Dec 02, 2021 Solid Waste and Recycling Board

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IT IS 2 0 5

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE.

I GOT STUCK ON ONE 70.

THEY HAD, THEY HAD BARRICADES ACROSS ONE 70 AT, UH, AT BLUFFTON PARKWAY THERE.

SO LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD.

UH, WE WILL BE GRACE BY THE PRESENCE OF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE ALL KNOW HIM AS ERIC GREENWAY, FANTASTIC GUY.

UH, SO IT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIM, UM, AS A GROUP, AS A BOARD, ANY CONCERNS THAT WE MAY HAVE.

SO I CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, APPROVAL OF AGENDA,

[3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

IT LOOKS GREAT.

SO I HAVE A SECOND, I'D SAY, OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

IT

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – DECEMBER 2, 2021]

OKAY.

ANY DISCREPANCIES? ANY PROBLEMS? OKAY, EXCELLENT.

SO, UH, I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS OF OUR SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

INTRODUCTIONS.

AS WE ALWAYS

[5. INTRODUCTIONS]

I THINK WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER QUITE WELL, BUT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO, UH, EACH AND EVERY TIME.

SO LET'S START OVER HERE AND THEN KIND OF GO CLOCKWISE.

WHERE ARE YOU AT HOFFMAN OR SECOND COORDINATOR OR LITTER PATROL SUPERVISOR SALLY DENNIS DISTRICT SEVEN, JIM CORLEY DISTRICT EIGHT, RANDY BALMY DISTRICT NINE, LAWRENCE BRYAN, DISTRICT FIVE, UH, MIKE BENNETT, DISTRICT THREE HILTON IN BRISBANE, A MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, BUFORD LIAISON FILL GRANTED DISTRICT SIX, WATER SOLID WASTE RECYCLING IT'S MANAGER.

COORDINATOR SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC HERE.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR.

SO, UH, CINDY HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAN A FACILITATED OR DIRECTED TO YOU SINCE WE MET LAST.

OKAY.

SO WE DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT UPDATES REGARDING

[7. UPDATES REGARDING MEETINGS WITH COUNTY COUNCIL (ALL)]

UM, I ALWAYS HAVE AN UPDATE CAUSE I GOT A BIG MOUTH AND I'M A TYPE A, SO I'M ALWAYS REACHING OUT BACK.

THIS IS THAT, UH, UM, WE HAVE GOT TO GET SOME EMPHASIS ON THIS SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS.

WE'VE GOT TO PUSH FORWARD.

UM, WE'VE KINDA SORTA HIT STALL.

UM, I TALKED TO MARK LAWSON, MARK LAWSON IS ATTENDING A MEETING AT PALMETTO BLOCK ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, ERIC GREENWAY AND UM, AND DR.

RODRIGUEZ, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

SO, UH, THAT WILL BE ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THAT NIGHT.

UM, HOW ABOUT OTHERS OF YOU THAT HAVE MET WITH YOUR COUNCILMEN AND POINTS OF EMPHASIS FOR DIRECTION THAT YOU MIGHT'VE TAKEN? I MEAN LIKE I'M GOING, BUT YOU FIRST, UM, SYDNEY, CYNTHIA, I'M SORRY.

I HAVE PROBLEMS SAYING MS. C HOW'S THAT? UM, SHE TOLD ME WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT YOU KNOW, SHANKLIN CAN HANDLE IT, BUT THERE, FROM WHAT SHE TOLD ME, BUT THE WAY THE NORTHERN THE NAN IS BEGINNING TO BILL ALSO, WE, I THINK JUST MY PERSONAL THOUGHT.

I THINK WE NEED ANOTHER LARGE RECYCLE STATION.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BEHIND THE OLD BUTLER DAY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 300 HOUSES.

GOING BACK THEN IS 520 502 APARTMENTS GOING ON BROAD RIVER ROAD ACROSS, BEHIND,

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THERE'S T YOU BLOCK ACROSS FROM WHERE Y'ALL BRANCH.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO YOUR BRANCH, BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE, YES, WE HAVE THE EXTRA LANE AT SHANKLIN TO HANDLE OVERFLOW, BUT I FORESEE, YOU KNOW, I FORESEE THAT THAT PLACE IS GOING TO GET CRAZY, SUPER CRAZY.

IT'S ALREADY PRETTY MUCH THERE NOW.

WAIT, EXCEPTIONS, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE GUYS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

ALSO WE NEED, I THINK TO HAVE ANOTHER PUT IN ANOTHER STATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, THANKSGIVING, THEY WERE MY, MY IN-LAWS AND MY CAUSE I'M ONE, THERE WERE 40, ABOUT 40, 40 US IN THE YARD WITH TENTS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, UM, PARTY.

NO, WHEN YOU, 70 YEARS OLD, YOU CAN PARTY, BUT SO MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD TIME OUTSIDE.

SO, AND I COUNT JUST ON MY ACCOUNT IN MY TRUCK, I MADE TWO, ONE TO TWO TRIPS.

MY BROTHER-IN-LAW MADE TWO TRIPS AND IT WAS PRETTY CONGESTED.

I GOT A QUESTION ON THAT NOTE.

IS THERE A, IS THERE LIKE A POPULATION DENSITY THAT DETERMINES WHERE AND WHEN THOSE CONVENIENCE CENTERS GET OPEN? YEAH.

ORIGINALLY I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE LOOK AT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE ARE MONITORING IS JUST THE TRAFFIC AT THE CENTERS AND FOR RECYCLING, THE VOLUMES THAT ARE BEING USED.

AND WE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE GATE WHEN WE CLOSED GAY AND THOSE RESIDENTS WERE ROUTED TO SHANKLIN.

WE WONDERED IF IT WOULD PICK UP AND OVERLAID THAT CENTER, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

SO WHEN YOU COMPARE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON ST.

