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County Priority Outcomes

While this program area supports all eight of the County Result Areas, the following are emphasized:

Program Performance Measures

Performance measures for this department are included below (where applicable), with multi-program measures displayed at the front of this section and program-specific measures shown with the relevant program. The FY25 estimates reflect funding based on the FY25 approved budget. The FY26 and FY27 figures are performance targets based on the FY26 recommended budget and funding for comparable service levels in FY27.

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Program Descriptions

Administration and Support

The Office of the Deputy Director provides for overall management of departmental programs to ensure safe and efficient operations, including contract administration management for the department, continuity of operations, oversight of operational programs for the County's Integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS), and communications and public engagement. The office provides...

Materials and Collection

This program provides for collection of refuse from single family residences in the southern parts of the County (Subdistrict A) and the funds to secure, administer, monitor, and enforce contracts with private collectors for collection of residential recyclables for the entire County. It also responds to residents' service needs. ...

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY23	Actual FY24	Estimated FY25	Target FY26	Target FY27
Number of tons of Municipal Solid Waste accepted at the Transfer Station: Commercial and multi-family buildings	299,282	304,514	287,167	299,859	300,179
Number of business site visits to provide guidance and recycling support	6,619	7,988	5,917	6,841	6,915
Number of Multi-Family Building site visits to provide guidance and recycling support	2,653	2,568	2,086	2,436	2,363
Average number of refuse collections missed per week, not picked up within 24 hours	12	12	15
Average number of recycling collections missed per week, not picked up within 24 hours	25	18	22

Disposal

This program provides for the operation of the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility (RRF). The RRF serves as the primary disposal facility for non-recycled waste generated in the County. Renewable energy in the form of electricity is generated and sold into the competitive energy market. This program also includes costs...

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY23	Actual FY24	Estimated FY25	Target FY26	Target FY27
Number of tons of County-wide yard trim and leaves collected	166,578	163,447	161,997	165,627	165,347
Number of tons of County-wide Commingled Recycling collected	33,701	31,885	33,136	33,239	33,085
Number of tons of County-wide Mixed Paper collected	113,695	108,382	109,796	111,722	111,084
Number of tons of County-wide Food Waste collected	8,822	14,444	15,000	15,000	15,000
Number of tons of County-wide Household Hazardous Waste collected	3,615	3,991	3,735	3,818	3,886
Number of tons of Municipal Solid Waste accepted at the Transfer Station: Residential, single family, and townhouse communities	197,838	190,642	199,757	198,077	198,139

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199.2M FY26 Recommended
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117.3 Full Time
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Program Contacts

Contact Vicky Wan of the Recycling and Resource Management at 240-777-7722 or Richard H. Harris of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2795 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Budget Summary

Title	Actual FY24	Budget FY25	Estimate FY25	Recommended FY26	%Chg Bud/Rec
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
EXPENDITURES
Salaries and Wages	$10,028,445	$11,051,142	$10,638,800	$12,094,227	9.4%
Employee Benefits	$2,634,389	$3,174,601	$3,051,855	$3,603,268	13.5%
Solid Waste Disposal Personnel Costs	$12,662,834	$14,225,743	$13,690,655	$15,697,495	10.3%
Operating Expenses	$129,450,751	$123,782,286	$125,352,286	$165,120,511	33.4%
Capital Outlay	$6,962,323	$2,718,863	$2,718,863	$2,064,295	-24.1%
Debt Service Other	$0	$1,820,000	$0	$3,304,000	81.5%
Solid Waste Disposal Expenditures	$149,075,908	$142,546,892	$141,761,804	$186,186,301	30.6%
PERSONNEL
Full-Time	76	72	72	73	1.4%
Part-Time	1	1	1	1	0.0%
FTEs	104.52	106.12	106.12	107.56	1.4%
REVENUES
Other Licenses/Permits	$11,506	$12,000	$12,000	$12,000	0.0%
Other Charges/Fees	$219,808	$188,000	$195,005	$190,000	1.1%
Sale of Recycled Materials	$5,639,012	$5,718,424	$5,639,012	$6,403,034	12.0%
Solid Waste Disposal Fees/Operating Revenues	$28,718,631	$33,700,024	$30,338,675	$33,551,750	-0.4%
Systems Benefit Charge	$88,432,944	$93,688,259	$92,505,977	$143,340,026	53.0%
Other Fines/Forfeitures	$22,550	$15,000	$22,000	$22,000	46.7%
Miscellaneous Revenues	$174,575	$95,000	$37,000	$37,000	-61.1%
Property Rentals	$0	$5,000	$4,000	$4,000	-20.0%
Investment Income	$6,864,611	$5,469,990	$3,911,410	$3,293,820	-39.8%
Other Intergovernmental	$52,200	$0	$0	$0	0.0%
Solid Waste Disposal Revenues	$130,135,837	$138,891,697	$132,665,079	$186,853,630	34.5%

