – 27 provide a comprehensive walk through of the analysis and approachesDRAFT used to determine the FY 21 – FY 25 PAY-T Bag Fee recommendation.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 13 INITIAL OBSERVATIONS As a means to further comprehend the Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise’s Tax Levy impact a cursory analysis was conducted reviewing the cost of a PAY-T bag from “cradle to grave”. For this initial analysis both historic trend data and FY 20 budgeted values were utilized. The full cost to the Town to collect, dispose, and provide additional services related to a Solid Waste Enterprise is approximately $3.09 for SMALL and $3.28 for LARGE PAY-T bags. These costs are 4.16 (SMALL) times and 2.19 (LARGE) times greater than the fees charged. As anticipated the full cost of disposal between SMALL and LARGE bags differs only by the minor variance in manufacturing cost. The assumptions utilized for this initial analysis are detailed below. Average Tonnage - 6,350 Average disposal tonnage of 6,475 tons was calculated as the average of the 10-year average, the 5-year average and the 3-year average bag sales with an adjustment of 125 tons for bulk waste disposal. Tipping Fee - $69.87 The FY 20 actual Tipping Fee of $69.87 was utilized. Bag Sale Assumptions Baseline assumptions of SMALL and LARGE bag sales were developed by averaging the 10-year average bag sales, the 5-year average bag sales and the 3-year average bag sales.
SMALL 297,000 LARGE 415,000 TOTAL 712,000 Pounds/bag - Tipping Fee/bag - Cost of Manufacturing & Tipping Fee/bag Two separate scenarios were analyzed:
First, with the pounds/bag equal between SMALL and LARGE (at 17.84 lbs./bag) Second where SMALL bags were calculated at 15lbs and LARGE bags at 20lbs.
In each scenario, the pounds/bag were converted to tons/bag, then multiplied by the estimated Tipping Fee of $69.87, and finally, the cost to manufacture the bags was added to the product.
Table 2: Cost per Bag (Manufacturing & Disposal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 lbs. Tons Tipping Fee & Scenario PAY-T Bag Tipping Fee/bag /bag /bag Manufacturing / bag SMALL 17.84 0.0089 $0.62 $0.79 1 LARGE 17.84 0.0089 $0.62 $0.90 2 SMALL 15.00 0.0075 $0.52 $0.70 LARGE 20.00 0.01 $0.70 $0.98
Reviewing the values within Column 6 on Table 2, Cost per Bag (Manufacturing & Disposal, we conclude that a SMALL and LARGE PAY-T bag costs the Town $0.75 and $0.94 respectivelyDRAFT to manufacture and incinerate.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 14 FY 20 Direct Expenditures - $1,609,969 FY 20 Direct charges below are as budgeted for the current Fiscal Year. The cost of Refuse Disposal and the manufacturing of PAY-T bags has been removed as these items have been accounted for above. FY 2020 Budget DIRECT CHARGES OPERATIONS Salaries 2 $0 Expenses 4-5-6 $1,611,969 Collection $1,474,719 Disposal – Recycling $112,000 Hauler Fuel Surcharge $7,500 Bulk Waste Stickers $1,000 Recycling Bins $1,750 Recycling Materials $3000 Code Red $5,500 Tree collection $6,500 HHW 7 $0 New Equipment 8 $0 Separate Appropriations 9 $0 DIRECT COSTS 1 $1,611,969 Assumptions: 1. Direct Costs reflect charges for service less Refuse disposal and the manufacturing costs of the PAY-T bags
FY 20 Indirect Expenditures It should be noted that FY 20 Indirect charges were not included in the FY 20 budget. The numbers represented below are estimates and reflective of the current service levels.
FY 2020 Estimated INDIRECT CHARGES General Financial Administration 1 $5,460.72 DPW Administrative Support 2 $47,048.40 IT Support 3 $4,400 Workers Compensation $45 Property, GL, & Boiler $50 Invoice Printing $500 Postage $1,000 INDIRECT COSTS 4 $58,504.12
Assumptions: 1. 1% of Treasury & Accounting Salaries & Wages 2. 20% of DPW Business Manager & 10% of Business Mgmt. Div. Staff 3. 0.5% of IT Budgeted in FY 20 4. Indirect costs where not budgeted in the FY 20 Enterprise budget as was past practice. Values shown above are estimates for this exercise.
FY 20 Total Expenditures – Direct and Estimated Indirect Total ExpendituresDRAFT Direct & Indirect = $1,611,969 + $58,504.12 = $1,670,473.12
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 15 Total Costs of PAY-T Disposal/bag - $2.34 The total expenditure cost of $1,670,473.12 calculated above was then divided by the 712,000 bag sale assumption resulting in a cost of $2.34/bag to provide the remaining Solid Waste Enterprise services. This price per bag was then applied to the values derived from Table 2 in determining the “cradle to grave” price of a PAY-T bag as seen below in Table 3.
Table 3: Cost of Service per Bag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50% 5 & 7 Tipping Fee & PAY-T Current Variance Scenario PAY-T Bag Lbs./bag PAY-T Variance Manu. / bag $/bag $/bag % $/bag $ SMALL 17.84 $0.79 $3.14 $1.57 $0.75 $2.39 23.44% 1 LARGE 17.84 $0.90 $3.25 $1.62 $1.50 $1.75 45.32% SMALL 15.00 $0.70 $3.04 $1.52 $0.75 $2.29 24.19% 2 LARGE 20.00 $0.98 $3.32 $1.66 $1.50 $1.82 44.25%
As a reference, Columns 6 – 9, in Table 3, Cost of Service per Bag, above provide a hypothetical 50% $/bag, current pricing and comparisons to the full cost of disposal. These metrics provide a quick glimpse into the Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise’s cost to provide services and a benchmark for achieving a 50% funding level.
ADDITIONAL PAY-T FEE REVIEW Bulk Waste Stickers – 3,550/year Average Bulk Waste Sticker sales of 3,950 stickers is calculated as the average of the 10- year average, the 5-year average and the 3-year average sticker sales. FY 17 and FY 18 reported sales pull the median sale value up significantly. FY 19 reported approximately 4,000 less in sticker sales than FY 18 though this amount was similar to FY 15 – FY 16. An adjustment of 400 sales for a new conservative weighted average of 3,550 stickers will be used for the revenue projections.
Recycling Containers – 275/year Average recycling container sales of 275 bins is calculated as the average of the 10-year average, the 5-year average and the 3-year average sticker sales. This calculated average will be used for the revenue projections. DRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 16 REVENUE ANALYSIS On the following page, Table 4, Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Direct Charges, illustrates the revenue required for the Enterprise starting from the baseline of Fiscal Year 2021 and projecting forward to Fiscal Year 2025. Known out-year expenditures were gathered from agreements for service, and adjustments for inflation based on recent cost trends were used for services not under agreement. The following assumptions were used in the generation of the out year expenditures. The listed assumptions corresponded to the numbered notations within Table 4, Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Direct Charges.
Assumptions: 1. A 3% annual increase was applied to the FY 20 actual fee of $69.87/ton for a calculated FY 21 value of $71.96/ton. This calculated Tipping fee was multiplied by and estimated 6,750 tons of refuse for a value of $485,771.18. In subsequent years a 3% annual increase was applied. The annual increase is an estimate; however, it aligns closely with the agreed yearly CPI-W (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Wokers) adjustment in the Wheelabrator agreement.11
2. In line with the Town’s agreement with Casella Recycling, an annual percentage increase equal to the increase of the CPI-U (All Urban NE Index) will be applied to the threshold cost. For this analysis an annual 3.5% increase was applied starting with the FY 20 budgeted value.12
3. The FY 20 PAY-T bag manufacturing contract cost is $163,375. Under the current agreement, from FY 20 – FY 22, with WasteZero, bag production costs in FY 22 would see a 3.5% increase. FY 2023 would mark a new contract year. We utilized a similar cost model where in a 3.5% increase was added in FY 23, held through FY 24, and in FY 25 another 3.5% increase was added.
4. The Hauler Fuel Surcharge estimate is calculated under the agreed terms with Waste Management at ($0.20 * 3,171 gallons)*12 months.
5. Includes $5,750 for annual mailer with 2% annual increase. In recent years, funding for the Town’s Solid Waste and Recycling mailers was made possible through MassDEP Recycling Dividends Grant Program (RDP). RDP funding will continue to be used in future years to offset portions of the enterprises expenditures and these expenses have been included to improve transparency.
6. The Town’s base agreement with Waste Management includes 1 week of tree collection. This charge is for one additional week of tree collection
7. Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) events have been budgeted at $10,000 per event (capped). Hosting two HHW events provides additional grant funding through the State coupled and with fees to offset the portion of the cost the hope is to make this a sustainable offering for the community.
