SEPA

EPA 910-B-18-002
September 2018

Solid Waste Program Budgeting
for Alaska Tribal Communities:
A Beginner's Guide

Tamara Ablowaluk, Teller, Grade 6, Age 11

Step by Step instructions
on How to Develop a Budget
for Your Solid Waste Utility

U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10


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Thank You and Contact Information

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges and thanks Zender Environmental Health and
Research Group for their work in developing "Solid Waste Program Budgeting for Alaska Tribal Communities:
A Beginner's Guide, Step by Step Instructions on How to Develop a Budget for Your Solid Waste Utility."
Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hope that you
will find this guide to be useful.

For more information on this Guide, and additional information and resources on addressing solid and
hazardous waste in Alaska, please contact Zender Environmental Health and Research Group. Additional
information can be found on their website: http://www.zendergroup.org

To reach Zender Group, please contact them by email at info@zendergroup.org, or by phone at 907-277-
2111.

To reach Alaska Solid Waste Technical Assistance and Training Providers, please contact the organizations
and contacts listed in Table 3-1.

To access this Guide online, visit:

https://www.epa.gov/tribal/solid-waste-program-budgeting-alaska-tribal-communities

To request a printed version of this document, or for more information on U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10's Tribal Solid and Hazardous Waste program, please contact:

Angel Ip

Tribal Waste Coordinator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Tribal Solid and Hazardous Waste Program

ip.angel@epa.gov

206-553-1673

This guide would not have been possible without the amazing help from the fourteen Tribal Environmental
Coordinators interviewed by Zender Environmental Health and Research Group who researched every solid
waste expense in their community.

This guide greatly benefitted from the work of the following individuals and organizations. Thank you.

Zender Environmental Health and Research Group: Simone Sebalo and Dr. Lynn Zender

EPA Region 10 Staff: Kris Carre and Angel Ip

EPA Region 10 Contract Support: Kevin Brown and John Livingston


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Where to find answers...

1.	Why We Wrote This Guide and a Thank You Note	1

2.	How to Use This Guide	2

3.	Where Do We Start?	3

3.1	What is a solid waste budget?	3

3.2	Do we need a budget?	3

3.3	What if we already have a great solid waste program?	4

3.4	Community involvement —An absolute must!	4

3.5	Technical assistance	4

3.6	Organization	7

3.7	What does a budget look like, and what are cost categories and line items?	8

3.8	Decisions, decisions. Making tradeoffs is part of the job	8

3.9	Can I just pick and choose what I spend my money on?	9

3.10	Will this Guide teach me about paying for the budget I want?	10

3.11	What are we getting into with a budget process?	10

4.	How Do I Make a Budget?	13

4.1	Before we start building a budget... Not comfortable with math?	13

4.2	Estimating your total program cost	13

4.3	Creating a more detailed budget	18

4.4	Customizing your budget	31

4.5	Replacement costs and expenses that don't happen every year?	32

4.6	What if I share my equipment or staff or office with another program?	41

4.7	How do I update my budget and costs?	42

4.8	Congratulations!!	43

5.	Budgeting Considerations, A Happy Operator, and the Top Ten Tips to Improve Your Landfill!!	44

5.1	Training and experience are worth their weight in berries	44

5.2	Motivation is also worth a lot of berries	44

5.3	Other cost considerations	46

5.4	The top ten tips to improve your landfill	46

5.5	Ready to build your own waste utility budget?	47

6.	What Does a Finished Budget Look Like?	48

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

ADEC

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

AFE

Alaska Forum on the Environment

ALPAR

Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling

ANTHC

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

ATCEM

Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management

ATV

all-terrain vehicle

CPI

consumer price index

CRT

cathode ray tube

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ESC

code on W-2 work form for unemployment taxes

E-waste

electronic waste

FICA

Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FTE

full time employee

Gal

gallons

GAP

General Assistance Program

GSA

General Services Administration

HAZWOPER

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

Hrs

hours

I.D.

identification

IGAP

Indian General Assistance Program

Lb

pound

LCD

Liquid-crystal display

LF

landfill

Li

Lithium

MOU

memorandum of understanding

0 & M

operations and maintenance

PPE

personal protective equipment

RALO

Rural Alaska Landfill Operator

SSI

Supplemental Security Income

SWAT

Solid Waste Alaska Taskforce

SWM

solid waste management

TPI

teeth per inch

WOTEC

Waste Oil to Energy Converter

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Chapter 1: Why We Wrote This Guide and a Thank You Note

1. Why We Wrote This Guide and a Thank You Note

Protecting subsistence and health is the number one priority for Tribal peoples, and managing wastes as
best as possible helps keep people safe and healthy. But paying for what you want is a challenge and
involves a lot of tough decisions. In making those decisions, the first place to start is developing a budget.
You need to know how much your program will cost before deciding what to cut and what to add.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded Zender Environmental to write this Beginner's Guide
to help rural Alaska Tribes make a budget for their community's waste management program. Anyone can
use it, but we especially wrote it for Tribal Environmental Planners and Directors, General Assistance Program
(GAP) Coordinators, and Solid Waste Managers. If your Tribe is like many Tribes, that's probably all the same
person. And if you are reading this guide, it is probably you.

If you have been in your job for many years, you may know enough about budgets. If that is the case, you may
wish to just read the waste management information that we learned in compiling this document.

We absolutely could not make this Guide without the amazing help we had from the fourteen Tribal

Environmental Coordinators that we interviewed. They researched every little solid waste expense that they
had. Thank you so much for helping us!

And this Guide would not look as good without the amazing artwork from the children featured here, as
part of our artwork contest. Thank you so much too!

The art is a reminder about why we wrote this Guide. We left the little feet in this picture as a way to say
that budgeting for your solid waste utility is not about numbers. It is about community and our families, and
protecting them for seven (and more) generations to come.

"Recycling Man"by Riley Ablowaluk, Teller, Grade 5, Age 10

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2. How to Use This Guide

We tried to write this guide for all levels of budgeting experience. The bolded text and the stories and notes
that are highlighted in the boxes are intended to capture important points. Also look at what we call in
this guide "Figures"—they contain a lot of information in a pretty easy to understand way. When you might
need technical assistance, we tell you.

We also provide details for people who have more technical budgeting experience and need less (or no)
assistance from agencies or consultants. This way, they don't need to wait on the phone drumming their
fingers. Instead, they can spend time drumming at Yuraq's! And instead of paying a consultant, they can pay
for backhaul!

There are a lot of Tables in this Guide that put all the information that you need on a single page. Most of
the Tables are harder to read than the "Figures." Tables are meant to be handy reference guides—they
are packed full. Don't expect to understand them right away. Refer back to the Tables when you're
ready to sit down with a cup of coffee and concentrate on numbers.

In compiling this Guide, we talked to many villages to get their detailed budgets. We looked for
patterns to see if there were tips we could share; we learned a lot. You wili see our tips on what to
spend money on, and how to spend it, in fireweed colored boxes throughout the guide. These are
important. Here is our first tip:

Don't just spend your money. Use it efficiently and effectively to get a landfill that protects
your community. With the saved money and time, you can work on other problems!

If you see a blueberry colored box, please read what is inside:

Blue shaded text tells a story, describes an idea, or defines a word or phrase.

Orange shaded shaded text shows examples:

Annual operator salary = hours per week x hourly wage x 52 weeks

On pages 30 and 40,. you'll see our example numbers placed into a formal budget template, and on page 55,
we provide you a blank budget template to copy and use. Please keep in mind that costs change every year.
If you are using the Guide in or after late 2017, go to page 42 to learn how to update the costs provided in
this tool.

We at Zender Environmental and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hope that you will find this guide
to be useful. You will find information on additional contacts on Page 5. Please call
Zender Environmental at 907-277-2111 or come by our Anchorage office, 400 D St.

Ste. 200. Let us know how you like it and we'll buy the coffee.

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Chapter 3: Where Do We Start?

3. Where Do We Start?

Chapter 3 will provide you with the background information that you should know before you get started. It
takes you through what a budget is, why you need it, how to get help, what the process entails, and what a
completed budget looks like.

3.1	What is a solid waste budget?

First things first. What is a solid waste budget? It is a detailed list of all the costs of your
solid waste program. Your solid waste program is the strategy that your community chooses
to manage its waste. Your program includes every planned aspect of how your waste is
safely disposed or recycled. It includes features such as a solid waste committee, school
outreach, ordinances, whether you have a collection program, etc. Some of these features
cost money and need to be included in the budget, and some do not. But all of these
features contribute to how much waste your workers must handle, how much time it takes
them, and what equipment they need to perform their job properly and safely.

3.2	Do we need a budget?

Does your electric utility have a budget? What about your water or wastewater utility (for those who are lucky
enough to be plumbed)? YES! These public utilities need to maintain their services. For example, bulk fuel
must be purchased every summer. So the utility needs to know how much it will cost them. But the fuei
doesn't load itself, and the equipment doesn't run by itself either. So staff, training, billing time, and other
costs also need to be calculated.

Waste disposal is a utility, just like water and electricity.

Your solid waste staff, equipment, landfill, recycling shed, and any other infrastructure form a utility that
provides a very valuable service to its customers. You are a utility manager or utility planner.

Without knowing how much it costs to provide your service, you will run into trouble. You can overspend and
then not have any money left. You may need to lay off your landfill staff, stop operating equipment, or end
your backhaul program. Like too many of our villages, you might end up with, or never get rid of, an open,
spreading dump site full of horrible risks for your community and subsistence. Without a budget, your utility
could be a public health catastrophe waiting to happen instead of a shining service that represents
community values.

Even though our Tribal cultures vary throughout the State, we
have several values in common with each other: thriftiness;
disposal practices that respect the Tribe, Council, children,
and Elders; responsibility for the land and its animals; and
subsistence treated as the way of life that it is.

Why have a budget? The berries are the
picture worth a thousand words. See
Figure 3-1 on page 6 for questions to
ask yourself if you still wonder whether
you need a budget.

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3.3	What if we already have a great solid waste program?

If you don't want to change anything, you still need a written, known budget that you can discuss with your
community and point to for funding purposes. Figure 3-2 shows the steps to take in writing out a budget that
accurately describes your program. If you want to change your program, or if your utility's past bookkeeping/
recordkeeping is so poor that reconstructing your costs would take a lifetime to determine, then stick with us
— we can make sure you will end up with an estimated budget.

3.4	Community involvement — An absolute must!

Warning! We cannot say enough about how important community involvement is.

Talking with people in the community are the first and last steps, and at every step
in-between. Your budget will affect people's lives and probably their wallets, too,

People are more committed to making their own ideas work. So making the community
part of the budget process can reduce the cost of enforcement and landfill
maintenance. And it can be easier to get grant funding with community support. The
more discussions you hold with folks about this process and what they want to see, the
better! Community leaders need to lead, or get involved in, these discussions if that is
how decisions are traditionally made.

A successful budget reflects what the community wants, and how ready they are to pay for it.

3.5 Technical assistance

You can't be an expert in everything. You want to protect your community from the serious health risks that
can occur with a poorly operated landfill and/or poor community disposal practices. You need real solid
waste management expertise to evaluate and select the best solid waste options for your community. And
you need some experience with numbers. If you can't wear both hats, team up with experts in your village
(like your operator or bookkeeper).

f-r^ i

Cathy Okbaok, Teller, Grade 6, Age 11
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It might be a good idea also to get input from a favorite agency or technical assistance organization. They
can provide you with the technical information you need. They can also help you define the technical "story"
of your waste disposal situation and calculate costs. But they may not know your community, so you must
help them to define the details. That way, the solutions to your budget challenges will work. Don't know who
to call? Call or email us at 907-277-2111 or info@zendergroup.org, and we can provide a list of contacts to
choose from or help you ourselves. The table below also lists contact information for solid waste technical
assistance and training providers in Alaska.

Table 3-1 Statewide Technical Assistance & Training Providers.

Organization and Contact Information

Contact with Questions about:

Solid Waste Alaska Taskforce (SWAT), comprised of
individuals from various agencies/organizations.

www.907swat.org

Contact: 907SWAT@gmail.com

Any solid waste questions (you will be referred
to an expert based on your question)

Zender Environmental
Contact: Simone Sebalo
ssebalo@zendergroup.org, 907-277-2111
www.zendergroup.org

Solid waste program information, solid
waste equipment, backhaul, budgeting,
solid waste GAP workplans

Trainings: Integrated Solid Waste Management

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)

Contact: Rebecca Colvin

rebecca.colvin@alaska.gov, 907-269-7802

http://dec.alaska.gov/eh/solid-waste

ADEC Contacts by Community: http://dec.alaska.
gov/eh/solid-waste/rural-contacts/

Solid waste regulations, permitting, landfill
inspections, funding sources, household
hazardous waste collection, backhaul

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)

Contact: Desirae Roehl

droehl@anthc.org, 907-729-3496

https://anthc.org/what-we-do/community-environment-
and-health/tribal-capacity-and-training/

GAP workplans for solid waste

Trainings: Seven Generations

Conferences: Alaska Tribal Conference
on Environmental Management (ATCEM),
Alaska Solid Waste Summit

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10

Contact: Angel Ip, Tribal Waste Coordinator

ip.angel@epa.gov, 206-553-1673

Contact: Sherry Davis, Tribal Coordinator

davis.sherry@epa.gov, 907-271-6322

EPA Region 10 Tribal Coordinators by geographic region:

https://www.epa.gOv/tribal/region-10-tribal-contacts#coordinators

As of Fall 2018, EPA Region 10 will have a new Tribal Waste Circuit Rider
who will provide one on one waste technical assistance for Alaskan
Tribal communities. Contact Angel/EPA for this contact information.

