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FY 26 Proposed & FY27 Planned Budget Presentation July 30, 2025 1 Presentation Topics • Curbside Collection Services Overview • Curbside Services Cost of Service • Curbside Collection Customers • Trash Cart Distribution • Clean Community Fee Overview • Clean Community Fee Customers • FY26 Proposed Budget including FY27 Planned • Proposed Rate Changes • Fund Summary • Top 10 Budgeted Expense Categories • Capital Improvement Plan 2 Curbside Collection Services • Supported by Trash Cart Fees Trash Collection Residential = 215,294 Billed Commercial = 2,973 Billed Residential 99% Trash Cart Customers Commercial 1% 3 Curbside Collection Trash Cart Size Distribution: Residential Trash Cart Size Jan 2021 Jan 2022 Jan 2023 Jan 2024 Jan 2025 Small Medium Large Extra-Large 9% 24% 54% 12% 9% 24% 54% 13% 9% 24% 53% 13% 9% 24% 53% 14% 9% 24% 53% 14% Trash Cart Size FY 2026 Proposed FY 2027 Planned FY 2028 Forecast FY 2029 Forecast FY 2030 Forecast Small Medium Large Extra-Large 9% 24% 53% 14% 10% 24% 52% 14% 10% 25% 52% 13% 11% 25% 51% 13% 11% 26% 51% 12% Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 4 Curbside Collection Services • Supported by Base Customer Fee • Recycling Collection • Yard Trimming and Organics Collection Base Customers • Brush/Bulk Collection and Processing • On-Demand HHW  Residential = 216,444 Actual customer count  Commercial =2,300 Actual customer Count Residential 99% Commercial 1% 5 Base Fee Customers Residential Base Commercial Base Jan 2021 Jan 2022 Jan 2023 Jan 2024 Jan 2025 207,125 210,187 212,761 215,944 218,901 2,085 2,158 2,140 2,187 2,199 FY 2026 Proposed FY 2027 Planned FY 2028 Forecast FY 2029 Forecast FY 2030 Forecast Growth Total Cust. Growth Total Cust. Growth Total Cust. Growth Total Cust. Growth Total Cust. 4,006 222,907 3,789 226,696 3,854 230,550 3,689 234,239 3,748 237,987 (55) 2,144 (54) 2,090 (52) 2,038 (51) 1,987 (50) 1,937 Residential Base Commercial Base 6 FY26 Curbside Collection Cost of Service 7 Clean Community Fee Purpose • Clean Community Fee established by ordinance to provide litter and nuisance abatement, street cleaning, household hazardous waste disposal, and the implementation and enforcement of the URO • Billed to all residential and commercial customers in Austin service area, including residents in apartment complexes and other multi-family units • Clean Community Fee Customer Count (as of May 2025)  Residential = 463,182 Actual customer Count  Commercial = 25,147 Actual customer Count • Residential Fee per month = $5.45/month • Commercial Fee per month = $14.65/month 8 FY26 Service Prioritization  Transfer 5 FTE to Development Services Department URO Code Enforcement ($618,058)  Reduction in Vehicle Funding FY26 Defer 3 Heavy Duty Vehicles ($1,395,000) 9 FY26 Proposed Rate Changes • Residential & Commercial Base Customer Fee Increase: $1.90 • Commercial Clean Community Fee: ($1.80) • Large(64 Gallon)- Trash Cart Increase: $1.00 • Example of Typical Residential Customer Monthly Bill FY 2025 FY 2026 Change Clean Community Fee Base Fee Large Trash Cart Total Bill-Typical Rate Payer $5.45 $21.90 $11.50 $38.85 $5.45 $23.80 $12.50 $41.75 $0.00 $1.90 $1.00 $2.90 10 FY26 Proposed Revenue 11 FY26 Proposed Fund Summary Snapshot 12 FY26 Proposed FTE Purpose FTE Proposed Job Title NEW Supervisor, Human Resources (DSD Transfer-In) Employment Services Training Specialist Driver Training Program Program Manager I Furniture Reuse Warehouse Austin Rsc Recovery Crew Ldr Furniture Reuse Warehouse Austin Rsc Recovery Operator Furniture Reuse Warehouse Austin Rsc Recovery Operator Austin Rsc Recovery Operator Austin Rsc Recovery Operator Code Enforcement Homeless Encampment Homeless Encampment Litter Control URO Enforcement Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -5 3 13 Top 10 FY26 Proposed Expense Categories *Departmentwide Contractuals and Commodities 16% 14 Capital Improvement Plan Subproject by Category FY26 Appropriation Vehicles and Equipment Light-Medium and Heavy-Duty Equipment and Vehicles $12,036,322 Buildings and Improvements Furniture Reuse Warehouse Total $1,200,000 $13,236,322 15 Questions 16