11 BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 17, The Consumer Price Index, www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf 12 Ibid.. DRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 17 Table 4: Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Direct Charges
FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Budget Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected
DIRECT CHARGES OPERATIONS Salaries 2 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Expenses 4-5-6 $2,254,969 $2,359,003 $2,431,415 $2,506,287 $2,583,703 $2,668,749 Collection $1,474,719 $1,526,334 $1,579,756 $1,635,047 $1,692,274 $1,751,503 Disposal – Refuse 1 $465,000 $485,771 $500,344 $515,355 $530,815 $546,740 Disposal – Recycling 2 $112,000 $115,920 $119,977 $124,176 $128,523 $133,021 PAY-T Bags 3 $180,000 $180,000 $180,000 $180,000 $180,000 $185,000 Hauler Fuel Surcharge 4 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 Bulk Waste Stickers $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Recycling Bins $1,750 $3,500 $3,500 $3,500 $3,500 $3,500 Recycling Materials 5 $1,000 $6,750 $6,875 $7,003 $7,133 $7,265 Code Red $5,500 $5,500 $5,500 $5,500 $5,500 $5,500 Tree collection 6 $6,500 $6,728 $6,963 $7,207 $7,459 $7,720 HHW 7 $0 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 New Equipment 8 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Separate Appropriations 9 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 TOTAL OPERATIONS $2,254,969 $2,359,003 $2,431,415 $2,506,287 $2,583,703 $2,668,749
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
TOTAL DIRECT CHARGES $2,254,969 $2,359,003 $2,431,415 $2,506,287 $2,583,703 $2,668,749
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T FeeDRAFT Analysis – DRAFT 18 INDIRECT COSTS
In accordance Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44 Section 53 F½. An enterprise fund, authorized by MGL Ch. 44 § 53 F½, is a separate accounting and financial reporting mechanism for municipal services for which a fee is charged in exchange for goods or services. All costs of service delivery--direct, indirect, and capital costs may be identified allowing the community to recover total service costs through user fees if it chooses. Enterprise accounting also enables communities to reserve the "surplus" or retained earnings generated by the operation of the enterprise rather than closing it out to the general fund at year-end.
Historically, in the determination of the Tax Levy Impact of the Solid Waste Enterprise the Town used the previously reviewed Direct Charges in Table 4. Direct costs include the salaries, and wages of employees while that exclusively work on the delivery of the service, as well as the materials and supplies, and other associated operating costs such as utilities, training and travel.
To enhance the reporting and level of transparency, Indirect-costs, which include shared administrative expenses among the Town Operating Budget have been included in this analysis and provided in Table 5, Solid Waste and Recycling Indirect Costs, on page 20. This approach will endeavor to bring clarity to the costs of services provided through the Solid Waste Enterprise. In the determination of the Indirect Costs, the following listed assumptions were used. Again, the numbered items refer to the notations on the following page within Table 5.
Assumptions: 1. 1% of the Accounting and Treasurer’s Salaries and Wages was calculated with a 2% annual increase applied over future years. A 2% increase over FY 20 Salaries was initially calculated for FYF 21. This approach has taken in-line with the FY 20, Sewer, Stormwater, and Water budgets. 2. 20% of the DPW Business Manager’s Salary, and 10% of the DPW Business Management Division Staff was utilized with a 2% annual increase. A 2% increase was first applied to FY 20 Salaries to determine the FY 21 expenditure. 3. 0.5% of the IT Budget was used with a 2% annual increase. The FY 21 value was calculated by first applying a 2% increase to the FY 20 budgeted value. 4. These figures are estimates taken in accordance with the practices utilized in the developmentDRAFT of the FY 20 enterprise budgets.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 19 Table 5: Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Indirect Charges
FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Budget Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected
INDIRECT CHARGES - Accounted for in Town Operating Budget
DEBT SERVICE $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 TOTAL DEBT SERVICE $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
INDIRECT OPERATING COSTS Gen. Financial Administration 1 $0 $5,570 $5,681 $5,795 $5,911 $6,029 DPW Administrative Support 2 $0 $47,969 $48,905 $49,861 $50,836 $51,831 IT Support 3 $0 $4,488 $4,578 $4,669 $4,763 $4,858 Health Insurance Active $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Life Insurance Active $0 $0 $56 $62 $68 $0 Life Insurance Retired $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Medicare $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Pension 4 $0 $325 $325 $325 $325 $325 Workers Compensation 4 $0 $45 $45 $45 $45 $45 Property, GL & Boiler 4 $0 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Invoice Printing 4 $0 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Postage 4 $0 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS $0 $59,945 $61,140 $62,307 $63,497 $64,638
TOTAL INDIRECT $0 $59,945 $61,140 $62,307 $63,497 $64,638
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T FeeDRAFT Analysis – DRAFT 20
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT TOTAL EXPENDITURES & TAX LEVY Revenues for FY 20 are budgeted at $968,500 with a Tax Levy requirement of $1,286,469 or 57.05% of the total budgeted enterprise expenditures. Table 6, Total Expenditures & Tax Levy, below details the FY 20 Tax Levy impact, and provides an estimated levy in out- year projections assuming level revenue out-year projections.
Table 6: Total Projected Expenditures & Tax Levy FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Budget Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected DIRECT $2,254,969 $2,359,003 $2,431,415 $2,506,287 $2,583,703 $2,668,749 INDIRECT $0 $59,945 $61,140 $62,307 $63,497 $64,638
TOTAL $2,254,969 $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387
Revenue $ 1 $968,500 $968,500 $968,500 $968,500 $968,500 $968,500
Tax Levy $ 2 $1,286,469 $1,450,450 $1,524,055 $1,600,094 $1,678,701 $1,764,887
Tax Levy % 3 57.05% 59.95% 61.14% 62.29% 63.41% 64.56%
Assumptions: 1. Revenue represented in FY 20 is budgeted and held level in out-year projections to develop a reference point. 2. Tax Levy $: Derived by subtracting the revenue from Total Expenditures. Value for FY 20 is the budgeted/estimated Tax Levy Impact. Out-year values are estimated calculations under the assumptions that FY 20 revenues are held level. 3. Tax Levy %: Value for FY 20 is the budgeted/estimated Tax Levy percentage. Out- year values are estimated calculations under the assumptions that FY 20 revenues are held level.
ENTERPRISE REVENUES Expanding on the values in Table 6 above, the Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise draws on a few separate revenue sources. 1. PAY-T Bag Fees: Revenue derived from the sale of PAY-T bags to local retailers 2. Bulk waste Fees: Revenue derived from the sale of Bulk waste Stickers to local retailers. 3. Miscellaneous: Revenue derived from the sale of recycling containers 4. Retained Earnings: Revenue appropriated from the enterprise fund balance at Town Meeting. Any unexpended expenses or revenue surpluses are returned to the fund balance at the end of the fiscal year. 5. Recycling Dividends Program (RDP): Grant revenue awarded through MassDEP based on service provision of the Town’s PAY-T program. Allocations of RDP fundsDRAFT must meet State requirements.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 21 FY 20 Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise revenues are budgeted as follows: FY 2020 Budgeted REVENUE PAY-T FEES $880,000 BULKWASTE FEES $39,000 MISC REVENUE $3,500 RETAINED EARNINGS $46,000 RDP GRANT ACCOUNT $0 TOTAL REVENUE $968,500
Using available historic data, Table 7, Out-year Projected Revenues, below details the projected revenues for all available categories with the exception of the PAY-T bag fees to help assess the Bag Fee revenue requirement. The following assumptions were used.
Assumptions: 1. Revenues revived from the sale of Bulk waste stickers were estimated at a new increased price of $12.00/sticker for the sale of 3,550 stickers. This would mark the first price increase for the bulk waste program. 2. Revenues revived from the sale of recycling containers were estimated at 275 containers with the increased price of $15.00/container. The price increase was derived both from the actual cost per item to the Town and comparable prices at commercial establishments. 3. Retained Earnings Fund Balance available for FY 21 Appropriation $29,805.31. 4. RDP Grant Account funding will be used to offset the cost of a Household Hazardous Waste Event.
Table 7: Out-year Projected Revenues
FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected REVENUE PAY-T BAG FEES - - - - - BULKWASTE FEES 1 $35,000 $42,600 $42,600 $42,600 $42,600 MISC REVENUE 2 $2,750 $4,125 $4,125 $4,125 $4,125 RETAINED EARNINGS 3 $20,000 $0 $0 $0 $5,000 RDP GRANT ACCOUNT 4 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 TOTAL REVENUE $67,750 $56,725 $56,725 $56,725 $61,725
To ensure sufficient funding for services, the remaining revenue shortfall would be absorbed through the PAY-T bag fees. Using the Total Expenditure Values in Table 6, Total Expenditures & Tax Levy, on the previous page the average total Solid Waste Enterprise cost is roughly $2,572,287 between FY 21 - FY 25. A 50% Tax Levy impact would equateDRAFT to $1,286,143 total annual revenue requirement for the enterprise.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 22 PAY-T FEE ANALYSIS As previous reviewed, on page 14, baseline assumptions of SMALL and LARGE bag sales were developed by averaging the 10-year average bag sales, the 5-year average bag sales and the 3-year average bag sales. For the sake of the PAY-T Fee analysis the below bag sale assumptions will be used.
Bag sales est. $/bag $/roll BAG SIZE Per Year Current Current Small 297,000 $0.75 $3.75 Large 415,000 $1.50 $7.50 TOTAL 712,000
To maintain parity between the SMALL and LARGE bags and our surrounding communities a Comparable Communities analysis was conducted in line with the procedures outline on page 11. Averaging the PAY-T Comparable Communities price per bag results in a value of $1.02 for SMALL bags and $1.95 for LARGE bags. It is important to note that five separate communities also implement the use of an Annual Fee to support their solid waste programs. A full breakout of the comparison can be found in Table 8 below.
