Recycling Minutes 08-06-2026

August 6th , 202 6 Recycling Committee minutes Buffalo County Minutes Committee/Board: Recycling Committee Date of Meeting: August 6 th , 202 6 The meeting was called to order by Max Weiss at 5:30 p.m. Max Weiss opened the meeting for the Recycling Committee and Rich Bauer took roll call. Pledge of Allegiance was recited Roll Call of Members: Calvin Loewenhagen, Jeannie Czaplewski , Claire Waters , Bruce Kees, Perry Pronschinske, Mike Mcnallan , Brian Michaels , Dwight Ruff, Max Weiss . Absent, Mary Lisowski, Jamey Davis, Perry Pronschinske, Michelle Loken, Bob Traun. Verification of Open Meeting Law Compliance : Yes Approval of the Agenda : Dwight Ruff made a motion to approve the agenda, Bruce Kees 2 nd the motion. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting: Claire Waters made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Calvin Loewenhagen second the motion. Motion carrie d Public Present : None Public Comments: None Election of Recycling Committee Chair and Vice-Chair. Elections were held for the Chair. Claire Waters made a motion to nominate Max Weiss and Jean Czaplewski second it, Bruce Kees made a motion to nominate Dwight Ruff, Dwight then made a motion to close the nominations. Ballets were passed out and the vote was 7 votes for Max, 1 for Dwight and 1 abstained. Vice chair: Dwight Ruff was nominated by Bruce Kees, and Brian Michaels was nominated by Jean Czaplewski, Claire Waters then made a motion to close the nominations. Ballets were passed out and Dwight received 5 votes and Brian received 4 votes. Offices for the Committee will stay the same with Max as the Chair and Dwight as Vice. Site Contracts None to Approve. Rich Bauer asked if a Contracted is required with Green Circle for future business. Things are going good but unsure if this is required. Repainting of Containers : Rich has had one container repainted by Maxville Truck and Repair. He would like to continue and paint an additional 3 units this year. Dwight made a motion to approve painting 3 more roll offs and Brian Michaels 2 nd it. Review/Discussion – Clean Sweep for 2027 : Rich Bauer was working with La Crosse County Household Hazardous Material Program to do more of a self-collection . But after August 6th , 202 6 Recycling Committee minutes talking with Tony regarding past years, the risk of any liability seams to not be worth taking a chance of an incident if we did not go directly with Violia for their assistance. The Grant for next years Clean sweep was issued and contract has been signed for $3,830.49 for Ag, $12,709.80 for House hold Waste. Per Capita Rate: Rich recommended keeping the current rate of $5.00 per person for 2027. Claire made a motion to keep the current rate and Jean 2 nd it. Mattress Recycling : Green Cycle has got an automated recycling of Mattresses available in La Crosse working directly with them for large volumes at $425 a ton, or thru La Crosse landfill for $14.00 each. Some thought that BBC&M was currently taking loads of mattresses to La Crosse. Rich will see if they are and if we can work with them to try and recycle when possible. Chairmans Report : None Future Agenda Items: Mattress recycling, Containers/Roll offs, Contract w/ Green Circle. Department Manager Report : This are going well, Budget is on track for the year so far. Next Meeting Date and Time: The next Recycling meeting was set for Thursday, October, 8 th @ 530 pm. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Claire Waters at 6 27 pm Respectfully Submitted: Richard Bauer Recycling Coordinator