Lane County Public Works Budget

“For the first time in many years, the Waste Management Division is also structurally imbalanced. This is despite an 11% approved fee increase for FY 25-26. The division is anticipating approximately $4M in lost revenue due to waste being exported from Lane County. The County will need to work to prevent waste from leaving the county, seek to import waste from other counties, or consider significant reductions in services in future budgets.”
— FY 2025-26 Proposed BUDGET DOCUMENT

Lane County discovers that if you raise your prices you can lose business.

Lets dig into the budget a little more

Here is a closer look at those budgets

Bond Obligation

BHS Contract Obligation

Bond Obligation w/o interest calculated Aug 20, 2024 had an estimated $23,672,286 in interest

Total Bond Obligation $58,672,000 over 30 yrs

BHS Contract Obligation $9,200,000 Annually for 25 years

Final Cost of CleanLane on an annual basis

  • Lane County’s Annual Obligation to BHS $9,200,000 

  • Lane County Annual Bond Obligation $1,955,000

financial obligations combined $11,155,000 

CleanLane Will cost the county $11,155,000 annually to run.

This is a new expenditure that is destabilizing the county budget.

Lane County commissioners have already committed 10s of millions of dollars to this project, if changes aren't made soon it will cost the county 100s of millions and put our county in financial peril.