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JEFFERSON COUNTY
Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC)
Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting, Thursday, January 25, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Public Works Office, 623 Sheridan St., Port Townsend, WA
Hybrid Meeting
Audio and video recordings posted under Meeting Recordings on this website
https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/483/Solid-Waste-Advisory-Committee
Opening Business
Meeting agenda posted on website on January 23, 2024.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call – Tracy Grisman, Chair
Committee Members Present for Roll Call
Heidi Eisenhour, County Commissioner Tracy Grisman, Chair & District #1
Steve Chappuis, District #2 Don Rhoden, District #2
Tim Deverin, District #3 Joey Deese, Waste Connections
Glenn Gately, Conservation District Alysa Thomas, Skookum Site Manager
Committee Members Absent
Steve King, City of Port Townsend
Staff Present
Al Cairns, Solid Waste Manager Chris Spall, Public Works Support Staff
Laura Tucker, Public Health - Solid Waste Educator
Guests/Visitors: Blake Nelson, Ecology – Southwest Regional Office
There is a quorum.
2. Public Comment: None
3. Approval/ Correction of previous meeting minutes. Under Staff Reports, Solid Waste Education, change
first part to read “Contamination Reduction Outreach Program.” No other changes requested. Tracy called for
a motion to be made to approve the minutes. Steve made the motion to approve the minutes with the change
and Don seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.
4. Committee Reports (No sub-committees formed)
5. Staff Reports (Q&A on Staff Report) – There was discussion about the report: Related to the Transfer
Station Replacement Meeting Planning Process, Al said that given the overlap of SWAC and the solid waste
facility planning process, the Solid Waste Facility Task Force meetings would be held as BoCC workshops.
These workshops will substitute for the SWAC meetings that will need to be cancelled due to limited staff
resources and the critical focus on facility replacement.
6. Old Business (None)
7. New Business Q&A with staff. Al and members of the SWAC answered a variety of questions
about the Solid Waste Program that were asked mostly by the two newest members of the SWAC.
There was a lot of discussion as answers were given.
8. Partner Updates
a. Artist in Residency Program (Tracy Grisman) – A Call for Artist for 2024 has been made
https://aireatthetransferstation.com/. The newspaper may do an article on this soon.
b. Skookum Contract Services (Alysa Thomas) – Commodity pricing is looking better than it has in
a while. New hook truck ready in April.
c. Waste Connections (Joey Deese) – Getting back on track from the winter weather. No new
updates. Everything going smoothly.
d. City of Port Townsend – No one from City in attendance.
e. Solid Waste Education (Laura Tucker) – Covered in staff report
9. Future Agenda Items - Tracy suggested that when reporting on something to include how the item connects
or follows the triple-bottom-line philosophy that Al has talked about in previous SWAC meetings.
Meeting adjourned at 4:37 PM
Next Meeting Date: March 28, 2024.
2024 Regular Meetings
January 25
March 28
May 23
July 25
September 26
December 5