Table 8: Comparable Communities PAY-T Bag Pricing $/Small $/Large Municipality Solid Waste Program funding bag 2 bag 2 Attleboro - $2.00 PAY-T, Annual Fee $203 Clinton - $2.50 PAY-T, Taxes, Annual Fee $156 Dartmouth 1 $1.00 $2.00 PAY-T, Annual Fee $80 Gloucester $1.25 $2.25 PAY-T, Taxes Grafton $0.90 $1.70 PAY-T Marshfield 1 - $2.00 PAY-T, Annual Fee $315, TS Access Fee $20 Natick $1.00 $1.75 PAY-T, Taxes Northborough $1.50 $3.00 PAY-T, Taxes Shrewsbury $0.75 $1.50 PAY-T, Taxes Sutton 1 $1.25 $2.50 TS Access Fee $40 Upton $1.00 $1.70 PAY-T, Taxes West Boylston $0.50 $1.00 PAY-T, Taxes Worcester $0.75 $1.50 PAY-T, Taxes AVERAGE $1.02 $1.95
Notes: 1. Dartmouth and Marshfield provide drop services in addition to curbside collections. Sutton provides only Drop-off services. 2. $/bag have been grouped by bag sizes (gallon). Attleboro, Clinton, and Marshfield offer one bag option to their residents comparable to Shrewsbury’s 33 gal LARGE bag.DRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 23 To ensure sufficient funding for services and a 50/50 balance with the Tax Levy a total annual revenue requirement is approximately $1,286,143 for FY 21 – FY 25. To meet this annual requirement, a series of bag pricing scenarios have been developed and then multiplied by the bag sale estimates to arrive at a revenue estimate for each bag pricing scenario. A full list of the scenarios may be found in Table 9, PAY-T Bag Fee Scenarios, below.
Table 9: PAY-T Bag Fee Scenarios Scenario # % Increase $/bag $/roll Revenue Estimate $ Diff./roll OPT_1 1 SMALL 36.00% $1.02 $5.10 $302,940 $1.35 LARGE 30.67% $1.95 $9.75 $813,396 $2.25 $1,116,336 OPT_2 SMALL 33.00% $1.00 $4.99 $296,258 $1.24 LARGE 33.30% $2.00 $10.00 $829,793 $2.50 $1,126,050 OPT_3 SMALL 40.00% $1.05 $5.25 $311,850 $1.50 LARGE 40.00% $2.10 $10.50 $871,500 $3.00 $1,183,350 OPT_4 SMALL 45.00% $1.09 $5.44 $322,988 $1.69 LARGE 45.00% $2.18 $10.88 $902,625 $3.38 $1,225,613 OPT_5 SMALL 47.00% $1.10 $5.50 $327,443 $1.75 LARGE 50.00% $2.25 $11.25 $933,750 $3.75 $1,261,193 OPT_6 SMALL 75.00% $1.31 $6.56 $389,813 $2.81 LARGE 75.00% $2.63 $13.13 $1,089,375 $5.63 $1,479,188 OPT_7 SMALL 100.00% $1.50 $7.50 $445,500 $3.75 LARGE 100.00% $3.00 $15.00 $1,245,000 $7.50 $1,690,500
Notes: 1. OPT_1 – Represents the estimated revenue if the Town’s bag pricing were set the average ofDRAFT the Comparable Communities.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 24 In Table 10, PAY-T Bag Fee Scenarios & Tax Levy Impact, located below, the revenue estimates calculated in Table 9 where added into the projected out-year revenue estimates to arrive at a Total Projected Revenue for each scenario. The Total Projected revenues were then subtracted from the Total Projected Expenditures calculated in Table 6 on page 21 to arrive at an estimated Tax Levy impact for each PAY-T Bag Fee scenario. To account for “sticker shock” the following revenue assumptions were used. Assumptions: 1. FY 21 – 90% of estimated revenue 2. FY 22 – 95% of estimated revenue 3. FY 23 – 97.5% of estimated revenue 4. FY 24 – 100% of estimated revenue 5. FY 25 – 100% of estimated revenue
Table 10: PAY-T Bag Fee Scenarios & Tax Levy Impact FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Scenarios Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected OPT_1 1 Total Projected Revenue $1,081,427 $1,117,244 $1,145,152 $1,173,061 $1,178,061 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,337,521 $1,375,311 $1,423,441 $1,474,140 $1,555,326 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 55.29% 55.18% 55.42% 55.69% 56.90% OPT_2 Total Projected Revenue $1,090,170 $1,126,473 $1,154,624 $1,182,775 $1,187,775 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,328,778 $1,366,083 $1,413,970 $1,464,426 $1,545,612 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 54.93% 54.81% 55.05% 55.32% 56.55% OPT_3 Total Projected Revenue $1,141,740 $1,180,908 $1,210,491 $1,240,075 $1,245,075 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,277,208 $1,311,648 $1,358,103 $1,407,126 $1,488,312 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 52.80% 52.62% 52.87% 53.16% 54.45% OPT_4 Total Projected Revenue $1,179,776 $1,221,057 $1,251,697 $1,282,338 $1,287,338 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,239,172 $1,271,498 $1,316,897 $1,364,863 $1,446,049 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 51.23% 51.01% 51.27% 51.56% 52.90% OPT_5 Total Projected Revenue $1,211,798 $1,254,858 $1,286,388 $1,317,918 $1,322,918 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,207,150 $1,237,697 $1,282,206 $1,329,283 $1,410,469 Tax Levy as aDRAFT % of Total Expenditures 49.90% 49.66% 49.92% 50.21% 51.60%
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 25 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Scenarios Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected OPT_6 Total Projected Revenue $1,407,994 $1,461,953 $1,498,933 $1,535,913 $1,540,913 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $1,010,954 $1,030,602 $1,069,661 $1,111,288 $1,192,474 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 41.79% 41.35% 41.64% 41.98% 43.63% OPT_7 Total Projected Revenue $1,598,175 $1,662,700 $1,704,963 $1,747,225 $1,752,225 Total Projected Expenditures $2,418,948 $2,492,555 $2,568,594 $2,647,201 $2,733,387 Tax Levy Impact $ $820,773 $829,855 $863,631 $899,976 $981,162 Tax Levy as a % of Total Expenditures 33.93% 33.29% 33.62% 34.00% 35.90%
Notes: 1. OPT_1 – Represents the estimated revenue if the Town’s bag pricing were set the average of the Comparable Communities.
FINDINGS & IMPACT ANALYSIS If the desired intent and goal of the PAY-T program is to generate revenues to offset approximately 50% of the enterprise’s total expenditures OPT_5 appears to be the most effective option.
% Proposed Proposed Current Current Variance Variance OPT_5 Increase $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll $/bag $/roll SMALL 47.00% $1.10 $5.50 $0.75 $3.75 $0.35 $1.75 LARGE 50.00% $2.25 $11.25 $1.50 $7.50 $0.75 $3.75
When averaged, data show that households utilize approximately 1 SMALL and 1 LARGE bag every two weeks:
SMALL Bags: 297,000/year = 29.29 bags/household/year = 10,140 households served 52 weeks/year 0.56 small bags per household week
LARGE Bags: 415,000/year = 40.93 bags/household/year = 10,140 households served 52 weeks/year 0.79 large bags per household week
To arrive at the average household impact per week take the #bags per household week and multiply it by the price/bag variance, and the yearly impact would be 52 times greater than the product.
SMALL Bags: 0.56 bags per household week * $0.35/bag = $0.196/week or $10.19/year LARGEDRAFT Bags: 0.79 bags per household week * $0.75/bag = $0.5925/week or $30.81/year
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 26 Thus the average household impact would be an increase of $0.7885 per week or $41.00 per year. Again, using the average household consumption figures a household currently can expect to pay $83.46 in PAY-T bags. The proposed bag fees would increase this annual amount to $124.46/year.
While the Comparable Community average bag pricing represent a 36% and 30.67% increase for SMALL and LARGE bags respectively, the Town’s expenditure requirements calculate to an approximate 50% increase in PAY-T bag fees. OPT_5 proposes a 47% increase to the price of SMALL bags and a 50% increase to the price of LARGE bags to bring the Tax Levy impact back inline to the intended 50/50 split.
When viewed in aggregate, the price of comparable private residential service ranges from $442-$576 per year; the average $515 per year is approximately 4.1 times greater than the average household PAY-T bag usage at $124.46 per year.
IMPLEMENTATION & COMMUNICATION Anticipating an acceptance of the new rate by the Board of Selectmen and the public by February 2020, the Town needs to communicate the rate changes to WasteZero, public and the different retail stores that participate on the PAY-T program. The tentative date of implementation of the recommended PAY-T Fees is May 1st, 2020. Implementing rate adjustments prior to July 1, 2020 should prevent any revenue shortfalls for FY 21.
KEY ROLL-OUT OBJECTIVES
1. Notify all retail stores of the upcoming changes in the PAY-T Fees. Some retailers belong to Corporations which require at least 60 days of notice to accept new rates.
2. Advertise the adopted PAY-T Fees throughout the different communication channels the Town employees to communicate with the Residents including: • Social Media • Website • SMC Videos • Local TV Channels • Printed publications and Newsletters
3. Notify WasteZero 30 days prior to implementation. All orders placed on or after April 20th, 2020 will reflect the rate change.
4. Inventory current Bulk Waste supply at all participating retail stores including online sales through Waste Management. Order new supply of stickers reflecting new rate. Both Table 11, PAY-T Fee Roll-Out Plan, on page 28, and Table 12, PAY-T Fee Timeline, on page 29 provide an outline of the implementation/communication tasks necessary for a successfulDRAFT roll-out of a newly adopted PAY-T Fee structure.
