According to The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Municipality), for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, Pay as You Throw is off the table.
*Page 6 of the CAFR or page 12 of 177.
In early 2014, the Commission requested a panel be formed to evaluate the feasibility of a Payas-you-throw (PAYT) program in the Municipality. The panel consisted of municipal staff, members of the Environmental Sustainability Board and Municipality residents. A PAYT program is reliant on user fees for residential solid waste. Since collection is currently paid for with general tax revenue, the Municipality would have to remove a portion of the solid waste cost from the General Fund tax revenue if this program would be a fit for the Municipality. In the short term, the Commission has decided not to commence a PAYT program in 2015. Further consideration of a PAYT program will be on the Commission priority list in future years. The results of the feasibility study can be found on the municipal website at http://www.mtlebanon.org/index.aspx?NID=2190.*Commissioners Fraasch and Linfante brought this program to the Commission.
*Page 6 of the CAFR or page 12 of 177.