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BUT I THINK TODAY'S MEETING IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN MOST.
BUT OFFICIALLY TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 24 IS 203 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME AND THIS IS THE SOLID AND RECYCLING BOARD MEETING SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TO HAVE A SECOND SET SO OF THE AGENDA. SO WE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US. IT WAS EMAILED TO US EARLIER THIS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HAVE ANY COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
[2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE AGENDA WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND APPROVAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 26 MEETING THAT WAS A LONG LOCAL MEETING AND I HOPE IT IS THE CATALYST AND MOVING FORWARD SO[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JANUARY 26, 2023 ]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES I APPROVE MANAGE TO SEE ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME ABOUT THE SECOND SUMMARY AND OR ONE MY ONLY PROBLEM GETTING SET IN MIND TO BEING WHITEWASHED WITH THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THINGS AND THIS WAS WITHOUT OPPOSITION SO I INCORRECTLY SAID THAT. SO DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC BUT FROM THE LAST MEETING AND COMMENTS OKAY WELL THAT'S ALL IN AT LEAST I REMEMBER WHEN I READ THIS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A LOT THAT WAS I THINK CONTAINED WITHIN THE LAST MEETING OF OPPOSITION AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SET A SPECIAL MEETING REMEMBER THAT NEVER BECAME REALITY TO ADDRESS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS REFER APPROVING THE MINUTES AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK INSIDE AND SEE LAST MEETING.I HAVEN'T TAKEN A LOOK AT IT. I'D BE GLAD TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AND AMEND OR ADJUST THESE MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THEY REFLECT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING.
[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO HOLD OFF ON THAT APPROVING THE MEETINGS AND IF THAT'S MORE THAN APPROPRIATE SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO AROUND THE ROOM. I'M RANDY PALLONE REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE VICTORIA HOFFMAN REPRESENTING COUNTY COUPLE OF YEARS CONTROL ON THIS KIND OF CLIMATE WHEN IT COMES CHRISTIAN A MARINE CORPS STATION VIEW THESE ARE SERGEANT MATT RICCABONI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DR. WILLIAM GREENE REPRESENTING DISTRICT SIX BRIAN DORRANCE REPRESENTING DISTRICT EX-OFFICIAL WELL, I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC CAN THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS NOW. IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR GUILFORD COUNTY SO WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE SITTING AT THIS TABLE AND I'M EXCITED FOR OUR FUTURE WHICH WE'RE GOING GET INTO HERE. PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HERE AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC ON SCENE.SO I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING WE DID HAVE AWESOME FOLKS HERE LAST TIME PUBLIC COMMENT IT WAS SPECIFIC A LETTER SPECIFIC TO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. ANGEL FIRED MY PHONE NUMBER I ENDED UP TALKING TO THEM FOR AN HOUR AND THEY NOW ARE INVOLVED IN MENTAL PRIDE SO AND IT WAS IT WAS GOOD. I WISH WE HAD MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP AND DO THAT.
[6. UPDATES REGARDING MEETINGS WITH COUNTY COUNCIL (ALL)]
THAT WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT OVER 5 MINUTES. OKAY.CATEGORICAL. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS UPDATES WITH COUNCIL I CONTINUALLY TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME SO MY UPDATE IS JUST CONTINUALLY MAKING EVERYONE AWARE OUR BLOSSOM IS MY COUNCIL MEMBER. I TALKED TO ALICE, I TALKED TO SOME OF THEM AWARE OF THE NECESSITY OF THIS PROJECT SO I JUST CAME BACK FROM A FUNERAL AT ARLINGTON DC AND I DIDN'T SEE ONE PIECE OF LETTER THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IN DC AND IT JUST COMPLETELY BLEW ME AWAY AND MADE ME AGAIN REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A JOB TO DO HERE THAT'S JUST SPECIFIC TO LETTER THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS PROCESS AND TRANSFER STATIONS AND ALL THAT. I MEAN WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
WE'RE TO GET THERE. SO UPDATES REGARDING MEETINGS WITH COUNTY COUNCIL AS I SAID, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ON? I'VE BEEN AWAY JUST GOT BACK POINTS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED IN OAK OKAY THEY FEEL THE THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY FEEL THE PRESSURE AND I DON'T KNOW BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS DAVE BUT OUR LEADERSHIP ERIC AND YOUR EMAIL ALL HAVE THIS IS FRONT AND CENTER PROJECT ON
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THEIR AGENDAS FOR THIS YEAR AND BEYOND SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS BUT I CAN I THINK ONCE WE GET TO THE STAFF UPDATES CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.OKAY SO AS SAID BEFORE I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN THIS INTO A ROUND TABLE
[7. COMMENTS ON SWR REPORTS ]
TYPE OF A BOARD MEETING LIKE MULTIPLE MEETINGS. SO IN SAYING THAT I JUST OPENED IT UP FOR COMMENTS DISCUSSION MATTERS WHAT'S GOING ON NOW I'LL GO BACK TO WE KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE SOLID WASTE PLAN IS. IT'S GOING TO BE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE. SO IF YOU GO I COULD GIVE YOU 60, 60, 62 SAYS THAT THE PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD NEVER CAME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. WE HAD SOME MEETINGS I DON'T KNOW WHICH HAVE GONE TO THE HECK OUT JOINT THIS WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO YOU DAVE IS GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS STATUS OF CHAPTER 62 ON SYSTEMS BEING UPDATED BUT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING RELATIVE TO CHAPTER 62 TONS OF OTHER THINGS I AGREE WITH YOU IN TOTALITY ON THAT.I GUESS I'M REFERRING WHAT'S THE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE IN HAND? WAS IT DIFFERENT FRONTS AND BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WENT THROUGH THESE REPORTS SO I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OFF THE PAGE GOING FORWARD FOR TODAY'S MEETING SO EVERYTHING LOOKED PRETTY NORMAL OR ON TREMENDOUS SPIKES POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH OF A COMMENT. IT'S JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL.
MY PROBLEM IS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE NUMBERS ARE COMING FROM.
SO I GO FIRST OF WE SEND IT OUT IT SAYS OVERALL SOLID WASTE ACTIVITIES WHY SOLID WASTE THIS GIVES ALL OF THE DISTRICTS PLUS THREE MSW. WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? YEAH IT GOES BACK TO THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED WHICH IS THIS RESIDENTIAL WASTE BUT. IT CONTRADICTS ITSELF BACK FURTHER BUT WHERE I LIVE I GET A COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE IN MY CONTAINER I GET A COLLECTION OF A BIN WITH MY RECYCLABLES I DON'T SEE THAT TALKS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE BY DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE NOR DO I SEE AN INABILITY OFFICE TALK ABOUT RECYCLABLES BY DISTRICT YET I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS KRISTI MURPH AND THE NUMBERS WHAT WAS REPORTED BY THE HECK IN ANNUAL REPORT THAT THAT'S INSANITY FOR THERE'S NO WAY TO MATCH A B AND C AND WHERE I COME FROM THAT'S THAT'S A NO NO I THINK IN THE ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN PAST TENSE THAT WE ARE UPDATING I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT BILL BECAUSE I LIKE HAVE SAID WE NEED MORE DEFINITION AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE CIRCLE, WE'VE GOTTEN IN FIGHTS ABOUT THIS. OKAY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL WHEN I TALK OVER HIM IN THE SECOND BUT THERE IS A TRANSITION TAKING PLACE IN A COUNCIL PAUL REORG ON THE HORIZON TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE MATTERS BUT AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR FIVE YEARS AT LEAST.