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 27 Table 11: PAY-T Fee Roll-Out Plan Due # Activity Description Notes Date A New Rate Approval Newsflash on Solid Waste Page announcing Public 1 12/2/19 Hearing #1 2 Public Hearing #1 12/24/19 Newsflash on Solid Waste Page announcing Public 3 1/1/20 Hearing #2 4 Public Hearing #2 1/28/20 This implementation plan depends on the 5 Rate Adoption 2/11/20 approval of the rate by this date B Notifying Residents 1 Video announcing new rates and implementation date 2/13/20 2 Project Page on Website 2/14/20 3 Posting on Social media 2/14/20 Reminders through February, March and April 4 Ads in local channels 2/14/20 Running through February, March and April Language to advertise in Senior Center and School Advertisement to be in both March and April 5 2/28/20 monthly newsletters Newsletters 6 Reminder of rate changes 3/16/20 7 Reminder of rate changes 4/15/20 C Notifying Retail Stores Written letter to the 26 retail stores currently selling the 1 2/21/20 PAY-T bags and Stickers Reminder of rate changes, via phone/email to retail 2 4/1/20 stores D Notifying Vendor Contact Waste Zero rep with details of the project and 1 3/2/20 new rate E Inventory Management Order new Bulky Waste Stickers reflecting new rate and 1 2/12/20 correct instructions Account for current inventory of bulky waste stickers 2 4/15/20 available in retail stores Modify/Replace current inventory with proper bulky 3 4/30/20 Waste Stickers F Update Information Notify Accounting of new rates to update charge codes 1 4/24/20 in Financial System Update website to reflect new rates (bags, bulky waste 2 4/30/20 stickers, recycling bins) Update signs reflecting new cost of Recycling bins at 3 4/30/20 DPW OfficeDRAFT
Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT 28 Table 12: PAY-T Fee Timeline Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Task Description 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 Newsflash on Solid Waste Page announcing Public Hearing #1 Public Hearing #1 Newsflash on Solid Waste Page announcing Public Hearing #2 Public Hearing #2 Rate Adoption Order new Bulky Waste Stickers reflecting new rate and correct instructions Video announcing new rates and implementation date Project Page on Website Posting on Social media Ads in local channels Written letter to the 26 retail stores currently selling the PAY-T bags and Stickers Language to advertise in Senior Center and School monthly newsletters Contact Waste Zero rep with details of the project and new rate Reminder of rate changes to residents Reminder of rate changes, via phone/email to retail stores Reminder of rate changes to residents Account for current inventory of bulky waste stickers available in retail stores Notify Accounting of new rates to update charge codes in Financial System Modify/Replace current inventory with proper bulky Waste Stickers Update website to reflect new rates (bags, bulky waste stickers, recycling bins) Update signs reflecting new cost of Recycling bins at DPW Office
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Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis – DRAFT APPENDIX 1. MassDEP - PAYT/SMART Communities Map 2019 2. MassDEP - PAYT/SMART Communities Database 2019
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Town of Shrewsbury – PAY-T Fee Analysis 30 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served
HHs with TS sticker, including condos and ACTON 9/1/2015 23,549 9,775 3,418 Drop-off 3,909 apartments HHs with TS sticker, condos and apartments ADAMS 11/1/2017 8,187 3,850 490 Drop-off 1,000 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and AMHERST 9/1/1996 39,833 9,711 1,890 Drop-off 1,890 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no AQUINNAH 1/1/1989 328 400 200 Drop-off 200 apartments ASHBURNHAM 9/15/2010 6,209 2,509 800 Drop-off 800 ASHBY 6/27/2005 3,226 1,141 230 Up to 4 family, no condos, all apartments Drop-off 230 HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes ASHFIELD 1,723 722 396 Drop-off 396 apartments Up to 4 family, condos and apartments ASHLAND 7/1/2006 17,573 6,201 5,740 Curbside 5,740 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and ATHOL 2/20/2008 11,654 4,653 1,141 Drop-off 1,141 apartments Up to 8 family, condos and apartments ATTLEBORO 7/1/2005 44,284 18,056 14,094 Curbside 14,094 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and AYER 7/1/2002 8,001 3,157 1,313 Drop-off 1,313 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and BARRE 7/5/2005 5,496 2,373 894 Drop-off 894 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no BECKET 1,762 1,779 1,779 Drop-off 1,779 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no BELCHERTOWN 14,929 7,065 1,723 Drop-off 1,723 apartments BERKLEY 7/1/2003 6,658 2,835 1,052 Up to 2 family, no condos, no apartments Drop-off 1,052 DRAFTPage 1 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served Up to 3 family, condos and apartments BERNARDSTON 7/1/1994 2,101 800 650 Drop-off 650 meeting criteria BOLTON 7/1/2000 5,180 1,850 1,850 All households, condos and apartments Drop-off 1,850
BOXFORD 8/1/1991 8,253 2,779 2,600 All households, condos and apartments Curbside 2,779 HHs with TS sticker, condos and apartments BREWSTER 10/3/2013 9,918 7,300 4,227 Drop-off 4,227 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and BRIDGEWATER 1/1/1997 27,628 9,371 2,000 Drop-off 2,750 apartments BRIMFIELD 1/1/1993 3,741 1,410 Curbside Up to 6 family, condos and apartments BROCKTON 10/1/2001 95,314 28,000 26,200 Curbside 26,200 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and BROOKFIELD 10/3/1998 3,411 942 564 Drop-off 564 apartments BROOKLINE 5/30/2017 59,195 26,448 13,300 All households, condos and apartments Curbside 13,300 Up to 3 family, condos and apartments BUCKLAND 1/1/1994 1,864 684 620 Drop-off 620 meeting criteria Up to 3 family, condos and apartments CHARLEMONT 1/1/1991 1,234 473 450 Drop-off 450 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and CHESHIRE 7/1/1990 3,158 1,353 875 Drop-off 875 apartments HHs with TS Sticker, including condos and CHESTER 1/1/1980 1,372 559 450 Drop-off 566 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes CHESTERFIELD 1,249 549 253 Drop-off 253 apartments Up to 6 family, condos and apartments CHICOPEE 5/1/2017 56,741 24,120 18,865 Both 18,865 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no CHILMARK 1/1/1989 916 1,304 420 Drop-off 420 apartments DRAFTPage 2 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served Up to 4 family, condos meeting criteria, no CLINTON 1/1/1989 13,805 4,233 4,346 Curbside 3,693 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and COHASSET 7/1/2001 8,393 3,200 2,762 Drop-off 2,762 apartments Up to 3 family, condos and apartments COLRAIN 7/1/1990 1,647 677 645 Drop-off 645 meeting criteria Up to 3 family, condos meeting criteria, no CONCORD 11/1/1992 19,830 5,500 3,536 Curbside 3,633 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes CUMMINGTON 7/1/2012 871 423 279 Drop-off 279 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and DALTON 6/1/1994 6,661 2,319 719 Drop-off 719 apartments Up to 4 family, no condos, apartments DARTMOUTH 10/1/2007 34,715 12,976 10,040 Both 10,040 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and DEERFIELD 1/1/1997 5,015 1,703 900 Drop-off 900 apartments DIGHTON 1/1/1995 7,399 2,833 2,630 Up to 4 family, no condos, all apartments Curbside 2,630
DUNSTABLE 9/6/2018 3,435 1,079 238 Up to 2 family, no condos, no apartments Curbside 228 HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no DUXBURY 4/2/2008 15,483 5,933 5,200 Drop-off 5,200 apartments Up to 6 family, condos and apartments EAST BROOKFIELD 8/2/2001 2,187 983 948 Curbside 983 meeting criteria EAST 1/7/2005 16,213 5,544 5,544 Up to 4 family, no condos, all apartments Curbside 5,544 LONGMEADOW HHs with TS sticker, including condos and EDGARTOWN 1/1/1989 4,306 4,694 1,860 Drop-off 1,200 apartments FREETOWN 7/1/2010 9,179 3,200 2,560 Up to 3 family, all condos, no apartments Curbside 2,560 DRAFTPage 3 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served
