[3. APPROVAL OF 2025 MEETING SCHEDULE]
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IN THE POCKET LAST MEETING. SO OUR NEXT DATE IS GOING TO BE MAY 22ND 2025 AT 2 P.M..
ORIGINALLY IT WAS HERE BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY AT 120 SHANKLIN AS THEY DO THE RENOVATIONS HERE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JULY 24TH 2025. WHO WILL WHO ARE YOU GOING TO SEND OUT A PACKET LIKE THIS? YES SIR. YEP. WE WILL REMIND YOU WILL SEND OUT OUR PACKET AND EVERYTHING THESE UPCOMING MEETINGS WE JUST NEED TO VOTE AND APPROVE THE NEXT MEETING'S SLATED FOR 2025. AND MISS SALLY, ARE WE GOING TO BE HERE BY JULY? WHEN'S THE DATE? OKAY, SO WE'LL JUST SAY THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, THE NEXT MEETINGS WILL BE AT PUBLIC WORKS 120 SHANKLIN SO WE'VE GOT MAY 22ND, JULY 24TH, SEPTEMBER 25TH AND DECEMBER 18TH ALL AT 2 P.M. 120 SHANKLIN AND OF COURSE AS ALWAYS MISS SALLY WILL SEND OUT YOUR BOARD PACKETS YOUR REMINDERS OF , THE TIME, LOCATION AND DATES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW OF THE REMAINDER OF 2025. I RIGHT GOT TWO UNITS OKAY. WE ALSO NEED TO APPROVE OUR
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MEETING MINUTES FOR THE DATES OF NOVEMBER 21ST AND JANUARY 31ST.THEY SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM FOR THOSE DATES SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE VOTING NOW I I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE.
I MAKE THE MOTION BUT I CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE FOR NOVEMBER 21ST 2024 IT'S THE APPROVAL, THE MINUTES. I KNOW AND YOU ARE PART OF OUR QUORUM NOW SO MAYBE THIS THOSE WON'T BE I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 AND JANUARY 31ST 2025. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. NOW THIS PART WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO SAY YEA OR NAY. SO IF WE DON'T IF IT'S LIKE OH ANYTHING ELSE? YOU KNOW, I IF YOU DON'T IF YOU BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A MAJORITY IN MAJORITY RULES BUT WE CAN'T HERE AND GO OKAY. ONE PERSON SAID OKAY AND WE JUST GO LIKE BUT DON'T LOVE WE GOT IT BUT IT'S TWO PEOPLE NO YOU'RE THE ONLY VOTING RULES YOU AND ME AND SALLY THE ONLY ONES CAN VOTE HERE. THREE OF US NOW.
YEAH. YOU WERE THE ONLY THREE VOTING MEMBERS.
YEAH. YEAH, BECAUSE MR. BENNETT IS AN EX OFFICIO CORRECT.
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AND MR. WOODS IS A LIAISON SO THERE'S ONLY THREE VOTING MEMBERS AND IT'S YOU KNOW SALLY AND MR. MARK. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN IF SOMEBODY HAS DISCUSSION, IF SOMEBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT, WANTS TO CHANGE IT OR AMEND YOU SPEAK UP IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING MORE THAN WE VOTE TO APPROVE YOU NEED TO STAND FOR THAT OR YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING AND YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THEM OUT NOW. THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. THEY DON'T GET TO VOTE NO.THEY'RE JUST HERE FOR SUPPORT. THEY CAN SPEAK OF HOW THEY WANT TO VOTE AND YOU JUST SIT THERE.
SO DO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHTY.
THANK YOU THOUGH KEEPING THEM HONEST. I APPRECIATE THAT.