Contact Angel with questions on solid
waste tools, resources, contacts, funding
sources, trainings, and plans.

Contact Sherry with questions relating to
solid/hazardous waste management in
the GAP program and GAP Guidance.

Contact Tribal Coordinators in EPA Region
10 Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit with solid/
hazardous waste questions that relate to the
GAP program in their assigned regions.

Looking for a company or organization not on this list? We can help you contact regional
organizations as well as recyclers that can also help with backhaul questions.

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Figure 3-1 Should I spend my time developing a budget?
Answer these questions:

Funding Problems?

A budget is required to find
more money or to change how
utility resources are spent.

Do you sometimes lack the money to do program tasks?
Is your source of funds going away or getting smaller?
Will you be seeking grants to improve or close your site?

Community Involvement Problems?

A budget affects people's wallets
so they want to get involved.

Do you have residents who don't care about the solid waste utility?

Do some residents feel that they shouldn't have to pay
fees or wonder what they are getting for their fees?

Do some residents dump their trash where they are not
supposed to?

Planning Problems?

A budget provides a detailed
listing of how your utility
operates - what are the priorities
and where can resources be
changed, and by how much.

Do you have battles about what is most important to fund for solid waste?

Do you wonder where your money goes?

Do you want to change operator hours or wages?

Do you want to start a recycling center or expand backhaul?

Do you want a new piece of equipment?

Do you want your landfill permitted?

If you answered YES to any of the above questions,
you should probably keep reading about budgets.

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Figure 3-2 How do I make a budget for my existing program?

1

Write out your program in list form. Worry about the costs later. List out every effort, facility,
equipment, worker, training, meeting, and event that your program depends on.

2

Group and organize the list like the budget template on page 55.

3

If your city funds any solid waste work, list that information too. Later, you can separate out
who pays for what areas. It is very handy to have the full community solid waste budget—for
funders, for City/Tribe Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and for future changes.

4

Identify "hidden costs"—what costs money but isn't a planned part of the program/utility? For example,
do you pay council members to attend meetings? Who does the accounting and cuts the payroll checks?
What about replacing all-terrain vehicle (ATV) tires, or other costs that don't happen every year?

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Got it all down? Now write out your yearly costs for each line. If you have a great
accounting system, sit down with your bookkeeper, who will give you the costs. If
anything doesn't make sense, ask, or correct the way that costs are organized.

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If you don't have a great accounting system, interview the operator, technicians,
mechanics, educators, and others to find out the costs of each program line. For
part-time and temp workers, write out all the hours they work each year.

7

Stuck on costs that don't happen each year, or costs that are shared—like accounting
or heavy equipment use? Go to page 41 learn how to account for these costs.

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Have someone check your work. If you like, you can contact Zender staff and we will walkthrough it with you.

3.6 Organization

Too many of our village projects fail because they are not organized. Going through all the budget steps will
take time and it might get some council or community members upset. So you definitely want to end up with
the right budget!

Make sure that you have been given the official authority and time to:

¦	Develop a full picture of all the components in your solid waste operation

¦	Research costs

¦	Develop your budget

¦	Set up and facilitate meetings

¦	Recalculate the budget numbers as needed

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3.7 What does a budget look like, and what are cost categories and line items?

Your budget will list each component of your program that costs money, like staff, supplies, training, and
equipment. These are called budget line items because they each are written on a different budget line, and
then added up. To better organize the budget, the line items are grouped into categories, sometimes called
"cost categories." The cost categories for a federal grant
are usually Personnel, Fringe, Travel, Supplies, Equipment,

Contracting, Other and Indirect.

Want to see what a finished
budget looks like, with all its
line items? Go to Section 6 at
the end. We have included six
real-life budgets from villages that
have good landfills and programs.

Each green-shaded row is a cost
category. Each category has from
one to several rows under it. Those
rows are all line items for that
cost category. Detailed budgets break down the cost
categories into separate line items. The simplest budgets

just list the total line item cost for the whole category on one line, like the table to the right:

Cost Categories

Costs

Personnel

$22,000

Fringe @ 10%

$2,200

Travel and Training

$1,000

Supplies

$2,000

Equipment

$6,000

Other

$7,500

Indirect costs @ 10%

$4,070

Total

$44,770

3.8 Decisions, decisions. Making
tradeoffs is part of the job...

Like most things in life, settling on a program budget involves a lot of
decisions, and each decision has a good side and a bad side. In settling
on each budget line item, there are two things to consider:

¦	What you want

¦	What it costs

You can't have everything you want if the cost is more than you have. If
you increase spending on one thing, you need to decrease spending on
something else. You trade the "good" you get from what you want, with
the "bad" of what you gave up to afford it. This scenario is called a "tradeoff."

For example, to afford more conference travel, you may decide to allow residents to load the burnbox, so you
can lower operator hours and the overall budget. Great, right? But allowing residents to load the burnbox
is dangerous, and you are placing your community at risk in doing so. That's the tradeoff. And allowing
residents to load the burnbox will make more landfill maintenance work for the operator. So if operator
hours are not adjusted for more cleanup work, your site might expand, producing even more
community risk and an even bigger tradeoff.

As another example, you can design a program with all kinds of fancy
equipment and high staff hours. But if total program costs are more

than you can afford, you'll need to get the money from somewhere else.	w

Otherwise, your program, and perhaps even the Tribe, gets into money
trouble. In the worst case, you will need to pay back a lot of money
- maybe through cutting out other programs, like helping out Elders,
search and rescue, paying for funerals, etc.

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Effectiveness and Efficiency

Sometimes to pay for everything you need, you can increase user fees, or improve the success rate of
collecting those fees. But sometimes, these changes just do not work, it takes a long time to convince folks
to pay more.

Your budget should reflect the best choices for your community that you can afford.

In other words, the community is more likely to pay more for their waste service if your program spending is
effective and efficient. Effective means that your landfill is protecting community health like it is supposed
to. Efficient means that you are operating that landfill for a low cost.

When you have low efficiency and low effectiveness, you may have a new landfill with all that fancy
equipment and it might not even work! Your community would be better off choosing an old dump and a
program that prioritizes a good operator and keeping residents away from the wastes.

Anyone hungry? Budgeting is like serving pie.

Designing a budget really is like slicing a berry pie. You or someone spent
a lot of time picking berries and a lot of time making it. It's valuable. And
it's delicious, but it is only as big as it is. Once it's eaten, there is not any
more. You need to think out several different ways of cutting it before you
find the option that works for your family. Similarly, you want a budget
that best fits your community and divides the money (the pie) among
staff, equipment, training, and other costs in the way that protects your
community the most. Everyone wishes the pie was bigger, but it's not.

Who should get the first slice?

Your first spending priority is a trained operator/technician who is
dedicated to his/her/their job, passionate about protecting the community,
and tries to do the best job possible in the time they have.

After you've made decisions about your technical staff, think about how you should slice the other pieces
of the pie. Table 3-2 lists the common solid waste budget line items and sample considerations when
deciding whether to include the items, and how much you should allot to them. You may have all or some of
the line items. You may also call a line item a different name. We found a lot of different titles for the landfill
staff, for example. We will be looking at the same Table 3-2 line items in Chapter 4. If you forget what the line
item means when you are going through that Chapter, you can refer to the Table here.

3.9 Can I just pick and choose what I spend my money on?

Yes and no. Yes, you can choose thoughtfully what system is best for your
community with money that you have. And no, there are some costs that
you will always have to pay. These line items cannot be cut to "zero." They
have a minimum cost associated with them which is their "fixed cost."

Office heat is an example. You can cut your staff down to one person at
10 hours a week. But one person still needs the office heated and a full-
time phone and internet, if you are renting, you still need to pay the rent.

That's why many financial advisors say to keep your fixed costs low. That
way if you are low on funds to run the utility, the money you do have can
be spent on things that count, like operator hours. So remember to think
about fixed cost.

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3.10	Will this Guide teach me about paying for the budget I want?

No, this Guide focuses on how to develop a budget, which is the cost side of things, called your program
outlays. The Guide doesn't provide information on finding resources to support your program, but we do
provide a lot of tips to make your program outlays count! The more effective and efficient that your budget
outlays are, the easier it will be to find enough money to pay your program. See Chapter 5 and the top ten
tips for a summary.

3.11	What are we getting into with a budget process?

A big headache! But unless something is done about it, the concerns that your dump causes won't go away.
And they often get much worse. A temporary headache now is better than our lands and people being sick
for years!

Artwork from Tununak's Youth to Work Program
from Youth Ages 14-17 in Grades 7-12

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Table 3-2 Budget Line Items, Their Role in a Waste Utility, and Cost Operations.

Item

Role

Options

Personnel

The people who make the utility work.
That garbage isn't going to compact itself!

The jobs listed below are the most common. Often,
these jobs are shared and performed by a single
person. The more staff, the less time they each
need to do their jobs. If an operator has a waste
collector who also serves as a landfill technician, the
operator needs less hours to maintain the landfill.

Heavy

Equipment

Operator

A trained, often certified, person
that operates typically larger heavy
equipment for occasional compaction and
consolidation, or digging new trenches. In
most communities there is no separate
heavy equipment operator. When there is,
they are often paid at higher wages than
the main landfill operator (see below).

Heavy equipment operators are sometimes
shared between departments/projects. For
example, they may work for the city and the
main landfill operator works for the tribe.

Landfill

Operator/

Technician

The main person(s) that manages the
landfill. If they have heavy equipment, they
are the ones that use it to consolidate
and compact. Additionally, or instead,
some communities have specific heavy
equipment operators that might work on
the landfill occasionally. Landfill Operators
are often the "burnbox" operator, whether
it's a stacked purchased model, burncage,
old fuel tank, or barrels, and they may
direct visitors to the correct location in
the landfill for discarding recyclables
and trash. They maintain and inspect
the fence and evaluate if there is runoff.
They organize the scrap/salvage yard.

To reduce operator hours, the landfill
should be closed to public. Less mess
is less to organize and cleanup.

Waste Collector/

Hauler/Landfill

Technician

Primary duties are waste collection and
disposal at landfill, may include burn
box operation, and other maintenance
duties at the landfilll. Usually under the
direction of the operator, but not always.

The more that the community does to discard their
wastes properly, the less hours your technicians
need. For example, it takes less hours to collect
waste from shared dumpsters than from each
household. On the other hand, residents may pay
more for household collection - so more collection
hours might mean that you can pay for more.

Recycling
Manager/
Technician

Assists or manages inventory, collecting,
packaging, shipping backhaul

More recycling/backhaul work hours might
mean that you will need to reduce critical
landfill operation hours. You could have a great
backhaul program and horrible environmental
risks if you build up your recycling program more
or faster than you have funding for. Consider
temporary hire for your recycling project if you
have trouble paying for your landfill operator.

Temporary
Laborer: Site
cleanup/Spring
Cleanup

Helps the operator and/or landfill
techician with occasional landfill
cleanup or other duties

Temporary hire sometimes can be
difficult to find at the right time.

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Table 3-2 Budget Line Items, Their Role in a Waste Utility, and Cost Operations.

Item

Role

Options

Manager/

Planner/

Coordinator

This person is often the supervisor to
the program staff, but they most often
find funding, conduct outreach, develop
budgets, draft ordinances, organize and
run community Solid Waste Management
(SWM) committees, etc. They often are
the lead Recycler/Backhaul Coordinator,
or at least arrange for backhaul shipping.

Duties are critical, but must be weighed
against ensuring the landfill operator and
technician positions are adequately funded.
But without someone findingfunds and
conducting outreach, nobody will work!

Bookkeeping/
administration

The bookkeeper usually handles
accounting, payroll, and taxes. An
administrator may handle some of these
duties if a bookkeeper isn't available, or
may just oversee staff and projects and
ensure that reporting is carried out.

Bookkeepers and administrators are often
shared between departments/projects.

Miscellaneous
Positions

Other SWM jobs include Mechanic,
Youth Corps, SWM Committee

These might be temporary positions, or
very part-time hire, or may take the form
of stipends for meeting attendance.

Travel and
Training

Training staff can motivate them and
ensure they are doingthe job correctly.

A trained operator might need less hours to
do a better job. A trained planner/technician
can save money as well, and reduce potential
liability risks. However, travel is expensive. While
landfill operator, backhaul, and Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
training is best done in-person, some types of
staff training can be done online. Rural Alaska
Landfill Operator (RALO), the landfill operator
training, is recommended every 2 - 3 years.

Supplies

Safety gear keeps staff safe. Proper
desks, chairs, computers, can
save backs and save time.

Do not skimp on safety gear. You might find good
deals online for office supplies and computers
should they need to be replaced if they are
broken, or even deals in person when you are
in Anchorage (faster than ordering online).

Equipment,
Fuel, and
Maintenance

The right piece of equipment for the job
is key. It can save personnel time and
reduce health and environmental risks.

Look for the smallest equipment that will do the job.
Otherwise fuel will cost more and performance is
often not optimal, e.g., a large burner might overheat
a buildingor require more used oil than your village
has. A large baler will take too long to load and switch
to another waste type, and make bales that you can't
move. Try purchasing used equipment. For ATV's and
snowmachines, look at something that will last - and
don't purchase just because it's the latest model.

Rent, Utilities,
Other Overhead

The right space for the job. A separate
location for recyclables can really
improve participation. A place for
landfill staff while record keeping to get
warm can keep them from quitting.