GEORGETOWN 8,584 2,437 - All households, condos and apartments Drop-off - Up to 3 family, condos and apartments GILL 1/1/1992 1,492 508 508 Curbside 508 meeting criteria Up to 4 family, no condos, apartments GLOUCESTER 9/17/1990 29,781 13,825 12,500 Curbside 12,500 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and GOSHEN 1,070 555 252 Drop-off 252 apartments GOSNOLD 77 185 185 Up to 2 family, all condos, all apartments Curbside 120 Up to 4 family, no condos, apartments GRAFTON 7/1/2009 18,540 6,200 4,650 Curbside 4,650 meeting criteria GRANBY 2/7/2012 6,352 2,766 2,766 Up to 4 family, all condos, all apartments Curbside 2,766 HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes GRANVILLE 7/1/1992 1,622 561 450 Drop-off 450 apartments GREAT 4/18/2000 6,907 2,965 2,965 Drop-off 2,965 BARRINGTON Up to 4 family, condos and apartments GREENFIELD 7/1/2005 17,450 5,758 5,758 Both 5,758 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and GROTON 7/1/2003 11,296 3,848 1,455 Drop-off 3,848 apartments HADLEY 7/1/2002 5,352 2,106 Drop-off
HALIFAX 7/1/1992 7,834 3,184 2,694 All households, condos and apartments Curbside 3,194 Up to 4 family, condos and apartments HAMILTON 3/12/2008 8,179 2,965 2,965 Curbside 2,965 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no HAMPDEN 10/1/1993 5,223 1,800 543 Drop-off 543 apartments DRAFTPage 4 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served HHs with TS sticker, including condos and HANSON 7/1/2014 10,630 3,911 2,202 Drop-off 2,450 apartments HATFIELD 7/1/1996 3,298 2,689 482 All households, condos and apartments Drop-off 482 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and HEATH 7/1/2017 693 369 317 Drop-off 317 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and HINSDALE 7/1/2017 1,959 740 520 Drop-off 520 apartments Single family HHs and condos, no HOLBROOK 9/21/2004 11,050 4,134 4,134 Curbside 2,283 apartments Up to 4 family, condos meeting criteria, no HOLLISTON 10/5/1999 14,525 5,043 4,530 Curbside 4,530 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no HUDSON 1/1/2005 19,864 7,648 1,832 Drop-off 1,832 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes HUNTINGTON 1/1/1979 2,181 941 512 Drop-off 512 apartments IPSWICH 7/1/2010 13,804 6,062 5,038 All households, condos and apartments Curbside 5,144 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and LAKEVILLE 1/1/1993 11,338 4,236 1,583 Drop-off 1,583 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and LEVERETT 7/1/1992 1,845 716 447 Drop-off 447 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and LITTLETON 10/1/2010 9,912 3,175 1,787 Drop-off 1,787 apartments Up to 3 family, condos and apartments LONGMEADOW 7/1/2006 15,898 5,754 5,503 Curbside 5,503 meeting criteria LUDLOW 7/1/2012 21,472 7,059 6,983 Up to 4 family, all condos, no apartments Both 6,983 Up to 6 family, condos and apartments LUNENBURG 7/1/2000 11,241 4,203 3,603 Curbside 4,203 meeting criteria DRAFTPage 5 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served Up to 6 family, condos and apartments MALDEN 10/6/2008 61,068 25,000 17,100 Curbside 17,100 meeting criteria MANCHESTER 10/1/1991 5,366 2,350 2,350 All households, condos and apartments Both 2,350 Up to 2 family, condos meeting criteria, no MARSHFIELD 7/9/2007 25,709 9,567 9,388 Both 9,388 apartments MAYNARD 8/1/1993 10,676 4,055 3,791 HHs with TS sticker Curbside 3,791
MEDWAY 7/1/2000 13,253 4,393 4,103 Up to 6 family, all condos, no apartments Curbside 4,103 Up to 6 family, condos and apartments MERRIMAC 3/15/1998 6,800 2,748 1,497 Curbside 1,897 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no MILLIS 1/1/1989 8,169 3,483 831 Drop-off 831 apartments Up to 3 family, condos and apartments MILTON 10/1/1991 27,374 9,509 8,858 Curbside 9,316 meeting criteria Up to 3 family, condos and apartments MONTAGUE 1/1/1992 8,272 2,600 2,600 Both 2,600 meeting criteria Up to 4 family, condos and apartments NATICK 7/1/2003 36,262 13,400 10,525 Curbside 10,525 meeting criteria HHs with TS Sticker, including condos and NEEDHAM 6/1/1998 30,564 8,744 5,229 Drop-off 7,336 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and NEW SALEM 11/1/1996 999 449 258 Drop-off 258 apartments NEWBURY 1/1/2013 6,971 3,200 1,468 All households, condos and apartments Drop-off 1,468 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and NORFOLK 1/1/1993 11,908 3,773 1,132 Drop-off 1,132 apartments HHs with TS sticker, condos and apartments NORTH ADAMS 1/1/1994 13,263 5,366 5,913 Drop-off 5,366 meeting criteria DRAFTPage 6 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served
NORTH Up to 8 family, condos and apartments 7/1/1998 29,071 11,008 8,789 Both 8,829 ATTLEBOROUGH meeting criteria
NORTH HHs with TS sticker, including condos and 7/1/1997 4,749 2,315 1,199 Drop-off 1,199 BROOKFIELD apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and NORTHAMPTON 1/7/1989 28,540 12,076 2,895 Drop-off 2,895 apartments NORTHBOROUGH 1/1/2002 15,042 5,905 4,890 Up to 4 family, no condos, no apartments Curbside 4,980 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and NORTHFIELD 10/1/2005 2,992 1,141 868 Drop-off 868 apartments Up to 4 family, condos and apartments NORWELL 8/1/2016 10,984 3,520 3,493 Curbside 3,493 meeting criteria OAK BLUFFS 1/1/1990 4,677 2,970 2,790 Up to 2 family, no condos, no apartments Both 1,982 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and ORANGE 7,651 2,453 1,065 Drop-off 1,065 apartments PEPPERELL 1/1/1996 12,165 5,305 1,684 All households, condos and apartments Drop-off 1,684 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and PERU 1/1/2016 845 380 290 Drop-off 290 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and PETERSHAM 1/1/1994 1,246 485 336 Drop-off 336 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and PHILLIPSTON 1/1/1995 1,747 794 436 Drop-off 436 apartments PLAINFIELD 652 299 216 Up to 3 family, no condos, no apartments Drop-off 216 Up to 3 family, condos and apartments PLAINVILLE 3/1/1998 9,057 4,007 2,050 Curbside 1,945 meeting criteria DRAFTPage 7 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served HHs with TS sticker, including condos and PLYMOUTH 7/1/2013 58,890 31,200 4,679 Drop-off 5,209 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and RAYNHAM 1/1/2001 13,797 4,786 1,117 Drop-off 1,117 apartments REHOBOTH 1/1/1999 12,008 5,000 1,800 Drop-off 1,800 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and ROCKPORT 7/1/2018 7,206 4,063 3,131 Drop-off 3,131 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and ROYALSTON 3/5/1999 1,274 563 425 Drop-off 425 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and RUSSELL 1/1/1991 1,787 634 443 Drop-off 443 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no SANDWICH 7/1/2011 20,445 8,500 4,800 Drop-off 4,800 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, includes SAVOY 7/1/1998 677 287 200 Drop-off 200 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no SCITUATE 7/1/1999 18,478 7,742 5,445 Drop-off 5,445 apartments SEEKONK 1/1/1992 14,968 5,420 5,089 Up to 6 family, no condos, all apartments Curbside 5,089
SHARON 7/1/2018 18,173 6,426 5,255 Up to 2 family, no condos, no apartments Curbside 5,255 Up to 3 family, condos and apartments SHELBURNE 7/1/1990 1,848 606 520 Drop-off 520 meeting criteria Up to 6 family, no condos, apartments SHIRLEY 7/2/2009 7,400 2,485 1,921 Both 1,921 meeting criteria Up to 4 family, condos and apartments SHREWSBURY 8/4/2008 36,805 14,119 10,140 Curbside 10,140 meeting criteria SHUTESBURY 7/1/2000 1,764 803 803 Up to 4 family, no condos, all apartments Curbside 803 Up to 3 family, no condos, apartments SOMERSET 1/7/1992 18,288 6,842 6,400 Both 6,400 meeting criteria DRAFTPage 8 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served
SOUTH HADLEY 7/1/2011 17,743 7,150 6,500 All households, condos and apartments Both 6,500 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and SOUTHAMPTON 10/1/1997 6,152 2,316 1,042 Drop-off 1,042 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and SPENCER 7/1/2003 11,810 3,768 1,853 Drop-off 1,853 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and STURBRIDGE 10/1/2011 9,514 3,751 1,882 Drop-off 1,882 apartments SUDBURY 10/1/1999 18,874 5,468 964 Up to 3 family, no condos, no apartments Drop-off 1,781 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and SUTTON 7/1/2006 9,272 3,300 1,150 Drop-off 1,200 apartments Up to 2 family, condos and apartments SWANSEA 6/1/2002 16,387 6,350 6,015 Curbside 6,015 meeting criteria Up to 4 family, condos meeting criteria, no TAUNTON 6/1/1996 56,789 20,554 18,878 Both 21,178 apartments