YES. SO KNOW COMPLAINING SINCE I'M ON BOARD LIKE THAT SAME THING AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED NEXT BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE AGENDA ON A FORWARD PERSPECTIVE IS TO TO ADDRESS THIS SO THAT'S LOGICAL IT MAKES SENSE. I HAD THE PRESS CALL ME I SAT DOWN AND GAVE THEM A THREE HOUR INTERVIEW. THEY POSTED A LITTLE SECTION AND ONE OF THE NEWSPAPERS BUT I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS KIND OF STUFF SO I WANT TO CREATE THE EXPECTATION WITH THE TAXPAYERS THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SITTING IN THIS ROOM ASKING QUESTIONS OF OURSELVES SO. WE NEED TO BE MORE PREPARED AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS EVERY TAXPAYER THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT AND AGAIN THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SOME SOME CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AND IN EMPLOYEE STATUS THAT THEY'VE
[8. OPEN ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION]
GOT TO TALK ABOUT. SO I'M SAYING THAT OUR WORK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NUMBER EIGHT WHICH IS THAT OPEN ROUNDTABLE AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO THROW IT TO DAVE AT THIS POINT.SO DAVE WILHELM DAVE IS THE REASON I SIT HERE. TEAMS HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR
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QUITE SOME TIME EIGHT YEARS AND SO IF DAVE IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SORT OF TAKE US FROM HERE AND PROGRESSION EASY LANDING IN AN HOUR INCLUDE ALL RIGHT I'M IF I CAN EASILY CHART VERSUS RANT TOUCHED ON WE HAVE SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES SANDY CARTER IS NO LONGER EMPLOYEE FOR ACCOUNTING ANGEL OR SIKORSKY HER LAST DAY IS TOMORROW SO THOSE ARE TWO VERY KEY STAFF MEMBERS IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE AND.WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE SLACK. WE'RE GOING TO BE BACKFILLING THOSE POSITIONS. AS RANDY SAID, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF REWORK NOW SO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ADDRESSED. WE'RE AWARE OF THEM.
DAWSON DEFICIENCIES. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS MORE QUICKLY BUT I DO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE. I'M HOPING BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR TWO MONTHS WE HAVE ALL THE STAFF IN PLACE AND WE CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
SO AGAIN CAROLYN OH MY GOODNESS. AND CAROLYN YES UP THE HIGHWAY VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS ALSO LEFT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH THREE VERY, VERY, VERY KEY POSITIONS THAT WE WE NEED TO BACK FROM SO AWARE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT AND MR. CRANER WAS CHAIRMAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT I DON'T IF YOU WANT TO OPEN THIS UP FOR A DISCUSSION THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN THE BOARD AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS IS TO GO BACKGROUND IS WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON VERY REACHING A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING THE BOARD CONSISTS OF ALL PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTIZE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT GOOD TO CREATE SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES ON THE SOLID WASTE BOARD DON'T WANT TO PUT A LOT OF EXTRA BURDEN ON THE BOARD MEMBERS. I REALIZE YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AND I REALLY THAT BUT I THINK MEETING EVERY TWO MONTHS THERE'S A THAT HAPPENS A TWO MONTH SPAN BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS SO BY CREATING A SUBCOMMITTEE AND HAVING BOARD MEMBERS WORK WITH STAFF ON SPECIFIC AS IT'S BEING DEVELOPED I THINK WOULD BE A MORE A GOOD WAY TO HAVE MORE BOARD INTERACTION IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SO JUST A COUPLE IDEAS ON TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEES AFTER I TALK ABOUT IT YOU CAN DISCUSS IT, YOU CAN DO IT OR NOT DO IT BUT POTENTIAL SUBCOMMITTEES COULD BE THE SOLID WASTE PLAN.
WE COULD BE AT ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION EDUCATION OUTREACH LITTER RECYCLING LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCES THE STATE MANDATE WASTE TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION SOLID WASTE WHERE WE TO BE GOING SO EACH ONE OF THESE AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER POTENTIAL TOPICS EACH ONE OF THESE COULD BE SET UP AS SUBCOMMITTEE WITH A BOARD MEMBER OR BOARD MEMBERS BEING PART OF THAT COMMITTEE WHERE YOU WOULD BE WORKING WITH STAFF AS WE WORK ON THIS PROJECTS AND THEN COLLECTIVELY WE COME BACK TO THE SOLID WASTE BOARD AND PRESENT UPDATES SO THAT'S YOUR STUFF. SO I THOUGHT YEAH AND I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW. THE SUBCOMMITTEES SO MAKE SENSE AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT A BREAKOUT MEETING TO ESTABLISH SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. AS WE KNOW THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF VOTING MEMBERS AT THIS MEETING. I THINK THAT'S ATROCIOUS IF YOU COMMIT TIME AND PROMISE YOUR ENERGY TO DIFFERENT COUNTY THINK YOU NEED TO SHOW UP AND WE HAVE MANY THAT HAVE NOT SHOWN UP AGAIN TODAY I WOULD OFFICIALLY LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT IF A PERSON DOESN'T PLAN ON BEING HERE I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION. DO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS BECAUSE THIS REQUIRES TIME AND ENERGY AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE WE ARE GOING TO BE BORED HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION I THINK YOU KNOW I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THIS.
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON A BOARD YOU ARE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ATTENDANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN SPANISH.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I APOLOGIZE I BRING THIS UP AHEAD OF TIME WHICH DID CALL ME TODAY. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. HE IS GOING TO GO SO HE DID NOT KNOW IF YOU COULD PICK HERE HIS ABSENCE IS BECAUSE HE'S NOT FEELING WELL.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. I JUST THIS WEEK THREE SESSIONS WHAT'S THAT MISSING THREE SESSIONS IS IT THREE OKAY. OKAY YEAH AND WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT IN THAT CAPACITY AND I JUST I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE I TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME CAN I TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF NONSTOP THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING
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TO STEP UP AS DAVE SAID EARLIER IF IF A DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OR CROSSOVER WHEREAS THE COUNCILMAN OF THAT DISTRICT IF WE CAN PULL AN INDIVIDUAL FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT DO MORE CROSSOVER BUT WE NEED A FULL TABLE HERE WE NEED WE NEED TIME AND ENERGY AND IT CAN'T BE ALL PUT ON VICTORIA AND IT CAN'T BE ALL ON CHLOE AND OUR TRIAL AND ALL WE BOARD MEMBERS WE NEED TO BE HERE. SO I GUESS THIS IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT MEETING THAT I'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON. I GUESS MAYBE I SHOULD NEVER BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE THERE'S LESS AND LESS PEOPLE EVERY TIME WE THE ACTION IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING BUT DAVE, IF YOU COULD SEE THAT THROUGH OUR INSTRUCT ME ON A PROTOCOL FOR THAT REQUEST I THINK I THINK I THINK BILL'S RIGHT. I THINK IF IS I THINK IT'S THREE IF YOU'RE ABSENT THREE MEETINGS AND EIGHT COURSE OF A YEAR.AND THAT BEING SAID MOST BOARDS AND COMMITTEES MEET MONTHLY SORT WASTE RECYCLING QUARTERLY MEETS BY PLACE WHICH ARE LIKE SIX MEETINGS A YEAR. SO LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT NUMBER AND SEE WHAT THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT IS. THAT'S $0.02 WORTH.
