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JEFFERSON COUNTY
Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC)
Regular Meeting
Thursday, September 26, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Public Works Conference Room
623 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, Washington
OPENING BUSINESS
Roll Call and Introductions – Bart Kale Chair
Committee Members Present:
Bart Kale, Chair & Citizen at Large Lisa Crosby, District #1
Tracy Grisman, District #1 Jenifer Taylor, District #2
Samantha Janes, District #3 Brian Reid, City of Port Townsend
Glenn Gately, County Conservation District Greg Brotherton, County Commissioner
Alysa Russell, Skookum Brian Tate, Alternate for Waste Connections
Committee Members Absent
Chad Young, Waste Connections
Staff Present:
Tom Boatman, Solid Waste Manager George Puopolo, Solid Waste Operations Coordinator
Chris Spall, Public Works Support Staff Jerry Mingo, Public Works MRW Coordinator
Guests/Visitors: Joey Deese
Quorum Determination: There is a quorum.
Approval of July 25, 2019 Draft of Minutes: Moved, second, and carried to approve the minutes as written.
Correspondence received for discussion: Renew Membership(s): The following members’ two-year terms are
ending or have recently ended: Brian Reid, Alysa Russell, Lisa Crosby, and Jenifer Taylor. The SWAC gave their
support for the reappointment of these members. Members will be emailed information about what to do to apply
for reappointment.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Recycling Videos – Greg Brotherton showed a recycling video that he and Tracy Grisman made.
Before showing the video, he asked the SWAC to be ready to offer suggestions for improvements after
viewing it. In the video he goes to Laura Tucker’s office with a couple bags of recycling and asks her if
she has time to answer some recycling questions. He proceeds to pull items out of the bags, and as he
does he asks her if the item can be recycled. Laura answers his questions for each item. Greg also asks
if the items that were recyclable were clean enough. Laura said to rely on the recycling flyer to
determine what is recyclable. Some suggestions for improving the video were: Add a graphic to
visually communicate yes or no about whether an item is recyclable; shorten the video by cutting out
some of the introductory footage to get straight to what is recyclable and what is not; emphasize tone of
here’s what to do rather than I’m really confused and what should I do. SWAC members said they
would like to see the edited video before it is finalized and uploaded to the Solid Waste website.
2. Hadlock Recycle Drop-Off Site -- Gate installation/ new hours proposal - Tom Boatman
Illegal dumping is getting increasingly worse at the Hadlock site. Fort Worden had the same problem
and ended up recently shutting down its recycling site. Tom passed around photos of what is being
dumped at the Hadlock including human waste. The Hadlock site is the only non-monitored recycling
drop off site in the county. Illegal dumping signs were posted in July, but seem to have had no effect.
Proposed solutions are new hours of Mon-Sat 7 am to 4 pm (tentative,) installing a gate close to the
road, and putting up a camera. The SWAC gave their approval in support of the proposal (see attached
PowerPoint slides.).
3. Quilcene Drop-Off Facility – New hours proposed - George Puopolo
Propose changing days and times of operation to Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Currently the facility is open M/W/F 1-5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A survey of residents was
completed with a total of 134 responses (about 75% of regular customer base.) The majority (73%)
were in favor of the new days and hours of operation. SWAC approved supporting the proposal. If
approved by BoCC hope to have new hours in place by mid-January, 2020.
4. Recycling Services RFP
The recycling contract with Skookum ends March 31, 2021. Tom spoke briefly about the contract and
upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
5. Committee and Open Public Discussion
None.
Next Meeting Date: October 24, 2019.