Jan 27, 2022 Solid Waste and Recycling Board

FIRST AND FOREMOST,

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SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC POINTS IN WHICH WE, UH, LIKE HAVE CAROLINE HERE AND WE'VE GOT, UH, OTHERS, UH, OUR TRIAL THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUES AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK OFF.

BUT TO START OFF LET'S, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I CALLED THIS MEETING

[2. CALL TO ORDER]

[3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

IT IS COMING.

SO, UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THAT APPROVAL OF

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

[5. INTRODUCTIONS]

I'M RANDY BONOMI FROM DISTRICT NINE.

UH, CHRIS VINAY, MARINE CORPS, AIR STATION BUFORD LIAISON SALAD IN HIS DISTRICT SEVEN KIM KIM CORRELATE DISTRICT EIGHT, BRAD WOODS MARINE CORPS, RECRUIT DEPOT, PARIS ISLAND LIAISON, DEREK CODE SOME TOWN BLUFFTON BILL GREENER.

THINK IT'S THIS ROOKS 46 AND MIKE BENNETT HILTON HEAD DISTRICT BOARD, OUR TRIAL HARM, BEAVER COUNTY, CAROLINE DOLBY, SOLID WASTE.

YOUR CYCLING ANGEL MORRISON COFFEE.

IT'S ALL THE WASTE AND RECYCLING.

WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

UH, IT APPEARS IF WE DO NOT

[6. PUBLIC COMMENT]

OKAY, SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO, UM,

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

WE ALWAYS GO THROUGH THIS.

UM, SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE PAINSTAKING.

UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST THROW IT TO THE LEFT.

WE'LL GO CLOCKWISE AROUND THE ROOM.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES.

OKAY.

YEP.

NOPE.

OKAY.

QUICKLY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, SO I, UM, HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.

I WROTE A LETTER TO EVERY POLITICIAN, UM, FROM BLUFFTON TO COLUMBIA THAT REPRESENTS US.

AND, UM, I GOT A LOT OF RESPONSE BACK, CAROLINE, YOU SAW THE LETTER THAT I WROTE AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AS A PERTAINS TO RECYCLING AS IT PERTAINS TO LITTER MANAGEMENT, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE OTHER ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW.

SO WE AS A BOARD JUST NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND IN MY OPINION BECOME, UM, WE NEED TO DELINEATE AND BECOME, UH, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTSPOKEN, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE ENVISION AS A GROUP.

SO AS IT WORKS, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE APPOINTED, UM, TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.

SO THEY DON'T COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEND IT TO US TO, BUT WE COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT SOME GREAT IDEAS.

BILL, UH, AND MYSELF HAD TWO MEETINGS, UH, WITH CINDY, UM, ANGEL IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS CONTAINED, UH, IN JUST SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.

SOME OF THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

BILL MADE US AWARE OF IT AND IT WILL BE CLEANED UP JUST TO MAKE SAMPLE.

SO ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS YOU COME TO THESE MEETINGS, WHAT IS IT THAT, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT? THAT'S ON YOUR MIND THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER? MIKE, YOU CAN PROBABLY GOT 15 THINGS ON YOUR MIND, CAUSE I KNOW YOU SO WELL.

UM, BRING THEM IN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM AND LET'S START GETTING SOME MORE IN FRONT OF A TOWN OR UP HOW MANY COUNCILS SO THAT, UH, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YES AND OR NO, BUT WE CAN BE MORE PRESENT, YOU KNOW, MORE VISIBLE.

UM, I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.

UM, BECAUSE WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE SAT HERE HAIRLINE, WHAT WAS IT? 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN DAVE WILL HAVE CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING ON A SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS, THOSE LIKE 18 MONTHS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO.

SO, AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT IS MAKING PROGRESS.

IT IS, IT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE REALLY KNOWS THE PROGRESS, RIGHT.

IT'S NOT TO THE POINT YET.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, ANY DETAILS TO SHARE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THAT CINDY'S WORKING ON IT.

I'M STILL CONFUSED.

AND WHAT YOU MEAN BY SUSTAINABILITY COMPLEX AND FROM WHERE I COME FROM, IT'S A TERM, IT'S A TERM THAT EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD IS USING, BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO BASIC

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I DON'T DO.

THE ONLY THING WE'VE SEEN OR I'VE SEEN ARE A BUNCH OF SITES POTENTIAL IN ONE LOCATION WITHOUT ANY REAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IT DIDN'T CONTAIN ANYTHING.

AND HOW DO YOU SELECT THE SITE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON IT? I THINK FOR TWO, THEN YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GRADE WITH YOU.

IT'S ON A LOT OF THOSE.

SO IT'S PREMATURE FROM A UPDATED PLAN WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND WHAT YOUR LONG-TERM GOALS, OR IF IT'S THE SIT BACK AND SAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE THEM AT THE 25 YEAR CONTRACT FOR LANDFILLING, THAT'S FINE.

THAT LEAVES YOU WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT A SUSTAINABILITY COMPLEX THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PROPOSED TO DO WELL.

I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT YET.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A POINT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BUT WE, WE WILL GET THERE AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE SPORT'S RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, AND WE'RE A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO START TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AREN'T WE, THAT'S THE LAST WORD I GOT.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY.

SO, UM, BUT I GOT TREMENDOUS RESPONSE BACK, UM, IN, IT WAS GOOD.

SO IN MY, WHAT MY LETTER WAS WAS ABOUT, UH, THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF, EXCUSE ME, SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING LITTER.

I MEAN THAT WHOLE BIG, BIG, GIANT, UM, AGENDA THAT WE HAVE TO TACKLE.