HELENA AND SHANKLIN, SHANKLIN IS STILL THE MOST UNDERUTILIZED FACILITY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS OF THE BIG FOUR.

AND THE TOPIC CAME UP, UM, CORRECT ME, CINDY FROM ON TWO SEPTEMBERS AGO.

AND DAVE WILL, UM, UH, HE CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING.

WE ALL REMEMBER THAT, UH, I FORGET WHAT DAY IT WAS, BUT IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER TWO SEPTEMBERS AGO TO ANNOUNCE THIS CONCEPT.

HE HAD DRAWN OUT ON THIS BIG MAP AND ALL AT THAT POINT IN TIME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

BUT I THOUGHT HE SAID, UH, IT WOULD GRAVITATE TOWARDS A POTENTIAL FUTURE POPULATION DENSITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW RIVER ROAD OR A RIVERSIDE.

SO THAT AREA IS JUST BLOWING UP.

SO, I MEAN, CAN BLUFFTON HANDLE THAT? PROBABLY NOT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT HE HAD INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE BASED ON COPULATION, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

WELL, AS LONG AS OUR S OUR CURRENT CENTERS ARE FUNCTIONING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY DON'T FORGET THAT WE STILL WANT TO DOWN THE ROAD, LOOK AT CURBSIDE RECYCLING COUNTY-WIDE.

UM, I THINK THE CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE HANDLE IT WITH THE NEW DECAL SYSTEM UNTIL THAT TIME COMES GOOD.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE OTHER COMMENTS? UM, AND I UNFORTUNATELY MISSED THE LAST MEETING, SO THIS MAY HAVE COME UP, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO CINDY FOR COMING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN HILTON HEAD, UM, TO PRESENT THE SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE, AND THE DIVISION AND THE FUTURE OF THE, UH, UH, OF THE, KIND OF THE SOLID WASTE FOR BEAVER COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I THINK IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING FOR THOSE GUYS IN HILTON HEAD THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE, THE WHOLE SCOPE, I THINK SO, UM, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING AND APPRECIATED THE INPUT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE MIKE.

YOU'RE A NICE GUY.

OKAY.

SO NO MORE COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD.

AND, UM, SO NO ONE ELSE HAS MET WITH THEIR CON UH, PERSON.

I EMPHASIZE THIS EVERY TIME.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR COUNCILMEN,

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IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEIR NUMBER OR THAT YOUR NUMBER BE IN THEIR PHONE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING OR HAVE A GREAT IDEA THAT TO GIVE THEM A CALL, YOU GIVE THEM A TEXT.

I TEXT THOSE TWO GUYS ALL THE TIME.

I TEXT MARK LAWSON ALL THE TIME.

I CALL HIM, PROBABLY BOTHER HIM MORE THAN I SHOULD, BUT I JUST THINK COMMUNICATION IS VITAL.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE EXPLOSIVE TIMES OF URBANIZATION, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP EACH OTHER INFORMED.

THAT'S WHAT THE SPORT IS ALL ABOUT, INFORMATION DECISION-MAKING.

AND THEN WHEN WE TAKE IT OUT TO THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, ALL OF US, PLEASE MAKE THAT YOUR EFFORT COME 20, 22, THAT YOU WILL DO THAT.

UM, BECAUSE I HAVE SAT HERE IN THIS CHAIR TOO MANY TIMES, AND THERE'S BEEN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UH, YEAH, I RAN INTO MY COUNCILMEN, BUT THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN A CONVERSATION.

THEY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK.

I PROMISE YOU THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T, HE'S GONE IS MIKE COVERT.

AND I SPOKE TO HIM EVEN THE OTHER DAY AND HE'S MISSING HIS JOB BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO, UM, SO PLEASE DO THAT.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND I CAN KIND OF, SORT OF PASS THE BATON, UH, INTO THE REPORT SECTION OF TODAY'S, UH, MEETING.

SO, UH,

[8. SWR MONTHLY REPORT NOV 21 FY22 and DEC 21 FY22]

I'M GOING TO DO THE REPORTS RAINING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, CINDY.

UH, AND YOU DO HAVE A SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BOARD REPORTING PACKAGE.

UM, I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HOT SPOTS TODAY.

GREAT.

LOOK AT HAULING FIRST, UM, HAULING FROM THE CENTERS IS KIND OF PLATEAUS DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE AVERAGE JUST UNDER 500 WORDS ON YOUR MONITOR.

TESCO SAID, WE'VE AVERAGED JUST UNDER 550 CALLS A MONTH DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

AND THE SAVINGS FOR HAULING SINCE JULY 1ST OR $169,216 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

LAST YEAR.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DISPOSAL NEXT.

THE DISPOSAL COSTS HAVE SLOWLY AND STEADILY DECLINED DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS.

A REMINDER VIEW FOR COUNTY PAYS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE CENTERS OR FROM RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS, THE SAVINGS FOR DISPOSAL OR $84,495 OVER THE SAME PERIOD FROM LAST YEAR.

SO TOTAL SAVINGS FOR HAULING AND FOR DISPOSAL FOR SINCE JULY 1ST, $253,711.

IS THAT A BASICALLY CONVENIENT CENTER? RESIDENTIAL? WELL, NOT ON DISPOSAL BECAUSE DISPOSAL IS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE THINK THAT, UM, WELL, OCTOBER YEAR TODAY, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR OCTOBER DATA, THE TONNAGE FOR THIS YEAR, TODAY IS 2,934 TONS, LESS THAN OCTOBER OF 2020.

SO HOPEFULLY IT'S A SNAPSHOT REMOVING THE COMMERCIAL WASTE THAT HAD INFILTRATED OUR SYSTEM.

AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

IS IT THAT REDUCTION WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WATCHING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING AT IT.

WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING GLITCHES.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS AT.

UM, AND I ANSWERED TWO YEARS, UH, COMMENT, RANDY IS NOVEMBER 5TH ON SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, DID A PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL RETREAT.

AND WE EMPHASIZE TO THEM THAT THESE SAVINGS ARE IMPRESSIVE, BUT AS POPULATION GROWS AND TIPPING FEES AND INCREASE DECALS ARE NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION.

AND I DO THINK THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, FROM YOUR SEAT JUST LOOKING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S ON SUSTAINABLE.

HOW LONG BEFORE THAT DAY COMES.

CAUSE WE KNOW THE CEO'S THAT ARE BEING HANDLED THAT ARE THEY'RE BEING GRANTED RIGHT NOW.

DO WE THINK IT'S TWO, THREE YEARS? WHAT DO WE THINK? NO CLUE.

I DON'T, I DON'T EITHER HAVE NOT DONE THIS CALCULATIONS.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE AN RFP STATION THAT'S COMING UP FOR THE SPRING BECAUSE THE CURRENT HAULING CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF JUNE.

SO IT COULD MARK AN INCREASE IN OUR POOL COSTS.

UM, WE'RE HOPING FOR ENOUGH COMPETITION THAT THE RFP WILL PROHIBIT A HUGE INCREASE

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SO THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC.

UM, OCTOBER OF 2021 TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CENTERS WAS DOWN 64,710 VEHICLES.

SO COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WELL BELOW THE TREND LINE, THAT'S DECAL RELATED.

WHERE'S THAT GOING? WHERE'S THAT TRASH GOING? THE TRASH IS STILL COMING IN.

IT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF VISITS.

YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING INTO THE CENTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OH, I GOT TO.

SO LIKE WITH ONE OR TWO BAGS NOW IT'S FOUR OR FIVE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, DON'T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THIS.

I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECYCLING FOR A LITTLE BIT.

UH, OUR RECYCLING TARNISH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR SO FAR IS 1,145 TONS.

UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH VICTORIA, UH, FOR SOME NEW EYE CATCHING EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE THE FIGURE AND TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION IN THE STREAM.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREE IS AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

UM, THEY'LL TAKE THEM AT ALL CENTERS.

AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS WILL HAVE A SEPARATE AREA AT SHANKLIN AT BLUFFTON.

CAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT THEY CAN FOR THEIR TREES.

UM, RECYCLING REVENUES ARE POSITIVE, BUT NOW WE CAN LOOK AT THE SHAPE.

UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE GOOD THIS TIME, $64,000, UM, MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO WHAT WE'VE TAKEN IN AS REVENUE FOR, UH, METALS.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME LARGE REVENUES FROM METALS.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU COULD MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

UH, IT'S BEEN AWHILE.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF RAIN IN THE PAST.

SO EVEN IF YOU TAKE WHAT WE'VE TAKEN IN ON THE LEFT COLUMNS TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, THAT'S STILL A LITTLE IN THE RED, WHERE, WHERE DID THE GOOD THIS YEAR? AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SAID THAT.

UM, I ALSO WOULDN'T LET YOU KNOW THAT THE NEW CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, WENT INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO TAKE OUR GLASS.

ALL OF YOU FOR COUNTY FROM BEING IN CENTER GLASS TO GLASS WORK INSTEAD OF WHO THEY USED TO USE AS THEIR VENDOR, BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

THE BEST COMPANY OUT THERE AND NO ON PARKER ROAD.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT'LL COMPLETE THE REPORTS FROM THE BUDGET.

WELL, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AGAIN? YOU DO ANOTHER OF PEOPLE HAULING.

YES.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE'RE MOVING TO NINE RECYCLING

[9. RECYCLING COORDINATOR REPORT]

OKAY.

UM, I WENT TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE BACK IN OCTOBER.

WE GOT HER A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR DECAL SYSTEM.

UM, CINDY PRESENTED IT AT THE CAROLINA RECYCLING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THAT WAS REMOTE.

AND A LOT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AGENCIES WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY LOOKED INTO IT THEMSELVES JUST SEEING HOW MUCH WE PROGRESSED SINCE IMPLEMENTING THAT SYSTEM.

AND WE ALSO GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR LITTER CONTROL PROGRAM.

SO WHILE I WENT TO NORTH CAROLINA TO KIND OF GAIN INFORMATION, I ALSO GOT A LOT OF PRAISE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

IT'S MAKING WAVES.

PEOPLE ARE SEEING WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE SAME THINGS.

WE RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR A MINI GRANT THAT WE APPLIED TO.

UH, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE AN ELECTRONIC, A UTV FOR THE LITTER CREW.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF FINDING ONE THAT FITS OUR NEEDS.

I'VE BEEN CONTINUING WITH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING EVENTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

UH, JUST TODAY WE VISITED ANOTHER SCHOOL AND HAD REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT RECYCLING LITTER CAMPAIGNS.

UM, THEY'RE REALLY GETTING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK WITH TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS.

SO HOPING TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THAT WE HELD AN ART CONTEST, UM, IN BEAVER COUNTY FOR KIDS TO SUBMIT THEIR ARTWORK ABOUT REDUCING REUSING AND RECYCLING GOT SOME REALLY GREAT ARTWORK AND WE DID SELECT A WINNER.

SO THERE'LL BE, UM, A POST ABOUT THAT.

SOON.

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IT'S GOING TO BE A TUTORIAL, THAT'LL BE SHOWCASED ON OUR COUNTY CHANNEL.

WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE OUR SALES FOR THE COMPOST BIN AND GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY TO DIVERT WASTE VIA COMPOSTING.