OKAY TO YOU. OKAY. UM, COUPLE OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON MATERIAL RECOVERY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING AND MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY QUITE BACKGROUND THE REASON WE WANT TO DO IT WE WANT TRY TO BUILD A FACILITY TO ACCEPT SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLES TO INCREASE THE RECYCLING RATE OH OUR METHOD HAS BEEN TO TO FIND A LOCATION AND VIEW FOR A COUNTY WHERE IT WOULD BE DUE FOR COUNTY OWNED BY THE PROPERTY BUILD THE BUILDING NEITHER OPERATE OURSELVES OR HAVE AN OPERATOR WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THAT FOR YEARS HAVE NOT FOUND THE RIGHT LOCATION WE WERE HOPING THE SUMMERSVILLE SITE WHERE THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY CENTER IS LOCATED WOULD WORK FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT HAS NOT WORKED SO WE'RE GOING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHAT WE'VE DONE WE'VE ISSUED AN RFP AS ALL THE STREET NOW WAS ADVERTISED LAST WEEK AND IT'S A VERY OPEN ENDED RFP.
IT'S BASICALLY REACHING OUT TO VENDORS AND ASKING TO PROPOSE TO US.
WE'VE ALREADY MADE A COMMITMENT TO BUY THE SORTING LINE WE'VE COME TO THIS OR WE'VE COME TO COMMITTEE. THERE'S A COMPANY THAT'S CALLED GREEN MACHINE.
THEY PROVIDE SORTING EQUIPMENT FOR MATURE RECOVERY FACILITIES .
WE SELECTED THEM AS OUR PROPOSED VENDOR AND WE'RE PROPOSED WE'RE PREPARED TO BUY THAT EQUIPMENT. WHAT WE DON'T IS A PLACE TO PUT IT.
SO WE'VE PUT WE'VE ISSUED ALL THESE AND WE'RE SOLICITING PROPOSALS FROM COMPANIES THAT WE HOPE BUT WE HOPE WE'LL GET IS A COMPANY THAT TELLS US HEY ,I'VE GOT TEN ACRES AND A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE. IF YOU PUT YOUR EQUIPMENT HERE WE CAN OPERATE IT FOR YOU.
WE CAN BE YOUR OPERATOR. THOSE PROPOSALS ARE DUE NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC.
I HOPE WE GET SOME GOOD PROPOSALS AND IF WE DO WE'LL BE COMING TO THE MAY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BOARD MEETING WHEN WE COME TO THIS MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE VERY FAVORABLE PROPOSALS WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH A PLAN C I GUESS IT WOULD BE AT THAT POINT THAT AND THAT WOULD BE SIMPLY TO TIGHTEN UP THE EXISTING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. BUT IT'S BASICALLY GOING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WHAT YOU SAY THE PROPOSALS I CAN'T SAY WE'VE PHONE CALLS FROM THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES SO FAR SO THERE IS SOME INTEREST OUT THERE SO THERE'LL BE A UPDATE ON THAT IN IN MAY AT THE MEETING I TAKE THAT IS GREAT NEWS ALONG IT'S GREAT BUT WHAT WE NOW AND I THINK THAT'S A OH THAT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR FOR VISITING RIGHT IN RIGHT NOW REAL QUICK SUMMARY OF RECYCLABLES THE RECYCLABLES THAT ARE COLLECTED THE CENTERS VERY SMALL QUANTITY BEGINNING WITH IT'S ONLY ABOUT 3000 TIMES A YEAR THOSE MATERIALS ARE ALREADY SOURCE SEPARATED THEORETICALLY WE PAY A VENDOR TO PICK IT UP.
THEY TAKE IT TO A FACILITY IN RICHLAND. ALL THEY DO IS PICK UP AGAIN AND TAKE IT TO THE RESPECTIVE MARKETS SO THE METALS ARE GOING TO SOUTHERN METALS AND SAVANNAH FIBER CARDBOARD PAPER IS GOING TO A I THINK IN SAVANNAH PLASTICS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD A RECYCLING IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA JUST 200 MILES AWAY BUT THERE'S NO PROCESSING. THERE'S NO SORTING, THERE'S NO CLEANING, THERE'S NO ADDED VALUE ALL THEY'RE DOING IS BASICALLY TRANSFERRING OUR RECYCLABLES SO SO THAT'S OUR CURRENT SYSTEM. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE COULD DO BETTER THAN THAT.
WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THAT VENDOR THROUGH JUNE OF YEAR SO WE'RE LOCKED IN TO CONTINUE DOING THAT JUNE OF NEXT YEAR I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH WHERE WE CAN BUILD A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY AND BE ABLE TO CREATE A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT
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AND ALSO OPEN UP FOR STRAND RECYCLING WHERE WE CAN REALLY INCREASE THE RECYCLING RATE.THANK YOU FOR TELLING HIM. SO SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. YEAH IT'S JUST IN MY OPINION TO JUST BE IN RESPONSIBLE IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. SO ON MY PAPER HERE OUR GOAL AND TIMELINE SO IS MENTIONED MAY SO WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR TEETH INTO WORKING SOMETHING OUT AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT A HECK OF A GOOD QUESTION. I WISH I HAD AN ANSWER BECAUSE EVERYBODY ASK ME THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE PROPOSALS IF WE'RE GETTING FAVORABLE PROPOSAL FROM A VENDOR THAT EITHER ALREADY HAS A WAREHOUSE OR A BUILDING OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING IT, I THINK WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING UP AND RUNNING BY NEXT YEAR IF IF NOT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION DESIGN PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS BUT OPTIMISTICALLY I'LL SAY EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO AS FAR AS US GOING OUT AND ASKING THE PUBLIC THE VENDORS AS YOU CALLED IT IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO GET MORE POTENTIAL PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WOULD STEP UP I DON'T KNOW. UM YES I'LL ANSWER YES AND I WILL WORK TO TRY TO FIND OUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RESOURCES IT'S JUST AN INTERNET SEARCH REACHING OUT TO MAYBE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS YEAH TRY TO EXPAND THAT WAY UP TO SURE WE'RE GETTING ALL POTENTIAL INTERESTED VENDORS THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD BECAUSE THE EASY PART IS THAT THE COUNTY DOES IT SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO BUT WE CAN'T FIND THE SITE WE CAN'T FIND THAT PARCEL SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY. I THINK AT ONE POINT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT A TRANSFER STATION BUT THEN I THINK THAT WAS BEFORE MAYBE THE LANDFILL EXPANDED THEIR CAPACITY POSSIBLE IN TIME. I DON'T WANT TO ASK A DIFFICULT QUESTION AND I THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. FEEL FREE TO ASK A QUESTION AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION INITIALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO JUST A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY IF THE VENDOR HAS YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A FIVE ACRE SITE AND A 3000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, WE CAN PROBABLY ONLY DO THE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY WITH RECYCLABLE IF THERE'S A TEN ACRE SITE, 15 ACRE SITE, WE COULD EXPAND THAT AND THAT COULD BE A TRANSFER STATION.