Really nice spaces help staff morale, but can cost a
lot. These are part of your fixed costs (see Section
3-9). Fixed costs are hard to sell/leave/change
when needed. And again, your first spending
priority is funding the operator/technician, and
arming them with "good enough" equipment to
keep wastes from harming your community.

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Chapter 4: How Do I Make A Budget?

4. How Do I Make a Budget?

Chapter 4 will show you how to build your utility's budget. You can make a
simple budget that is a ballpark estimate of your costs, or you may want a
detailed budget. We start with a simple budget estimate, and then show how
to create a more detailed budget.

i)

Why keep it simple? Sometimes you just need an estimate of what you

are spending. When you are planning out a program, or choosing between

different options, a ballpark cost estimate of each is often better when you don't have the time or

information to get more detailed.

Why detail your budget? Grants often request detailed budgets. Your council or community might want to
see exactly how you are spending your money. You might want to know exactly how you are spending it too.
Detailed budgets make it easier to justify user fees.

4.1 Before we start building a budget-
Not comfortable with math?

If you're not used to working with lots of numbers, estimating the cost of the
program that you want can be confusing. You'll need to devote several hours,
or more likely, days. Try skimming the text and tables to get a rough idea of
your costs and what budget considerations are important, then:

¦	Grab a pen or a computer,

¦	Make some coffee, and

¦	Turn off the phone and shut the door.

You will be able to do it!! And don't hesitate to ask for help from one of the
nice technical experts listed in Section 3.5.

4.2 Estimating your total program cost

Drumroil piease! A budget estimate is actually just a best guess at the total
cost for your utility. An estimate doesn't give you any idea about how to
budget for each Cost Category (i.e. Personnel, Supplies, Travel, etc.). But it's
still a budget because it tells you how much that you will spend and how
much revenue that you will need to make!

The following Table lists the annual program costs for 14 villages to give you
an idea of the range of waste utility budgets across the state. To give you an
idea of what their program is like, we also list their region, a brief program
description, staff hours, population, and Waste Index Score. The Waste Index
is essentially a grade for your landfill, and it is explained more on page 16,
after the Table. You can use the Table to estimate a rough program cost. We'll
walk you through the steps over the next few pages.

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Table 4-1 Comparison of YR 2016 Annual Program Costs and Waste Index Scores for 14 Villages.

Identification

Region

Population

Utility Description

GAP Staff
Solid
Waste
Time

(Hours per
Week)

Other

Staff

Time

(Hours

per

Week)

Annual Utility Cost,
Includes Staff
Time, Equipment
Maintenance,
Training, Overhead

Waste
Index

1

Central Yup'ik

642

Voluntary household collection,
wetland tundra, moderate
equipment use, alternating
operators collect waste and do
some separation. GAP staff do
basic backhaul/recycling.

75

58

$162,902

31%

2

Inupiaq

483

Voluntary household and business
collection for fee, moderate
equipment use, regular landfill
maintenance and collection
by operator. GAP staff do
basic backhaul/recycling.

14

22

$53,072

34%

3

Central Yup'ik

368

Voluntary household collection
(will be starting fee soon), wetland
tundra, landfill technician collects
and separates waste, carries out
some landfill maintenance, heavy
equipment operator available to
empty burnbox and cover. GAP
staff do basic backhaul/recycling.

9

13

$57,367

42%

4

Central Yup'ik

1230

Voluntary household collection,
wetland tundra, minimal heavy
equipment use. GAP staff
carry out annual backhaul.

20

20

$73,978

42%

5

Central Yup'ik

477

Voluntary household collection,
wetland tundra, moderate
equipment use, alternating
operators collected waste and
do some separation. GAP staff
do basic backhaul/recycling.

57

96

$177,602

45%

6

Central Yup'ik

130

Mandatory collection program
(for fee), regular operator collects
waste, controls access, and
operates burnbox, regular heavy
equipment operator maintains the
landfill and grades the roads. GAP
staff are highly involved in solid
waste and work with Council on
fees, protocols, backhaul/recycling.

8

60

$109,547

60%

7

Central Yup'ik

247

Voluntary household collection
for fee, wetland tundra, minimal
heavy equipment use, regular
landfill maintenance, and
basic backhaul/recycling.

9

20

$55,366

62%

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Table 4-1 Comparison of YR 2016 Annual Program Costs and Waste Index Scores for 14 Villages.

Identification

Region

Population

Utility Description

GAP Staff
Solid
Waste
Time

(Hours per
Week)

Other

Staff

Time

(Hours

per

Week)

Annual Utility Cost,
Includes Staff
Time, Equipment
Maintenance,
Training, Overhead

Waste
Index

8

Central Yup'ik

464

Voluntary household collection,
wetland tundra, moderate
equipment use, regular
operator. GAP staff do some
waste technician work, and
basic backhaul/recycling.

36

28

$102,179

68%

9

Athabascan

256

Mostly self-haul, voluntary
collection for a fee, daily part-time
landfill maintenance & burnbox
management, wet forest land,
minimal heavy equipment use,
and basic backhaul/recycling. GAP
staff does some waste tech work.

36

12

$81,316

77%

10

Athabascan

99

Voluntary household collection
to all homes but only every 3
weeks, wet forest, some heavy
equipment, heavy backhaul/
recycling, mostly in-kind transport
with seasonal workers.

5

7

$60,092

73%

11

Inupiaq

294

Voluntary household collection
for fee, seasonal landfill laborers,
coastal community, heavy
equipment use is limited, fairly
advanced backhaul/recycling. GAP
staff serve partly as waste techs.

50

13

$106,048

89%

12

Alutiiq

258

Mandatory collection program
(for fee), coastal community, fairly
frequent heavy equipment use,
fairly advanced backhaul/recycling.



106

$184,434

91%

13

Inupiaq

207

No collection program (community
members self-haul to well-
maintained landfill), wetland
tundra, advanced heavy
equipment use, advanced
backhaul/recycling. Residents pay
a monthly fee for solid waste.

9

7

$42,511

94%

14

Inupiaq

205

Voluntary household collection,
wetland tundra, heavy equipment
use, and basic backhaul/
recycling. Residents pay a
monthly fee for solid waste.

3

3

$21,541

104%

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What are "GAP staff" and "Other staff"?

Table 4-1 lists the weekly hours spent on solid waste for both GAP staff and non-
GAP staff. What's the difference? If you are reading this Guide, you are likely GAP
staff, and already know the answer. Throughout this Guide, "GAP staff" refer to
the Coordinator and/or Assistant who are paid by their Tribe's EPA General
Assistance Program (GAP) grant to perform the GAP workplan, not just to
perform solid waste management duties. If they are not working on waste, they
are working on other environmental problems, like air and water. Just like in
most villages, your operator and technician staff may be paid by GAP funds, but are not
We note the difference in this Guide because it may help villages in compiling their GAP
how much time that other GAP staff spend on solid waste.

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What is a Waste Index score?

The last column in Table 4-1 lists the community landfill's
Waste Index score. The friendly Solid Waste Program staff at
the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)
evaluate rural landfills as often as they can — typically every 1
- 5 years. They use a checklist of different landfill operation
and program features, called the Waste Index. They assign
each feature from 0 to 5 points depending on its relative merit.

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Alaskan Native youth in Huslia and Fort Yukon,
Alaska, Courtesy of Tanana Chiefs Conference

You can access your Waste Index score at http://dec.
alaska.gov/eh/solid-waste/ (click on "SWIMS DATABASE")

A score of 70% is considered passing. Some Index features
may not relate directly to community health and environment.

It is not an exact measure, but it is easy to access and easy

to understand. And an Index score can be a relative estimate of how well a utility protects community

health. In Chapter 5, we bring up the Waste Index as a tool to assess and increase your staff's effectiveness
in achieving a health-protective waste utility.

What costs does an annual utility budget include?

The budgets listed in Table 4-1, and the budgets that you will see throughout this
Guide include all outlays for a solid waste program. That means that even if a Tribe
pays for their operator and equipment fuel with GAP, those outlays (i.e. expenses or
costs) are still there. And even if the City pays the operator, the outlay is still there.

Why did we include outlays that grants or the City already cover?

Because you never know when your source of funding may

dry up. Your Council may want to use GAP for climate change
activities, your city may go broke, or bingo might be voted out.

You can use Table 4-1 to calculate a ballpark estimate of your utility's cost.

With that estimate, you can start calculating your user fees, and how much other money, like GAP, bingo, city
funds, etc. that you'll need for any shortfall. See the yellow-shaded example on the next page.

However, solid waste costs are very village-specific. As Table 4-1 shows, some villages are able to get a
great score on a low budget, regardless of region, population, or circumstances. Others have low scores
on a high budget.

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Table 4-1 shows that there is not a strong relationship between spending and a good landfill. The

communities are arranged in order of increasing Waste Index scores. As you can see, the last two
communities are able to achieve the highest Waste Index scores, despite having the lowest annual
program costs! We can tell you that they have a couple of things in common. They have a really dedicated,
thrifty, and knowledgeable operator. The operators are dedicated to making their communities safe, thrifty
in using the hours that they have to do a really good job, and knowledgeable about what to do. They also
both have a supportive regional backhaul partner.

What else? You can access their full budgets, and the budgets of the other villages with the top six
scores, in Section 6. We also provide a brief description of their landfill program. Look up the ID number in
the first column of Table 4-1, and then view that budget in Section 6.

How to Create a Rough Estimate of Your Solid Waste Program Costs

Use Table 4-1, which lists several real villages and their ADEC Waste Index score.

Find a village(s) with a population and region similar to yours, and a score that you
want to achieve. This ideal score will give you a range for your program budget. If
you want an exact estimate, choose the middle of that range.

For example, suppose I want to improve my existing Waste Index score to 60%.

A Central Yup'ik community of 110 people is spending $109,547 to achieve
that score. They employ landfill staff for 60 hours per week. That sounds like
a good fit. But there is a central Yup'ik village that spends only $55,366.1 can
see that their weekly staff hours are only 20 hours for landfill and 9 hours for GAP staff.

I think we need more staff time than that, but maybe we can operate our utility halfway between
these two costs:

($109,547 + $55,366)/ 2 = $82,456

That cost is your first rough estimate of how much money that you need to run your utility! It includes the
GAP Coordinator and GAP Assistant's time spent on solid waste activities. If you want an estimate without
GAP staff time, then subtract the portion of salary that is spent on the waste program. Get comfortable
with estimating. You won't know the exact number unless you have quotes for every line item. That is nearly
impossible when you start a program.

A Simplified Way to Create a Rough Estimate:

Looking for just a real ballpark number for operating a waste program? The mean average
total cost for operating a village solid waste utility is: $194.15/resident excluding GAP staff or
other management type positions.

For example, on average, for a population of 400 people: Each resident costs $194.15 to
operate a waste utility:

400 folks x $194.15 dollars each = $77,660

This is the cost excluding wages paid through the GAP grant for the GAP coordinator and/or GAP assistant.
That is because we found that how many hours the GAP staff works doesn't depend on the number of
residents they serve. You already know how much is spent by GAP staff working on waste components of
their workplan. So you can add that cost to get a fuller ballpark estimate of the value of your program.

Use this quick average cost calculation with caution. It will be a better rough estimate for medium sized
villages, 200 to 800 or so. Large villages typically will have a lower cost per resident to operate a
program, and a small village might have a bit higher cost per resident.

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Now that you have a program budget estimate, what does it mean?

Yikes!!! These waste utilities are
expensive! Does $77,660 mean that
each 4-person household pays about
$64.71 each month for solid waste?

Well, sort of. It means the value of
the program is worth that much, and
that much is being paid to carry out
the program. Most Alaska Villages
use GAP funds to pay for all or part
of their landfill staff time, equipment
fuel, office overhead, and other items.

Other funding might be general funds,
city taxes, bingo revenue, and other
miscellaneous grants. What is left is
covered by homes and businesses
through user fees. The average
user fee is only about $20/month,
so households and businesses are
receiving a great deal.

How can you use this information? You can show your community what a good deal they are getting. Maybe
they will be more willing to pay a fee increase.

Being dependent on grant money is scary. Grants are never sure things. As a planner/manager, your job is
to reform your program as much as possible to cover your costs mostly by user fees and other sources
of local revenue. Your goal is to save GAP funds for program administration and management, and not use
them for operation. You want a program that doesn't rely on grant funds and still protects the community
from serious health risks. What does that look like? How can you get there? What fees can you charge and
what changes can you make to lower program costs? What responsibilities might community members take
on? It might take a few years to get there, but your community will then have the capacity to protect their
people and lands forever.

4.3 Creating a more detailed budget

If you have a decent sense of where your program might be compared to other programs, there is a way to
develop cost estimates for each budget category. Remember how we said that we researched the actual cost
of village programs throughout Alaska? We used the information collected to make charts showing the cost
range for each main budget category described in Table 3-2. For each separate budget category, you can use
these charts to estimate where your program is along the spectrum of lowest cost to highest cost. We'll walk
through how to do that here.

Keep in mind that it is always better to use your actual cost for any line item. You will have a more
accurate budget. A more accurate budget will help you plan your program that much better. You may end up
without money at the end of the year to run your program if your estimated budget doesn't reflect your actual
expenses. So in Section 4.4, we talk about using actual costs or quotes you've obtained for different line
items, and incorporating them into your budget.

Alonza Topkok, Teller, Grade 3, Age 8

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Overview of Using the Range Charts

1

There are three Range Charts on the
following pages that show the range of
costs for operating a solid waste utility
in a rural Alaska village. For each main
category, evaluate where your program
is compared to the descriptions on the
low-end and high-end. Then select a
cost that is proportionate to where you
fail on that range.