WE ALSO, FOR A QUICK SECOND, DID YOU REACH OUT TO NPR ON THAT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HELP NPR? YEAH.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

YEAH.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'LL DEFINITELY TAKE NOTE OF THAT FOR THE COMPOSTING.

YEAH, THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE TUTORIAL.

UM, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO FILM IT AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT TOOL, AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO VIEWED THE COUNTY CHANNEL, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMPOSTING, MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE ONE-ON-ONE TUTORIAL TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE THINKING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE DIVERTING THAT WASTE.

UM, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE WASTE THAT GOES TO LANDFILLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS YARD WASTE AND THAT CAN BE COMPOSTED AND DIVERTED.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT COMING UP DECEMBER 11TH, UM, ONE LOCATION IN BLUFFTON AND ONE IN BUFORD.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GREAT TURNOUTS FOR THOSE EVENTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING A LOT OF E-WASTE FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY, OH, AND THIS WEEKEND ALSO LOOK FOR US IN THE PARADE.

WE'LL BE REPRESENTING YOU FOR COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING, MAKE SURE TO GET IN THE CORNER.

SO IF YOU GET IN THE CORNER AND THERE'S EXTRA CANDY THROWN IN THAT SENTENCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN IT, BUT WE'RE IN PROBABLY NOT GOING TO THROW CANDY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.

MOST CERTAINLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

SO THAT'S FOR CERTAIN, ARE YOU ENJOYING BEING HERE? I REALLY KNEW SETTLING IN, WELL, REALLY LIKE MY JOB SHOWING UP TO MY BOSS.

ALRIGHT, SO ALRIGHTY.

[10. VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR REPORT]

UM, I THINK CINDY SHARED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING WE HELD OUR ANNUAL ADOPT A HIGHWAY MEETING.

I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BIT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.

THAT WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 5TH AT THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.

WE HAD, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM PALMETTO PRIDE CAME DOWN AND PROVIDED LUNCH FOR EVERYONE.

WE HAD ERIC GREENWAY, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SPOKE AND HE GAVE AN INSPIRING MESSAGE, UH, THAT I THINK THE VOLUNTEERS REALLY FELT APPRECIATED, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE MEETING I SHARED WITH YOU.

UH, THE SAME IS STILL, STILL HOLDS TRUE TODAY ARE, UH, FIGURES THROUGH NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE PICKED UP 5,521 BAGS OF LITTER.

AND, UH, WE HAVE 3,335 RECORDED VOLUNTEERS.

NOW THIS IS THE TREND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO ACTUALLY ABOUT 300 LESS BAGS THAN LAST YEAR AND ABOUT THREE, APPROXIMATELY 300 MORE VOLUNTEERS THAN LAST YEAR.

SO THAT IS WHAT OUR DESIRABLE OUTCOME.

OF COURSE, WE ALL WANT MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN LITTER PICKUPS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS LITTER OUT THERE IF, UH, THE, UM, IDEA THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE LITTER OUT, SEE LITTER, THEY'RE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LITTER HOLDS TRUE.

SO, UM, TH THAT IS JUST A GOOD TREND FOR THE ADOPTIVE HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

I'M ALSO WORKING ON THE ANNUAL, UH, YEAR-END ADOPT A HIGHWAY NEWSLETTER RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR THAT I'M FOLLOWING UP WITH GROUPS, PRODDING THEM ALONG FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO COMPLETE THEIR FOUR LITTER PICKUPS A YEAR TO REMAIN AN ACTIVE GROUP.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO AS IT PERTAINS TO THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE AN ADOPT HIGHWAY SIGN, UH IT'S ONCE PER QUARTER OR FOUR PER YEAR OR PER YEAR.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND IF WE NOTICE, UH, SOME AREAS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED, SHOULD WE CONTACT YOU OR JUST LET YOU HANDLE IT WITH THE PHONE CALL AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SEND A REMINDER, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE TO DO FOUR BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE OUT IN THE SUMMER.

IT COULD BE SOME,

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I MEAN, ANYTIME YOU CAN KEEP UP AND MONITORING IT ALWAYS, YOU HELPED ME OUT.

YEAH, THERE IS.

BUT THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SERIOUS COMMITMENT JUST FOR YOU TO GET A NAME ON A SIGN.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE AND SOME OF THE GROUPS YOU REALLY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP HEARING THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS COMMITMENT YOU'VE MADE, WE'VE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.

OKAY.

AND SOME OF US, YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC.

SO JUST PULL CAROLINA SIDE, I'M GOING TO PULL YOU ASIDE BECAUSE THERE'S ONE STRETCH IN PARTICULAR THAT I PEED, THE GUY CALLED ME AND I GOT HIM INVOLVED THROUGH YOU AND IT'S BECOMING VERY PROBLEMATIC.

SO, UM, SO WE'RE GOOD JOB.

YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

SO MINE, I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE LONG LOOP MAIL.

THAT'S GOING OUT THIS WEEKEND TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT MY HOPE AND I MENTIONED THIS TO BOTH OF YOU, IS THAT WE DON'T BRING HARDWARE BACK FROM SHOWS AND FROM WHATEVER, BECAUSE LITTER IS A NEUTRAL IT'S NEUTRALITY.

WE DON'T HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS BREAKING THEIR BACKS, MAYBE PICKING UP A COUPLE HUNDRED LESS BAGS, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO WORK ON EDUCATION AND WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON ENFORCEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT MY EMAIL.

AND THAT IS WHAT RANDY IS GOING TO CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT IN 22.

CAUSE WE GOT TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF YOU GUYS.

I MEAN, IT IS MOUNTING.

AND WHEN YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN NEW RIVERSIDE, MY GOD, I MEAN, THERE'S LITERALLY A HOUSE GOING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU KNOW? SO, SO DON'T BE SHY GANG, PLEASE.

DON'T BE SHY.