SO A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THE PROPOSALS ARE IN THE MEETINGS THAT I SAID AND I BELIEVE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN THE LONG TERM VISION LONG TERM THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT VISIONS BUT LONG TERM IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A COUNTY ENDEAVOR.
SO WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW OF ALL THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY I WAS TOLD THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE A MULTICOLOR INITIATIVE.
YEAH, I THINK I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY MENTION THAT IT'S WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING INCREASE RECYCLING DIFFERENTLY THE THE AMOUNT THE QUANTITY OF RECYCLABLES DO FOR COUNTY GENERATES IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AS BIG AS CHARLESTON FOR EXAMPLE THE NEAREST IF WE HAVE TO US NOW IS IN CHARLESTON THEY HAVE A 45,000 SQUARE FOOT RECOVERY FACILITY COST OF $3,540 MILLION AND THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF CHARLESTON NORTH MOUNT PLEASANT RECYCLABLES THERE. THIS JUST NOT TAKING THE TOTAL MSW STREAM.
NO, THAT'S REALLY POWER. THIS IS JUST CHARLESTON COUNTY JUST OPENED THIS UP A YEAR AGO MAYBE JUST SIMPLY FOR SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLES. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM. CHARLESTON OWNS THE PROPERTY, OWNS THE BUILDING, THE BUT THEY HAVE AN OPERATOR CALLED CELL MARK. WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM. IT'S 100 MILES AWAY. WE'RE GOING THROUGH A COST ANALYSIS NOW WHAT IF WE COLLECT THE RECYCLABLES TRANSFER TRANSFER STATION TRANSFER THEM UP TO CHARLESTON? HAVEN'T FINISHED THEIR COST ANALYSIS YET.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO FAVORABLE BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT POSSIBILITY IF WE'RE ABLE TO LOCATE IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND VENDOR AND BUILD A MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY IN THIS AREA MAY NOT BE IN FOR COUNTY MAYBE IN JASPER COUNTY MAYBE JUST OVER LINE AND THEN WE COULD OPEN UP TO REGIONAL WE COULD WE COULD REACH OUT TO SAVANNAH OR CHATHAM COUNTY WE COULD YOU KNOW WE'RE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO 95 SO THERE'S A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT REVENUE IF WE HAD A REGIONAL FACILITY SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOK AT THAT POSSIBILITY ALSO LOOKING AS A REVENUE STREAM WORRY COMPLYING WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. LOOKING AT THREE THINGS WE WANT TO WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. WE WANT IT TO BE A REVENUE STREAM.
WE'RE HOPING IT'S COST EFFECTIVE AND WE TO INCREASE THE RECYCLING RATE TO SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE. THE THREE NICE IT'D BE NICE TO CHECK ALL THREE BOXES YES THIS
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MIGHT AGAIN WE HAD A TOWN I CAME FROM RESOURCE RECOVERY AGENCY WE HAVE POPULATIONS ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE. WE HAD A TOWN OWNED AND OPERATED WHERE WE DELIVERED OUR MATERIAL DIRECTLY TO THE VENDORS SOME MORE FEATHERS AND SOY BUT IT WAS MORE ECONOMICAL AND TRYING TO AND AT LEAST YOU HAVE CONTROL ONCE YOU START YES GETTING IN VENDORS AND VENDORS YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GET TO SO A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT WE GET AND THE PROPOSALS IF WE GET REALLY GOOD PROPOSALS AND CAN FIND THAT PARTNER OUT THERE LIKE US GREAT I'LL BE COMING BACK HERE IN MAY SAYING WE FOUND THE ANSWER IF WE DON'T GET TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE EXPAND OUR SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT IS NOT FINDING PROPERTY POLITICAL UNDERTAKING OR IS IT A PRACTICAL? I THINK IT'S MORE PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW, JUST BUT THE POLITICS ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE AND NOBODY WANTS A GOOD DUMP OR WHATEVER AND ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT 5 TO 10 ACRES THAT'S NOT A YES. THAT IS CORRECT.AND THE PROPER ZONING AREA. YES, IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGE TO FIND IT.
WE CAN FIND IT. IT'S A COMBINATION CAN FIND THE SITE NORTH OF THE BROAD.
WE CAN POSSIBLY FIND A SITE OUTSIDE COUNTY. IDEALLY LOCATION SHOULD BE IN THE OKATIE BOSTON AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE MATERIALS ARE SO FURTHER OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA WE SITE THE FACILITY THE EASIER IT'S GOING TO BE TO GET A LOCATION BUT LOOKING AT THE COST ANALYSIS IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAUL IT THAT FAR. SO I DON'T RECALL YOU GUYS MONETIZED YOU MONETIZE YOUR OPERATIONS MY GOAL AND DAVE AND I MET EACH OTHER WAS WOULDN'T BE A WONDERFUL DAY IF WE JUST HAD BUDGET NEUTRALITY BUT WE DID THE RIGHT THING. YEAH I MEAN THAT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE OBJECTIVE OF SUCCESSION AND I THINK OVERALL THIS IS YOU KNOW IT GETS TO YOU KNOW TRYING TO SET UP A TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM MATERIAL FACILITY IS PART OF THE SOLUTION.
IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE SOLUTION IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE STREAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT RECYCLABLES, THERE'S GOING TO BE CERTAIN CALL CENTERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROFITABLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOLVED CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MODULE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A COST EXPENSE OVERALL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAM, AS RANDY SAID IS EITHER COST NEUTRAL OR POSSIBLY YOU KNOW, IT'S A POSITIVE.
OH, THAT BEING SAID, THERE MAY INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE COST NEGATIVE BUT WE NEED TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO VERSUS COSTING US EXPONENTIAL DOLLARS NOW AND DOING THE WRONG THING. YEAH RIGHT NOW IT'S COST NEGATIVE IT'S WORTH PAYING CLOSE TO $1,000,000 A YEAR TO PROCESS 3000 TONS OF RECYCLABLES SO IT IS COST NEGATIVE RIGHT NOW SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO BETTER. DOES EVERYTHING GO TO THAT FACILITY? EVERY EVERYTHING FROM OUR COLLECTION CENTERS GOES TO THAT FACILITY? YES. DOES THE COUNTY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT SALES THEMSELVES? YOU HAVE LIKE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO DO THAT NOT UNTIL JUNE OF 2024 BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT.
OKAY. I MEAN THAT'S AN ACT. THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW AS I EXPLAIN THE MATERIALS ARE BEING PICKED UP FROM THE CENTERS TAKEN TO THE FACILITY AND PICKED UP DELIVERED RIGHT TO THE MARKET NO CLEANING, NO ADDED VALUE WHEN WE GET 100% OF THE REVENUE WHICH SOUNDS REALLY GOOD BUT IF YOU REALLY TAKE A DEEP DOVE INTO IT WHAT DOES 100% OF THE REVENUE MEAN TO THE COUNTY IT MEANS THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO THE VENDOR TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY REVENUE.
SO IF THAT MATERIAL IS CLEAN ENOUGH TO GO DIRECTLY TO MARKET, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR SOMEBODY? PICK IT UP, TAKE IT HERE, DUMP IT RELOADED.