If you aren't familiar with other
programs, we recommend getting
help in evaluating how your program
compares to others. You can
always contact one of the technical
assistance resources in Table 3-1.

Looking at the Range Charts might
seem a bit complicated, but it is really
just using your common sense, and

then choosing a cost. The resulting budget won't be exact, but it should be a good starting point. Be careful
with your estimates when you're unsure. Choose a cost that is a bit higher than you think it might be, so you
will be budgeting enough money. If you end up with extra funds, you can revise your estimates for next year.

"Keep our river clean" by Talisa Komok, Teller, Grade 2, Age 7

What if you don't know anything yet about what your program will look like? You can use the average
cost for each category. The upside-down triangles in the Range Charts mark the average cost of personnel,
equipment, backhaul, etc. In this case, the average means that half of the programs had higher costs, and
half had lower costs. If you feel that your program is about average in all the cost categories, or you want to
build a program that is somewhere in the middle of other programs, the quickest way to get a cost estimate
is to follow the page down along the triangles and choose the middle value. Refer to the examples in the
yellow boxes for additional guidance.

Using Range Charts 1 and 2 for Estimating Personnel Costs

The following two range charts are based on real information from 14 communities around
the state, and will help you estimate your personnel costs. Chart 1, on pages 20 and 21, lists the
low-end and high end number of weekly hours for each position. Chart 2, on page 22, lists
the range of hourly wages for each position. To estimate the cost of each position, multiply
the estimated number of hours by the estimated wage. An example is given in the yellow-
shaded box after Chart 2. Please see charts on the following pages.

Using Range Charts to estimate your budget is all about comparing your utility with others.

Visualize how you want your program to look. Think about your waste situation.

How much work effort is it? What do you want it to look like? Can staff do what they need
without increasing hours, or are staff overworked? Do they seem like they are often not
occupied with tasks or could they do their tasks more efficiently? Then decrease your hours. Be
comfortable using your best guess. The example below is just one out of thousands on how you
might decide the right hours and wages for you and your staff. Sit back, talk it over with others, and give it a
try!

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Chart 1 Range of weekly personnel hours for a Rural Solid Waste Utility.

Manager/Planner Positions, Hours per Week

GAP Staff

Hours Per Week
(Total for Coordinator
and Assistant)

Management done by
other Tribal/City staff,
or established good
program makes low
need for GAP staff

3

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

19
~

All or nearly all of the GAP
workplan is solid waste related.
Solid waste management
program areas include outreach,
planning, management,
recycling, significant travel,
bookkeeping, collection
fee processing, household
subscriptions, managing will-call
garbage pickup, and having a
larger community/program.

75







SWM Manager

Planning grantwriting
billing collecting
duties done done by
GAP or other staff or
small community

20

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

30
~

Manages and helps with
backhaul, true supervisor,
writes grants, plans, tracks
performance, outreach, orders
supplies, education for medium
to larger community, or lead in
fully developed recycle center

40







Total Management/
Outreach Type Hours1

23

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

49
~

115







Operator/Technician Staff Positions, Hours Per Week

Landfill Equipment
Operator2

Good access control,
involved community,
the right equipment
for the job, or small
community

1

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

5
~

Poor access control, larger
community, untrained operator,
inadequate equipment, and
operator also does waste
haul, tundra wetland, or
other landfill circumstance
needing more hours

25

Landfill Technician/
Operator

Good access control,
easy burn box, the right
equipment, little waste
separation required

1

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

20
~

Inadequate equipment, poor
access control, non-involved
community, large community,
tundra wetland, or duties also
include other tasks such as
recycle center management

64







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Chart 1 Range of weekly personnel hours for a Rural Solid Waste Utility.

Operator/Technician Staff Positions, Hours Per Week

Waste Hauler/
Landfill Technician

A few dumpsters,
working vehicles, low
collection program use

2

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

14
~

House to house for full
village, long landfill road &
route, poor equipment

25







Recycling Technician/
Laborer

3

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:
14

~

20







Temp landfill Laborers:
Site Cleanup, Other
Occasional Projects

Landfill under control,
fenced, adequate
equipment

3

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

14
~

Uncontrolled landfill, tundra
wetland, poor equipment

20







Mechanic/Public
Works/Handyman

Small community,
good equipment

1

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

4
~

Large community, a lot
of poor equipment

7







Total Technical Staff

11

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:
71

~

161







Administration Positions, Hours Per Week

Bookkeeper/
Clerk/Payroll3

Responsible
only for simple
bookkeeping/Payroll

5

Half of the programs have less
hours, half have more hours than:

10
~

Responsible for billing, fee
collection, bookkeeping for
program, and payroll for
large community (mandatory
household participation)
or not highly trained

20







You don't need to have both GAP staff and Manager positions. Just be sure the total hours are within range so you have someone to manage the
program, plan, write grants, and conduct outreach.

2

Landfill operator/waste haulers, laborers, recycling technicians generally share jobs - each community does it differently You don't need every
technical position, just ensure your total staff time is within the normal range.

3

Unnecessary if your tribe's indirect costs pay for these functions.

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Chart 2 Ranges and Median Values for Rural Waste Utility Staff Hourly Wages.

Manager/Planner Positions

GAP Coordinator

$17



$22
~



$32











GAP Assistant

$15



$18
~



$25











SWM Manager

$15



$19
~



$25











Operator/Technician Staff Positions

Landfill Equipment Operator

$15



$23
~



$35











Landfill Technician/Operator

$13



$20
~



$35











Waste Hauler/Landfill Technician

$13



$19
~



$24











Recycling Technician/Laborer

$15



$19
~



$24











Temp Landfill Laborers: site
cleanup, other occasional projects

$10



$14
~



$16











Mechanic/Public Works/
Handyman

$10



$15
~



$20











Total Technical Staff

$76



$110
~



$154











Administration

Bookkeeper/Clerk/Payroll

$15



$20
~



$25











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Using Chart 1 and 2 to Calculate Personnel Expenses.

GAP staff hours. Let's assume that you aren't new and have attended at least
one 3-day solid waste training so you know what the health risks are, what the
issues are, and the different options for collection and landfill operation.

On the very low end, GAP staff spend 3 hours (hrs) each week on solid waste
activities. Their utilities have no problems for them to work on. Or the utility might have problems, but the
GAP staff is not who works on them. The high end of 75 hours per week for GAP staff is for large villages,
extreme conditions, brand new GAP staff that need to learn everything, etc.

There is no "right" number, but small communities who know their issues and how to solve them are likely
in the lower range between 3 and 19 hours. Suppose you already do the basics. You present to the council,
community, and school regularly, and run the Flying Cans program. But you want to supervise your landfill
staff better, and also find funding for a new landfill. Choose closer to 19 hours per week, try 16 hours. You
work 12 hours and your assistant works 4 hours a week organizing cans, and conducting outreach. If you
make $18 per hour, your cost is:

16 hours x $18/hr x 52 weeks = $14,976

Technical staff. You talk, with your technical staff and experts like those in Table 3-1.

You decide your landfill situation is better than most and it is mostly under control. You
don't have much backhaul since you took care of several battery batches last year.

Look at Chart 1. The total technical staff hours range from 11 to 161 hours.

You are in a pretty good situation, so 20 hours total for your operator and waste
technician each week is a reasonable place to start. If the waste technician collects and unloads wastes for
12 hours each week (two 6-hour days), the operator can easily compact and consolidate in just 4 hours per
week, and use 2 hours to alternate each week with inspecting the fence, picking up litter, and conducting
equipment maintenance. You worry about having time for them to do an annual electronic waste (e-waste)
event, and add 5 days of work (40 hours) for both staff:

Technician: (12 hrs x 52 weeks) + (40 hrs x 1 week) = 664 hours per year. Look up
technician pay ranges from $13 to $35. Select a wage to keep them at their job. Let's say
$16/hr. So your technician will cost:

664 hrs x $16/hr = $10,624/yr

Operator: 4 hrs x 52 weeks for heavy equipment operation + 2 hrs per week x 52 weeks for maintenance/
inspection + 40 hrs x 1 week= 352 hrs/yr

Let's pay our operator the average wage of $23/hr:

352 hours x $23 /hr = $8,096/yr

Total Personnel = GAP Staff + Technician + Operator = $33,696/yr

Want to see how these costs would look in a formal budget? Go to page 30 - we stuck the costs

in a budget table so you can see! The rest of the budget is filled by numbers obtained from

the other yellow-shaded example boxes further down. So in the end, you can see how a complete budget is

built.

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Estimating Other Category Line Items Using the Range Charts

So now you have an estimated Personnel budget for your utility that is fair and keeps
your staff in their job. Let's move on to the other line items you need to build your
budget. Chart 3 lists the ranges for Fringe, Supplies, Travel, Equipment, Rent and
Utilities, Backhaul, and Indirect. An example follows the Table in the yellow shaded
box. Data is based primarily on 14 village program budgets throughout the state.

A median average value is the point where half of the programs have a smaller
value and half of the programs have a larger value. A mean average value is the
mathematical middle of the programs. We provide the median value because the

program budgets are all different in how they address waste issues and how well they
address them. If your program wants to hit at around the middle mark in all budget
categories compared with other programs, use the median value as a starting basis.

Chart 3 Range and median value of yearly expenses for common budget line items.

Item

Low-end Value of Range and

Median Value

High End Value of Range and

Example Scenario(s)

Example Scenario(s)

Fringe

Fringe

Minimal, mostly required taxes
like unemployment insurance,
Social Security Income (SSI).



Retirement benefits, health
benefits, possibly other perks



14%

23%

~

45%







Travel and Training

Travel & Training Total
Expense (Airfare, lodging,
per diem, incidentals)

Operator & technicians gets RALO
training every 3 years, Manager
goes to Alaska Tribal Conference
on Environmental Management
(ATCEM), Alaska Forum on the
Environment (AFE), or management
related training, bookkeeper gets
Quickbooks. Total 1 to 2 trips per year



GAP staff both go to ATCEM/AFE and
another conference, plus water quality
training. Operator & technicians go to
RALO, Council goes to AFE or ATCEM,
miscellaneous other training. Potential
for inappropriate use of funds at this
high-end. More travel than needed.



$3,000

$10,960
~

$19,000







3- 5 day Alaska
Training, per person

Achievable for most of Alaska with
exception of Aleutians, and some
rarely served villages with complex
routing. Federal meals per diem and
hotel stay is conference rate or better
(or stay at cheaper hotel), advance
non-refundable fares. No car rental.
PURCHASE EARLY and SHOP AROUND.



Higher per diem rate policy, complex or
remote routing, high-end hotels, non-
advance tickets, refundable versus non-
refundable tickets, etc. Car rental when
one isn't really needed, other purchases.



$1,000

$2,112

~

$3,220







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Chart 3 Range and median value of yearly expenses for common budget line items.

Item

Low-end Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

Median Value

High End Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

Supplies

Safety Gear For Landfill Staff

Some programs spent $0 which is
not recommended. ALWAYS protect
your workers. Low-end would be
minimal landfill staff hours with
new working heavy equipment, little
manual tasks that force staff to
come into contact with wastes.



Hard to spend too much on safety gear, but
the high end is typically larger villages with
more staff positions. Very dirty jobs can
demand more with more wear and tear.



$240

$1,000

~

$5,000







Misc (items under $5,000
e.g. backhaul supplies, tools)

Examples - hand tools, litter bags,
landfill signs, visqueen, bander



Examples - bags of lime for
septage, concrete for post shoring,
pallet jacks, connexes, pallets



$46

$523

~

$1,000







Office Supplies

(desk, chair, computer, etc.)

1 office staff, small community,
furniture and computer treated well,
minimum infrastructure, or larger
staff and more office equipment
but refurbished, older models used
(these should be acceptable for
a SWM program as long work is
productive and ergonomics are safe).



2-3 office staff, reasonably new furnishings
and computers adequate for the job OR 1-2
office staff with high-end equipment and
furnishings possibly more than is needed
to do the job (inappropriate use of funds)



$240

$2,400

~

$3,185







Supplies Total

(All supplies together)

Small population with a small
to medium size program, 1
landfill staff position



Larger population, more landfill staff
positions, and medium to large program



$240

$1,200

~

$8,400







Equipment Fuel

Heavy Equipment -
Diesel, Gallons Used

Small landfill under control



Large landfill under some control or
medium landfill out of control



30 gallons

365 gallons

1,114 gallons

Heavy Equipment -
Diesel, Total Cost

$216

$2,304

~

$7,798







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Chart 3 Range and median value of yearly expenses for common budget line items.

Item

Low-end Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

Median Value

High End Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

ATV & Snowmachine -
Gasoline, Gallons Used

Use is minimal for errands,
occasional will call, backhaul,
household surveys, etc.



Heavy house to house collection, or
cart collection with multiple trips to
landfill, distant landfill, many errands



60 gallons

240 gallons

1,040 gallons

ATV & Snowmachine -
Gasoline, Total Cost

$146

$1,468

~

$7,280







Truck (not a waste
collection vehicle)
Gasoline, Gallons Used

Small landfill, occasional use by
staff for SWM, landfill errands,
recyclables transport to airport.



Medium to large landfill, comprehensive
program with regular truck use for errands,
backhaul, supplies, many landfill trips



86 gallons

283 gallons

480 gallons

Landfill Truck -
Gasoline, Total Cost

$516

$1,984

~

$3,451







Equipment Maintenance, Repair and Replacement, Insurance

ATV & Snowmachine -
Repair & Replacement

See description of ATV/snowmachine
use min fuel category above. Assumes
average care of equipment.