THANK YOU, CAROLINE.

UM, WELL

[11. LITTER AND ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE REPORT]

SO WEIRD.

I'LL START OFF WITH SAYING WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE RIGHT SEASON FOR RECEIVING GIFTS BECAUSE OF THIS KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WHAT MY WHOLE PAGE IS LINED OUT FOR.

SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN SHORT ON OUR LITERAL CRUISE SINCE SEPTEMBER.

UH, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GUYS, BUT THIS WAS LEFT US WITH ONE MAN.

UM, FORTUNATELY THE DAY WE FINALLY FILED THE PAPERWORK TO REPLACE, UM, THAT INDIVIDUAL TODAY, UH, CRATE GREAT NEWS THAT I GOT FROM CINDY IS WE HAVE JUST, UM, FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE RECEIVING TWO FULL-TIME LITTER WORKERS.

SO THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL GIVE US A, ANOTHER TWO MAN GROUP.

SO THIS IS, I MEAN, THIS IS HUGE.

IT'S A MILESTONE SINCE WE STARTED ALERT CREW.

UM, AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND I CAN NOT, I MEAN, THE WORDS, I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM AND THANKFUL THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

UM, ADDITION TO THAT WE'VE, UH, FILED FOR A GRANT FROM PALMETTO PRIDE TO HIRE A TEMPORARY LITTER CREW.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR $25,000.

WE'LL AWARD THAT TO A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL MAINTAIN AREAS OF BEAVER COUNTY UNDER MY SUPERVISION, MOVING ON FROM THAT WE HAD A OF CLEANUP LAST WEEK.

ANOTHER THING WE GET GRANTS FROM FOR PALMETTO PRIDE, WE DID A KAYAK CLEAN UP LAST WEEK WITH KAYAK TORE DOWN ON THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER, UH, PICKED UP A GOOD BIT OF LITTER AND VERY, VERY FUN.

AND ANOTHER GIFT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING, I JUST LEARNED TODAY ALSO THAT WE HAVE A DUMP TRAILER THAT WE ORDERED FOR THE LITTER CREW THAT WE'LL BE PAYING YOU AT SOMETIME LOOKING GOOD AND MOVE FORWARD AS ALWAYS.

SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION TO NOTE WOULD BE FOR THE THREE OF YOU, DO WE HAVE A 5 0 1 C3 THAT'S SPECIFIC TO EQUIPMENT EMPLOYEES, WHATEVER, AS IT PERTAINS TO LITERAL CONTROL? NO.

HOW HARD IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD IT BE TO GET A 5 0 1 C3 THROUGH THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT NEXT DOOR IS.

IT'S AN APP THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL COMES TOGETHER AND I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I DO DO NEXT DOOR BECAUSE OF ALL THIS POLITICAL STUFF.

SO WE PICKED UP QUITE A FEW BAGS.

I WON'T EVEN NAME HOW MANY, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

AND I HAD OVER 50 RESPONSES COME IN MY INBOX ON NEXT DOOR.

PEOPLE CARE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN, UH, THERE COULD BE A LITTLE CHRISTMAS GATHERING, A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHAIR, THROW A COUPLE BUCKS AND A HAT.

AND I THINK WE PROBABLY COULD GET SOME MONEY, UH, BUT IT WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE A 5 0 1 C3 ORIENTED.

SO DO YOU THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING HARD TO DO AT ONE POINT IN TIME? AND THIS WAS BEFORE I CAME TO THE COUNTY, UM, JUST FROM HISTORICAL RECORDS, I THINK YOU'VE GOT MOST OF THE FILES.

IT LOOKED LIKE KEEP ME FOR COUNTY.

BEAUTIFUL.

[00:30:01]

UM, BUT BECAUSE OF, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BOARD MAKEUP OR WHATEVER, YOU STILL HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO KEEP THAT ACTIVE AND REPORT YOUR FUNDING AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AND I THINK IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE THAT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GETS DISSOLVED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NO, THERE'S NOT AN ACTIVE ONE NOW.

OKAY.

SO DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF I TURNED TO TABOR AND SAID TABER PAST COUNTY COUNCILMEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT OUR 5 0 1 C3.

I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS.

THEY TAKE ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO GET THROUGH, BUT DO YOU THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO TRY THAT METHODOLOGY PROBABLY RECOMMEND TO BRING IT UP DURING THE KVC BOARD MEETING.

OKAY.

COULD YOU NOT USE A CURRENT 5 0 1 C3 THAT'S GOT SIMILAR MOTIVE IN ORDER TO PASS IT THROUGH, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DEVELOP IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC TO BUFORD COUNTY.

SO THEY WRITE THE CHECK TO BEAVER COUNTY, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IT'S LIKE, IF YOU GIVE TO WHAT YOU DO, I KNOW YOU GIVE THE BOY SCOUTS AND THIS AND THAT.

IT HAS TO BE DELINEATED WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.

THE GOVERNMENT REALLY PINS YOUR BUTTON DOWN ON THAT.

SO, AND THEY DISALLOW IT.

I'VE HAD SOME THAT HAD BEEN DISALLOWED.

SO I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY SPECIFIC, MIKE, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT KNOWLEDGE IN THEM THAT WITH OUTSIDE FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, HAVE MOST OF OUR, HER GLASS PROGRAM AND OYSTER PROGRAM, WE RUN THROUGH THEM.

THEY PAY US.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT NEEDS TO GO SPECIFIC, BUT THEY DEVELOP THE GRANT.

UM, OR THEY, THEY USE THEIR 5 0 1 C3 AND THEN JUST PAY US TO DO IT JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ONLY UNDER THE GRANT SITUATION, YOU PAY A CONTRACTOR, RIGHT.

YOU'VE GOT $25,000 TO PAY A CONTRACTOR, SAME THING WITH, UM, OUTSIDE FOUNDATION.