TAKE IT THERE. WHY CAN'T WE TAKE IT TO THE MARKET BUT TO THAT SINCE THE CONTRACTS ARE IT'S JUST LESS THAN A YEAR TO STOP IT'LL TAKE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THERE. SO YEAH SO A LOT GOING ON GOING AND I STOLE A LOT TO COME.
THANK YOU DAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR TRIAL I THINK YOU'RE OFF THE EARTH DAY. YEAH SO THIS IS ALL FUN STUFF TO EASY STUFF.
SO THIS SHOW OBVIOUSLY DID WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS WE DIDN'T HAVE A REGIONAL EARTH DAY CLEANUP PROCESS 2019. HOWEVER WE ARE ON BOARD THIS YEAR WE HAVE JASPER HAMPTON AND COLTON COUNTY SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NEW. THEY'VE KIND OF FOLLOWED MOMENTUM. NOT ONLY WILL THOSE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS BE PARTICIPATING BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER 2000 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS REGIONAL THIS ONE DAY REGIONAL EVENT THIS YEAR.
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YEAH. SO BECAUSE AGAIN THEY ORIGINALLY THEY WERE BRINGING IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY FOLLOWED US TO WHERE EACH COUNTY IS GOING TO BE BRINGING IN ALONG SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THEIR ADOPTED HIGHWAY GROUPS PRIVATE AND THEY'RE GOING OUT GETTING SPONSORS AND PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE ONE DAY EVENT AND ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY HOW YOU ADVERTISING IT SOCIAL MEDIA WE'RE SENDING OUT EMAIL BLASTS THE SORT OF THINGS WE HAVE A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO THAT SHOULD BE DONE TOMORROW TODAY ACTUALLY OUR FINAL APPROVAL VIDEO OF DRIVE SHOULD COME TO US AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE INTERNET LEADING UP TO THE EVENT. IF YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE EDITORS OF OUR PAPERS WE HAVE NOT BUT WE NORMALLY DO OR THE COUNTY HAS A COMMUNICATION THAT WILL HANDLE THAT.
OKAY. AND THE DATE HAS SO WE'RE DOING IT THE DAY BEFORE IT THEY IT'S FRIDAY APRIL 21ST IT WILL BE FROM 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY UNIQUE AND FUN THIS YEAR IS AFTER THE EVENT HAVE A CEREMONY HERE AT THAT BUILDING AT 4 P.M. THAT DAY. SO THOSE ARE DO WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION FROM THE STATE THAT'LL BE HERE. YEAH SO I BELIEVE I WELL I KNOW SARAH LYLES WILL BE SPEAKING FROM PORTLAND PRIDE OKAY I. I KNOW, I BELIEVE SHERIFF TANNER WILL BE AS WELL SO AND THE CHAIRMAN AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR KBC BOARD.
OKAY. AND COUNCIL CHAIR THANK YOU. OH COUNCIL CHAIRMAN I'M SORRY IT'S POLITICAL SEASON SO AT THAT TIME AGAIN IT'S POLITICAL SEASON SO THE POLITICIANS THE WAY UP TO NANCY MACE I MEAN I WOULD THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT DEFINITELY I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN OH YEAH. OH IN ADDITION TO THAT VICTORIA CAME UP WITH THIS AWESOME IDEA SO OF SOME EDUCATIONAL PLANS THIS YEAR LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SO IT'S DEFINITELY TURNING INTO A FESTIVE TIME WHILE DOING A GOOD THING FOR OUR COUNTY SO MILITARY YEP JUST PARASOL WILL BE DOING THEIR PART OVER AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE BASE AND I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE BASE AS WELL WILL TOUCH 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS ALL THE ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS. SO IT'LL BE A GREAT DAY. IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY.
I HOPE WE CAN GET THE PRESS AROUND US SUCH THAT THE DAY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DAY CAN SET IN WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WE'VE THAT IN THE PAST AND THEY WILL BE THERE.
SO WE HAD A WE HAD I BELIEVE THREE DIFFERENT NEWS COMPANIES APARTMENTS COME OUT LAST YEAR AND THAT KIND OF FOLLOWED US AROUND THE COUNTY AND IN SOME OF OUR LARGER AREAS WHERE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE DURING THAT EVENT OKAY I MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT REACH OUT TO MAKE SURE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT THAT THE GREAT BIG PRESENCE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP YOU SET OUR TRUCK PLEASE YOU KNOW MENTION IT SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF PACKET WOULD BLOCK THIS THING UP AND TO WHATEVER IT IS I MEAN THIS ENORMOUS WE'VE COME A LONG WAY YES I DO LOVE IT.
SAVANNAH NEWS WOULD PICK UP ON THIS AND HAVE A REPORTER THERE AGAIN KNOWLEDGE JUST GOT TO GET THE KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE AND THIS IS JUST FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT I HOPE SO I HOPE THAT IT GETS TO EVERYBODY'S EARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY SO GREAT GREAT.
SO I TOLD YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO MENTION I HEARD FROM SOME SOMETHING I DO KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I KNOW I HEAR I SAW SOME OF YOUR FOLKS CLEANING UP ON CHARITY. YES. OKAY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT. IT'S REGARDING EARTH DAY BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TELL ALL THAT D.O.T. GOT A SIZABLE AMOUNT FUNDS TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DO LITTER PICKUPS.
SO THE MOON CYCLE STARTS APRIL 3RD. THEIR CONTRACTOR WILL BE OUT STARTING I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK THE WEEK PRIOR. OUR CREWS WILL STILL BE OUT THERE HELPING YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE IT'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION THAT MONEY IS GOING TO LAST UNTIL NEXT YEAR AND IF THEY'RE EXPECTED TO GET THOSE FUNDS AGAIN AND THEY WILL BE UP ALL OVER ALL STATE ROADS WITHIN COUNTY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. HOW ABOUT THE COUNTY ROADS BECAUSE SO COME AGAIN THE COUNTY ROAD SO WITH THE COUNTY ROADS ARE CREWS A LOT SMALLER AND GEOGRAPHICALLY IT COVERS A TREMENDOUS AREA WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OF STATE AND COUNTY ROADS WITH THE DEAL WAS DUE TO HIRING THIS CONTRACT LITTER COMPANY WE WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON MORE OF OUR COUNTY ROAD THAT'S WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT OR I'M SORRY THIS SMALL LITTLE CREW WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT FOR WAS TO MAINTAIN OUR COUNTY ROADS YOU KNOW SEE IN THE NAME OF DAVE WITH HIS VISIONARY PROJECTING FORWARD YOU KNOW WE GOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OF OUR COUNTY WHETHER IT'S THE STATE ROAD OR NOT BUT WITH THEIR WE WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS A LOT MORE ON THIS COUNTY ON MAINTAIN ROADS.