See description of ATV/snomachine fuel
use above. Note: misuse of equipment or
outside storage increases this cost. A good
lube gun is "golden" to keep costs down.



$148

$1,020

~

$1,500







Heavy Equipment - Parts
& Maintenance

See description of heavy equipment
use above. Assumes average
care of equipment. Note: Older
equipment may have slightly higher
maintenance requirements, but parts
might be cheaper (if available).



See description of heavy equipment use
above. Note: misuse of equipment or
storing it outside will increase this cost.
A good lube gun is worth its weight in
gold to keep the parts costs down.



$286

$500

~

$3,000







Insurance for Heavy
Equipment (Total)

Often, insurance policy covers all the
Tribe's equipment together, which
makes it cheaper. Also, smaller
equipment is less costly, and any
safety features help. SHOP AROUND.



Multiple pieces, larger equipment,
no bulk pricing. Shop around.



$245

$2,205

~

$4,164







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Chart 3 Range and median value of yearly expenses for common budget line items.

Item

Low-end Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

Median Value

High End Value of Range and
Example Scenario(s)

Office Operation

Phone, Fax, Internet

Small office, 1 phone, good
bundled pricing, proportional
share for full Tribal office



2 phones or poor pricing, separate
service from rest of Tribal office
may also be higher cost.



$279

$1,800

~

$4,560







Utilities (electric & heat)

Dependent on fuel prices mostly.
Smaller offices might be lower.



Dependent on fuel prices mostly.
Larger offices might be higher.



$240

$2,598

~

$3,660







Office Space Rent

Rent is typically part of the Tribal
Building rent, so depends on what
share of the building rent is owed
and the total rent of building.



Rent is typically part of Tribal Building rent.
Depends on what share of the building
rent is owed and the total rent of building.
If separate, high-end rent tends to be
larger, newer, or scarcer office spaces.



$570

$1,800

~

$4,200







Backhaul Transportation and Vendor Costs (Freight and fees)

Maintenance Backhaul of
E-Wastes, Batteries, Lights

Smaller village, or medium
larger village that uses in-
kind transport donations



Larger village



$1,250

$3,361

~

$8,500







Administration

Bookkeeper/Clerk/Payroll

Responsible only for simple
bookkeeping/Payroll



Responsible for billing, fee collection,
bookkeeping for program, and payroll for
large community (mandatory household
participation) or not highly trained.



$720

$1,500

~

$12,375







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The process of using these numbers to estimate the rest of your budget is basically
the same as creating your Personnel budget. Follow along in the yellow-shaded
example below to get more practice at visualizing your program and estimating where
it falls in the range of other programs.

After you're finished, or as you go along, see how we place these numbers into the
Sample Budget in Table 4-2. What's the next step? Well, if you know any actual costs
or quotes and you want your budget more accurate, you can add them in. The next
Section discusses how and gives you a number of costs for a range of solid waste
items.

Using Chart 3 to Build the Rest of Your Budget

You are a small community and your landfill staff is moderately experienced. Your
administrator says that expenses for solid waste are too high. You want to estimate
what an average program would spend. Then, you customize that budget to reflect
your actual, known costs.

Fringe: Obtain your fringe rate from your bookkeeper and multiply that by your
personnel total. Be sure your fringe includes workers compensation insurance.

Let's use the average 23% on our personnel total salary of $33,696. Fringe = 23%
x $33,696 = $7,750

Travel and Training: You haven't been keeping track of travel costs and they seem to always change, so you
use the average of $2,112 per trip for the one operator training, two ATCEM, and one AFE trips your staff
makes. Travel = $2,112 x 4 = $8,448

Supplies: You are a pretty small village, so you select a cost in the lower half range of Supplies, between
$240 and $1,000 for safety gear. If you haven't purchased any for a while and need to restock, $800 is a
decent estimate. For miscellaneous supplies like tools and backhaul - you have no idea. So you can go with
the median $523. Office supplies - you have what you need, so select the low-end value of $240. Your total
supplies add up to $1,563. It's over the median of $1,200, but a lot less than $8,400. So it is reasonable.

Fuel: Let's say you have just a dozer. Let's select halfway between the median and low range for gallons
used. You're a small program, but don't know enough about your costs yet to budget for the lowest cost.

Dozer gallons of fuel used = (median value + low-end value) + 2 = (365+30) + 2 = 395^-2 = 197.50 gal. or
about 198 gal.

Your village's diesel costs $6 per gal so your fuel = 198 gal x $6/gal = $1,188/
year

Heavy Equipment Parts and Maintenance: Let's select the halfway point between
the lowest cost of $286 and the mid-range cost of $500, which is $393/year.

Insurance: If costs are about mid-lower range, it would cost $1,225 (halfway
between $245 and $2,205)

Office Operation: Your office has two phone lines and internet. Each month, you pay $75 for internet and
$100 for the phone/fax lines. Select $2,100 for phone, internet, and fax ($175 x 12 months). That value fits
the range well, so you can move on. For utilities, you heard that the barge might not make it this year and you

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will have to fly in fuel. So choose at the very high end, utilities = $3,660. For
office rent, your Tribe owns the building, so your rent is $0.

Backhaul Transportation and Recycling Charges (Freight): You're not at all

sure about this one, but since you just started your program and don't think
you'll get much to backhaul this year, you choose the lower end = $1,250

Bookkeeping: You must account for the person that processes payroll and
tracks your expenses. Let's say they don't have to collect fees or bill. They
work for the full Tribe, and mostly on other programs. Select the middle range,
$1,500.

Total: $7,750 + $8,448 + $1,563 + $1,188 + $393 + 1,225 + $2,100 +
$3,660 + $0 + $1,250 + $1,500 = $29,077.

Table 4-2 incorporates all of these line items plus the personnel costs in the prior example.

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Table 4-2. Sample Budget Using Yellow Shaded Example Numbers.

Item

Unit Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual

Personnel

GAP Coordinator/Director presents to community regularly, and runs
Flying Cans. Supervising landfill staff, finding funding for a new landfill.

$18

hour

624

$11,232

GAP Assistant works 4 hours a week organizing cans, conducting outreach

$18

hour

208

$3,744

Solid Waste Technician: Collects and unloads wastes each week,
assists operator, annual backhaul e-waste event, for 5 days of work

$16

hour

664

$10,624

Operator: compact and consolidate each week, inspects the
fence, picks up litter, and conducts equipment maintenance,
backhaul and annual e-waste event for 5 days of work

$23

hour

352

$8,096

Total Personnel (without fringe)

$33,696

Total Fringe, including FICA, workers compensation, benefits

23%





$7,750

Travel and Training

Rural Landfill Operator Training (operator and technician, alternate years)

$2,112

people

2

$4,224

ATCEM & AFE (Coordinator goes to both, Assistant to one)

$2,112

people

3

$7,496

Training& Travel Total

$8,448

Supplies

Office supplies

$240

lump

1

$240

Miscellaneous

$523

lump

1

$523

Safety gear for Solid Waste Technicians

$800

lump

1

$800

Supplies Total

$1,563

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance

Equipment Fuel

Dozer fuel

$6

gallon

198

$1,188

Equipment Maintenance & Equipment Insurance

Dozer - Parts & Maintenance (Be sure to read 3.5 on this value!)

$393

yearly

1

$393

Insurance

$1,225

yearly

1

$1,225

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total







$2,806

Rent & Utilities

Phone, fax, internet

Phone & fax

$100

month

12

$1,200

Internet

$75

month

12

$900

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Table 4-2. Sample Budget Using Yellow Shaded Example Numbers.

Item

Unit Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual

Public Utilities and Rent

Utilities

$3,660

year

l

$3,660

Rent

$0

year

i

$0

Rent and Utilities Total

$5,760

Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs

Freight and Fees, backhaul

$1,250

year

i

$1,250

Total Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs

$1,250

Indirect Administrative and Overhead Costs

Administration (payroll, bookkeeping)

$1,500

year

l

$1,500

Total Indirect Overhead Expenses

$1,500

Total Annual Expense

$62,773

4.4 Customizing your budget

In the Range Charts, we provide examples of staff time and wages for programs throughout
the state. In designing a more specific budget for your program, estimate as best you can,
and then test it out. How you test and what to look for is beyond the scope of this Guide,
but here are the types of questions to ask.

How is your utility working? Can you cut any personnel hours (including yours)? Do you need
more management hours to make sure the landfill staff is working on the tasks that will help
community health? Need more administration hours to get your collection rate up? Need more
landfill staff hours because they don't have the time to pick up the trash outside the fence?

Developing just the right mix of personnel hours for your system and your community is a
process, and what is right will change over time. What about the other line items?

In Chart 3 above, we provided typical fuel usage and maintenance costs for common
waste equipment and vehicles. But there are many different supplies and other needs
that might be part of your budget one year, and not the next.

Table 4-3 lists costs for many types of waste utility supplies, equipment, and services.

See anything that you need? Then add it as a line item in your budget. An example can be
found after Table 4.3 on page 39. Important notes about Table 4-3:

1. The costs listed do not include shipping. Don't forget to call your transport companies to get shipping
quotes to include in your budget.

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2. The "M" superscript on an item means that it is a maintenance item and the cost will be typically incurred
each year. Items without an "M" are things that typically are purchased less frequently. See Section 4.6 on
time-averaging those costs, so that you are budgeting enough to pay for them when time comes to replace
goods or purchase services.

4.5 Replacement costs and expenses that don't happen every year?

Accounting for costs over time is actually quite simple. We will demonstrate the most basic way that assumes
you can't make interest from any savings in your bank account, which would be true of any grant funds
anyway.

Item Cost / Number of years it lasts = Yearly cost

The good news! This formula works for both replacement costs and for averaging an expense.

We give you an example of how to calculate these costs on page 39.

Always have a replacement cost line item in your budget for
equipment that you are unable to finance through a grant.

Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Note: Costs do not include freight. Vendors listed are those most commonly used by villages and their
inclusion is not intended as an endorsement.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Backhaul Supplies And Fees:

For more information on these items and vendors, see http://vwvw.zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Totes

$400-$550 each, with lids

For a list of companies that sell totes, see: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Connex
(for storing
hazardous
wastes or
recyclables).

$2,500 and up. The price will depend
on the shipping companies cost for
the connex. Chances are you can get
a free one for your backhaul use from
the barge company, so call first.

Call your barge company and ask first if they have any
you can use in the community or if they can drop one
off (for free). If not, ask if there are any connexes in
your community for purchase. If there are some, they
will give you the identifying numbers on the outside
of the connex. You can check them out to see if you'd
want to purchase them if they have any available in your
community to use, or can drop one off for you to fill.

Pallets"

$5.00-$8.50 each.



Some regional airlines have provided
communities with free pallets but
communities pay the shipping.

Please see http://www.zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul
supplies.pdf for information on how to purchase.

Some villages buy their pallets
locally from companies that
have projects going on (usually
for $5 - $10 per pallet).



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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Shrink wrapM

$20 for a roll, and $75 for a case of 4



Polypropylene
strapping
(for securing
wrapped pallets
and tying down
pallets within
a connex)

$285 for an 8x8 roll

See this factsheetfor additional information
on how to purchase. http://www.zendergroup.
org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Freon removal
equipment

About $2,500

See http://www.zendergroup.org/
docs/Freon removal.pdf

ALPAR bags
for community
litter cleanup"

$10 for 200 bags from Alaskans for
Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR)

Contact Mary Fisher at ALPAR, 907-644-7968
alpar@gci.net

Banding kits

Banding machine: $375

See this factsheetfor additional information
on how to purchase. http://www.zendergroup.
org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Steel 3/4" banding: $130
for a 2,000 foot roll.

Tensioner: $210

Sealer: $70

Seals: $80 for a box of 2,500

Cutters: $60

Total for all listed above
= $925 for the kit.

Lead Acid Battery
supplies"

Plasti-dip spray (for insulating Lead
Acid Battery terminals): $11

See this factsheetfor additional information
on how to purchase. http://www.zendergroup.
org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Spray foam (for filling cracks/
holes in broken batteries): $10

Bag of vermiculite (for neutralizing
battery acid in a tote): $65 per bag

Full Battery
Acid Spill Kit

$175

Kit items can be purchased separately from a
number of vendors and combined for a spill kit.
Some vendors sell assembled kits. See backhaul
supplies factsheetfor item list and vendors: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Field Mercury
Spill Kit

$63

Kit items can be purchased separately from a
number of vendors and combined for a spill kit.
Some vendors sell assembled kits. See backhaul
supplies factsheetfor item list and vendors: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Absorbent
pads for spills

Just Oil Pads - white pads
(15x19): $125

For more information see http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/Safety gear.pdf

Universal Absorbent Pads, 100
count (15"x 19"): $125

Pallet Jack

$450 for a pallet jack that can
lift up to 5,500 pounds (lbs)

See this factsheetfor additional information
on how to purchase. http://www.zendergroup.
org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

$2,700 for a pallet jack with a built
in scale that can lift up to 5,000 lbs

Boxes for
shipping lights"

Available free from your Alaska recycler

See this factsheetfor additional information
on how to obtain. http://www.zendergroup.
org/docs/backhaul supplies.pdf

Tools and
supplies for
preparing
vehicles for
backhaul (cars,
ATVs, sno-
go's, etc.)

Punches (3/16" Steel): $35

In the summer of 2012, Hooper Bay prepared a large
amount of scrap metal for backhauling.

All of the supplies and equipment they needed for the
preparation are shown in the invoice at this link: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/scrap metal supplies.pdf

You can view this invoice for an exact list of equipment
purchased, and the amounts and prices of each item.