AND I GOT REALLY SPECIFIC ON THE LITTER PORTION OF IT, WHICH IS ANOTHER BOARD.

UM, SO I DID THAT AND, UH, I'M PRETTY ELFA SO I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT PLEASE REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, AND PLEASE LET THESE GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE.

WE WANT TO HELP.

WE WANT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE WANT TO PUSH THINGS THROUGH MIKE.

YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU'RE WORKING 60 HOUR WEEKS WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR RECYCLING COMPANY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO IN 22 FOR THIS BOARD TO HAVE A HIGHER STANDING, UM, AMONGST THE BOARDS WITHIN BUFORD COUNTY, I REALLY WOULD.

I MEAN, YOU HEAR ABOUT RURAL AND CRITICAL AND YOU HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHERS, YOU READ ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PACKET.

AND WE DON'T REALLY READ A WHOLE LOT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PACKET.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO RAISE THAT IF WE CAN, UM, WE CAN MOVE DOWN TO SOME OF THE REPORTS.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST IN THIS CAPACITY.

UM, OKAY.

CAROLINE, CAROLINE DOLBY.

GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, UH, UH, THEY RUN THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.

BIGGEST THING WE HAD WAS I THINK YOU ALL SAW THE COPY OF, DID EVERYBODY GET TO LOOK THROUGH THE, A HIGHWAY NEWSLETTER THAT I SENT OUT? IT WAS EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT INFORMATION? I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE THE, UM, A DR.

HIGHWAY DATA RESULTS END OF YEAR.

UM, WE HAD 108 ADOPTED HIGHWAY GROUPS.

THEY WENT, UH, REPORTED VOLUNTEERS WERE READ THOUSAND 731 AND THERE WERE 5,308 VOLUNTEER HOURS REPORTED.

I DID EMPHASIZE AS THE MOST VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'VE HAD EVER.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE MORE PEOPLE BECOMING INTERESTED IN HELPING TO KEEP YOU FOR COUNTY CLAIM.

WE'RE EXCITED YOU TO SAY WE JUST, IN JANUARY, I HAD THREE NEW ADOPTED HIGHWAY GROUPS.

SO I'M ALSO HOPING THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, ONE MORE THING I THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION IS LAST YEAR, KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL, CONDUCTED A LITERATURE STUDY.

THEY DID ONE IN 2009 AND JUST WROTE, WROTE MOST RECENTLY THEY, UM, PRESENTED ONE IN 2021.

SO I WENT THROUGH IT AND JUST PICKED A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT I THOUGHT WERE A LITTLE BIT, UH, THAT, THAT WERE INTERESTING TO US.

MAYBE IT'S THE SAME AS OUR EXPERIENCES.

THEY DID SUMMARIZE THAT.

THEY STATED THAT LITTER AND LITTERING HAS DECREASED THAT IT REMAINS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENT.

THE REPORT, UH, SAID THAT VISIBLE LITTER ON OUR ROADWAYS HAS DECREASED 54% SINCE THEIR LAST STUDY IN 2009.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS, THAT WAS INTERESTING.

AND THEN IN 2009, I THINK IT HAD BEEN SINCE 1970,

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SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S A LOT LESS LITTER ON THE ROAD SIDES.

AND THERE USED TO BE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S STILL A LOT OUT THERE AND THE COMMENTS ON THAT, YEAH.

CONDITIONING, PARDON ME WILL CAUSE A BIG I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE ROADS LOOK LIKE BACK THEN INCREASE.

I MEAN, WITH, WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POPULATION TO YEAH, YEAH.

THAT FINDING IT WAS A LITTLE MR. JAMES THERE, THE HOUSE, IS THERE A TO CHANGE, UH, OR PROCESS OR ANY WAY THAT YOU REFERENCED THIS AS KEEP AMERICAN BEAUTY? YEAH.

I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS THE WEBSITE OR THE LINK TO IT, SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT.

IT'S LONG AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION AND YOU'LL JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH IT, LIKE I SAID, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ABOUT, I HAVE TALKED TO CINDY AND I BELIEVE WE CAN SEND TO EVERYBODY THE WEBSITE, IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE OF THE SPECIFICS ON YOU AGREE, THAT'S VERY MUCH LEANING.

OH, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP PRIOR TO THE STATE ORGANIZATION HAS SAID TOO, SO WOULD HAVE WITH MORE POPULATION OR CONSTRUCTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR ACADEMY THAT WAS ISSUED ON A STATE LEVEL.

UM, AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT BEFORE YOU KNOCK IT AND THINK IT'S NOT TRUE, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY ADOPTIVE HIGHWAY PROGRAMS, PEOPLE LIKE US THAT ARE OUT THERE ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BEAVER COUNTY PEOPLE DOING ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IT'S COMING DOWN A LOT.

I NOTICED THAT TRAVELING THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEING OUT THERE EVERY DAY, I SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN BEAVER COUNTY, I JUST REACHED OUT TO CAROLINE AND LET HER KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE ON CERTAIN ROADS HERE AND THERE.

UM, AND WE JUST GOT TO KEEP ON POUNDING AT IT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT OR SEE OUR WORK BEFORE OUR EYES.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S MISLEADING.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND, AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

YEAH.

I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SOME OF THEIR STATISTICS FROM, I REMEMBER GOING TO, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK CITY AS A, AS A KID, IT WAS JUST DISGUSTING WHEN I WAS CLEAN.

SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY WERE IN NEW YORK CITY AND MAYBE SOME OF THE BIG CITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAD MORE LIPPED, PAID MORE ATTENTION TO LITTER, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

WE HAVE A LITTER CREE NOW.

SO, UM, BUT YEAH, I, I, I CERTAINLY WAS DUBIOUS ABOUT THAT NUMBER AS WELL, BUT THAT ANYWAY IS WHAT THEY STAYED.