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I'M JUST THINKING SPECIFICALLY PRE MOWING BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW WE ALL PICK UP YEAH ONCE IT HITS THE MOWER THE JOB JUST TRIPLED ALL TIME THERE AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR CREW IS THEY WILL BE OUT THERE FOR PRE MOWING BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONTRACTOR CREW THAT'S GOING TO OUT THERE EVERY DAY MAINTAINING THESE ROADWAYS. SO THAT'S FANTASTIC AND WE'LL STILL OR WE'LL STILL GET OUT THERE AND ASSIST THEM TURN THEM ON CYCLES THAT'S THAT'S HUGE IT IS HUGE IT IS HUGE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IT'S QUITE A LONG WAYS TO GO BUT WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS. MY GOD VICTORIA. YES? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTARY PLEASE? YEAH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION. I KNOW SPOKE ABOUT IT BRIEFLY BEFORE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS COMPOSTING CAMPAIGN FOR BACKYARD COMPOSTING.OUR GOAL NOW IS TO ESTABLISH A FACILITY TO COMPOST YARD WASTE AND OTHER DEBRIS ORGANIC MATERIAL. SO BASICALLY A COMPOST FACILITY .
THE PLAN IS TO PARTNER WITH AN INTERESTED PARTY TO BUILD AND OPERATE THIS COMPOSTING OPERATION AND CURRENT STAFF STATUS PRELIMINARY PLANNING SO RESEARCH GATHERING WE'RE IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS AND THEN SOLUTIONS TO OUR ORGANIC AND YARD WASTE AND SO LIKE I SAID WE'RE RESEARCHING HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM SOON BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS.
FROM A PARTNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE I CAN SPEAK OF THE DAILIES WHO DAVE INTRODUCED ME TO THEIR BUSINESS WAS LIKE TOTALLY EXPLODED OR THEY'VE HAD TO FRAGMENT OFF AND THEY OUTSOURCE ALL THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION BUT PEOPLE LIKE DAILY ORGANICS YES. WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM, GATHER THEIR THOUGHTS CHLOE AND I HAVE ALREADY GONE TO PS FERRY COMPOSTING WHICH IS IN CHARLESTON AND WE SAW THEIR OPERATION AND SPOKE TO THE COUNTY PERSONNEL DISCUSS WITH THEM WHY THEY WENT FROM A COUNTY OPERATED FACILITY TO A PRIVATELY OPERATED FACILITY AND KIND OF PICK THEIR BRAIN ABOUT THAT LEARNING FROM THEIR JOURNEY THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING THAT FACILITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE AVENUES BEFORE WE GET OUR FEET WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SUSTAINABLE AND IN THE FUTURE HOPEFULLY GATHER PARTNERS MILITARY BUSINESSES. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO START DIVERTING WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE TIMELINE TO THINK I'M GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING INTO THAT WORLD I'M IT'S HARD SAY LIKE I SAID WE'RE IN PRELIMINARY PLANNING SO OBVIOUSLY THE SOONER BETTER BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE SOON WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON SOME LOOSE ENDS TO TIE UP.
MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING WILL HAVE A BIT MORE TO UPDATE YOU ON.
WE SHALL SEE WHAT KIND OF AREA ARE YOU LOOKING AT I'M SORRY WHAT KIND OF AREA ARE YOU LOOKING AT AS IN LOCATION LOCATION ACREAGE? YEAH.
AT LEAST 10 TO 20 ACRES. WE WANT A VERY LARGE FACILITY SO I WOULD AT LEAST 20 WITH THE MINIMUM AND WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BUT TYPICALLY A NICE COMPOSTING OPERATION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 15 ACRES AT THE VERY MINIMUM SO MAYBE YOU COULD SQUEEZE IN FOR HOW MUCH VOLUME TYPICALLY WE GET IN YARD WE HAVE 4000 TONS FROM OUR COLLECTION CENTERS AND THEN TWO MUNICIPALITIES EACH ALSO CONTRIBUTE FOR THAT ARE 2000. YOU SHOW A TOTAL OF 8000 JUST COMING FROM COUNTY. THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMPANIES OVERSEEING YARD WASTE OR ANY PRIVATE BUSINESSES OR FOOD. SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO EXPAND ON THAT. THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE YOUR BACKYARD IS BUT YOU PUT A COMPOST IN YOUR BACKYARD TO PUT IT DOWN AND BE IN CONTACT WITH 40 ACRE COMPOST SITE.
THAT WOULD BE IDEAL THIS IDEAL LAND. WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT IT? THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MORE IT BUT REALLY IT HAS NO VALUE BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE WITH THE FACILITIES YOU LOOKED AT WAS IT MULCHING AND LETTING IT SIT TO DECOMPOSE OR WAS IT TRUE? SO BEES VERY VERY ORIGINALLY THEY HAD ROAD COMPOSTING. THEY RECENTLY HIRED MCGILL TO OVERSEE THEIR COMPOSTING OPERATIONS AND NOW THEY'RE OPERATING WITH AN R-RATED STATIC OF COMPOSTING WITH THEIR WIND ROWS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHENEVER ALTERNATIVES WHICH IS STATIC PILES AND THEY HAVE THE AERATED STATIC PILE AND THEN THEY ALSO ARE TURNING IT SO THEY'RE KIND OF DOING A HYBRID SITUATION YEAH THEY'RE KIND BE WIND GROWING IS TRUE WIND GROW AND YOU HAVE MORE INDOOR ALTERNATIVES RUN DOWN AND YEAH THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH STATIC THEY'RE NOT THERE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE WHEN ROAD TURNERS
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THEY'RE TURNING IT WITH BUCKET TRUCKS BUT ALSO HAVE THE AERATED STATIC PILES TO OPEN TO QUIT COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA LOOKING AT THEIR YARD WASTE AND IT'S NOTHING A HIGH GRADE MULCHING OPERATION LET'S SAY IT HAS LITTLE VALUE IN REALLY SCREENS GREEN IT AT THE END YEAH THIS VARIES THEY ARE ACTUALLY TURNING OUT COMPOST THEY'VE BEEN GIVING AWAY AND SELLING IT FOR YEARS IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY HIGH RATE OF COMPOST PEOPLE GET IN LINE TO GET IT BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW OTHERS ATLAS ORGANICS, GREENVILLE, SPARTANBURG THEY MAKE IT VERY HIGH QUALITY AND THEY THEY DO A COMBINATION. SO THE THE WIND ROW IS THE TRADITIONAL WHERE THAT TAKES THE LONGEST AIR AN ESTHETIC POLYMER FORCING OXYGEN INTO IT AND IT DECOMPOSES A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO IT DEPENDING HOW MUCH EFFORT YOU PUT INTO IT AND WHAT YOU PUT IN MEASURE AND FEED PRODUCES A HIGHER QUALITY VALUE. AND RANDY ALSO MENTIONED DAILY ORGANICS WHICH IS JUST OVER THE LINE IN JASPER COUNTY AND ALSO IN CHARLESTON. NOW I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD THEY'VE EXPANDED SO THEY THEY TAKE THE EXTRA EFFORT AND MAKING VERY HIGH QUALITY COMPOST THAT THEY THEY MAKE DIFFERENT GRADES OF COMPOST BUT YOU KNOW THE HIGH QUALITY WHERE THEY CAN BAG AND SELL TO THOSE THAT TYPE OF THING AS A SOIL AMENDMENT NOT JUST A JUST A HODGEPODGE. SO ON AND ON A LEVEL OF EFFORT WE'D LOVE TO FIND A PARTNER THAT'S WILLING TO REALLY TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP AND PRODUCE A HIGH QUALITY HIGH VALUE PRODUCT. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN INVOLVED CONTACTED BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE COMPOSTING COUNCIL? I KNOW OF THE COMPOSTING COUNCIL I'VE BEEN ON THEIR WEBSITE. I KNOW THAT THEY RECENTLY HAVE A CONFERENCE BUT AS FAR AS REACHING OUT AND DISCUSSING ANYTHING WITH THE CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL I HAVE NOT WE HAVEN'T COMPOST YET. NOT YET THAT DIRECTOR IS STILL YEAH I'M AWARE OF THE COMPOSTING COUNCIL BUT WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO THEM. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO A ORGANIZATION I BELIEVE THEY'RE DERIVED FROM THE NORTHERN REGION.I CAN'T QUITE THINK OF THEIR NAME BUT WE'VE RECENTLY CONTACTED THEM AND JOINED A TYPE OF LEARNING GROUP WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS IN MEETINGS WHAT OTHER PLACES ARE DOING.
