HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.26.17 SWAC MinutesJEFFERSON COUNTY
SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – Thursday, January 26, 2017
Jefferson County Public Works Building, Conference Room
Opening Business:
Bart Kale called the meeting to order at 3:00
Members Present:
Bart Kale Citizen-at-large
Kathleen Kler County Commissioner
Alysa Russell Skookum
Chris Giraldes Waste Connections
Glenn Gately Conservation District
Lisa Crosby District #1
Carol Cummins District #1
Jenifer Taylor District #2
Jean Ball District #3
Members Absent:
David Zellar City of Port Townsend
Staff Present:
Jerry Mingo Public Works MRW Coordinator
Tom Boatman Public Works Solid Waste Manager
George Puopolo Public Works Solid Waste Coordinator
Laura Tucker Public Health Solid Waste Educator
Tina Anderson Public Works Support Staff
Guests:
Steve Gilmore Republic Services
There is a Quorum.
Approval of October 27, 2016 minutes: Lisa moved and Chris seconded, motion carried.
Correspondence: None
Business:
#2 Introduction of George Puopolo. George will be replacing Dennis Bates when he retires the end of
April.
#1 Membership Update: Jerry reported the SWAC has a full board. Carol Cummins is representing
District #1. Glenn Gately is representing Agriculture and Conservation for the JC Conservation District.
A listing of current and past SWAC members was sent to board members via email.
A current list of members is available via the County web site under SWAC Notebook.
Jerry noted several errors that have been corrected by the BOCC office.
#3 Status of the 2016 Final SWMP: Tom reported the City of Port Townsend and the Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners have accepted the SWMP. The SWMP was sent to DOE for the final review
to be done within 45 days.
#4 Briefing from Tom Boatman:
a. Impact to the JC SWMP with the 2015-2016 Washington Statewide Waste Characterization
Study. Discussed the organic waste for Jefferson County versus the State statistics.
b. Washington State House Bill H-0538.2/17 (HB1047): Creating a system for safe and secure
collection and disposal of unwanted medications. SWAC unanimously would like a letter from
the BOCC Board in support of this bill. Kathleen is attending a Three (3) County Opioid Summit
on Monday. She would like information by 9:00 AM on Monday.
Tom will draft a letter for the SWAC to approve sending to the BOCC for their next meeting on
February 6th.
Action that can be taken by the community: contact your legislators about this bill.
On the Legislators website is a Bill Tracker with the status of all bills.
Tom will be in contact with the WSAC lobbyist about tracking and updating the SWAC on this
bill.
c. Anticipated CPG fund cuts, 2017-2019, Governor’s Budget: CPG funding has been cut by 1/3rd
in the proposed State Budget.
Laura Tucker’s education budget was cut 2 years ago. Recently, there appears to be a decline in
recycling since educational outreach has been cut back. Plastic has stayed about the same. Glass
has gone down.
Laura talked about restructuring her time to make the most of the limited funding.
Question: is there any indication that the legislature wants to cut the CPG funding.
Discussion followed about single stream and separated recycling. Handout with the average
weights of recycling with and without glass.
Information from Alyssa; where the recyclables go and the back hall of cardboard with the mill.
#5 SWAC Decision Matrix Discussion. Tabled from October meeting.
The process to determine parameters and mathematically weight.
Walked through the process. Rated three areas using the Triple Bottom Line, comparing to the
SWMP rating. Jerry tabulated on a spreadsheet.
Discussion on rating process. “Kick out” column for items too low to consider.
Jerry will bring another example to the next meeting.
The matrix will be another tool to use in the decision process.
Next Meeting: March 23, 2017
Adjournment: 4:35 PM