UH, ANOTHER THING THEY SAID WAS, UM, CIGARETTE BUTT LITTER IS THE MOST HEAVILY LITTERED ITEM ALONG THE ROADSIDES, BUT IT HAS INCREASED FROM 18.6 BILLION CIGARETTES IN 2009 TO 5.8 BILLION CIGARETTES.

AND TO THAT IN 2020.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE, I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE SMOKING.

UM, AND YEAH, I DON'T SEE THAT MUCH, UH, IN THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT BUFORD COUNTY AGAIN, WHEN I PICK UP JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I DON'T SEE THAT MANY CIGARETTE BUTTS OR MAYBE I JUST DON'T SEE THEM.

UM, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS POPULATION.

UH, THE OTHER ITEM WAS THAT STUDY FINDS AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF LITTER SINCE 2009 FOR CARDBOARD BEER CONTAINERS, FOOD, PACKAGING, FILM, SPORTS, DRINK, CONTAINERS, AND WATER CONTAINERS.

SO THAT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I HAVE, UM, SEEN A LOT MORE RECENTLY.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS I THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

COMMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE IS SOME OF THE SMALL STUFF, SINCE THEY'RE SO MUCH LITTER AND IT'S A LOT OF IT'S CONTRACTORS THAT I DON'T EVEN PICK UP THE CIGARETTE BUTTS ANYMORE.

IF WE DID THAT TOOK TOO MUCH TIME.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH.

ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU GET TO THE BEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'LL DO PICK THEM UP, BUT YEAH.

IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE.

YEAH.

IT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT TOO, IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE PICK UP NEXT TO SOME BULKY CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF THAT FLIES OFF OF PEOPLE'S STUFF, IT'S GOING TO BE BOTTLES, CANS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BULK OF WHAT WE DO, BUT YET THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THAT, BUT THERE'S A DECREASE OVERALL.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.

IT'S LIKE THE NUMBER, SORRY, LADIES.

KIND OF ADD UP.

SO PLEASE.

GOOD NEWS.

THAT'S HALF MAYBE THAT INDIAN CRYING IN THE RIVER OR SOMETHING 30 YEARS AGO.

YOU REMEMBER THAT? SO THAT

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WELL, THAT WAS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR REPORT ON THIS PIER, OUR TRIAL.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT BEFORE I START

[9. RECYCLING COORDINATOR REPORT]

SO SHE WANTED ME TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON HER E-WASTE EVENT THAT WAS HELD IN DECEMBER.

THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 908 CARS, 332 NORTH OF THE ABROAD AND 576 SOUTH ABROAD.

AND SHE IS STILL WAITING.

THE TONNAGE REPORT FROM THAT VENDOR OF THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 12TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM.

THAT'S BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.

UH, SHE HAS HER GREEN STEP SERIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT LIBRARIES, UM, THAT BEGAN WITH COMPOST AND RECYCLING, PROVIDING RESIDENTS, INFORMATIVE PRESENTATIONS, RECEIVING REQUESTS TO SPEAK AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SCHEDULES AND MORE SERIOUS SERIES OF DATES.

SO, UM, SHE'LL BE GETTING WITH EVERYONE ABOUT GETTING THOSE GOING A LOT MORE.

UM, SHE'S WORKING WITH MENACE WASTE MANAGEMENT TO SCHEDULE A TOUR OF THE MURPH.

UM, IT'S BEEN DELAYED DUE TO COVID RELATED REASONS.

UH, SHE HAS A CALM PACE, COMPOSTS, EXCUSE ME, A COMPOST CAMPAIGN TO START IN MARCH.

AND THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

AND, UH, SHE REACHED OUT TO THE NPR AS A REQUEST BY RANDY BOOMI AND SHE'S WAITING TO GET A RESPONSE BACK.

SO I KNOW I DIDN'T DO THAT AS WELL AS HER.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ONE THING TODAY? UM, DR.

RODRIGUEZ AND I ARE FORMULATING A FRIENDSHIP THAT I JUST MET HIM AND, UM, WE'RE EMAILING BACK AND FORTH.

I WOULD LIKE IF WE COULD SOMEHOW SOME WAY, UH, BRING HIM IN TO THIS BOARD, TO THE OTHER BOARD AND, UH, GET HIM TO SEE, UH, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS LITTER PROBLEM AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON EDUCATIONALLY AS FAR AS RECYCLING.

AND THEN HE CAN, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY GIVE US THE GREEN LIGHT ON THAT, UH, KINDERGARTEN UP TO SIXTH GRADE THAT WE CAN MAKE A PART OF THE CURRICULUM.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND WE'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF IT, BUT AN ACTUAL PART OF CURRICULUM.

UH, AND IT WOULD BE A STAIR-STEP, UH, MORE UNDERSTANDING THE OLDER YOU GET KIND OF STUFF.

I CAN SIXTH GRADE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UH, THE BIO DEGREGATION OF PLASTIC AND WHAT IT DOES AND ANOTHER CHEMICAL NATURE OF WATER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

SO I DUNNO IF THAT WOULD BE HER RESPONSIBILITY.

I CAN TELL YOU.

