HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.27.16 SWAC MinutesJEFFERSON COUNTY
SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – Thursday, October 27, 2016
Jefferson County Public Works Building, Conference Room
Opening Business:
John Merchant agreed to chair
Members Present:
Bart Kale Citizen-at-large
Robin Merrell Skookum
John Merchant City of Port Townsend
Lisa Crosby District #1
Kathleen Kler County Commissioner
Jenifer Taylor District #2
Chris Giraldes Waste Connections
Members Absent:
Jean Ball District #3
Staff Present:
Jerry Mingo Public Works MRW Coordinator
Tom Boatman Public Works Solid Waste Manager
Tina Anderson Public Works Administration
Guests:
Steve Gilmore Republic Services
Carol Cummins Citizen
No Quorum until 3:20
Business: Discussion until 3:20:
Clarification between the Solid Waste Management Plan and the Master Plan (facilities) and the relation to the
Comprehensive Plan.
The Comprehensive Plan is a requirement of the state for utilities/municipalities to make sure of the health and
safety of the community. A plan for growth is a part of the Comprehensive Plan.
In our Master Plan, the Quilcene Drop Box improvements are going forward. Improvements will be made to the
office and the site. There are budgeted funds at this time in the 2017 Budget.
About 80% of the traffic to the Quilcene site also goes to the Recycle Facility.
Opening Business:
Quorum at 3:20
Approval of July 28th minutes: Add under Business in item 2 next to last paragraph. Staff to prepare and
present an estimated capital and yearly operation cost for a centralized food waste facility.
Chris moved and Bart seconded, with above addition. Motion carried.
There was no quorum for the August 25th meeting, no minutes taken only a summary of the discussions.
Meeting Dates for 2017: Bart moved and Jenifer seconded. Motion carried to accept the following meeting
dates for 2017.
2017 Meeting calendar: January 26, March 23, May 25, July 27, August 24 and October 26
Chair and Vice-Chair for 2017: Lisa nominated Bart Kale for Chair. John nominated Chris Giraldes for Vice
Chair. No other nominations. Unanimous approval for the motions.
Business: Order of Business rearranged.
#2. From Tom: One of the recommendations in the Management Plan will be the long haul disposal contract.
The current contract expires in April of 2019. There is no automatic extension of the contract. Discussion of the
process, going out for bid versus renegotiation and timeline.
Also expansion of the recycling program. Jerry has been working on the process matrix.
Summary – 2016 Recovered Recyclables and Waste Tonnages presented by Tom with a handout and power
point slides. Covered the preliminary 20 year projections. Discussion on the projected tonnages and revenue of
previous years.
Any extra ending fund balance would go into the Solid Waste Reserve Fund. Discussion of the priority list of
improvements.
In 2004 the capacity of the transfer station was near capacity. A firm was hired to design a larger facility. The
economy went down which in turn decreased the need at the transfer station. Recently the tonnages have
increased near capacity.
#1 From Jerry: Robin Merrell and Chris Giraldes have been appointed by the County Commissioners to the
SWAC.
#4. Recycle List Decision Matrix from Jerry: Presented handout of Recycle List Decision Matrix, Altering the
Recycle List – Balancing Multiple Values. Examples to determine and mathematically weight decision
parameters. The table with each parameter includes each member and incorporates everyone’s values.
Discussion of the matrix and the difficulty of the previous rating method.
Establishing parameters is tabled for the next meeting.
#5. DOE Materials Recovery & Use Study. Jerry highly recommends reading the report.
#3. The final Draft SW Management Plan will be presented to the City of Port Townsend before the end of the
year. The final Draft will be sent to the Jefferson County Commissioners as soon as approved by the City of
Port Townsend.
Next Meeting: Thursday, January 26, 2017. 3:00 at the Public Works Office Conference Room.
2017 meetings will be advertised in the Leader.
Adjournment: 4:40 PM