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Austin Resource Recovery FY 2022-23 Approved Budget Highlights The Department’s Approved Operating Budget increases by approximately 8.6% or $9.6M in the upcoming fiscal year. This amount includes $0.6M for seven new positions, one each of the following: Accountant II, Administrative Specialist, Customer Service Representative, Customer Solutions Coordinator, Equipment Technician I, IT Application Analyst, and Marketing Rep A. ARR’s Approved Budget includes funding increases for living wage, fleet fuel and maintenance, homelessness cleanup services, disposal and processing contracts, temporary employees and overtime, and driver retention incentives along with other increases. Major reductions to the ARR Approved Budget include Bad Debt, GO Debt Service, transfer to Capital, and Vacancy Savings. FY 2022-23 Approved Operating Budget Revenue Requirements Ending Balance FTEs FY 2021 Budget FY 2022 Amended FY 2023 Approved $103,880,851 $110,998,492 $117,967,407 $106,810,355 $112,282,317 $121,929,742 $8,940,928 $11,437,141 $14,328,272 501.00 514.00 521.00 Capital Appropriations $11,860,005 $14,302,717 $14,171,217 Highlights of Approved Budget Major Rate Changes Service Description Monthly Clean Community Fee Residential Monthly Clean Community Fee Commercial Monthly Base Customer Fee Residential & Commercial $16.50 $18.80 $16.65 $19.45 Amended FY 2021-22 $4.70 Approved FY 2022-23 $4.85 Change  Personnel: wages, insurance, OT, temps, incentives  Citywide Cost Allocation Increases (City Support) Citywide Cost Drivers Departmental Cost Drivers  Vacancy Savings increase  Bad Debt  Transfer to Capital  GO Debt Service  New full-time positions  Contractual and commodity increases  Homelessness cleanup services  Fleet maintenance and fuel expense $0.15 $0.15 $0.65 FTEs 7.0 Incremental $3,566,576 $1,442,123 ($654,877) ($500,000) ($131,500) ($107,776) $615,551 $641,245 $900,000 $3,876,083 9/12/2022