TISBURY 1/1/1989 4,109 2,592 2,592 All households, condos and apartments Both 2,592
HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no TOLLAND 1/1/2017 496 493 493 Drop-off 493 apartments TOPSFIELD 11/1/1998 6,529 2,212 2,212 Up to 2 family, all condos, no apartments Curbside 2,212
Up to 8 family, condos and apartments UPTON 1/25/1999 7,725 3,300 2,301 Curbside 2,306 meeting criteria WALES 7/17/2004 1,899 940 450 Drop-off 450 HHs with TS sticker, including condos and WARREN 7/1/2013 5,189 2,046 640 Drop-off 640 apartments DRAFTPage 9 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served Up to 3 family, condos and apartments WARWICK 6/1/1999 762 357 300 Drop-off 300 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, including condos and WAYLAND 7/1/2009 13,684 6,000 1,855 Drop-off 2,022 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no WEBSTER 1/1/1985 16,893 6,905 106 Drop-off 106 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no WELLFLEET 12/1/2013 2,749 3,669 3,309 Drop-off 3,309 apartments Up to 3 family, condos and apartments WENDELL 1/1/1987 870 373 367 Drop-off 367 meeting criteria WENHAM 5/18/2009 5,163 1,409 1,409 Up to 2 family, all condos, all apartments Curbside 1,409 Up to 4 family, condos meeting criteria, no WEST BOYLSTON 7/1/2009 7,894 2,924 2,458 Curbside 2,458 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no WEST TISBURY 1/1/1989 2,896 1,786 800 Drop-off 800 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no WESTHAMPTON 1,638 687 370 Drop-off 370 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and WESTPORT 1/1/1993 15,814 6,920 1,828 Drop-off 1,828 apartments Up to 3 family, condos and apartments WHATELY 7/1/1991 1,518 577 460 Drop-off 460 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no WILBRAHAM 8/1/1990 14,638 5,417 1,680 Drop-off 1,641 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos and WILLIAMSTOWN 1/1/1991 7,620 2,250 920 Drop-off 920 apartments HHs with TS sticker, including condos, no WINCHENDON 1/1/2006 10,698 3,669 840 Drop-off 840 apartments HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no WINDSOR 7/1/2003 895 395 390 Drop-off 390 apartments DRAFTPage 10 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Recycling Total Trash House- Municipality Start Date Population Type Households Served Trash House- Households holds Served holds Served Up to 6 family, condos and apartments WORCESTER 11/29/1993 184,815 67,000 52,000 Curbside 67,000 meeting criteria HHs with TS sticker, no condos, no WORTHINGTON 1,188 536 360 Drop-off 360 apartments Up to 6 family, condos and apartments WRENTHAM 7/1/2004 11,548 4,057 3,996 Curbside 3,996 meeting criteria
DRAFTPage 11 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount
ACTON Drop-off Bags $0.50 8-gal $0.80 15-gal $1.75 33-gal
ADAMS Drop-off Stickers $1.25 30-gal
AMHERST Drop-off Bags $3.00 33-gal
AQUINNAH Drop-off Barrel $5.00 32-gal ASHBURNHAM Drop-off Stickers $5.00 35-gal ASHBY Drop-off Bags $4.00 33-gal $5.00 44-gal $6.00 55-gal Bags & ASHFIELD Drop-off $2.00 30-gal Barrels ASHLAND Curbside Weekly Bags $1.05 14-gal $1.80 33-gal
ATHOL Drop-off Bags & Scale $3.00 33-gal $0.12 1 lb 36-gal ATTLEBORO Curbside Weekly Bags $2.00 32-gal 52 Barrel
AYER Drop-off Bags $3.00 15-gal $4.00 33-gal $5.00 50-gal
BARRE Drop-off Bags $1.25 13-gal $2.00 33-gal
BECKET Drop-off Stickers $1.00 30-gal
BELCHERTOWN Drop-off Bags $1.30 16-gal $2.00 30-gal
BERKLEY Drop-off Bags $1.00 16-gal $1.50 33-gal DRAFTPage 12 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount BERNARDSTON Drop-off Bags $2.00 33-gal 30-gal BOLTON Drop-off Stickers $1.25 15-gal $2.50 30-gal 40 Sticker 32-gal, <35 BOXFORD Both Weekly Stickers $2.50 lbs BREWSTER Drop-off Bags $0.50 8-gal $1.00 15-gal $2.00 33-gal
BRIDGEWATER Drop-off Punch Card $1.50 13-gal $3.00 32-gal BRIMFIELD Curbside Bags $1.50 33-gal 32-gal BROCKTON Both Bi-weekly Cart & Bags $1.25 32-gal 52 Barrel BROOKFIELD Drop-off Bags $2.00 39-gal
BROOKLINE Curbside Weekly Cart & Bags $3.00 30-gal 35-gal Cart 52
BUCKLAND Drop-off Bags $1.25 15-gal $2.00 33-gal 33-gal CHARLEMONT Drop-off Bags $2.00 33-gal $1.00 seniors
CHESHIRE Drop-off Bags $2.00 30-gal 30-gal Bag 50
CHESTER Drop-off Stickers $2.00 32-gal
CHESTERFIELD Drop-off Punch Card $0.75 15-gal $1.50 33-gal
CHICOPEE Both Bi-weekly Cart & Bags $1.20 15-gal $2.00 33-gal 35-gal Cart 52
CHILMARK Drop-off Barrel $5.00 32-gal DRAFTPage 13 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount 25 lb CLINTON Both Bi-weekly Stickers $2.50 25 lbs 52 Sticker COHASSET Drop-off Bags $1.00 13-gal $2.00 33-gal
COLRAIN Drop-off Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 33-gal 34-gal, <40 CONCORD Curbside Weekly Stickers $1.50 lbs CUMMINGTON Drop-off Tags $1.00 <15-gal $2.00 <39-gal $3.00 <40-gal
DALTON Drop-off Bags $3.20 20-gal $3.59 30-gal
DARTMOUTH Both Weekly Bags $1.00 14-gal $2.00 33-gal
DEERFIELD Drop-off Bags $1.70 15-gal $2.50 33-gal
DIGHTON Curbside Weekly Bags $0.75 15-gal $1.50 33-gal
DUNSTABLE Curbside Weekly Cart $3.00 33-gal
DUXBURY Drop-off Bags $1.00 15-gal $1.50 33-gal
EAST BROOKFIELD Curbside Bi-weekly Bags $1.50 30-gal EAST Both Weekly Bags $1.75 33-gal 33-gal Bag 52 LONGMEADOW EDGARTOWN Drop-off Barrel $2.00 17-gal $4.00 32-gal
FREETOWN Curbside Weekly Bags $1.25 15-gal $2.50 33-gal DRAFTPage 14 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount GEORGETOWN Drop-off Scale $1.00 <25-gal $2.00 >25-gal
GILL Curbside Weekly Stickers $3.00 33-gal
GLOUCESTER Curbside Weekly Bags $1.25 15-gal $2.25 36-gal 30-gal GOSHEN Drop-off Bags $2.00 30-gal $1.50 seniors GOSNOLD Both Weekly Bags $2.00 15-gal $4.00 33-gal
GRAFTON Curbside Bi-weekly Bags $0.90 15-gal $1.70 33-gal
GRANBY Curbside Weekly Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 33-gal
GRANVILLE Drop-off Punch Card $1.25 13-gal $2.50 30-gal $3.75 42-gal GREAT Drop-off Stickers $1.25 13-gal $2.90 30-gal BARRINGTON GREENFIELD Both Bi-weekly Stickers $1.25 13-gal $2.00 30-gal
GROTON Drop-off Bags $1.10 15-gal $1.90 32-gal $2.70 45-gal
HADLEY Drop-off Bags $0.80 15-gal $1.60 32-gal
HALIFAX Both Bi-weekly Bags $2.00 13-gal $3.00 33-gal Cart, Bags & HAMILTON Curbside Weekly $1.50 15-gal $2.50 33-gal 35-gal Cart Stickers
HAMPDEN Drop-off Bags $1.00 10-gal $2.50 33-gal DRAFTPage 15 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount HANSON Drop-off Bags $1.25 15-gal $2.00 33-gal 15-gal HATFIELD Drop-off Stickers $1.00 15-gal $2.00 30-gal Sticker HEATH Drop-off Stickers $1.50 33-gal
HINSDALE Drop-off Stickers $1.00 33-gal
HOLBROOK Curbside Weekly Bags $1.10 15-gal $2.20 33-gal 35-gal, <40 HOLLISTON Curbside Weekly Stickers $2.00 lbs Bags & HUDSON Drop-off $1.00 <18-gal $2.00 <30 gal $3.00 40-gal Barrels HUNTINGTON Drop-off Stickers $1.50 20-gal $3.00 30-gal $4.50 40-gal 35-gal IPSWICH Curbside Weekly Bags $2.00 33-gal 52 Barrel
LAKEVILLE Drop-off Bags $1.50 17-gal $2.00 30-gal Bags & LEVERETT Drop-off $1.00 15-gal $2.00 33-gal Stickers
LITTLETON Drop-off bags $0.75 9-gal $1.25 15-gal $2.25 33-gal
LONGMEADOW Curbside Weekly Bags $1.75 33-gal 35-gal Cart 52
LUDLOW Both Weekly Bags $1.75 35-gal
LUNENBURG Curbside Weekly Bags $1.25 13-gal $2.55 33-gal $4.05 40-gal DRAFTPage 16 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount MALDEN Both Weekly Bags $0.50 8-gal $1.00 15-gal $2.00 33-gal
MANCHESTER Both Weekly Bags $1.97 15-gal $3.25 33-gal 35-gal MARSHFIELD Both Weekly Bags $2.00 33-gal 52 Barrel 32-gal MAYNARD Curbside Stickers $1.00 15-gal $2.00 32-gal Sticker MEDWAY Both Bi-weekly Bags $0.75 15-gal $1.50 30-gal
MERRIMAC Curbside Bi-weekly Bags $1.50 15-gal $3.00 30-gal
MILLIS Drop-off Bags $1.75 33-gal 33-gal Bag
MILTON Curbside Weekly Stickers $3.00 32-gal
MONTAGUE Both Weekly Stickers $3.00 33-gal
NATICK Both Bi-weekly Bags $1.00 15-gal $1.75 33-gal
NEEDHAM Drop-off Bags $1.75 15-gal $2.00 30-gal 30-gal Bag
NEW SALEM Drop-off Bags $1.50 33-gal