UM, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY ONE OF MY, I HAD TWO BIG GOALS THIS YEAR, GOING FORWARD, UM, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE LITTER SIDE OF IT.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY MORE SUPPORT WITH ENFORCEMENT, UM, GETTING TRANSPORT POLICE, DLT, POLICE INVOLVED ALONG WITH HIGHWAY PATROL, UM, TO ASSIST MYSELF IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

BUT SINCE VICTORIA'S COME ON AS OUR RECYCLING COURSE, SHE'S DONE A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. UM, WITH SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SHE SENT ME TWO EMAILS YESTERDAY WHERE SHE HAS, UM, SOMETHING COMING UP AT, AT SCHOOL, UM, ANGEL SENT OR SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING AT ANOTHER SCHOOL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMBINED RECYCLING LITTER TALK COMING UP AT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BOTH ANGEL IS GOING IN FOR CAREER DAY AT BUFORD ELEMENTARY, VICTORIA IS DOING ANOTHER SCHOOL.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN, IN A COUPLE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

SO WITH THOSE TWO YOUNG LADIES, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL, YOU KNOW? AND DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT WOULD BECOME A CURRICULUM THING.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A CURRICULUM THAT'S ALREADY HANDED DOWN BY THE STATE THAT VICTORIA IS THAT SHE USES.

SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

IT'S VERY GOOD.

YES.

OKAY.

YEAH.

I'D LOVE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT.

CAROLYN, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT WITH THE CURRICULUM IS A IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

PRETTY SEXY.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

CAUSE RODRIGUEZ WAS KINDA SORTA LIKE, YOU KNOW, VERY ENGAGING ON US, BUT IN THE SAME THING, INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION KIND OF STUFF.

OKAY.

SORRY.

I MEAN, THERE THERE'S, THERE IS A VERY DEEP, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO STUDY THAT BOOK IF I WAS A RECYCLING COORDINATOR, BUT IT'S A BIG BOOK WITH CURRICULUM.

LIKE YOU SAID, FROM, YOU KNOW, K-12 ONE UP, UM, CAROLINE GOES OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE RERUN, UM, THE ANIMATED, UM, GOSH, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT CAROLINE, SCOTT, NOT THE MASCOT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY USE THAT INTERACTS WITH THE STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, THEY DO THAT ALONGSIDE WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES THEM TO USE AS THEIR CURRICULUM.

SO, BUT

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ALWAYS.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU CAN, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO IMPROVE.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A CURRICULUM THAT WE FOLLOW AT THIS TIME, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE.

NEVER STOP IMPROVING.

YEAH.

AND BRANCHES CAN COME OUT OF THAT WHERE I COME FROM.

UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND SO RECYCLING AND ALL.

SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN TO SENIORS IN ALL FROM INDIVIDUAL FOUNDATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO WRITE ESSAYS ON ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEN THERE'S A WINTER PICK AND THEY GET UP, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND OR $1,500 TOWARDS FURTHER EDUCATION POST HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'D LOVE TO GET THAT FAR.

WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT KIND OF IS IN EXISTENCE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

YES, SIR.

AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH NOW IT'S ON DX WEBSITE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO MY PRIDE

[11. LITTER AND ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE REPORT]

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WASTE MANAGEMENT'S PROBLEM IT IS FOR.

COVID LOOKING AT A MURPH SENTENCE.

THAT'S A TRANSFER STATEMENTS.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.

IT'S NOT, IT DOES NOT FUNCTION.

THE BAYLOR DOES NOT FUNCTION.

THEY HAVE MATERIALS GO TO THAT SITE AND THEY TAKE IT OFF TO ANOTHER FACILITY THAT CAN PROPERLY HANDLE THOSE MATERIALS.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT ON WHY COVID IS AFFECTING THE TOUR.

IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH.

KIND OF FIND IT COMICAL.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO MOVING ON TO LITTER, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON THIS YEAR AND NOT PUMPED UP.

SO, UM, OUR ORIGINAL LETTER CREW HAS BEEN STAFFED.

WE WERE DOWN A GUY, SO THAT POSITION WAS BACKFIELD.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ADD, UH, ANOTHER CREW OF TWO TO OUR LITERAL CONTROL TEAM THAT PUTS US UP TO FOUR GUYS THAT WILL BE OUT, UM, EVERY DAY.

UM, THE LITTER CREW JUST RECEIVED A $25,000 GRANT FROM PALMETTO PRIDE.

AND THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED TO HIRE, UM, SOME TYPE OF ASSISTED, UH, HELP WITH LITTER PICKUP.

SO IT COULD BE A LANDSCAPING COMPANY WHO WANTS TO TAKE ON THE JOB OF HELPING US COLLECT ROADSIDE LITTER.

UM, THEY'LL WORK PRIMARILY ALONGSIDE OUR LOADER CREW DURING THE DLT BOEING CYCLES.

SO WE'LL HAVE MORE HELP TO GET OUT THERE ON ONE 70 AND 2 78 AREAS TO TACKLE THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE MOWERS COME.

THAT WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BE AS PRE-MOLARS IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT, BUT THEY WILL BE ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH JOB FOR US TO TRY AND GET THINGS PICKED UP ON THE MAJOR ROADWAYS BEFORE, UM, BEFORE THE MOWERS COME NOW, NO MATTER HOW IT'S, HOW THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN, I DEFINITELY WILL PUT IT IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER ROADS OR AREAS AS NEEDED.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET INTO SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALSO, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL ROADS, BUT HAVING THAT EXTRA SUPPORT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY HAVE ME TAKE A GUY OR TWO AWAY TO GET SOME OF THOSE SECONDARY ROADS.

SO, YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES AREN'T NEGLECTED AND WE'RE NOT JUST HAMMERING 1 72 78 MAY RIVER ROAD.

SO THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, INTEREST PARKWAY ALONG WITH THAT.

UM, SO WE EXPECT ALL OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THIS, UH, UP AND RUNNING BY MARCH OR APRIL, BUT THIS, THIS GRANT AND THE CONTRACT HAD CREW TO HELP OUT.