Brass Punches (for Fuel Tanks):
$70

2-3 lb sledge Drilling hammers: $28

Sawzall or Hackzall Kit
(battery operated): $42

Extra 18 volt Lithium (Li)-lon Battery:
$140

Sawzall Blades - 6", 12-18 teeth
per inch (TPI) (5-packs): $35

Hand Pumps for removing Fluids: $21

Extra Hose (3/4", 5/8",
1/2") 3 ft lengths": $42

Jack Stands (3-Ton, 2-pack): $53

3-Ton Floor Jack: $350

Diagonal Cutters (Dikes)
- 7-8 inch: $35

Steel Drain Pans: $13

Plastic Funnels: $9

5-gallon Buckets w/screwtop lids: $7

Hand Scrub/wipes (self-cleanup): $35

Socket Set-148 piece-both
Metric and American: $145

4-way Tire Iron: $25

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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Backhaul
shipping costsM

Transportation costs vary throughout
the state. Contact your local barge
or air company for quotes. If you
are shipping by barge, you can ask
your barge company for a quote for
shippinga 20' container. They will
usually give you a minimum weight
price which means that you can fill
the connex with as many materials
as you have for the set price. A good
placeholder cost would be: $6,000

Tip: It doesn't hurt to ask if the barge company can
provide any free or reduced cost transportation.
Many communities have received free shipping
or additional connex shippingfor free, or
reduced cost shippingjust by asking.

If you are shipping by plane, ask the air companies
for a similar donation, or reduced rate, or if you
have a hub organization that you work with,
ask if they have a lower negotiated rate.

Safety gear

Average costs for safety gear:

For more information about safety gear and
companies that sell it, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/Safety gear.pdf

Neoprene gloves: $ll/pair

Cut resistant work gloves: $21/pair



Emergency medical bag: $90

Field first aid kit: $35

Nylon apron: $22 each

Anti-fog goggles: $3-$12 each

Ear plugs (box of 200): $46

Tyvek suit: $7 each

Half mask respirator:
$26 each

P-100 particulate cartridge: $9 each

Recycling feesM

Call the recycling company that you
are shipping to. Everyone has different
pricingand different materials they
will accept. As an estimate, 2016
recycling fees are listed below:

See this document for a list of other recycling
companies in Alaska and Seattle area http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/recycling buyback.pdf

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
monitors: $18 each

Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)
TV's & monitors: $15 each

All electronics: $0.20/lb

Can't find what you are looking for? Contact Zender
Environmental or any of the resources listed on page 5.

CRT TV's: $10-$50 each Refrigerators:
$25 each Appliances: $10 each
Lead acid batteries: no charge
Mixed batteries: $3.50/lb
Fluorescent bulb tubes: $1.14/
lb Mercury devices: $15/lb



To recycle used tires, estimate tires
for $150 per 2,000 pounds of tires



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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Recycling Equipment

Recycling baler

Cost depends on the type and
size of baler purchased but range
from $10,000-$ 15,000.

For more information about recycling balers and
companies that sell them, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/baler recyc.pdf

Recycling bins

Cost depends on the type and size
of bins/containers purchased.

For more information about recycling bins/containers
and companies that sell them, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/Recycling bins.pdf

Waste Oil to
Energy Converter
(WOTEC) (used
oil blender)

$24,000-$54,000
depending on the size.

For more information about WOTEC's, go to: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/WOTEC print.pdf

Used oil burner

$8,000-$12,000 depending
on the size and model.

For more information about used oil burners and
companies that sell them, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/oil burners print.pdf

Antifreeze
recycling unit

Smaller units cost between $1,500
and $3,000. Note that on an annual
basis you will also need to purchase
coolant additives to add to the recycled
antifreeze as well as filters, so an
annual amount to add to your budget
might be about $300 per 80 gallons
of antifreeze recycled, or $3.75/gal.

For more information about antifreeze recyclers
and companies that sell them, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/Antifreeze Recycling print.pdf

Drum crusher

Costs vary depending on type and size
but can range from $10,000-$16,000.

For more information about drum crushers
and companies that sell them, go to: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/drums.pdf

Glass crushers
or palletizers

Costs vary depending on type
and size. $11,000 for a medium
sized unit (call to update)

For more information about glass crushers and
companies that sell them, go to: http://www.
zendergroup.org/docs/Glass Crushers.pdf

Landfill Equipment

Fencing

Cost of fencing varies too much to give
an average estimate (depends on how
much is needed, the layout, the terrain
etc.). See the document to the right
for tips on getting quotes for fencing.

For tips on getting quotes for fencing and fencing
company contact information, go to: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/fencing.pdf

Garage for heavy
equipment

See line item for connexes.

Connexes can store equipment. A skid steer can fit
in a regular 20' connex. For bigger equipment, some
communities have stacked connexes and joined them
together, or built lean-tos or roofs on top.

You can also purchase Fabric Structure buildings to store
equipment. Search the internet for Fabric Structures
for Equipment Storage and you will find companies
and their pricing for these types of structures.

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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Landfill Signs

Cost depends on the size of the
sign and its properties. Costs of
a basic 4x4 metal sign with posts
start at about $600 per sign.

For tips on getting quotes for landfill signs
and companies that sell them, goto: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/lf signs.pdf

Burnbox

Skid mounted Burn Unit for
$35,000 and a trailer mounted
Burn Unit for $32,000.

For more information about burnboxes and
companies that sell them, go to: http://
www.zendergroup.org/burnbox.html

Heavy Equipment
for the landfill

For an exact quote you will need
to call equipment companies.
Average costs for Skid steer
and Dozer are found below.

Ted Jacobson from EPA is a great, free resource for
information about landfill equipment (researching,
purchasing, maintaining, etc.). Give him a call or
email at 907-865-7363 tiacobson@ruralcap.com

Skid steer

New skid steer with and auxiliary
hydraulics and tracks is -$52,000,
usingthe government General
Services Administration (GSA) rate
that tribes are eligible for (see
www.gsa.gov) Used: -$40,000

It is recommended to get one that has auxiliary
hydraulics hooked up on the mast and one
that has solid rubber tires, or tracks
(tracks are preferred).

Used equipment can be a good option and can
save you a lot of money. When looking for used
equipment, contact companies that sell AND rent
heavy equipment (companies that rent equipment
usually have high maintenance standards, so the used
equipment they sell are generally in good condition).

Fall is often a good time to buy as rented equipment is
back from the field and companies are anxious to get
rid of it. Getting the best price is a matter of waiting for
just for the right piece to make its way from Lower-48
distributors or Southcentral construction projects.

Dozer

Cost of a used dozer that is sized
smaller than a D5 or JD450
and has around 4,000-10,000
hours on it ranges from $60,000-
$80,000. Call equipment companies
for a more exact quote.



Collection Equipment

Trash carts

A 4x8 trash haul trailer costs
$2,900 to $3,500

See this document for more information about trash
collection carts and companies that sell them: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/collection carts.pdf



A stationary trash bin
costs about $1,950

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Table 4-3 Costs of Various Solid Waste Supplies and Equipment.

Item

Approximate Cost in 2016
(costs listed here do not include
shipping costs)

Comments, Where to Purchase, Resources

Dumpsters

Costs of dumpsters vary too much to
give an average estimate (depends
on the type of dumpsters, size, etc).
See the document to the right for
the types of dumpsters available
and companies that sell them.

See this document for tips on getting quotes for
dumpsters and dumpster company contact information:
http://www.zendergroup.org/docs/Dumpsters.pdf

Training

HAZWOPER
Training

There are several companies in
Anchorage that provide HAZWOPER
training (both in Anchorage and
on-site). See document to the
right for more information.

See this document for information about HAZWOPER
training and companies that provide training: http://
www.zendergroup.org/docs/HAZWOPER.pdf

Freon Removal
Training

See document to the right for a list
of companies that provide Freon
removal training both on-site and
in Anchorage. Call for quotes.

See this document for information about Freon removal
and training and companies that provide training:

http://www.zendergroup.org/docs/Freon removal.pdf

M An MM" superscript denotes thatthe item is typically a maintenance item, and the cost is typically incurred each year.

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Customizing Your Budget Example

Let's say you've built your budget using all median values in the Range Charts. But 1) You want

to be sure you have all the supplies your program needs for backhaul, 2) You realize that you

need a pallet jack, and 3) Your used oil burner needs replacing in 5 years. Leave the other categories the

way they are and refine your Supplies and Equipment Repair, Maintenance, and Insurance categories.

1) Look at the list of backhaul supplies on pages 32-37 and add up all of the item costs. Let's say you
have lots of vermiculite and all the banding supplies you'll need for a while. But you need more plastic
wrap, and insulator spray and foam for lead acid batteries. Also, you need to purchase a mercury spill kit.
So, for this year you'll add those line items under Miscellaneous Supplies, along with any other items you
might have, like ALPAR bags or a hammer and drill. Let's assume that this is all you need:

Miscellaneous Supplies

Plasti-dip spray:	$11

Spray foam:	$10

Polypropylene strapping:	$285

Mercury Spill kit:	$63

Total:	$369

The total $369 is different from the $523 that is listed as median for the Misc. Supplies

in Chart 3. If you start tracking your budgets now, in a few years you will know your own average

Supplies cost and can use that in your future budgets.

2)	Add the $2,700 pallet jack cost under the Supplies category. The range of Supplies costs does not
include larger one-time purchases such as pallet jacks. The Supplies category cost in Chart 3 only
accounts for items that are generally purchased each year. For most grants and budgets, items under
$5,000 are still considered supplies. If they are in continued need after their lifespan is up, they need to
be replaced. If you think you need to save up each year to replace a supply, then add a replacement cost
every year after the purchase year.

3)	Add a repair and replacement fund for the used oil burner. You should have made one when
you purchased the burner, but it is never too late! To calculate the annual cost for your repair and
replacement fund, divide the cost of the burner (see Table 4-3, page 36) by how soon you'll need to
replace it (5 years in this case).

($10,000 average burner cost + $1,000 freight estimate) - 5 years = $2,200.

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So remember Table 4-2, the sample budget? Using the yellow shaded numbers from the budget
customization example, your Supplies and Equipment categories now look like this:

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual Cost

Supplies

Office supplies

$240

lump

1

$240

Miscellaneous: Plastic strap, insulator spray, foam
for lead acid batteries, mercury spill kit

$369

lump

1

$369

Safety gear for Solid Waste Technicians

$800

lump

1

$800

Pallet jack (this year only)







$2,700

Supplies Total







$4,109

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance

Dozer fuel

$6

gallon

198

$1,188

Used oil burner replacement

$2,200

lump

1

$2,200

Heavy Equipment - Parts & Maintenance (see Section 4.5)

$500

yearly

1

$1,300

Insurance

$1,225

yearly

1

$1,225

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance Total

$5,913

Okay, let's continue with Section 4.5.

We included a replacement cost in the yellow shaded example on page 39, but in
case you skipped that and are just reading the main text right now, here is what
we are talking about.

Replacement Cost Example: You purchase an ATV for $12,000 in Year 2016
dollars. It lasts for 5 years before it needs to be replaced. You will plan to be using
your GAP grant by then to work on your Indoor Air Program, so you need to cover the cost
through your utility revenue. Your yearly replacement cost is:

$12,000/5 years = $2,400

Expense Example: A backhaul every 2 years costs $5,000. Your annual backhaul costs are:

$5,000 / 2 years = $2,500

For heavy equipment, Tribes and cities usually get those from grant monies. They are really expensive to
purchase, and would add a substantial amount of repair and replacement costs to your annual budget. There
is varying advice on this matter. The bottom line, it never hurts to add a replacement fund for your heavy
equipment. We recommend you do add it. Your user fees and other revenue might not be able to cover it,
but at least you can make saving for a new dozer a goal.

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4.6 What if I share my equipment or staff or office with another program?

Sharing items and staff with other programs and projects is a great idea for our small communities. It helps
reduce the cost. It is common to share the dozer with a construction project or the water utility. Our waste
utilities benefit because we can share the costs of insurance and repair. If we share the dozer with the City
or an outside project, we can even earn revenue to pay for the program.

It is common to share the payroll clerk with every other Tribal program. Otherwise the Tribe needs to hire ten
people for 2 hours a week and train all of them in bookkeeping.

Sometimes referred to as "proportional" or "allocated" costs, shared costs must be calculated. The good
news? It is easy to do.

1.	Find out the total cost of the item.

2.	Determine or estimate the percent of time that you use the item for solid waste.

3.	Multiply these two numbers together.

Shared Costs

Example 1. You share your dozer with the City water utility. They let you borrow it for 4 hours each week. You
find out that they use the dozer an average of 416 hours each year for their construction work. That is an
average of 8 hours each week. It costs the City $3,000 to insure and maintain the dozer. What is your shared
cost for the dozer?

1.	The total cost is $3,000.

2.	The total time the dozer is used is 4 hours (solid waste) + 8 hours (City) per week, or 12 hours each week.
The percent of time the dozer is used is:

4 hours / 12 hours = 1/3 or 33%

3.	The solid waste cost is 33% of $3,000 = $1,000

Example 2. You share your bookkeeper with the rest of the Tribal programs. She works fulltime - 40 hours
each week. She makes $32,000 each year. You ask her how much time she spends processing the checks
for your solid waste time, other solid waste staff time, and tracking expenses in Quickbooks. She tells you
about 4 hours each week.

1.	The total cost is $32,000.

2.	The total percent time is 4 hours / 40 hours = 10%

3.	The solid waste cost is 10% of $32,000 = $3,200

Even if the Tribe doesn't pay their share of the costs, it is important to include the cost in your program
budget. As a planner/manager, you need to know the full costs of your program. If the City stops loaning their
dozer and starts charging, you will be prepared. Also, in applying for solid waste grants, you need to show the
full program cost.