NEWBURY Drop-off Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 35-gal
NORFOLK Drop-off Stickers $2.50 35 lbs
NORTH ADAMS Drop-off Stickers $1.00 10-gal $2.25 35-gal DRAFTPage 17 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount Bags, NORTH 15-gal, <15 30-gal, <20 Both Weekly Stickers, $1.00 $1.50 $3.00 20 lbs ATTLEBOROUGH lbs lbs Tags & Scale NORTH Drop-off Bags $1.00 15-gal $1.50 30-gal BROOKFIELD NORTHAMPTON Drop-off Bags $0.75 6-gal $1.50 13-gal $3.00 30-gal
NORTHBOROUGH Curbside Bi-weekly Bags $1.50 16-gal $3.00 32-gal
NORTHFIELD Drop-off Bags $0.75 15-gal $1.50 33-gal
NORWELL Both Weekly Cart & Bags $2.00 32-gal 35-gal Cart 52
OAK BLUFFS Drop-off Stickers $5.00 30-gal
ORANGE Drop-off Bags $2.00 33-gal Bags & PEPPERELL Drop-off $1.00 14-gal $2.60 39-gal Stickers PERU Drop-off Stickers $1.50 33-gal
PETERSHAM Drop-off Bags $2.00 32-gal
PHILLIPSTON Drop-off Bags $2.00 33-gal
PLAINFIELD Drop-off Punch Card $0.75 13-gal $1.50 30-gal $3.00 55-gal 35-gal, <35 PLAINVILLE Curbside Weekly Stickers $1.50 lbs DRAFTPage 18 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount PLYMOUTH Drop-off Bags $0.78 15-gal $1.25 30-gal 10-gal, <50 RAYNHAM Drop-off Stickers $2.00 lbs REHOBOTH Drop-off Punch card $2.25 ROCKPORT Drop-off Bags $0.60 8-gal $1.00 16-gal $2.00 35-gal
ROYALSTON Drop-off Stickers $2.50 33-gal
RUSSELL Drop-off Bags $0.60 16-gal $1.00 30-gal
SANDWICH Drop-off Bags $2.00 8-gal $4.50 15-gal $10.00 33-gal
SAVOY Drop-off Bags $1.50 30-gal
SCITUATE Drop-off Bags & Scale $1.00 15-gal $2.00 30-gal $0.01 1 lb 15-gal, <12 33-gal, <25 SEEKONK Curbside Weekly Bags $0.65 $1.07 64-gal Cart lbs lbs
SHARON Curbside Weekly Cart & Bags $2.40 33-gal
SHELBURNE Drop-off Stickers $2.00 33-gal
SHIRLEY Both Bi-weekly Bags $1.25 13-gal $2.50 33-gal
SHREWSBURY Curbside Bi-weekly Bags $0.75 13-gal $1.50 33-gal Bags & SHUTESBURY Curbside Weekly $2.00 33-gal 30-gal Bag 50 Stickers
SOMERSET Curbside Weekly Bags $1.25 24-gal $2.50 33-gal DRAFTPage 19 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount SOUTH HADLEY Both Bi-weekly Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 32-gal
SOUTHAMPTON Drop-off Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 30-gal
SPENCER Drop-off Bags $2.50 16-gal $5.00 33-gal
STURBRIDGE Drop-off Bags $0.50 15-gal $1.00 33-gal
SUDBURY Drop-off Bags $1.20 15-gal $2.40 30-gal
SUTTON Drop-off Bags $1.25 13-gal $2.50 30-gal
SWANSEA Curbside Weekly Bags $1.00 15-gal $2.00 30-gal
TAUNTON Both Bi-weekly Bags $2.00 35-gal 35-gal Stickers, 65-gal, <25 96-gal, <40 Cart, 64- TISBURY Both Bi-weekly Barrel, & $5.50 $5.50 lbs lbs gal or 35-lb Scale Sticker 13-gal TOLLAND Drop-off Stickers $1.00 13-gal $3.00 5 Sticker 36-gal, <40 TOPSFIELD Curbside Bi-weekly Stickers $2.00 lbs Cart UPTON Curbside Weekly Bags $1.00 15-gal $1.70 30-gal (variable size) WALES None Bags $1.50 33-gal WARREN Drop-off Bags $1.25 15-gal $2.00 30-gal DRAFTPage 20 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount WARWICK Drop-off Bags $1.50 15-gal $3.00 33-gal
WAYLAND Drop-off Bags $0.60 8-gal $1.00 14-gal $2.00 30-gal
WEBSTER Drop-off Bags $4.00 13-gal $5.00 30-gal
WELLFLEET Drop-off Bags $0.50 8-gal $1.00 15-gal $1.50 33-gal
WENDELL Drop-off Bags $1.50 33-gal
WENHAM Curbside Weekly Cart & Bags $1.00 16-gal $2.00 33-gal 35-gal Cart 52
WEST BOYLSTON Curbside Weekly Bags $0.50 15-gal $1.00 33-gal
WEST TISBURY Drop-off Barrel $5.00 32-gal
WESTHAMPTON Drop-off Stickers $0.50 15-gal $1.00 30-gal 33-gal, <42 WESTPORT Drop-off Punch Card $4.00 lbs
WHATELY Drop-off Bags $2.00 33-gal
WILBRAHAM Drop-off Stickers $1.50 13-gal $2.75 33-gal
WILLIAMSTOWN Drop-off Bags $1.25 13-gal $2.50 33-gal Bags, Scale WINCHENDON Drop-off $2.00 16-gal $4.00 33-gal & Barrel
WINDSOR Drop-off Bags $0.50 13-gal $1.00 33-gal DRAFTPage 21 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash) 2nd 1st Option 2nd 3rd Option Recycling 1st Option Option 3rd Option Unit # Units per Municipality Recycling Unit(s) Dollar Option Dollar Frequency Unit Type Dollar Unit Type Included Year Amount Unit Type Amount Amount WORCESTER Both Weekly Bags $0.75 15-gal $1.50 30-gal
WORTHINGTON Drop-off Punch Card $0.50 15-gal $1.00 30-gal
WRENTHAM Curbside Bi-weekly Cart & Bags $2.00 14-gal 35-gal Cart 52
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Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
PAYT, Annual Fee $100, TS Access ACTON No Corey York [email protected] NE3 Fee $100, TS per visit Fee $30
ADAMS Taxes Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
AMHERST PAYT, TS Access Fee $85 Steve Telega [email protected] WE1
AQUINNAH PAYT Yes Donald Hatch [email protected] SE1 ASHBURNHAM No Stephen Nims [email protected] CE1 ASHBY PAYT No Brendan McNeil [email protected] CE1
ASHFIELD PAYT, Annual Fee $40 Tom Poissant [email protected] WE1
ASHLAND PAYT, Annual Fee $146 No Dave Miller [email protected] SE2 PAYT, TS Access Fee $50, TS per ATHOL No Duane Truehart [email protected] CE1 visit Fee $10
ATTLEBORO PAYT, Annual Fee $203 No Jessica Singarella [email protected] SE2 PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $80, TS AYER No Pam Martin [email protected] CE1 per visit Fee $10
BARRE PAYT No Andrea Mastrototoro [email protected] CE1
BECKET PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $40 Christopher Bouchard [email protected] WE1 PAYT, TS Access Fee $100, TS per BELCHERTOWN No Steve J. Williams [email protected] WE1 visit Fee $20 Taxes, Annual Fee $40, TS Access BERKLEY Robert Rose [email protected] SE2 Fee $40 DRAFTPage 23 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
BERNARDSTON PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
BOLTON PAYT, Taxes Yes Leslie Caisse [email protected] CE1
BOXFORD PAYT, Taxes No Karen Sheridan [email protected] NE2 Taxes, Annual fee $45, TS Access BREWSTER No Patrick Ellis [email protected] SE1 fee $10 TS Access Fee $30, TS per visit Fee BRIDGEWATER Michael Dutton [email protected] SE3 $3 BRIMFIELD Magda Polack [email protected] WE1 BROCKTON PAYT, Annual Fee $280 No Patrick Sullivan [email protected] SE3
BROOKFIELD Annual Fee $85 No Michael Seery [email protected] CE1
BROOKLINE Annual Fee $200 Ed Gilbert [email protected] NE1
BUCKLAND PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
CHARLEMONT PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
CHESHIRE PAYT, TS Access Fee $150 No Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
CHESTER PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $65 Katherine Warden [email protected] WE1
CHESTERFIELD PAYT, Annual Fee $25 John Chandler [email protected] WE1
CHICOPEE Taxes Barry Brouillard [email protected] WE1
CHILMARK PAYT Yes Donald Hatch [email protected] SE1 DRAFTPage 24 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
CLINTON PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $156 No Michael Ward [email protected] CE1
COHASSET PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $65 No Carl Sestito [email protected] SE3
COLRAIN PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
CONCORD PAYT, Annual Fee $242 Little Rod Robison [email protected] NE3
CUMMINGTON PAYT, Annual Fee $40 Judy Bogart [email protected] WE1
DALTON PAYT, TS Access Fee $82 Edward Fahey [email protected] WE1
DARTMOUTH PAYT, Annual Fee $80 Little David Hickox [email protected] SE2
DEERFIELD PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $65 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1 PAYT, TS Access Fee $10, TS per DIGHTON Rosalind Grassie [email protected] SE2 visit fee $5
DUNSTABLE Taxes, Annual Fee $300 Joan Ferrari [email protected] CE1
DUXBURY PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $25 No Peter Buttkus [email protected] SE3
EAST BROOKFIELD Annual Fee $130 No Donna Wentzell [email protected] CE1 EAST PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $50, TS [email protected] No Elizabeth Bone WE1 LONGMEADOW Access Fee $50 v EDGARTOWN PAYT Yes Donald Hatch [email protected] SE1
FREETOWN PAYT, Taxes Derek Macedo [email protected] SE2 DRAFTPage 25 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
GEORGETOWN No Deborah Rogers [email protected] NE2
GILL PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
GLOUCESTER PAYT, Taxes Little Rose LoPiccolo [email protected] NE2