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
EXPENDITURES
Salaries and Wages	$1,322,835	$1,449,944	$1,388,796	$1,285,511	-11.3%
Employee Benefits	$300,775	$398,447	$382,180	$370,981	-6.9%
Solid Waste Collection Personnel Costs	$1,623,610	$1,848,391	$1,770,976	$1,656,492	-10.4%
Operating Expenses	$9,700,544	$10,464,900	$10,464,900	$11,309,390	8.1%
Solid Waste Collection Expenditures	$11,324,154	$12,313,291	$12,235,876	$12,965,882	5.3%
PERSONNEL
Full-Time	4	4	4	4	0.0%
Part-Time	0	0	0	0	0.0%
FTEs	12.08	11.78	11.78	9.78	-17.0%
REVENUES
Other Charges/Fees	$24,414	$0	$10,000	$0	0.0%
Systems Benefit Charge	$14,835,040	$14,963,680	$14,830,560	$15,000,000	0.2%
Investment Income	($1,767,436)	$180,580	$713,720	$601,030	232.8%
Solid Waste Collection Revenues	$13,092,018	$15,144,260	$15,554,280	$15,601,030	3.0%

DEPARTMENT TOTALS
Total Expenditures	$160,400,062	$154,860,183	$153,997,680	$199,152,183	28.6%
Total Full-Time Positions	80	76	76	77	1.3%
Total Part-Time Positions	1	1	1	1	0.0%
Total FTEs	116.6	117.9	117.9	117.34	-0.5%
Total Revenues	$143,227,855	$154,035,957	$148,219,359	$202,454,660	31.4%

FY26 Recommended Changes

Title	Expenditures	FTEs
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
FY25 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION	$142,546,892	106.12
Other Adjustments (with no service impacts)
Increase Cost: Resource Recovery Facility - Waste Management Contract [Disposal]	$35,500,000	0.00
Increase Cost: Out-of-County Haul [Disposal]	$4,081,975	0.00
Increase Cost: Residential Recycling Contracts [Materials and Collection]	$1,774,780	0.00
Decrease Cost: Debt Service [Administration and Support]	$1,484,000	0.00
Increase Cost: FY26 Compensation Adjustment	$592,444	0.00
Increase Cost: Adjust FTE Allocation to Better Align With Responsibilities (Disposal Fund) [Disposal]	$328,241	1.50
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY25 Compensation Increases	$263,164	0.00
Increase Cost: Site 2 Landfill Structure Improvements [Disposal]	$250,000	0.00
Increase Cost: Overtime Adjusment [Disposal]	$210,805	0.00
Increase Cost: Yard Trim Composting [Materials and Collection]	$183,492	0.00
Increase Cost: Recycling Center [Materials and Collection]	$173,169	0.00
Increase Cost: Household Hazardous Waste [Disposal]	$158,171	0.00
Increase Cost: Adjust FTE Allocation to Better Align With Responsibilities (Disposal Fund) [Materials and Collection]	$138,931	0.00
Increase Cost: Security Camera Installation [Administration and Support]	$121,775	0.00
Increase Cost: Oaks Landfill Planning and Monitoring [Disposal]	$107,499	0.00
Increase Cost: Adjust FTE Allocation to Better Align With Responsibilities (Disposal Fund) [Administration and Support]	$101,237	-0.06
Increase Cost: Motor Pool Adjustment	$99,322	0.00
Re-align: Central Duplicating Services - Mail Appropriation [Materials and Collection]	$90,000	0.00
Increase Cost: Paper Recycling [Materials and Collection]	$58,361	0.00
Increase Cost: Resource Recovery Facility Management and Routine Capital Replacements [Disposal]	$54,089	0.00
Increase Cost: Food Waste Residential Collection [Materials and Collection]	$40,082	0.00
Increase Cost: Retirement Adjustment	$38,309	0.00
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY25 Lapsed Positions	$31,937	0.00
Increase Cost: Engineering, Planning, and Construction Support Services [Disposal]	$22,646	0.00
Increase Cost: Gude Landfill Planning and Monitoring [Disposal]	$21,771	0.00
Increase Cost: Commercial Recycling [Materials and Collection]	$18,865	0.00
Increase Cost: Transfer Station Management and Routine Capital Replacements [Disposal]	$14,907	0.00
Increase Cost: Multifamily Recycling Program [Materials and Collection]	$9,994	0.00
Increase Cost: Recycling Outreach, Education, and Volunteers [Materials and Collection]	$9,963	0.00
Increase Cost: Communications and Public Engagement [Administration and Support]	$6,000	0.00
Increase Cost: Three Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts [Administration and Support]	$5,559	0.00
Increase Cost: Department of Housing and Community Affairs Chargeback [Administration and Support]	$1,700	0.00
Decrease Cost: Administration [Administration and Support]	($2,348)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Finance Chargeback Adjustment (Disposal Fund) [Administration and Support]	($5,650)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Risk Management Adjustment	($19,825)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Department of Environmental Protection Chargeback [Administration and Support]	($25,000)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Printing and Mail Adjustment	($27,258)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Lapse Adjustment [Materials and Collection]	($47,667)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Annualization of FY25 Personnel Costs	($185,649)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Reduced Staff Augmentation Needs [Materials and Collection]	($2,040,382)	0.00
FY26 RECOMMENDED	$186,186,301	107.56