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4.7 How do I update my budget and costs?

Costs usually change over time (mostly they go up, but sometimes down). In the Range
Charts and Table 4-2, we provide cost information that reflects the year when we wrote this
Guide - 2016. If you are reading this Guide past July 2017, and you want a rough estimate
for any budget item increase, you can use the change in the Anchorage Consumer Product
Index (CPI)1. To calculate this, the Alaska Department of Labor has a great site.

Go to: http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cpi/calc.cfm. You will see something like the following

figure. Note, because the page updates each year, when you look at this page in 2017, the button will say

"Get 2017 value" and the green shade will say "Anchorage 2017 value".

On the site, simply enter 2016 in the blank white box as the year you want to compare, and the Guide cost
that you want to update as the "$ value". Click on the "Get value" button. Your cost will appear in the green
shaded box. Use the Anchorage value, not the U.S. value.

Consumer Price Index - Inflation and Deflation Calculators

Inflation Calculator for Anchorage and the U.S.

Find out what your prior year's dollar values were equivalent to in 2016

Enter the year you want to compare	Enter the $ value	Ret 2016 value

Anchorage 2016 value	U.S. 2016 value

Looking for more accuracy in your updating? Read on!

Wages: Wages in our villages depend more on loeai conditions than the CPI. That is because
there are only so many jobs and so many people to fill them. In updating the wages in Chart 2,
be aware that you should always just choose the wage that will hire and retain the right worker.
Applying the CPI to the salary ranges might make them more accurate, but be aware that it
might not. How much have wages in your community gone up in the past 5 or 10 years? In
most villages, it is not nearly as much as the CPI.

The CP! isn't provided for villages, and since most goods and services are purchased there, this CPI is best

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Transportation, Travel, Utilities, and Fuel: In rural Alaska, airfares, shipping costs, electricity, and heat
are tied to fuel prices, if you are reading this Guide after July 2017, and you want a more exact update,
look up the most recent average fuel price here: hftps://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/PortaIs/4/pub/
Heating Fuel Prices by Region 2005-2016 Source DCRA.xIsx and calculate the percent change from the
2016 January price of $4.71. The most recent average price will be at the far right end of row 7. Let's say it is
$5.00. To calculate the percent change:

(5.00 - 4.71) -$> 4.71 = 0.062 (this is a 6.2% increase)

Appiy this percentage to your fuel cost. For example, in Chart 3, page 27, the low end cost for utilities is
$240. Simply multiply by 1.062:

$240 x 1.062 =$254.88, or rounded up, $255.

4.3 Congratulations!!

You've completed the chapter on budget calculations. Hopefully, you have a pretty good sense of what it
takes to make a budget. The next chapter provides some critical information related to the budget decisions
you make. After reading the next chapter, you'll be armed with everything that you need to build a budget
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5. Budgeting Considerations, A Happy Operator, and the
Top Ten Tips to Improve Your Landfill!!

Keeping within a budget is hard, whether it's for your family or your solid waste
utility. Chapter 5 will give you some budgeting tips. We'll discuss how important your
landfill staff are, and how to make a budget that supports them. We'll conclude with
a summary list of everything that we learned from reviewing solid waste budgets
throughout Alaska.

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5.1	Training and experience are worth their weight in berries.

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In analyzing 14 village waste utility budgets, we found that wage levels don't
depend on what region you're from, they depend on your community. It's up to you
to decide what wage will retain a good operator/technician in your community.

Why be concerned about keeping them in their job? We did find that utilities with
high Waste Index scores had experienced and trained operators and/or technicians. What
does that mean? Don't make the mistake of skimping on operator training, Utilities with experienced and
trained staff have the best operated landfills. A good landfill staff protects your community and lands from
the effects of landfill contaminants.

What makes a trained and experienced landfill staff? You can have a trained staff by sending them to the
Rural Alaska Landfill Operator's course. As your utility develops, send them to other trainings that can help
them with backhaul, reuse sheds, and monitoring for any landfill contamination. See Table 3-1 for training
contacts.

It is critical to have trained staff, but why do you need landfill staff with experience? Because training won't
cover all the situations that your operator and technicians will face. They also need experience in what works
and what doesn't for your utility and community. Experience is critical. But they can't get experience if
they quit. It is important for the staff to know how to do their job, and for them to show up at work!!

You'll need to budget enough money to fairly compensate them for their work.

You need experienced staff. Be sure to offer your landfill and waste collection
staff a wage that will keep a good worker working for your community.

If your operator or technicians quit because of low-wages, it may take weeks or months to find someone to
replace them. In the meantime, your landfill may become a real public health threat.

5.2	Motivation is also worth a lot of berries.

What else does the budget have to do with good staff? Training and experience mean staff know how to do
their job. Remember our discussion about effectiveness and efficiency? Knowing how to do their job means
they can be effective. Motivation is something that makes them efficient. If staff are motivated, they will
be efficient. They wili work hard to get a lot done in the time they have.

How do you motivate them? Consider an incentive for operators and technicians that improves your

utility's ability to protect public health. Maybe you can budget enough money to give them a raise in their
wages.

Budgeting means making tradeoffs to accomplish your priority goals.

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If giving your technical staff a higher wage to keep them- or enough hours to properly do their job- means
cutting the budget somewhere else, do it. There are lots of ways.

¦	Purchase used and smaller equipment instead of new and larger-than-you-need equipment.

¦	Cut out a conference trip for Council and/or GAP staff or other travel that is not truly critical.

¦	Decrease GAP solid waste time. Get a volunteer to do a spring cleanup or school carnival, write a shorter
plan, purchase a refurbished instead of a new computer, make do with an older ATV, and look at other
innovative ways to save money in your utility program.

You may not need to cut your budget. You save money by not training someone new. You save a lot of money
by having someone who can do their job in less time. When we looked at Landfill scores and operator time,
it was very clear that in Alaska villages:

A good operator can do a great job with just a few hours per week. An unmotivated
or untrained operator can do a lousy job with a full 40 hours.

And if your budget doesn't allow a raise to reward your staff, you can throw a party, give out gift cards, or the
store can donate a new net. Or what about declaring a community potluck in honor of the staff? All of

these things can help to motivate and retain staff without costing a lot.

How do I know if my staff is improving the landfill and protecting health?

When do you give that reward to staff? We suggest using the Waste Index for at least one evaluation tool.

In general, the better the score that you have, the more that your solid waste health risks are reduced. You
can select a category(ies) that most improves your landfill's ability to protect public health. When you or your
staff attain a "5", or even move up one point, it's community potluck time! The actions listed in the Waste
Index that landfill staff can take to most reduce community risks are listed on the next page.

The bottom line is that the number of hours and the kind of work you have for your utility staff affects
your landfill performance as a public health utility, AND it affects your budget bottom line. Your personnel
structure is the most important decision that you'll make when developing a budget. So take your time, ask
questions, discuss your options with experts, and don't be afraid to adjust your decisions once you test them
out.

Top Waste Index Categories that your Operator and Technicians can work on so
that your personnel budget is better at protecting community health:

Access Control - Controlling who goes to the site and where they can access.

Burn Management - Control when you burn, what you burn, and where the smoke goes. See Burning Tips at
http://www.zendergroup.org/burning.html

Collection Program - Keep people out of the landfill so they don't come in contact with wastes and they
don't discard or burn wastes improperly. See collection resources at http://www.zendergroup.org/collection.
html

Operator Training - A knowledgeable operator knows how to manage the landfill safely. See Operator
resources at http://www.zendergroup.org/operator.html

Separate Salvage Area - This area helps ensure that residents are not in contact with hazardous or disease
transmitting wastes.

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Working Face - Minimizes the active waste disposal area in the site.

Special Wastes - Keep harmful wastes like lead acid batteries, used oil, household hazardous waste,
electronic wastes, septage, and animal carcasses stored or discarded properly.

Backhaul Program - Don't let the landfill become a hazardous waste storage area - an accident is bound
to happen. Backhaul out hazardous wastes. Scrap, cans, and plastics are an eyesore but can remain at your
landfill until your priority issues are over. See backhaul resources at http://www.zendergroup.org/backhaul.
html

5.3 Other cost considerations

There are many ways to lower costs for your waste utility. Which one is best for you depends on your
situation. Think it through, ask your community, and consider asking a solid waste expert in the region
or state. They are familiar with the different types of programs, ways to cut costs, and what actions most
safeguard community health. Table 5-1 below lists some example cost factors that don't affect how well your
program protects health. If you want a lower cost utility, adopt more features on the left-hand side of Table
5-1.

Table 5-1 Some Cost Factors in Solid Waste Programs that Can Be
Changed without Affecting Community Health Protection

Actions That Safeguard Community Health

Actions That Do Not Affect How Well Your Program
Protects Health

Staff hours limited to what is useful in reducing risks

Large fuel guzzling equipment just because grant
money was available to get it bigger than needed.

Used/refurbished/smaller equipment

Cutting edge office, all the bells and whistles that
that aren't needed in a computer, desk, etc.

Older office equipment and computers

Per diem that pays more than the actual cost (staff
don't need to make money when traveling).

Travel only for absolute needed
reasons, like operator training

Working on whatever program happens to be next
on the list, not on what will make progress

Less time spent on programs that
reduce non-harmful wastes

Traveling to conferences that don't help
improve the waste situation.

Motivated staff



Full-time staff with time to work on non-waste related duties.



What did we learn about landfills in writing this Guide? A lot. We wanted to be sure that we shared it all. The
actions and policies that we recommend are based on the extensive, long talks we did with our 14 village
volunteers, their waste index scores and other village scores, and additional discussions with regional
experts to verify regional situations. You will be serving your Tribe very well if you adopt these tips and create
a budget that supports them. It might take a few years to get there completely. But even if we struggle
with how much money to spend on a dozer or staff wages or supplies, we always know how valuable our
community and lands are. Priceless.

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5.5 Ready to build your own waste utility budget?

After you take a look at our ten tips below, you've read through the entire Guide!! Now it is time to build
a budget that fits your program. Think about what works with your program now, and what you want your
program to do in the future. If you are looking for grant monies to change your operations, you'll need to
have both current and future budgets in your proposal. Chapter 6 gives six examples of what your completed
budget can look like.

Top Ten Tips to Improve your Landfill!!

10. You can have a great landfill even if your community is poor. We found communities with high poverty
levels and great waste utilities, and communities with relatively low poverty levels and "bad" utilities.

9. A landfill doesn't maintain itself, so you need some staff time and equipment. That means that,
in general, your program can get better with more money and even small communities need to spend
something to protect their people and lands.

8. Larger communities might need more work to get a good landfill. Larger communities tend to have
worse landfill scores. After all, there are a lot more people discarding wastes. So there are more wastes to
manage and more community outreach is needed.

7. How much you spend on GAP staff might not matter. There isn't a clear connection between how much
GAP staff time is devoted to solid waste and how good a landfill and waste programs is. But if you work hard
on improving specific issues with your landfill that protect community health, then your time does matter.

6. How much time your operator and waste technician spend at their jobs might not matter. Some
villages had low hours for their staff but had very high landfill scores. Others employed several staff full time
and still had a bad score.

BUT some things do count:

5. The importance the community places on your program matters. Do they treat it like a utility or like a
dump?

4. Restricting access to the landfill is an effective way to improve it. Communities that restrict access to
their landfills have better ADEC Waste Index scores.

3. A good operator makes a good landfill. The ability of your landfill operator and waste technician to
perform their jobs at a high level is one of the most important aspects of your solid waste program.

2. What the community wants is important. If your utility doesn't accomplish the community's goals and
address your community's situation, then you are unlikely to get their support or money. Focus on community
participation/involvement.

1. You can make a difference. What you as the planner/manager/outreach staff do at your job matters.
Prioritizing your landfill activities helps keep people safe. Depending on your waste situation, you might need
to work fulltime, or part-time, but you must prioritize to make progress.

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6. What Does a Finished Budget Look Like?

Six examples of actual solid waste budgets from Alaska communities with Waste Indexes of 68% or higher
are provided below. The ID corresponds to Table 4-1. Remember, your budget will be different. This layout is
one example of how to display your budget. But also budgets don't need to look this detailed - just the item
and annual costs can be fine. There is a blank budget on page 55 to copy and use over.

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Chapter 6: What Does A Finished Budget Look Like?

Village ID #11, in Inupiaq Region, Population 294.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









Landfill Laborer: The laborer collects solid waste from homes three
times a week along with conducting landfill maintenance activities.

$15

hour

312

$4,680

Laborers/Temporary Hires: Conduct solid waste activities as needed.

$15

hour

360

$5,400

Indian General Assistance Program (IGAP) Environmental
Coordinator: Solid waste administration/oversight is performed by
the Coordinator and she also handles recycling and backhaul.

~$20

hour

1300

$25,922

IGAP Environmental Assistant: Assists with recycling and trash
collection. Solid waste work is 60% of her time which is reflected here.