[5. INTRODUCTIONS]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO INTRODUCTIONS. VICTORIA HOFFMAN WITH SOLID AND RECYCLING BRAD WOOD'S MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS LIAISON SALLY DENNIS DISTRICT SEVEN LAURENCE BRAY RETIRED MIKE BENNETT DISTRICT MARK FEINBERG DISTRICT NINE SO IN CLASS AND SELLING CLASS ALL THE WAY TO RECYCLING OKAY WELCOME SO HOW IT WORKS EVAN EGGLESTON AND SARAH I GUESS THE IDEA FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND THE NEW LIAISON TO THE BOARD YOU WANT TO GO THERE AND IF YOU WANT I WON'T MAKE YOU BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. HE DESCRIBES RECYCLING WASTE AND RECYCLING SO WE'RE DOING THAT FOR EVERYBODY. DUVAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALL RIGHT, THANKS.HEAR THAT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM
[7. SWR REPORT and STAFF REPORTS]
HERE. ALL RIGHTY. ONTO MY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING REPORT. ALL RIGHTY. SO SENT THIS OUT TO YOU ALL.THIS IS THE NEWSLETTER THAT I WAS SENDING WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTING MEMBERS.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS MARCH GOES.
THEN SOME UPDATES FROM VALENTINA ON HER AND OUTREACH EFFORTS AND HIS USE ON HIS LITTER ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE ARE IN THE COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM STILL PLANNING WORKING ON SECURING, PROCURING THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THAT? YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE TOTAL COSTS ARE NOT THROUGH MARCH, THOSE ARE THROUGH APRIL MARCH. SO WHEN COMPILED THIS THIS WAS FOR OUR MARCH 27TH MEETING WHICH APOLOGIES WE HAD TO POSTPONE MOVE IT TO TODAY BECAUSE I WAS AT A CONFERENCE LAST WEEK BUT NO THIS IS YOU RECEIVE BOARD PACKET A WEEK BEFORE MARCH 27TH SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MID-MARCH. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE QUARTER THREE IT WAS JUST TO DATE ABOUT AROUND MID-MARCH. SO YOU WILL RECEIVE A QUARTER THREE UPDATE AND THAT'S OUR BIG PACKAGE WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMBERS NOW THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ENDED QUARTER THREE WITH THE END OF MARCH. SO OUR NEXT MEETING IN MAY WILL HAVE THOSE QUARTER THREE FIGURES ALL WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL ON SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BOARD AND I'D JUST LIKE TO RUN THROUGH KIND OF WHAT WE GAVE THEM IT WAS BASICALLY IT'S ALWAYS UPDATE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT QUICK PRESENTATION JUST SO YOU ALL ARE UP TO SPEED BECAUSE HAVEN'T MET CONSISTENTLY FOR I DON'T KNOW A OR TWO NOW SINCE WE'VE HAD THE VACANCIES IN THE BOARD. SO GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO SALLY WE ASKED TO CREATE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS LAST FALL AND SO I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE A LOFTY I'VE CONVINCED THEM FOR YOU FOR THE VISION NEXT BUTTON I WAS JUST TO PROVIDE COUNTY WITH EFFICIENT SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLING SERVICES THAT PROTECT ENVIRONMENT, ENSURE A CLEANER FUTURE AND OUR MISSION AND JUST DELIVER RELIABLE WASTE SERVICES.
WE WANT TO REDUCE WASTE PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND OF COURSE OUR COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS AND OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE OUR SOLID WASTE EFFORTS.
SO WASTE DIVERSION WANT TO ENHANCE OUR OPERATIONS AT THE CENTERS AND OF COURSE CONTROL
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COSTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.AND THEN SOME RECENT CHANGES WE'VE HAD. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH RECYCLE COACH. THIS IS A MOBILE AS WELL AS A WEB BASED SERVER.
SO CAN GO ONLINE TO OUR WEBSITE OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS APP TO YOUR PHONE AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY AND EASILY SEARCH ITEMS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED IN OUR AREA SO.