GOSHEN PAYT, Annual Fee $30 Elizabeth Bell-Perkins [email protected] WE1
GOSNOLD PAYT, Taxes Asa Lombard IV [email protected] SE1
GRAFTON PAYT No Timothy P. McInerney [email protected] CE1
GRANBY Taxes No Chris Martin [email protected] WE1
GRANVILLE PAYT, Taxes No Matt Streeter [email protected] WE1 GREAT Sean Van Deusen [email protected] WE1 BARRINGTON GREENFIELD PAYT, Taxes No Janine Greaves [email protected] WE1
GROTON PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $47 No Tom Delaney [email protected] CE1
HADLEY Jennifer Sanders James [email protected] WE1
HALIFAX PAYT No Susan Johnston [email protected] SE3
HAMILTON PAYT, Taxes No Tim Olson [email protected] NE2
HAMPDEN PAYT, Annual Fee $40 Jane Budynkiowicz [email protected] WE1 DRAFTPage 26 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
HANSON PAYT, Taxes Theresa Cocio [email protected] SE3
HATFIELD Taxes, TS Access Fee $50 No Garrett Barry [email protected] WE1
HEATH Taxes, TS Access Fee $75 Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
HINSDALE Taxes, Annual Fee $45 Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
HOLBROOK PAYT, Annual Fee $150 Yes Ben Ecord [email protected] SE3
HOLLISTON Taxes Yes Jeff Ritter [email protected] SE2
HUDSON PAYT, TS Access Fee $10 No Kelli Calo [email protected] CE1
HUNTINGTON PAYT, Annual Fee $35 Tom Clark [email protected] WE1
IPSWICH Taxes Marlene Connelly [email protected] NE2
LAKEVILLE PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $50 Yes Frank Moniz [email protected] SE2
LEVERETT PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $30 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
LITTLETON PAYT, Annual Fee $110 No Steven Whitten [email protected] CE1
LONGMEADOW PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $40 No Geoff McAlmond [email protected] WE1
LUDLOW PAYT, Taxes No Jim Goodreau [email protected] WE1
LUNENBURG PAYT, Taxes No Heather Lemieux [email protected] CE1 DRAFTPage 27 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
MALDEN PAYT, Taxes Yes Ron Cochran [email protected] NE2
MANCHESTER PAYT, Taxes Little Kay Mol [email protected] NE2 PAYT, Annual Fee $315, TS Access MARSHFIELD No Debbie Sullivan [email protected] SE3 Fee $20 MAYNARD PAYT, Taxes No Megan Zammuto [email protected] CE1
MEDWAY PAYT, Annual Fee $250 No Stephanie Carlisle [email protected] SE2
MERRIMAC PAYT, Taxes No Jennifer Penney [email protected] NE2
MILLIS TS Access Fee $85 No James McKay [email protected] SE2
MILTON PAYT, Taxes Yes Hillary Waite [email protected] SE2
MONTAGUE PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
NATICK PAYT, Taxes No Tom Hladick [email protected] NE3
Some in public NEEDHAM PAYT, Taxes Gregory Smith [email protected] NE3 barrels
NEW SALEM PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $20 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
NEWBURY Debbie Rogers [email protected] NE2
NORFOLK PAYT, TS Access Fee $65 No Paul Vito [email protected] SE2
NORTH ADAMS PAYT, Annual Fee $60 Michael Canales [email protected] WE1 DRAFTPage 28 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
NORTH PAYT, Annual Fee $225 No Michele Bernier [email protected] SE2 ATTLEBOROUGH
NORTH PAYT, Annual Fee $55 No John Alphin [email protected] CE1 BROOKFIELD NORTHAMPTON PAYT, TS Access Fee $25 No Susan Waite [email protected] WE1
NORTHBOROUGH PAYT, Taxes No Fred Litchfield [email protected] CE1
NORTHFIELD PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $20 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
NORWELL PAYT, Taxes Benjamin Margro [email protected] SE3
OAK BLUFFS PAYT, TS Access Fee $25 Richard Combra [email protected] SE1
ORANGE PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $28 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
PEPPERELL TS Access Fee, PAYT No Andrew MacLean [email protected] CE1
PERU Taxes, Annual Fee $25 Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
PETERSHAM PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $25 No Fifi Scoufopoulos [email protected] CE1
PHILLIPSTON PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $12 Yes Rick French [email protected] CE1
PLAINFIELD PAYT Kathleen A. Casey [email protected] WE1
PLAINVILLE PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $120 No Deborah J. Revelle [email protected] SE2 DRAFTPage 29 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
PLYMOUTH PAYT, TS Access Fee $168 no Rachel Newell [email protected] SE3
RAYNHAM PAYT, TS Access Fee $70 Yes Ed Buckley [email protected] SE2 REHOBOTH Karl Drown [email protected] SE2 ROCKPORT PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $160 Joe Parisi [email protected] NE2
ROYALSTON PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $15 No Philip Leger [email protected] CE1
RUSSELL PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $45 Nancy Boersig [email protected] WE1
SANDWICH PAYT, Annual Fee $60 No Paul Tilton [email protected] SE1
SAVOY Taxes, Annual Fee $10 No Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
SCITUATE PAYT, TS Access Fee $70 No Kevin Cafferty [email protected] SE3 PAYT, Annual Fee $195, TS per visit SEEKONK No William Kirchmann [email protected] SE2 Fee $25
SHARON Annual Fee $216 Liz Curley [email protected] SE2
SHELBURNE PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
SHIRLEY PAYT, Taxes No Sandi Hill [email protected] CE1
SHREWSBURY PAYT, Taxes Kevin Mizikar [email protected] CE1
SHUTESBURY PAYT, Taxes Gary Bernhard [email protected] WE1
SOMERSET PAYT, Taxes No Paula Ramos [email protected] SE2 DRAFTPage 30 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
SOUTH HADLEY Annual Fee $65 No Kevin Quesnel [email protected] WE1
SOUTHAMPTON PAYT, Annual Fee $75 Randall Kemp [email protected] WE1
SPENCER PAYT, TS Access Fee $50 Yes Bill Krukowski [email protected] CE1
STURBRIDGE PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $20 No Erin Carson [email protected] CE1
SUDBURY PAYT, Annual Fee $155 No Denise Barter [email protected] NE3
SUTTON TS Access Fee $40 No Matt Stencel [email protected] CE1
SWANSEA PAYT, Annual Fee $100 No Colleen Brown [email protected] SE2
TAUNTON PAYT, Taxes No Katherine Nunes [email protected] SE2
Taxes, Annual Fee $175, TS Access TISBURY Yes Paul Wohler [email protected] SE1 Fee $35, PAYT
TOLLAND PAYT, TS Access Fee $65 Valerie Bird [email protected] WE1
TOPSFIELD PAYT, Taxes No Donna Rich [email protected] NE2
UPTON PAYT, Taxes No Diane Tiernan [email protected] CE1
WALES Richard Silva [email protected] WE1 WARREN PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $80 No Priscilla Clowes [email protected] CE1 DRAFTPage 31 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
WARWICK PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1 PAYT, TS Access Fee $145, TS per WAYLAND No Daniel Cabral [email protected] NE3 visit Fee $40 WEBSTER PAYT No Doug Willardson [email protected] CE1
WELLFLEET PAYT, Taxes, Annual Fee $25 No Mark Vincent [email protected] SE1
WENDELL PAYT, Taxes, TS Access Fee $15 No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
WENHAM PAYT, Taxes No Bill Tyack [email protected] NE2
WEST BOYLSTON PAYT, Taxes No Nancy Lucier [email protected] CE1
WEST TISBURY PAYT Yes Donald Hatch [email protected] SE1 [email protected] WESTHAMPTON PAYT, Annual Fee $60 David Blakesley WE1 t
WESTPORT Taxes No Nancy Paquet [email protected] SE2
WHATELY PAYT, Taxes No Jan Ameen [email protected] WE1
WILBRAHAM PAYT, Annual Fee $100 Tonya Basch [email protected] WE1
WILLIAMSTOWN Annual Fee $85 No Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1
WINCHENDON PAYT, Annual Fee $50 No Carlene Breen [email protected] CE1
WINDSOR Annual Fee $75 No Linda Cernik [email protected] WE1 DRAFTPage 32 Massachusetts Municipalities with PAYT/SMART Programs - July 2019 (Pay-As-You-Throw/Save-Money-And-Reduce-Trash)
Municipal Municipal Illegal Municipality Solid Waste Program Funding Contact First Contact Last Municipal Contact Email MAC District Dumping Name Name
WORCESTER PAYT, Taxes No Robert Fiore [email protected] CE1
WORTHINGTON PAYT, Annual Fee $35 Evan Johnson [email protected] WE1
WRENTHAM PAYT, Taxes No Mike Lavin [email protected] SE2
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