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
FY25 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION	$12,313,291	11.78
Other Adjustments (with no service impacts)
Increase Cost: Residential Refuse Collection Contracts [Materials and Collection]	$827,882	0.00
Increase Cost: FY26 Compensation Adjustment	$57,887	0.00
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY25 Compensation Increases	$33,101	0.00
Increase Cost: Motor Pool Adjustment	$15,642	0.00
Increase Cost: Printing and Mail Adjustment	$5,031	0.00
Increase Cost: Retirement Adjustment	$3,185	0.00
Decrease Cost: Outside Mail [Administration and Support]	($35)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Risk Management Adjustment	($1,700)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Finance Chargeback Adjustment (Collection Fund) [Administration and Support]	($2,330)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Annualization of FY25 Personnel Costs	($22,634)	0.00
Decrease Cost: Adjust FTE Allocation to Better Align With Responsibilities (Collection Fund) [Materials and Collection]	($117,065)	-1.00
Decrease Cost: Adjust FTE Allocation to Better Align With Responsibilities (Collection Fund) [Administration and Support]	($146,373)	-1.00
FY26 RECOMMENDED	$12,965,882	9.78

Program Summary

Program Name	FY25 APPR Expenditures	FY25 APPR FTEs	FY26 REC Expenditures	FY26 REC FTEs
Administration and Support	$10,493,895	41.1	$12,588,377	40.04
Disposal	$67,598,877	25.65	$0	0
Materials and Collection	$76,767,411	51.15	$79,775,164	47.15
Total	$154,860,183	117.90	$92,363,541	87.19

Charges to Other Departments

Charged Department	Charged Fund	FY25 Total$	FY25 FTES	FY26 Total$	FY26 FTES
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
General Services	General Fund	$417,192	0	$956,622	0
Alcohol Beverage Services	Liquor	$21,624	0	$49,584	0
Parking District Services	Bethesda Parking	$80,570	0	$184,748	0
Parking District Services	Silver Spring Parking	$156,105	0	$357,949	0
Parking District Services	Wheaton Parking	$15,107	0	$34,640	0
Total		$690,598	0.00	$1,583,543	0.00

Funding Parameter Items ($000s)

Title	FY26	FY27	FY28	FY29	FY30	FY31
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
EXPENDITURES
FY26 Recommended	$186,186	$186,186	$186,186	$186,186	$186,186	$186,186
No inflation or compensation change is included in outyear projections.
Labor Contracts	$0	$63	$63	$63	$63	$63
These figures represent the estimated annualized cost of general wage adjustments, service increments, and other negotiated items.
Subtotal Expenditures	$186,186	$186,249	$186,249	$186,249	$186,249	$186,249

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
EXPENDITURES
FY26 Recommended	$12,966	$12,966	$12,966	$12,966	$12,966	$12,966
No inflation or compensation change is included in outyear projections.
Labor Contracts	$0	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3
These figures represent the estimated annualized cost of general wage adjustments, service increments, and other negotiated items.
Subtotal Expenditures	$12,966	$12,969	$12,969	$12,969	$12,969	$12,969

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