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Financial Information
This page includes information about how we are funded, our current budget, grants we offer, plus forms and other finance-related resources.
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This page includes information about how we are funded, our current budget, grants we offer, plus forms and other finance-related resources.
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Financial Pages
CSWD is not funded by Income, Sales, or Property taxes. Our revenue comes from four primary sources.
This includes revenue received from:
These are fees we charge customers who drop off Trash, Hazardous Waste, Blue-Bin Recycling, Organics, and Special Materials for us to manage appropriately.
This is a fee we charge on every ton of trash that is generated in Chittenden County and goes to a landfill. This fee is incorporated into the fee at transfer stations and the landfill. CSWD does not determine any other fees charged by facilities we do not own or operate.
A small, variable percentage of our funding comes from State grants for hazardous waste and other materials management, and reimbursements for Product Stewardship programs.
CSWD follows a July 1 to June 30 Fiscal Year.
The Finance Committee of the CSWD Board of Commissioners reviews the proposed budget for the next fiscal year during meetings held generally between February and March. At the end of this process the draft budget is brought to the Board of Commissioners to approve for adoption.
The legislative bodies of CSWD’s member communities then have 45 days to approve or disapprove the District’s budget; the budget becomes effective once approved by a majority of member communities.
CSWD FY25 Budget
Previous financial statement files are available on request.
CSWD Audit Report 2023
CSWD Audit Report 2022
CSWD Audit Report 2021 and 2020
CSWD’s budget includes an annual allocation for each CSWD member town or city for community cleanup and waste reduction or prevention projects.
Clean Up Funds may be used for:
The member town/city’s CSWD Commissioner must approve the project. Details of the complete process and project qualifications can be found here.
CSWD is offering $15,000.00 in Waste Reduction Grants in FY2025 for reimbursement of expenses incurred for qualifying projects by CSWD member towns and cities, 501(c)(3) organizations, businesses, and institutions. The purpose of the Waste Reduction Grants is to increase the diversion of recyclables and compostables from landfills via innovative, sustainable projects that serve an unmet need, and/or by improving the infrastructure—recycling and food scrap collection bins—available to the general public.
All Chittenden County, Vermont, businesses, institutions, municipalities, community groups, and nonprofit organizations are eligible.
Applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds are disbursed or until June 14th of the grant year.
Review of applications will consider how well the applicants meet the requirements and intent of the Waste Reduction Grant Program. CSWD is the sole authority responsible for the approval of applications and reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
Grant awards will be distributed as a reimbursement to the sponsoring municipality or institutional/commercial applicant upon receipt of paid invoices or receipts for approved project expenses.
Project expenses must be incurred and all receipts or other proof of payment submitted to CSWD by June 14, 2024.
Interim and final reports will be required documenting estimated waste diverted from the landfill, lessons learned and detailing plans for future sustainability.
CSWD considers requests for donations of Local Color paint and Green Mountain Compost on a first-come-first-served basis to projects that further our mission.
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