Solid Waste & Recycling

Solid Waste & Recycling Committee August 18, 2022 Sheriff’s Dept Training Room Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Lester Lewis called the meeting to order at 10:30am. Members Present: Lester Lewis, Jim Gebauer, Myron Brooks, Lynn Rosemeyer, Mike Bub, Dan Hoffman, Larry Ziembo Members Absent: Barb Kallenbach, Joe Harris Other Attendees: Michelle Grimm, Kyle Noonan, Sue Noland Approve Minutes: Brooks moved to approve the minutes of the August 19, 20 21 meeting; Seconded by Bub. Motion carried. Approve Agenda: Gebauer moved to approve the agenda with 10 items as posted; Seconded by Hoffman. Motion carried. 2022 Tonnages Thru Ju ly: Tonnages thru J uly comparing 202 1 vs. 2022 were reviewed. Overall, volumes are down with 332 tons of recyclables collected through July. 2022 Expenses To-Date: Administrator reported there was a carry -over of $70,282 from 2021. The expenses through mid-August have been $ 24,430. Grant dollars of $88, 734 have been received and distributed to joint munic ipalities. Joint R ib Lake received $1 8,553 and Cit y of Medford was $25,816. The balance available is approximately $ 96,120. Future expenses will be the tire collection and advertising, monthly office expenses and 4 more months of container billings. 2022 Appliance/Electronic collection and Clean Sweep collection: The 2022 appliance and electronic collection was held on May 7 in Medford and Gilman. Approximately 33,172 pounds of misc. electronics were collected along with 272 old appliances, and 4 48 TVs and monitors. There were 325 participants with electronics and 2 08 with ap pliances. The Clean Sweep was held on June 14 in Medford with 120 participants of which 36 had never been to a clean sweep collection before. Participants were mostly from residents with a few f arms and government . Accepted were chemicals, oil-based paint, cleaners, fluorescent tubes, and much more. We have not received the chemical volume numbers yet from NWRPC ; except for the 1749 fluorescent tubes collected. Tire collection: The first collection was held in Gilman and Medford on August 13. There were 708 tires collected in Gilman and 6 58 at the Medford site. The second/final collection will be August 20 at the Holway site. 2023 Budgets: The proposed 2 023 budgets for Solid Wa ste Disposal, Recycling A ct 335, all Clean Sweeps, and grant revenues were reviewed. There is 0% increase as requested a nd carry- over dollars will be utilized. The operating expenses for all budgets total $24,639. Bub moved to approve the proposed budgets as presented; Seconded by Hoffman. Motion carried. Any Other Business: None Next Committee Meeting: The next meeting of the Solid Waste & Recycling Committee will be at the call of the Chairman. Adjournment: With no further business, Gebauer moved to adjourn the meeting; Seconded by Brooks. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 AM. Secretary: Kyle Noonan