City of Edmonton Waste Services Utility 2021 Utility Rate Filing

Line 2 - Overtime Overtime is expected to increase over the 2020 forecast primarily to support the implementation of the Source Separated Organics Program rollout in 2021-2022 and due to the additional requirements for the seasonal grass, leaf and yard waste collection. [...] The decrease in Other from the 2020 Forecast is primarily related to an adjustment to the delivery of the litter collection service as part of the reimagining of City services in 2021. [...] The study was to be initiated during the second quarter of 2020 however, in light of COVID-19, the study was postponed to be undertaken in the future as some of the jurisdictions expressed their reluctance to participate due to resource constraints. [...] Line 1 - Litter Collection Recovery The decrease in Litter Collection Recovery from the 2020 forecast is related to an adjustment to the delivery of the litter collection service as part of the reimagining of City services in 2021. [...] Line 5 - One of the options explored for interim organics processing in 2019 and prior to the commencement of ECF deconstruction work included the possibility of salvaging equipment worth $3.3 million from the aeration hall during the deconstruction of the ECF and repurposing those salvaged assets for processing organics as part of the interim solution.