SO WE ALSO RECEIVED, I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT THIS, UM, AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT WE RECEIVED TWO KAYAKS FROM PALMETTO PRIDE THAT WE'D USE TO, UM, GO OUT AND DO CLEANUPS WITH SOME OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OUTSIDE FOUNDATION AND PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION.

AND EVEN OUR OWN CHI CLEAN UP SET AND SOLID WASTE, UH, HOSTS.

SO WE GOT THOSE WRAPPED AND IT SAYS, KEEP OUR WATERS CLEAN.

IT HAS THE RERUN LOGO AND THE COUNTY SEAL, AND IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK KAYAK AND GOING OUT IN THE RIVER, BUT I WAS ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THEM LAST WEEK TO GO IN A SWAMPY AREA TO RETRIEVE SOME TELEVISION.

SO WE'RE WORKING OUT GREAT.

UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET, UH, THE TWO FOLKS BACK FROM PGT? UM, I DO NOT.

UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY IT WOULD BE AROUND MARCH OR APRIL WHEN SUMMERTIME KICKS OFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME PATROLLING THE WATERWAYS AS WELL.

UM, BUT AS OF NOW WHAT I WAS TOLD, UM, IT'S FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GREAT SHORTAGE AND DEPUTIES RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE OVER 40 VACANCIES, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY MISSING ME.

SO I MESSED IT UP.

SO AT BLUFFTON, UH, THEY WENT FROM VACANCIES OF 12 TO SIX,

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SO JUST A SHAME.

IT'S HARD TO FIND A COP NOW.

AND I GUESS I WONDER WHY, OH, THAT'S NOT ME.

BUT, UH, AND SO ONCE WE GET THOSE GUYS BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY HELPING PICK UP, ENFORCEMENT'S GOING WELL.

UM, SINCE JANUARY 1ST I'VE WRITTEN A NUMBER OF TICKETS.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID, GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE EDUCATION OR ENFORCEMENT.

I WANT TO GET EMT AND HIGHWAY PATROL EVOLVE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, DO SOME CAMPAIGNS AND COMMERCIALS ON TARPING, YOUR LOAD SECURE AND SECURE LOADS IS GOING TO BE WHAT I PRIMARILY NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS ENTIRE YEAR.

UM, CINDY AND I WILL BE MEETING, UH, AT SOME POINT WITH THE BEAVER COUNTY HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION TO TRY AND GET OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THESE, THESE NORMAL CONTRACTORS.

WE SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO ANY, ANYBODY WE CAN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TARPING.

THESE LOADS.

WE HAVE A HAULERS MEETING SET UP WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE MY PRIMARY TOPIC AND, UM, IT WILL REDUCE THINGS A LOT IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE EVEN HAD THOUGHTS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR GOES TO PULL PERMITS FOR SOMETHING, THERE'S A PAMPHLET THERE SAYING TARP YOUR LOAD.

SO, UM, WE GET THAT EDUCATION OUT THERE.

THAT'S A FORM OF IT.

AND WE TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE COMMERCIAL POLICE OFFICERS OUT HERE TO GET THESE ROLL OFF TRUCKS AND THE MARKED CONTRACTORS THAT ARE LOSING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS WILL BE OF GREAT HELP.

SO IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THIS DISTRICT'S, UH, CAPTAIN AT THESE, FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPERS, HAVE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YES, I HAVEN'T.

I EMAILED HER, UM, FROM SIX.

YES.

AND SO THERE'S INTEREST IN EDUCATION THERE, UH, FOR THEIR OFFICERS.

SO IT'D BE SOMETHING ELSE, UM, THAT WE CAN TOUCH UPON.

SO I LOVE TO GET WITH YOU AND THEN SPEAK WITH HER IF WE CAN.

UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS LOOKING AT MAY RIVER ROAD, UM, AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

UM, I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD OF IT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, A BIG THING, YOU KNOW, RANDY, I KNOW YOU SAID A LONG TIME AGO THAT YOU SAT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF AND, UM, I KNOW THEY PUT THE SIGN UP, NO THROUGH TRUCKS, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T ENFORCING THAT AT ALL.

YOU KNOW, SO THEY WAS THROUGH THERE ALL DAY LONG, WE WERE PICKING STUFF UP AS IT COMES OFF THE TRUCK.

SO IT'S ALL OF US, WE JUST GOTTA, WE GOTTA DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.

SO, AND IN, IN THAT REALM, COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL FORWARD IT AND BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CHIEF PRICE KNOWS THAT I, I, I DON'T THINK SHE DOES.

UM, AND I THINK AGAIN, I THINK, AGAIN, IT CHANGES THE OTHER GUARDS CHANGING EVERYTHING ELSE.

MAYBE IF SOMETHING JUST MISS WITH SOME OF THE NEWER RECRUITS THAT'S COMING ON BOARD.

SO I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATIONAL.

YES, SIR.

DEFINITELY TALKING TO HER ABOUT THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THESE BIG TRUCKS ARE PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO WHAT WE SEE ON THE ROADWAYS.

AND IF, IF WE CAN GET THEM TO STOP THOSE TRUCKS AS THEY COME IN, I MEAN, IT'LL IMPROVE YOUR WRITING AND THEY'D BEEN PROCESSED OR IT TAKES TICKETS THAT I'M WRITING.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY ALL GO THROUGH THE BEAVER KIND OF EXTRAS.

OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD IN THERE ALL, I MEAN, THE JUDGE IS SAYING FINE.

THE JUDGES SAYING, YES, I MEAN, THE FINES ARE NORMALLY REDUCED, BUT THERE IS A PAYMENT THAT IS MADE.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UH, I WAS IN A CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED, UH, THERE, WHERE I WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, THAT THEY'RE GETTING THROWN OUT AND I HAD NO CLUE.