SO I, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GENE.

YEAH.

WE'LL TALK TO GENE.

CAUSE I THINK SHE'D PROBABLY, CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO FACILITATE COLLABORATION INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TONS OF 5 0 1 C3 IS AROUND HERE AND IF WE CAN FACILITATE THAT SORT OF COLLABORATION AND NOT ADD MORE TO IT, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER.

IT'D BE BETTER FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

BUT, WELL, I JUST THINK ABOUT YOU CINDY, AND I THINK YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO HAND THE AUTHORITY TO OUR TRIAL, TO HIRE TWO MORE PEOPLE.

AND THEN MAYBE TWO MORE PEOPLE THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

EVENTUALLY HE'S GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY STRONG TEAM.

SO IT'S JUST OUT OF THE BOX THINKING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I MOMENTARY KIND OF THOUGHTS.

SO I WROTE THAT DOWN AND LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF WE CAN, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL THROW, YOU KNOW, DOLLAR BILLS IN HATS TO SAY, YEAH, IT LOOKS GOOD OUT THERE.

LET'S KEEP IT GOING.

SO THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WOULD DESIGN AS A 5 0 1 C3, I THINK IT'S JUST A SUBSEQUENT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT FEEDS THE COUNTY BASICALLY.

YEAH.

GO ASK.

YOU HAVE TO DO TAXES ON THAT TOO.

RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD SOMEBODY TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF TAX GUYS THAT THINK THEY'D DO IT PRO BONO BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, THE BACKING OF IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S ALL GOOD FAITH KIND OF STUFF.

SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF, THEY LOOK INTO, SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

EXCUSE ME.

I'M SORRY.

READY? UM, JUST ADD ON, I MEAN, YOU SAID YOU JUST PICKED UP RECENTLY.

I WOULD GATHER ON WHERE YOU, THE ADOPTED ON NEIGHBOR ROAD.

UM, AND I, YOU, YOU HAVE SOME FRUSTRATION ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU PICKED UP, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU PICKING UP.

I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY OUR HIGHWAY PROGRAMS ARE THE FRONT RUNNERS.

I MEAN, THEY TRIPLE US IN NUMBERS BY FAR.

IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ADDING A LARGER TEAM.

LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS JOB, MY GOAL WAS TO WORK MYSELF OUT OF JOB.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP ON FEEDING AND FEEDING, YOU KNOW, TWO MORE ASSETS, BUT THAT'S RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO A BIG THING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE ONLY GROW OUR COUNTY TEAMS, BUT FOR YOU ALL TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON STD OR HELP WITH MAINTENANCE, UM, BUFORD, YOU KNOW, WE COME PICK UP MAY RIVER ROAD, IT'S A STATE ROAD, WE'VE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF ALL ROADS IN THE COUNTY.

UM, AND IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE THEM GIVE THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW, EFFORT TOWARD THEIR OWN ROUTES.

ALSO, I THINK IT'S VERY WELL SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, IT WOULD BE A BIG HELP AND IF NEEDED.

YEP.

I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON, YOU KNOW, GENTLEMEN, UM, AT DOD BY THE NAME OF MILES.

OKAY.

SO WE ALSO HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, UM, IN TOTALITY.

SO THERE WERE SIX DEER KILLS.

IT'S THE RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO THERE WERE SIX DEER CARCASSES.

[00:35:01]

SO, UH, THAT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS PICKING BAGS UP THAT I JUST HAPPENED TO RUN INTO, UH, THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE DEER OFF, BUT THERE ARE FOUR CARCASSES LAYING IN, UM, IN A MATTER OF A ONE MILE STRETCH RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED TOO.

I ALSO THINK THAT'S A DANGEROUS, SO IF YOU WERE TO GO OFF THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT AND HIT THAT ANIMAL, IT COULD BE SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO PUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AS LIKE AN ENFORCEMENT OFFICER I WON'T BE DEALING WITH WHO DOES IT? I MEAN, THAT'S MY POINT IS THE KEY THAT THAT ANIMAL IS ON A COUNTY ROAD AND THERE'S A COUNTY CREWS DESIGNATED TO CLEAN THAT UP.

SO WOULD WE THEN SEND, WOULD WE PING YOU? AND THEN YOU GO PING THEM? HOW WOULD WE DO IT? LIKE WE NEED TO GO DIRECTLY TO STD AND IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE ROAD AND THE ROAD STOP RIGHT ON THE ROAD.

YEAH.

I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT LAYING ON THE STRIPE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE RUMBLE IS.

SO, UH, CONTACT OUT FOR A QUICK CONTACT, I'LL SEND IT DRAFT TO YOU ALL FOR JESSE GUILTY.

AGAIN, IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, UM, A DEAD ANIMAL ON THE COUNTY ROAD, OUR COUNTY ROADS AND DRAINAGE CREW WILL COME OUT AND PICK THAT UP FOR MAY RIVER ROAD AS A STATE ROAD AND SE GUILTY WOULD NEED TO BE CALLED WELL, IT'S SUCH A SLENDER LITTLE SLIGHT SLIVER THROUGH, YOU KNOW, FOREST STATION THAT, I MEAN, I CONSIDER BEING HITS, BUT RIGHT NOW ON THE RIGHT MAN, IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN.

AND I DID THINK BECAUSE I DRIVE A MOTORCYCLE, I THOUGHT IF I PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND LOOK UP AND I'M IN THE LAND RIGHT ON THE LINE, I MEAN, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SO I KNEW, I SAW, I THOUGHT YOU'D BE THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO ASK.

SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT OUT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

SO, AND THEN AS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE SOME NAME AND OR NUMBER TO, UH, TO REACH OUT TO.

SO THANKS OUR TRIAL.