~$18

hour

1300

$23,231

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$59,233

Fringe, including FICA, Workers Compensation, benefits

24%





$14,216

Personnel Total







$73,449

Travel and Training









RALO or HAZWOPER training for Landfill Tech

$3,220

person

1

$3,220

AFE

$1,610

person

2

$3,220

ATCEM

$1,610

person

2

$3,220

Regional Conference in Nome

$1,610

person

2

$3,220

Environmental Advisory Committee

$300

person

6

$1,800

Training & Travel Total







$14,680

Supplies









Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Office and Program Supplies

$1,050

annual
costs



$1,050

Postage/Mailing

$46

annual
costs



$46

Supplies Total







$1,096

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance









ATV & Snowmachine - Gasoline

$6.25

gallon

300

$1,875

ATV & Snowmachine - Parts & Maintenance

$148

annual
costs



$148

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance Total







$2,023

Rent & Utilities









Internet Services

$50

month

12

$600

Heating Fuel

$300

month

12

$3,600

Rent and Utilities Total







$4,200

Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs









Backhaul - Supplies, Transport Costs, etc.

$8,500

annual
costs



$8,500

Backhaul Shippingand Vendor Costs







$8,500

Additional Administrative and Overhead Costs









Administration (payroll, bookkeeping, supervision, etc.)

$25

hour

84

$2,100

Total Additional Administrative & Overhead Expenses







$2,100

Total Annual Operations & Maintenance (0 & M) Expense







$106,048

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Village ID #13, in Inupiaq Region, Population 207.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









City Landfill Operator/Waste Technician: A Technician works 8-16 hrs/
week collecting trash, and separating out burnables and haz. waste. He
maintains the landfill, covers and consolidates waste and uses a cat tractor.

$35

hour

328

$11,480

City Landfill Tech Backup: This person works minimal hrs/yr
assisting the main Landfill (LF) Tech with the same duties.

$30

hour

20

$600

IGAP Environmental Coordinator: Solid waste work includes
recycling and backhaul (collection, preparation, shipping out
etc.), annual spring cleanup, biannual river cleanup

$30

hour

234

$7,020

IGAP Environmental Assistant: Duties similar to
Environmental Coordinator above

$25

hour

234

$5,850

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$24,950

Fringe, inc. Federal Insurance Contributions Act
(FICA), Workers Compensation, benefits

14%





$3,493

Annual Insurance for the City LF Tech to operate equipment & perform duties

$245

annual



$245

Personnel Total







$28,688

Travel and Training









ATCEM

$3,220

person

2

$6,440

LFTech is RALO trained (thus far receives free training from Kawerak)

$0

person

1

$0

Regional solid waste trainingfor IGAP coordinator and assistant

$500

person

2

$1,000

Training & Travel Total







$7,440

Supplies









PPE for Solid Waste Technicians (gloves, Tyvek) and backhaul supplies
such as shrink wrap and other packaging materials (through IGAP)

$500

year

1

$500

PPE for Solid Waste Technicians (gloves, boots, masks) (through City)

$700

year

1

$700

Supplies Total







$1,200

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance









Heavy Equipment - Fuel for Cat Tractor (paid by City)

$4.80

gallon

480

$2,304

ATV fuel for solid waste related activities (through IGAP)

$900

year

1

$900

ATV fuel for recycling and backhaul specific activities (through IGAP)

$450

year

1

$450

Heavy Equipment - Parts & Maintenance

$350

annual



$350

Equipment Fuel, Maintenance, and Insurance Total







$4,004

Rent & Utilities









Phone

15.75

month

12

189

Internet

7.5

month

12

90

Tribal Utilities

75

month

12

900

Rent and Utilities Total







$1,179

Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs









Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs







$0

Additional Administrative and Overhead Costs









Administration (payroll, bookkeeping, supervision, etc.)

$1,500

annual
costs



$1,500

Total Additional Administrative & Overhead Expenses







$1,500

Total Annual 0 & M Expense







$44,011

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Village ID #8, in Central Yup'ik Region, Population 464.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









Landfill Technician: A Technician works 5 hrs/day, 5 days/week He keeps
the landfill clean and organized, separates out non-burnables from the
wastestream, and loads and operates the burnbox. He operates the heavy
equipment. He collects trash each week from bins around the community.

$19.25

hour

1300

$25,025

Laborers: A few weeks a year, laborers are used to help the landfill
technician cleanup in and around the landfill and fix fencing.

~$16

hour

160

$2,637

IGAP Environmental Coordinator: Solid waste administration/oversight
is performed by the Coordinator and she also handles recycling and
backhaul. Solid waste work is 60% of her time which is reflected here.

$19.25

hour

936

$18,018

IGAP Environmental Assistant: Assists with recycling and trash collection.
Solid waste work is 60% of her time which is reflected here.

$16.75

hour

936

$15,678

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$61,358

Fringe, inc. FICA, Workers Compensation, benefits

21%





$12,885

Personnel Total







$74,243

Travel and Training









RALO or HAZWOPER training for Landfill Tech

$2,173

person

1

$2,173

AFE

$2,965

person

2

$5,930

ATCEM

$2,173

person

2

$4,346

Quickbooks training for accountant

$2,173

person

1

$2,173

Training & Travel Total







$14,622

Supplies









PPE for Solid Waste Technicians (gloves, boots, masks, and also trash bags)

$500

year

1

$500

Supplies Total







$500

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance









Equipment Fuel









ATV & Snowmachine - Gasoline

$5.00

gallon

240

$1,200

Heavy Equipment - Diesel

$5.00

gallon

960

$4,800

Equipment Maintenance & Equipment Insurance









ATV & Snowmachine - Parts & Maintenance

$350

annual
costs



$350

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total







$6,350

Rent & Utilities









Phone Service

$33

month

12

$396

Utilities

$150

month

12

$1,800

Internet Services

$39

month

12

$468

Rent and Utilities Total







$2,664

Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs









Backhaul of batteries to Bethel and a Connexto Seattle (every other year)

$2,300

load

1

$2,300

Total Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs







$2,300

Additional Administrative and Overhead Costs









Administration (payroll, bookkeeping, supervision, etc.)

$1,500

annual
costs



$1,500

Total Additional Administrative & Overhead Expenses







$1,500

Total Annual 0 & M Expense







$102,179

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Village ID #12, in Alutiiq Region, Population 258.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









A Heavy Equipment Operator is employed to conduct landfill operations
approximately 8 hours per month at a rate of at least $25.

$25

hour

96

$2,400

Two Solid Waste Technicians are employed for landfill operations and
collection services. Both technicians work 16 hours weekly on landfill
maintenance and 16 hours weekly on solid waste collection services. Solid
Waste Technicians are paid $15 to $18 an hour depending on experience.
The annual pay is divided equally between the City and Tribal governments.

$18

hour

3,328

$59,904

A Solid Waste Supervisor is employed to oversee the administrative
aspects of the solid waste program at a rate of $18 to $25 an hour
depending on experience. The Supervisor is a full time employee.

$25

hour

2,080

$52,000

The City government employs a Solid Waste Administrative Assistant
that works 4 hours per day at a rate of $15 to $20, depending
on experience. The Administrative Assistant is responsible for
answering public inquiries and billingfor collection services.

$20

hour

1,040

$20,800

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$135,104

Fringe, inc. FICA, Workers Compensation, benefits

15%





$20,266

Personnel Total







$155,370

Travel and Training









RALO & 40 Hr HAZWOPER







$3,000

Training & Travel Total







$3,000

Supplies









PPE for Solid Waste Technicians

$5,000

annually

1

$5,000

Office Supplies (ink, paper, etc.)

$200

month

12

$2,400

Hand Tools (shovels, rakes, etc.)

$1,000

annually

1

$1,000

Supplies Total







$8,400

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance









Equipment Fuel









Skid Steer - Diesel

~$5.30

gallon

240

$1,272

Solid Waste Collection ATV - Gasoline

~$7.20

gallon

208

$1,496

Landfill Truck - Gasoline

~$7.20

gallon

480

$3,451

Tree Chipper & Generator - Gasoline

~$7.20

gallon

240

$1,725

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total







$7,944

Rent & Utilities









Telephone

$120

month

12

$1,440

Internet

$90

month

12

$1,080

Office Rent (Includes most Utilities)

$300

month

12

$3,600

Recycling Center Electricity

$300

month

12

$3,600

Rent and Utilities Total







$9,720

Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs









Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs







$0

Total Annual 0 & M Expense







$184,434

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Village ID #6, in Central Yup'ik (Bristol Bay) Region, Population 130.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









Equipment Operator: 0.50 Full Time Employee (FTE) Works 4 hrs/
day. Maintains and operates the equipment to cover solid waste from
residential, businesses, lodges, and commercial customers. Assists the
Landfill Operator with the handling/placement of solid and hazardous
waste brought to the landfill and recycle centerfor proper disposal.
Grade road in winter months as needed. Assists the Landfill Operator
as needed on burn unit when it becomes too full to burn waste.

$18

hour

1040

$18,720

Landfill Operator: 0.50 FTE Works 4 hrs/day. Collects, maintains, and oversees
disposal of solid waste from residential, businesses, lodges, and commercial
customers. Opens and closes the landfill and controls access. Operates burn unit.

$18

hour

1040

$18,720

Solid Waste Manager: Solid Waste work is 0.5 FTE
Duties similar to Environmental Coordinator.

$16

hour

1040

$16,640

IGAP Environmental Coordinator: Solid waste work is 0.26 FTE and includes
recycling and backhaul (collection, preparation, shipping out etc.), annual
spring cleanup, management and coordination of solid waste grants, work
with Council on fees and protocols for solid waste, and attend trainings.

$31.50

hour

398

$12,537

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$66,617

Fringe, Social Security @ 6.2%, Medicare @1.45%, Alaska Unemployment
Security (ESC) @ 1.89% (9.54% rounded to 10%), and Workers Compensation
at an estimated 10% of total wages per Alaska National Insurance Company.

20%





$13,323

Personnel Total







$79,940

Travel and Training









RALO or HAZWOPER Training (alternate each year)

$2,112

person

2

$4,224

AFE

$2,350

person

1

$2,350

ATCEM

$2,112

person

2

$4,224

Training Registration Fees

$550

year

2

$1,100

Training & Travel Total







$11,898

Supplies









Worker Supplies (protective gear needed to operate landfill such as
gloves, Tyvek suits, boots, goggles, masks, earplugs, and medical kit)

$2,250

year

1

$2,250

Office Supplies (paper, pens, and printer cartridges, blank CD's or
memory sticks, billing receipt books, clip board or storage clip board)

$200

month

12

$2,400

Supplies Total







$4,650

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance









Heavy Equipment Fuel

$6.75

gallon

240

$1,620

Heavy Equipment - Parts & Maintenance

$483

annual
costs



$483

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total







$2,103

Rent & Utilities









Phone Service (including long distance)

$175

month

12

$2,100

Internet Services

$150

month

12

$1,800

Fax Services

$55

month

12

$660

Utilities

$183

month

12

$2,196

Office Space

$350

month

12

$4,200

Rent and Utilities Total







$10,956

Total annual 0 & M Expense







$109,547

ESC: ESC is a code that can be found on W-2 forms for unemployment taxes.

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Village ID #9, in Athabascan Region, Population 256.

Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel









Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance Staff person: A few
times a year, this person uses heavy equipment to collect and
haul gravel to the landfill and cover the non-burnable trash.

~$16.50

hour

60

$989

Landfill Technician: A Technician works 2 hrs/day, 5 days/week plus an
additional 30 hrs a year for clean up after big community events and occasional
clean up of windblown litter (on the land and fence). He keeps the landfill
clean and organized, separates out non-burnables from the wastestream,
and loads and operates the burnbox. He does not operate heavy equipment.

~$16.50

hour

550

$9,064

IGAP Environmental Coordinator: Solid waste administration/oversight
is performed by the Coordinator and she also handles recycling and
backhaul and picks up trash from paying households in the winter.

$17

hour

936

$15,912

IGAP Environmental Assistant: Assists with recycling and trash collection.

$15

hour

936

$14,040

Total Payroll (without fringe)







$40,005

Fringe, inc. FICA, Workers Compensation, benefits

28%





$11,201

Personnel Total







$51,206

Travel and Training









ATCEM

$2,126

person

2

$4,252

AFE

$2,126

person

2

$4,252

HAZWOPER or other solid waste Training in Galena (5-6
days) for Landfill Tech or Maintenance staff person

$2,200

person

1

$2,200

Training & Travel Total







$10,704

Supplies









PPE for Solid Waste Technicians (gloves, boots, masks, and also trash bags)

$1,000

year

1

$1,000

Gravel (cover at landfill)

$60

load

30

$1,800

Supplies Total







$2,800

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance









Equipment Fuel









Heavy Equipment - Diesel

$3.78

gallon

150

$567

ATV & Snowmachine - Gasoline

$5.40

gallon

240

$1,296

ATV Oil







$148

Equipment Maintenance & Equipment Insurance









Heavy Equipment - Parts & Maintenance

$1,200

annual
costs



$1,200

ATV & Snowmachine - Parts & Maintenance

$1,020

annual
costs



$1,020

Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total







$4,231

Additional Indirect administrative and overhead costs









Indirect (base amount is $56,250)

0.22

%

$56,250

$12,375

Total indirect overhead expenses







$12,375

Total annual 0 & M Expense







$81,316

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Item

Unit
Cost

Units

Quantity

Annual
Cost

Personnel

-

-

-

-































Total Personnel (without fringe)









Total Fringe, including FICA, Workers Compensation, benefits









Total Personnel (with fringe)









Travel and Training







































Training & Travel Total









Supplies







































Supplies Total









Equipment Fuel, Repair, Replacement, Insurance









Equipment Fuel



















Equipment Repair, Replacement, Insurance





























Equipment Fuel and Maintenance Total









Rent & Utilities









Phone, fax, internet





























Rent



















Rent and Utilities Total









Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs





























Total Backhaul Shipping and Vendor Costs









Indirect Administrative and Overhead Costs





























Total Indirect overhead expenses









Total Annual 0 & M Expense









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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency


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