SO REALLY IT'S MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST REGION BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING ITSELF THAT'S AN EXCITING SUBJECT MATTER. SO COULD I TALK TO THE DAILIES BECAUSE I CALLED THEM AND SAID I'D LIKE YOU TO BRING SOME OF YOUR COMPOST AND PUT IT ON MY GARDEN HOUSE? YEAH. SO I SHOW AND IT NEEDS SOME FERTILIZATION SO AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION BUT THEY'VE GROWN SO MUCH THAT THEY OUTSOURCE IT ALL NOW SO AND IT JUST TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS AND I SAW ONE OF THEIR LARGE TRUCKS GO BY GOING TO CHARLESTON FILLED WITH THAT WITH THEIR MATERIALS SO THAT'S THAT'S EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES ARE VERY VERY GOOD AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE TALKING POINT. LAST MONTH IN FEBRUARY WE SUBMITTED TWO GRANTS FROM THE EPA. WE REQUESTED A COMBINED TOTAL OF $6 MILLION IN FUNDS. ONE GRANT WAS FOR RECYCLING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT EFFORTS AND THEN ALSO A SOLID WASTE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT SO WE WILL NOT HEAR FROM THEM FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS I'M SURE THEY'RE READING THROUGH ALL OF THE PROPOSALS BUT JUST TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WE DID REQUEST THOSE FUNDS HOPING GET THEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAM. THAT'S AWESOME AND YOU'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER GRANT JUST YES. AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON ANOTHER GRANT FROM USDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND IT'S AN ORGANIC GRANT SO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDS TO GET THIS COMPOSTING OPERATION. THAT'S ONE PROPOSAL VERY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VICTORIA SIR CHLOE, CAN YOU BRING US UP TO SPEED RECYCLING AND EDUCATION? OH YEAH. SO I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON EDUCATION AND OUTREACH A LOT BOTH IN SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLUBS.
I'M GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TALKING, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, A LOT OF WASTE DIVERSION AND LITTER CONTROL AROUND THE AREA. I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING RECYCLING AND LITTER KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND AND THEY'RE BOTH EXTREMELY IMPORTANT I'M ALSO WORKING ON FOUR D GRANTS NOW THOSE ARE OFFERED TO US YEARLY AND WE A GENERAL SOLID WASTE ONE THAT'S KIND OF FOR RECYCLING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WE HAVE AN ORGANICS ONE, A TIRE ONE AND A USED OIL WENT HELP AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO CONTINUE TO RECYCLE THE USED OIL AND IMPROVE ALL OF OUR COLLECTION SITES. DID YOU BRING ANY SAMPLES? I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING
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ON WITH THE SCHOOLS RECENTLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.WE'RE DOING A BIG VERMONT COMPOSTING PROJECT IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW SO COMPOSTING WITH WORMS AND DOORS AND WE HAVE SEVEN SCHOOLS ON BOARD WHICH I THINK WAS AWESOME AND IT'S IT'S ALWAYS A DIVERSION BUT IT REALLY GOES HAND IN HAND WITH LITTER TOO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST THROWING STUFF AWAY, YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THE COMPOST BUT IT IS GETTING INTO A NEW PART OF THE PRODUCT THAT THEY THEN PUT OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO THEY'RE OUT WALKING AROUND THEIR CAMPUS, THE LITTER ON THE GROUND, PUTTING THIS COMPOST IN THEIR GARDEN, GROWING AND VEGETABLES. SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL THE SCHOOLS GET INVOLVED HANDS ON. SO SHE GOES AROUND THE SCHOOLS TAKE SOME WORMS AND SOME OF THEM MAY GET LOOSE IN PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING SITES.
I'VE HAD A FEW ESCAPEES THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.
CHOW AND I MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER TO CHLOE THAT THE UNI PROGRAM EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE MASS OF THIS AND WE'RE HOPEFUL CHLOE'S GOING TO BECOME VERY PROACTIVE IN THAT AS WE WRITE THE CURRICULUM ALL THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
EVERYONE IS IN TOTAL AGREEMENT NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SITTING DOWN AND DOING IT.
SO WE'VE COME UP WITH WISH BUT HOPING TO GET SOME OF THAT STUFF DONE AND AGAIN REFLECTS BACK TO THE BIG VISION PICTURE UM THAT INCLUDES THE SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS AND SO ON. SO AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE THE SCHOOL'S ALWAYS BEEN GOING OUT DOING THE RECYCLING. YEARS AGO OUR USED TO TAG TEAM AND WITH A CO PRESENTATION ON RECYCLING AND LITTER CONTROL AND WE'RE GOING TO START REENGAGING AND OUR CHILD IS GOING TO BE GOING TO SCHOOLS NOW WITH CHLOE TRAINING TALKING ABOUT BOTH COULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO MANY YEARS AGO WHAT ARE YOU LIKE 23? OH GOODNESS SO DAVE IT LOOKS LIKE A POTENTIAL WASTE TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME TECHNOLOGIES I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BILL BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY INTERESTING STUFF GOING .
I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. JUST REAL QUICKLY UM NOTHING FOR LATER REPORTS.
YEAH VERY FAMILIAR WITH WASTE ENERGY QUITE MY PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUTHORITIES VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MEGA WASTE ENERGY PLANTS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR COUNTY. WE DON'T ENOUGH WASTE IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT SO I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO OTHER JUST PUTTING OUR WASTE IN LANDFILL ORGANICS WASTE DIVERSION IS GOING TO BE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A BIG PART OF THE IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO PULL OUT OF ORGANIC WASTE AND COMPOST AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT RATHER THAN LANDFILL AGAIN THAT STILL LEAVES A LOT OF WASTE SO. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY YET THAT ARE ACTUALLY UP AND RUNNING BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PROPOSED TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE SMALL MODULAR TYPE SYSTEMS THAT ARE KIND OF OPERATING ON MICROGRID. SO THE CONCEPT IS RATHER THAN HAVING ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL HAULERS PICKING UP WASTE AND TAKING IT TO A MASSIVE PLANT, YOU HAVE SMALLER PLANTS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT REDUCES THE HAUL SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
I'M STILL ACTIVELY PURSUING THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE. I HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT THOUGHT BUT I THINK WHAT I'M ULTIMATELY GOING TO DO IS JUST ISSUE REQUESTS FOR INTEREST OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND JUST OPEN IT UP FOR DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES AND HAVE PEOPLE TO US AND SAY YOU KNOW, WE'RE BETTER FOR COUNTING WITH THIS MUCH POPULATION, GENERATE THIS MUCH WASTE. IT'S VERY UNIQUE THAT MOST OF THE WASTE IS GENERATED AT BLUFFTON AREA AND YET WE COLLECT THAT WASTE AND DRIVE IT ALL THE WAY TO OUR COUNTY LANDFILL. THAT'S NOT A REAL GOOD SUSTAINABLE OR ECONOMIC SOLUTION CAN. WE'VE COME UP WITH A WAY WHERE THE WASTE THAT'S GENERATED WILL HELP. IT STAYS ON HOLD AND CAN BE BENEFICIALLY REDUCED.