YES, SIR.

[ 12. CONVENIENCE CENTER DECAL PROGRAM LIVE]

CONVENIENCE CENTER, DECAL PROGRAM, NUMBER 12, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THAT, HOW WE'LL BE DOING THAT LINE.

IT'S AT CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ISSUED 53,150 DEGREE DECALS ON THE DECAF SYSTEM WENT LIVE ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

SO FOR THE FIRST WORK WEEK, UM, THROUGH NOVEMBER 5TH, WE HAD STAFF BY LOCAL AT SHANKLIN AND BLUFFTON FOR NON DECAL EMERGENCY DISPOSAL.

AND THE TRANSITION HAS BEEN SMOOTH ACCORDING TO OUR STAFF FOREMAN.

CURRENTLY ALL RESIDENTS NEED ADY COUNT TWO IN ARE THE CENTERS EXCEPT FOR RECYCLING AT SHANKLIN AND BLOCKED HIM AFTER HE SIGNED.

AND THOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT DECAL CAN EXIT THROUGH THAT EXIT LANE THAT WE HAVE, IF ANYONE IS HAVING ISSUES WITH OBTAINING A DEPOT OR NEEDS A COPY OF THEIR ELECTRONIC DECAL, UM, HAVE THAT RESET THEIR EMAIL, THERE IS A LINK ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE THEY CAN GO TO.

THERE IS ALSO A LIST OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE SOME QUICK HELP THERE IN CASE THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTACT US OR GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE THAT THERE.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE LINK AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU IN CASE.

AND YOU GUYS REALLY NAILED THIS DECAL PROGRAM.

GOSH, CONGRATULATIONS, PHENOMENAL JOB IN OUR WILDEST DREAMS. I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT IT'D BE SO SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S GOOD STUFF.

UH, WESTERN SAMSON REPORT UPDATE.

[13. WESTON & SAMPSON REPORT UPDATE – PFC PENDING]

UM, I'VE DONE, UH, WHEN WE LEFT OUR MEETING LAST TIME I'VE SENT OUT THE FULL PLAN AND I THINK THE ORDINANCE 62 TO ALL OUR MEMBERS, EVERYBODY WAS IN FAVOR OF THAT GOING TO THE OCTOBER PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.

UM, IT WAS ONLY, IT WAS ONLY AGENDA UNTIL AGENDA REVIEW AND THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER TOPICS.

THEY GOT BUMPED IN NOVEMBER.

UH, SAME THING HAPPENED TO NOVEMBER.

SO PUBLIC FACILITIES HAS NOT SEEN THAT REPORT YET.

IT WILL GO ON TO THE PROPOSED AGENDA FOR CHANGE JANUARY.

I THINK JANUARY, I THOUGHT I HAD WRITTEN THEM TODAY, BUT IT'S USUALLY I THINK THE THIRD TO THIRD MONDAY, UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY GET IN SEVERE THAT AREN'T CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THIS WEEK INTERNALLY DEFINING IT.

AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY ON THAT.

UM, PROBABLY I'LL GET YOU TO, I DON'T PUT IT.

IT MAY NOT BE LISTED AS A SEPARATE ITEM.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE DAY.

I TALKED TO OUR CONSULTANT AND SHE WILL HAVE A DROUGHT FOR THE BOARD IN JANUARY MEETING.

GREAT.

THAT'S VERY GOOD.

[00:40:02]

CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? UM, AND CINDY, AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WESTERN SAMSON REPORT, ALL THIS WHOLE THING IN THE BIG PICTURE, IS THERE A TIMELINE, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A TIMELINE OF HOW TO PHASE THIS STUFF IN BEFORE THAT CONTRACT'S UP IN 2025, I'M SHOOTING FOR THE FUNDS TO START IN THIS WAY.

YOU'RE 22.

ONCE THAT SITES PICKED, HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION UP AND GOING 3 20, 23, I'D LIKE TO GET TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND READY TO GO BY THE TIME THAT CONTRACT IS UP.

SO TWO YEAR CONTRACT AND ON THE FRONT END, WE DIDN'T HAVE A OPTION OF THREE, ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

WHEN YOU SAY, UH, W WHAT WAS, UH, ON THE FRONT END.

THERE'S A, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THIS SITE LOCATED, THE CAT ONE FREQUENT REQUEST WAS TO GO AHEAD AND START THAT FUNDING IN 2023, WHICH WILL BE JULY 1ST.

AND WE'D LIKE THE HABIT READY TO GO.

TELL HIM THAT CONTRACT'S OVER THE FIRST CHARLES, WHICH IS 2025, IT'S 2023.

YOU, SO YOU'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION JANUARY ONE.

OKAY.

AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, WE'RE HOPING WE GOT TO GET THIS WESTON AND SAMPSON SITE LOCATED, AND YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO ASK FOR THE FUNDING.

THIS IS THE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS, A LOT OF THAT HAD PIECES MOSTLY UP HERE REQUEST HAVE ALL THE PIECES INCLUDED.

THIS WAS THE FIRST PIECE.

OKAY.

THAT'S A REALLY TIGHT FRAME.

HE WOULDN'T SEE ANYTHING FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS NOW.

I MEAN, AND YOU'RE PAST THE, THE PURCHASE OF SITE.

THEN YOU DO SITE INVESTIGATIONS.

THEN YOU GO INTO DESIGN APPROVAL OF DESIGN AND YOU GO INTO A CONSTRUCTION AND THEN GOT ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS, FIVE OR SIX YEARS OUT, THE PACE TO ASK FOR THE MONEY FIRST WHAT'S THAT WAS GOING TO SAY FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, MIKE AND BILL, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN SET A PRECEDENCE.

I THINK WE CAN PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL AND WE CAN GET SOME ACTIVISM ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT US ALONG.