I MEAN, I, I'VE CERTAINLY LOST CASES, YOU KNOW? UM, AND IT'S MY HAIR, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT YOU LEARN AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY AS A, AS A HOLLER AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME THAT THAT MAY RIVER WAS NOT A THREE ROW.

YES.

I HONESTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW.

I WOULD SEND OUR TRUCKS THROUGH THERE BECAUSE IT'S A FAST ROUTE.

I WAS EXCITED WHEN BRANDY, I THINK RANDY SPEARHEADED THAT SIGN BEING PUT UP.

UM, SO IT'S LIKE DOWNTOWN BRIDGE.

YOU VERY SELDOMLY YOU'LL SAY 18, WE'LL ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.

THERE'S SPOT SIGNS POSTED EVERYWHERE.

AND IF YOU DO SEE ONE CROSS IT SOMEHOW, AND THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE TO GIVE THEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SPEAK TO THE MANAGER, THE OWNER OF THE HOLLER, WHEN YOU HAVE THE HAULERS MEETING, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO CASCADE DOWN TO THOSE DRIVERS BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WILL STILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS GOOD TO GET THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WILL STILL DO THE FASTEST ROUTE.

WE'LL DO THE QUICKEST WAY.

AND USUALLY GOING THROUGH OFTEN LIKE THAT IS.

AND SO, UM, SOMEHOW THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TALK TO THE OWNERS AND HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST FOLLOW UP WHEN THEY CAN TO, TO STOP THE DRIVERS AND SAY, HEY,

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I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL ALREADY.

THAT'D BE GOOD.

OUR TRIAL OR PASSING ON I'M SURE.

DEREK WILL.

YES.

THANKS.

OKAY.

SO

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

SO WE HAVE REACHED THE MID POINT OF FISCAL YEAR 22, AND WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE DATA FROM NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2021.

THOSE REPORTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

SO HAULING FROM THE CENTERS HAS CONTINUED TO BE WELL BELOW LAST YEAR, WE HAVE AVERAGE 547 MONTH LIKE POLLS THIS FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE OF 756 EACH MONTH.

LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE SAVINGS FOR HAULING FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO SINCE JULY 1ST IS 220,657, OUR NEXT RFP SOLICITATION FOR HAULING SHOULD BE IN THE SPRING AT OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, EXPIRES JUNE 30TH TO BEAVER COUNTY PAYS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE DISPOSAL, BOTH RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE AND COLLECTION CENTERS.

DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THE DISPOSAL SAVINGS FOR 116,465 OVER THIS PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL SIX MONTHS SAVINGS FOR BOTH HAULING AND DISPOSAL IS $337,122.

OUR DECEMBER A YEAR TODAY TONNAGE IT'S 43,256.

THIS IS 4,200 FEWER TONS THAN FISCAL YEAR 21.

AS A REMINDER, THE SAVINGS ARE IMPRESSIVE, BUT AS A POPULATION AND TIPPING FEE INCREASE, OUR DECAL PROGRAM IS NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR SAVINGS RIGHT NOW? AS FAR AS I'M THERE, THEY'RE THERE.

I'M NOT SURE ANYMORE ON THAT, BUT I CAN CHECK ON THAT OKAY.

DOLLARS THAT ARE PROBABLY, YOU CAN USE STUDY.

JUST CURIOUS, IT'S THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING FUN SOMEWHERE WHICH COULD BE HAPPENING.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

SO FOR CENTER TRAFFIC, UM, DECEMBER, 2021 TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CENTER IS DOWN 42,680 VEHICLES COMPARED TO DECEMBER OF 2020.

WE CONTINUE TO STAY WELL BELOW THE TREND LINE.

SO OUR RECYCLING TANISH TO DATE TOTAL 1,736 MONTHS, WE CONTINUE WORKING ON NEW EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE RECYCLING AND REDUCING COMBINATIONS.

OUR NEW CONTRACTS WENT INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021 WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GLASS WORKS.

WE ARE BELOW BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR WITH 44% EXPENDED.

AFTER SIX MONTHS OF OPERATION, WE RECYCLED LOVE CHRISTMAS TREES AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AT ALL CENTERS, THE CENTER, AND WITH PARIS ISLAND TO SUPPLY EXCESS TREES FOR MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES FROM TWO OF OUR CENTERS, RECYCLING REVENUES REMAIN POSITIVE AT 61,907.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A JANUARY CHECK FROM CHARLESTON STEEL FOR A RECENT MOBILIZATION TO OUR WHITE GOODS YARD.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, HOW WAS THE GLASS RECYCLING BIN GOING TO KNOW? THAT'S LIKE A NEWER EFFORT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR STATIONS CHRISTINA GETTING SET UP.

INITIALLY? I THINK THE PROPOSAL WAS THAT THEY WOULD PUT SOME CONTAINERS AT THE AIR STATION THAT THEY WOULD PICK UP, BUT THEN LATER THERE WAS A FEE INVOLVED WITH WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO JUSTIFY, UH, FOR OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT IF YOU KNOW, OR IF I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SOMEBODY TO SEND A YEAR WITH VICTORIA, WHOMEVER.

UM, WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF GORE, QUICK GLASSWORKS, ALREADY COLLECTED DIFFERENT SITES.

UM, THEY ARE COMING ALONG, THEY HAD SOME UPPER MANAGEMENT CHANGES, SIGNIFICANT UPPER MANAGEMENT CHAIN BACK TO BACK.

AND SO THE WHOLE IDEA, AND I MEAN, IT REALLY DID SLOW THINGS DOWN FOR, FOR A WHILE.

IN FACT, I'M AWARE OF THE, OF YOUR GUYS, ALL IN THE AGREEMENT YOU GUYS WERE WORKING OUT SO ON AND SO FORTH.

UM, THEY ARE BACK ONLINE WITH AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT, UH, EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT.

AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD START REACHING OUT TO YOU AGAIN TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE THAT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT WAS A HIGH TARGET ITEM FOR HIM WAS WHAT'S YOUR LOCATION?

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THEY CAN DO.

THEY ARE ACCEPTING MATERIAL AND THEY HAVE NEVER STOPPED ACCEPTING MATERIAL.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF THE VOLUME AT WHICH THEY EXPECTED TO BE AT RIGHT NOW HAS NOT REACHED ITS POTENTIAL OR WHAT THEY WANTED, BUT THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE, AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO ANYTHING IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO RE-ENGAGE AS A, AS A WAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS ON ALL OF OUR WASTE STREAMS, AND IT'S GOING TO COST US MONEY TO RECYCLE SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS SHAKE UP TO THE HIGH PRIORITY.

AND HERE'S THE THING ABOUT GLASS TOO, IS, AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE GOTTA REALIZE.

NUMBER ONE, I THINK THAT MODEL BACK TO THE WORD, SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF HAVING A RECYCLER LIKE THAT IN OUR BACK DOOR TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE REDUCE THE SHIPPING COST OF THIS MATERIAL IS HUGELY VALUABLE WITHOUT THEM THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, GLASS ITSELF WOULD BE A NET LOSER ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS WAY.

AT LEAST YOU CAN SHIP IT TO SOMEBODY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF IT IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO ANY OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET PLASTIC RECYCLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA AS AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT ANY RECYCLING EFFORT, THE GLASS ITSELF IS A VERY DIFFICULT PRODUCT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF VALUE IN IT.

AND SO WILL THEY TAKE IT TO MINGLE? DOES IT NEED TO BE COMMINGLED? YEAH.

THE WAY THEY GOT THEIR PROCESS SET UP, IT'S ABOUT AS USER-FRIENDLY AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET IT.

I THINK FOR US, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE LIKE, BASICALLY A PERSON THAT HALF DEVOTED, YOU KNOW, AND THEY COLLECTION IS ABOUT ALL THEY CAN REALLY HANDLE.

SO, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO SORT, DO YOU DO ANY CONSTRUCTION ONSITE CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, WE GOT A GOOD BIT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

WE'VE CRUSHED OUR GLASS.

WE USE THE FULL BACK, FILL AROUND A BYPASS.

YEP.

SO THE THOUGHT IS NO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY IN RECYCLING.

NO, I MEAN, SHOULDN'T EVEN THE SIDE, CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE, BUT A GLASS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU'LL PAY LESS TO HAUL IT AWAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, THERE'S NO VALUE IN IT, BUT YOU'LL PAY LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE TO DO.

YEAH.

I MEAN THE, UH, SAY THE CREDIT, BUT, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR DIVERSION RATES AND ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THAT.

SO ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'RE LOOKING INTO PURSUING THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY GENERATE THAT, THAT MUCH GLASS.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE, A HUGE STREAM, BUT ANYWHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR DIVERSION RATE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT.

THE NICE THING ABOUT GLASSES THAT WEIGHS A LOT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIVERSION RATE AND COST, WHEN YOU'RE CHARGED BY THE TON TO DISPOSE GLASS BY VOLUME WEIGHS A LOT MORE THAN PLASTIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE VALUE OF THE DIVERSION IS A LOT MORE WITH GLASS THAN IT IS WITH MOST ALL THE OTHER MATERIALS.

UM, BUT THE VALUE OF THE MATERIAL ITSELF IS VERY, THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT IT'S, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M, I CAN, I CAN TALK TO YOU OFFLINE ABOUT IT TOO.

IT'S OKAY.

YEAH, CERTAINLY.

I DON'T WANNA HOLD US MEETING CURIOUS.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

I WANT TO SAY ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER GUYS.

YEAH.

SIMON, IT'S A VALUE.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD PAY BY THE TONGUE TO PULL IN AND IT'S REQUIRED.

YOU MAY UP THE CRUSHER.

WELL, LET'S BOUNCE.

LET ME JUST GO BACK ONE.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY DEFINITIONS.

WELL, UH, LET'S BOUNCE BACK UP TO ONE SO WE CAN GET THE PROTOCOL AND BEHIND US, UH, WE CALLED THE ORDER APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH THAT, BUT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WE WOULD WANT THAT TO BE ON RECORD.

DID EVERYONE GET ATTACHED CHANCE TO LOOK BACK? AND DOES ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE MINUTES FROM THE 2ND OF DECEMBER? OKAY, GOOD.

WE CAN MOVE ON DOWN NOW TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, UH, THE WESTERN END SAMSON

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

SO THE WESTERN STANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS SITTING STUDY WAS SLATED FOR THE JANUARY 18TH PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

HOWEVER, THE ATOM WAS HAILED WHILE WE EVALUATE A COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY OPTION FOR THE MARK.

AND I CAN KEEP ON GOING INTO THE NEXT ONE.

UM,

[13. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE]

UM, WE HANDED OUT A COPY OF THAT AND THAT IS THE DRAFT AND IT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.

PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS TO MYSELF OR CINDY, UM, OWNER.

BEFORE FEBRUARY 18TH OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, WE HAVE COMPLETED AN INTERNAL REVIEW WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGES RECOMMENDED.

DID THE INTERNAL REVIEW

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SO I WAS CURIOUS WHO WAS, WHO, WHO ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVED THROUGH THIS WITHOUT REVISIONS? WOULD THAT BE THERE'S ALL FOR A VERY LITTLE REVISION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES, OUR ENTIRE SOLID WASTE STAFF.