THE WASTE IS BOSTON STAYS IN BOSTON IDEAL LOCATIONS MARINE CORPS AIR STATION PARRIS ISLAND ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE A LOT OF WASTE GENERATED IN THAT AREA THAT THEY HAVE TO LOAD AND IT GOES OVER THE ROAD AND GOES TO AN OUTER COUNTY LANDFILL. WE CAN FIND A WAY TO TAKE THAT WASTE, CONVERT IT AND SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES EVEN HAVE A BENEFICIAL REUSE.
THERE ARE SOME THAT GENERATE ELECTRICITY FROM FROM THE WASTE.
SOME GENERATE LOOKS VERY PROMISING BUT I THINK OFFICIALLY A REPORT YET OTHER THAN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE IT BUT THE WHOLE SECTOR OF THE INDUSTRY IS KIND OF IN THE STARTUP PHASE YES SO BUT BUT THAT'S COOL I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND THE THINGS YOU DO RESEARCH THERE'S SOME REAL GOOD THINGS OUT THERE AND SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH
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ON REAL QUICK AND I KIND TIES IN WE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH HCR CONSULTANTS AS ON CALL SOLID WASTE CONSULTANT. THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMPANY VERY VERY VERSED IN ALL THINGS SOLID WASTE RECYCLING. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEAN HEAVILY ON THEM MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUST KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING WE ALSO HAVE THREE UPCOMING ARRESTEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR HIGH RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL. SO UP UNTIL WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION, VICTORIA IS WORKING ON THAT BUT THE CONTRACTS TO DISPOSE OF THE WASTE AT THE OAKWOOD LANDFILL IN SOUTH COAST EXPIRE IN JUNE SO WE HAVE TO GET ANOTHER CONTRACT AND I HOPE WILL BE THE LAST CONTRACT THAT WE ACTUALLY SEND STUFF TO LANDFILL.SO THOSE WILL BE COMING TO THIS BOARD. AWESOME.
OKAY, LESLIE, IS THERE A WAY TO GET INTO THE COUNTY SITE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE YES, ABSOLUTELY. THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT SECTION .
SO ONCE WE HAD A PROBLEM GETTING INTO THIS LIKE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT NOW YOU SHOULD YEAH, THEY'RE PUBLIC SO ONE SHOULD MAKE SURE YOU GET COPIES OF THOSE ALL THAT OKAY
[10. BOARD REQUESTS]
SINCE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HERE TWO COMMENTS WERE PASSED THAT ARE OR REQUESTS FROM ANYONE AROUND THE TABLE I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS TO HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD IT.OKAY SO I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE RAMPED UP EVERYTHING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
I'M VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LOUDEST VOICE I HAVE THAT WE DO NEED TO FILL OUR BOARD WITH PEOPLE THAT CARE AND THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HERE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HELP YOU GUYS SO PUT ALL THIS STUFF ON YOU GUYS IS TOTALLY WRONG SO AND AND THINK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEES THAT'S SOMETHING NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TODAY JUST THINK ABOUT IT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW TALK ABOUT WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT BE HERE. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO PURSUE, I THINK WE YOU AND I BOTH THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO. WELL THEORY.
YEAH. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE MAY 25TH AT 2 P.M.. IN THE MEANTIME AS I ALWAYS SAY LET'S JUST KEEP COMMUNICATING UH THROUGH EMAIL I KNOW QUITE BIT OF THAT AND IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY PICK UP NOW AS THE E AND E IS ACTUALLY GOING TO START TO BE IMPLEMENTED UH WITH FOR EXAMPLE YOU WILL GET MONTHLY REPORTS OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON AS IT PERTAINS TO ENFORCEMENT SO AND I THINK YOU'D BE VERY IMPRESSED AS WE PUSH THIS FORWARD UM, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. I WAS GOING MENTION ONE OTHER THING SINCE EARTH DAY CLEAN UP GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MARCH WELL IF YOU DON'T MIND GET THE CONTACT LIST IF YOU COULD EMAIL THAT'S ON THE BOARD AND JUST GIVE THEM STATUS UPDATES JUST GOING ON AND SEND A COPY OF THE VIDEO THAT'S NATURAL AND THAT'S THE VIDEO AGAIN AND IMAGES ACCURACY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WASTE ONE IS STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PLUS COMMERCIAL PROBABLY THESE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES ARE GEARING THEMSELVES MORE TOWARD COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL MAY WORK IF WE SET UP DIFFERENT HUBS KIND OF A HUB AND SPOKE SYSTEM WHERE THE WASTE WOULD COME INTO A CENTRAL LOCATION PROCESSED AND GO BACK AND BE CONVERTED TO ELECTRICITY. BUT I THINK THE BENEFIT IS IF YOU HAVE THESE MODULAR UNITS AT THE PLACE WHERE THE WASTE IS GENERATED AND YOU LOOK AT THE COST BENEFIT OF IT TOO SO IT'S GOT TO BE IDEAL LOCATION IS SOMEPLACE THAT'S GENERATING A LOT OF WASTE AND HAS A ENERGY DEMAND SO THAT REALLY DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO AN INDIVIDUAL HOME AND IT LENDS ITSELF OR TO IT TO A MILITARY BASE, TO A RESORT AREA HOTELS, LARGE SHOPPING CENTERS, AIRPORTS, AIRPORTS, HOSPITALS. YEAH.
SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO RESIDENTIAL UNLESS A YOU KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HAS A OF CAPTURING ALL THE WASTE IN A CENTRAL LOCATION WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WHOLE CONCEPT BEING ONE NOT A LOT IT VARIES FROM 1 TO 10 TONS PER DAY PER BUT THESE UNITS ARE VERY SMALL. I MEAN THEY'RE SHIPPING CONTAINER SIZE SO IF YOU IS TOTAL BEAUFORT COUNTY PROJECT THAT IS BEING A DIFFERENT COUNTY THE SCOPE DUE FOR COUNTY
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RESIDENTIAL WASTE IS ABOUT THOUSAND TONS A YEAR AS WE PAY FOR TAX WAS DUE FOR COUNTY GENERATES 170,000 TONS PER YEAR INCLUDING COMMERCIAL SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF WASTE OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T TOUCH AND I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD. I LOOK AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS THE PLANTATIONS LIKE PALMETTO BLUFF FOR EXAMPLE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DAVE'S LOOKING TO PRODUCE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH ULTIMATELY BE ENOUGH HOUSES, ENOUGH RESTAURANTS, SO FORTH AND SO ON. BUT OTHER THAN THAT PRETTY MUCH I THINK YEAH I AGREE SO OKAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY SO I MOVE TO ADJOURN* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.