I HOPE THAT'S ALL I CAN DO IS HOPE, BUT, UM, REALISM IS THAT IT THAT'S WHAT'S TRADITIONALLY HAPPENED.

I AGREE.

DID YOU JUST SAY THAT YOU HAD THREE, ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS OR IS THAT CURRENT WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IS ONE THAT WE JUST SAW THAT WHEN THE PROCESSING, UM, BUT I'M MORE LOOKING AT THE THREE, ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS, RIGHT.

BUT I'M NOT ACTUALLY, I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, LANDFILL CONTRACT RESIDENTIAL.

THE CONTRACT IS FOR DISPOSAL THAT CONTRACT'S UP IN 2025.

OKAY.

AND I DID MENTION AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE AN EXTENSION AND EXPANSION IT'S ADVERTISED, UM, AND IT SHOULD GIVE THEM, WE TALKED TO THE PERMITTING ENGINEER AT THAT SIDE.

HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE AT THAT TIME OF 20, 25 YOU'RE FACED IN WHOSE, WHOSE OPTIONS ARE THEY FOR THE PROCESSING, UH, FOR FOOD, FOR THE RECYCLING CONTRACT DUE IN 2023, WHOSE OPTIONS ARE THERE, THEIR WASTE MANAGEMENT'S OPTIONS ARE OURS OR THE COUNTIES.

OKAY.

SO, AND HE HAS THE SHIP SIZE THE ADDITIONAL YEARS.

YEAH, THE OFFICIAL, IT WOULD BE, UH, JULY 31ST, 2020.

OKAY.

SO THE COUNTY HOLDS THE OPTION, JUST START WITH CURIOSITY, MURPH BEING SIZED FOR WHAT CONVENIENCE CENTERS OR IF THE COUNTY.

UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT HAS CHANGED AND BEEN TALKED ABOUT AT FIRST, IT WAS TO GO IN AND I ONLY HAVE IT READY FOR THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, BUT WE WANT TO SIZE IT SO THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE HANDLE THE DUAL STREAM FROM THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SIZE IT NOW TO TAKE THE CURBSIDE SINGLE STRAIN.

NOW WHETHER WE OPERATED FOR EVERYTHING TO START WITH, MAYBE NOT, THAT'S WHAT COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG.

SO WE JUST GOT TO GET THIS THING ROLLING, AND THEN YOU CAN PUT BOTH OF THE EARS, UH, JUST LET YOU KNOW, THE, THE VERTICAL EXPANSION BY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AS OF YESTERDAY.

YOU CAN'T GET THE WHOLE APPLICATION ONLINE, BUT THEY GIVE YOU SOME MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS.

WE'VE HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH

[00:45:02]

I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR THE MORE APPLICATION, BUT WHEN WE KNOW WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

OKAY, GOOD BILL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[ 14. MSW DEFINITIONS UPDATE]

UM, I, UH, ASKED CINDY TO RESPOND AND, UH, UH, FORWARDED IT TO YOU.

WAS IT SATISFACTORY? DID IT HELP YOU WITH, UH, THE DEFINITIONS OF SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY? WE'LL TAKE THAT UP SEPARATELY.

OKAY.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THEN WOULD BE TO SET A DATE, UM, FOR CINDY BILL AND RANDY, AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD WANT TO JOIN, TO SIT AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND TALK THROUGH THIS.

CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC.

SO BILL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AND BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPERTISE, I'M NOT LEFT IN THE DUSTIN'S LIKE MY BACKGROUND MEDICINE, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER.

UM, IS IT AS IT APPLIES TO DEFINITIONS.

SO, UM, DO WE WANT TO SET THAT TIME NOW OR DO WE WANT TO EMAIL BACK AND FORTH AND FIND A PARTICULAR TIME THAT'S CONVENIENT IN OUR SCHEDULES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? MAYBE IF YOU POSE MAYBE TWO OR THREE DAYS WHEN CSS.

OKAY.

I'LL SEND YOU BOTH AN EMAIL.

UM, AND AGAIN, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SIT IN, SO THOSE BROUGHT SOME GREAT QUESTIONS UP.

WHAT DOES THIS, AND OR THAT MEAN IT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN OTHER AREAS THAN IT MEANS HERE OR DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS.

THERE'S NO REAL DIFFERENCES.

YOU GOT TO GO BACK TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE THINGS CALLED RECORD, HOW TO DEFINE A SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE.

IT STARTS IN EPA, FOLLOWS DOWN TO THE STATE, FOLLOWS DOWN.

SO YOU HAVE DEFINITIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET EXCEPT YOU DON'T USE THEM.

WE USE THEM DIFFERENTLY.

UH, WHICH JUST MAKES CONFUSION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, HAVING WORKED WITH ATTORNEYS ON LITIGATION FOR SOLID WASTE, THAT'S WHERE YOU GO FOR.

SO I READ IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC MOMENT FOR THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, TO ABSORB KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND I'VE SAID THAT SINCE THE VERY FIRST TIME THIS CAME UP, SO OUR SEND AND EMAIL OUT.

UM, AND, UM, I GUESS I JUST SEND IT TO EVERYBODY, JUST SEND IT TO EVERYBODY.

AND IF YOU CAN, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST SIT, DRINK COFFEE AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

AND, UH, I WILL SAY IF WE HAVE MORE THAN OF BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO FOR I'M ALL TAKEN AT POINT, WELL TAKE, YOU MAY WANT TO DO IT IN TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS, TWO SEPARATE TABLES.

MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE A FORUM, OR MAYBE WE'RE HAVING A QUORUM AND THEY'RE GOING OUT.

OR IF WE DON'T, WE'RE TAKE GOOD NOTES, RIGHT.

MIKE, A SMALLER MEETING TO HASH IT OUT AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE A, I HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH.