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Home My WebLink AboutSWAC 8 Final September 24, 2015 Minutes JEFFERSON COUNTY SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – Thursday, September 24, 2015 Jefferson County Public Works Building, Conference Room OPENING BUSINESS: Meeting called to order by Al Cairns at 3:02 PM. There was not a quorum until member arrived at 3:08. Members Present: Dave Zellar City of Port Townsend Al Cairns Port of Port Townsend Lisa Crosby District #1 Chad Young DM/Murrey’s Disposal Kathleen Kler Commissioner Members Absent: Matt Hall Skookum Hank Fly District #1 Jenifer Taylor Citizen at Large Staff Present: Tom Boatman Solid Waste Manager Jerry Mingo Public Works MRW/Solid Waste Coordinator Laura Tucker Public Health Education Tina Anderson Public Works Support Staff Guests: John Merchant Former City of Port Townsend Steven Gilmore Republic Services Bart Kale Citizen Rick Hlavka Green Solution, Consultant for Solid Waste Management Plan Jean Ball Citizen BUSINESS: Approval of August 27, 2015 minutes: Correct the spelling of the last name of Dave Zellar. Kathleen moved and Dave seconded to accept the minutes with the change. Motion carried. No Correspondence 2015 Year End meeting schedule. Discussion on additional special meetings to finish the final chapters and do the final review in January 2016. November 5th, December 3rd, 2015 and January 21st, 2016 proposed. Al moved and Kathleen seconded to add the extra meetings. All the segments of the plan should be ready after the December meeting for Rick to compile a packet for review. The packet will be available electronically or the Public Works office can print a copy for you. SWAC SW Recycle Quantities Report: The report reflects the outbound loads of recyclable products rather than the inbound loads. Discussion on the weighing of trucks and status of scales. There are GPS locators on the Skookum trucks. There has been a great amount of use at the Hadlock Recycling site. Tom had an email from Rick McKenny of the PT tools group. He has been invited to give a brief presentation at the next meeting about their goal of fixing small appliances and tools. SWAC Membership update: Jerry requested approval of the recommendation to the BOCC Commissioners to accept the following new members: Jenifer Taylor to fill the District 2 position, Bart Kale to fill the Citizen-at-large position and David Zellar to take the place of John Merchant for the City of Port Townsend. Also requesting approval of the following re-appointments: Lisa Crosby for District 1, Kent Kovalenko for Olympic Disposal and DM Disposal, Inc., Al Cairns for the Port of Port Townsend, Terry Khile as Alternate for the Port of Port Townsend and Alysa Russell as Alternate for Skookum Contract Services. Al motioned and Dave seconded to approve the recommendation to the BOCC Commissioners. Discussion on how busy and shorthanded Matt and Alysa currently are and unable to attend the meetings. Kathleen is still looking for volunteers for District 3. Chapter 6 Waste Collection: Rick Ratings were added to the end of chapter 6 Added to the introduction. On Table 6-1, revisions and clarified rates are from 2015. Additional sentence to 6.4 about working well. Added alternative C and a highlighted section within the paragraph. On page 6-6 rating table 6-2 includes Disposal District. Discussion on Mandatory waste collection: Fee structure versus tax structure. Collection district. Junior taxing district. Difference between a mandatory collection district and a junior taxing district. This will be covered in chapter 9. Re: mandatory waste collection, include something about not necessarily a tax and/or undetermined funding mechanism. Discussion about benefits of mandatory pickup services for the environment. Section 6.6 new paragraph, use the wording fee based instead of tax. Chapter 7 Waste Transfer and Disposal: Section 7.2 In-County Transfer: clarification on dollar amounts in revenue – include Quilcene? Rick will check. Clarify excluding recycled materials for industrial processing. 7.4 In-County Landfilling. No comments. 7.5 Alternative Transfer and Disposal Strategies: Discussion on desirable improvements to the Quilcene site. Alternative A – remove Maintain to Improvements to Quilcene Drop Box. Also remove from Table 7-2 Alternative B – 3, should refer to the options for the Transfer station completed in 1994 4, also the facility completed in 1983. Discussion of an additional option for feasibility of new transfer station location. Alternative C – recyclables – examining exported options limited to Solid Waste Disposal In Table 7-2: Discussion of other transfer alternatives and other waste import or export alternatives. Will remove alternatives C, E and F. Memorandum: Special Wastes to be addressed in the Solid Waste Plan: Will split Biomedical Wastes and Pharmaceuticals in to two separate materials. Discussion on existing pharmaceutical program. From the Floor: Comments from Jean: In Vermont there was a “shed” for doing a free swap of items too good to put in the landfill. Food scrap composting for individuals and business. Mentor recycling in the county. There is a lot being done, but it needs more. Provisions for large clean-ups budget. What are the projections or plans for that funding? Reduced product packaging. Also using compostable plastics. Methane production for powering. An opt-out option for waste pick-up. Next Scheduled Meeting is October 22, 2015. Meeting adjourned at 4:40 PM.