OKAY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CORRECTIONS ON THEM.

I DON'T THINK THAT FEBRUARY 18TH IS A REALISTIC DATE FOR COMMENTS I'LL GUARANTEE.

YOU'LL BE INUNDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM ME.

I HOPE THEY'RE NOT ALL IN WRITING.

AND AT THE MOMENT HAD THE ABILITY TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS WITH STAFF OR WHOMEVER AS PART OF A WORK SESSION.

I THINK INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS IS A VERY USELESS, CAN YOU ASK AS OPPOSED TO A SIT DOWN ALMOST SECTION BY SECTION, UH, THE WITNESS WE HAD TO KNOW THIS COME FROM, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, WHAT'S THE WHOLE BASIS OF IT.

HAVING WRITTEN PLANS HAD TO OPERATE ON THE PLANS 20 YEAR PLAN.

JUST LOOKING AT THE VOLUME OF IT, GUARANTEED.

I'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF COMMENTS ARE PROBABLY DOUBLE AND I DON'T FIND JUST WRITING COMMENTS AS A PRODUCTIVE TOOL.

SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MEETING PREVIOUSLY THE BOARD, IF EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT, YOU, I FOUND SOME COMMENTS THAT MEET WITH STAFF IN THAT NECESSARILY THE CONSULTANT THAT PUT IT TOGETHER TO WOULDN'T IT BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS ROOM? UH, PRE LET'S SAY THE SEVENTH.

OKAY.

SO THE SEVENTH IS MONDAY, UM, PRE THE SEVENTH.

THEN WE CAN KIND OF GET BACK TOGETHER.

CAUSE ONCE WE MEET WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY THEN HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON.

SO THE 18TH IS ABSOLUTELY VERY PRUDENTLY.

TRUE.

I CAN CHECK ON THAT BRIEF.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

SO I GUESS I NEED TO ASK, DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION OF COMING TOGETHER AS A BOARD TO REVIEW? OKAY.

KIM OFFICIALLY THE SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR THAT DAY RIGHT NOW, IT WAS A POSSIBLE, BUT LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS ROOM.

I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SCHEDULE.

I WOULD NEED TO SEE WHAT'S DRIVING THE, WHAT WOULD THE COURT BEFORE NOW? IT'S THE 18TH.

WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS IN 18TH.

SO IMPORTANT.

THAT'D BE A QUESTION.

I KNOW IT WAS JUST A DATE.

OKAY.

FUTURE DATE PAVED AGAIN, NEED A LONGER DAY.

I CAN CHECK , LET'S GO BACK THEN AND ASK THEM.

WOULD WE PREFER THEM TO, TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THEY'D BE SUSPENDED, UH, FROM THE 18TH, GIVE US ANOTHER 30 DAYS OR WHATEVER.

WOULD THAT BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE BOARD WISH INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CRAM IT IN NOW? YEAH.

OKAY.

SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE OF APPROVAL FOR THIS US FIRST.

IT WOULD BE PRODUCT LOSS COMMENT AND THEN MOVE ON.

RIGHT.

AND THEN TO FACILITIES THEN TO NORMAL, IT'S KIND OF START WITH AUSTIN, RIGHT IN SAYING THAT, UM, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH IS A FRIDAY.

UM, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUSH IT OUT AT LEAST TWO WEEKS TO MARCH 4TH AND THEN WE CAN DO THIS OVER EMAIL AND THEN WE COULD CALL A MEETING IT'S ALL THROUGH EMAIL.

UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'D HAVE TO BE POSTED.

YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ALL COME IN.

UH, LASER FOCUS TOUCHED ON THIS PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY.

I DID GO THROUGH IT.

I GOT IT PREMATURE.

AND IT'S PRETTY SOPHISTICATED.

SO IT JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO READ.

AND IT'S, IT'S YOUR BAILEY WHEN IT'S BEEN YOUR BUSINESSES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT.

I SAID, I WASN'T GOING TO IT UNTIL IT ACTUALLY GOT IT.

I SKIMMED IT.

AND I COULD READ THE PROP.

I KNOW YOU SHUT DOWN A BUNCH OF CENTERS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS INFORMATION IS.

THESE ARE ALL THE ORIGINAL, EXTREMELY SUPERFICIAL.

THOSE ARE STILL CAN BE CENTERS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL AT THIS COURTYARD THAT WE SHOULDN'T REALLY SHUT DOWN, UH, GATES IN PORTERVILLE.

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SO, AND EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT ON IT.

BUT FOR INSTANCE, I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

I'M LOOKING HERE, AMOUNT OF WASTE AND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING TSW.

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TSLP WAS? HELLO, MSWS.

YEAH.

WHAT DOES THAT MESS UP? IT'S A WASTE.

IT'S YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR REGULAR CONTRACTORS, BUT SPECIFIC.

WHAT IS IT? I'M SORRY.

I'M THINKING IT'S RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL.

AND IT'S AN INSTITUTION THAT TERMINOLOGY IS USED BY THE APA N D CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WHY SHOULDN'T WE USE IT? EXCUSE ME.

YOU SAID TITA TSW, SSA.

WE'RE GOOD AMOUNT OF WASTE FOR TSW.

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IT IS? TSW ONE.

IT'S NOT FOR ONE.

I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

NOPE, ME.

SO THIS IS LIKE WHERE'S WALDO.

I GOT TO GO THROUGH IT IN YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN.

I'VE SUBMITTED TO CYNTHIA COMMENTS ON THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEFINITIONS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE MSW IS NOT EVEN INCLUDED IN YOUR ORDINANCE.

TOTAL SOLID WASTE TOTAL SOLLOWAY.

SO C AND D IS NOT MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.