THIS ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH QUICK FEEDBACK REGARDING SOLID WASTE QUESTIONS SO IT ALSO ALLEVIATES ON OUR END A LOT OF PERSONAL TIME AND ATTENTION TO THESE QUESTIONS THAT CAN SIMPLY BE ANSWERED ONLINE WITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON AND WE'RE WORKING WITH I.T IN OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM IT'S OKAY TO PROVIDE REAL TIME DATA SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE WEBSITE SO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU RECEIVE IN THIS QUARTER FOR THE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO HAVE THAT LIVE ON AS LIVE AS YOU CAN UPDATE A SPREADSHEET BUT WE'RE GOING WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TO JUST PROVIDE TRANSPARENT C TO RESIDENTS AND ALSO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO RECYCLE DECREASE THEIR WASTE. SO IT'LL HAVE ONCE WE COMPOST THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL COMPOSTED AND EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE REACH AND THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS THAT WE'RE CYCLING DIVERTING AS WELL AS HOW MUCH IS GOING TO THE LANDFILL SO, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY SO THAT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE QUESTIONS AND SUSPICIONS ABOUT RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE IN THE COUNTY BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BOOST THOSE NUMBERS. UM, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH WONDERFUL VENDOR I TO RECYCLING FOR OUR RECYCLING SERVICES AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY SATISFIED WITH THAT VENDOR MIKE HAS REALLY HELPED US JUST RAMP UP OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH EFFORTS THE SIGNS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR RAW CONTAINERS, WE'RE SEEING HOW MUCH MATERIALS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DIVERTED, MUCH CONTAMINATION RATES THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL WORKING WITH IT AND RECYCLING AT THE CENTERS ALSO LAST YEAR WE WORK WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND WE USED GRANT FUNDS FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO PURCHASE QUADS. NOW I THINK OUR TRIP THREE WHAT'S THE TRIPLE STREAM PANTS RIGHT THREE STREAM BINS IT WAS TRASH PLASTIC IN CANS ANYWAY THREE STREAM BINS FOR RECYCLING AT PARKS AND REC FACILITIES SO THAT WAS DHS FUNDS AND THEN WE'VE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO MAYBE VERNON WELLS OR ANY OTHER PARKS AND REC FACILITY OUT ON THE SOCCER FIELDS? I HAVE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECYCLING AND JUST TRASH CANS SO THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT WE ALSO FOUND A REALLY GREAT EDUCATIONAL VIDEO ON RECYCLING PRACTICES AND I THINK MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AND OUTREACH IS TO COME SO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE AND ONE MORE BUTTON THIS QR CODE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO OUR CENTER WEBSITE AND THERE'S A BLUE BOX THAT HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE TO THE DECALS SYSTEM WHICH WE'VE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONED TO CALLING WASTE PASSES SINCE WE'RE NO LONGER OFFERING DECALS IT'S ACTUALLY A CARD SIMILAR TO LIKE A LIBRARY CARD OR FOOD LION MVP CARD AND IS TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE HOPING TO INCORPORATE SORT OF AUTOMATED ARM SYSTEM TO ALLOW ACCESS INTO OUR SYSTEM SO THEN WE CAN ALLEVIATE THAT ATTENDANT THAT WE NEED FOR SCANNING DECALS AND POTENTIALLY THEM IN THE RECYCLING AREA SO WE CAN ASSIST RESIDENTS ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, HELP WITH THE SORTING. YES SIR.
MR. BRYAN, I SAW THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. UM, WHERE DO YOU GET THESE NEW CARDS? HOW DO YOU ACCESS IT OR WHERE DO WE BUY THEM? NO. WHERE IS THE PUBLIC GOING TO GET OH THEY ARE ALREADY GETTING THEM. SO THIS IS THE DEKALB THIS IS THE DEKALB PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR FOUR YEARS NOW IT'S JUST A TRANSITION FROM THE STICKER TO THE CARD. SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A DECALS STICKER YOU WON'T BE ISSUED A CARD. YOU HAVE A DIGITAL DECALS. THIS IS FOR WHEN WE ENACTED THIS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OUR NEW DECALS REQUEST GIFT CARDS SO YOU YOU WITH THEM GETTING I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM LIKE MY DAUGHTER OKAY SHE LIVES ON OTHER SIDE OF TOWN BUT SHE COMES BY DADDY WHERE'S YOUR CARD? YEAH WELL IF YOU ACTUALLY SCAN THAT QR CODE IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO OUR WEB PAGE AND THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'RE
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GOING TO SEE IS A BLUE BUTTON AND SAYS APPLY FOR A SOLID WASTE PASS SO THAT RIGHT THERE WILL GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THAT IS THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE.IF YOU DO NEED A DECAL. YEAH. SO THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, MOVING FORWARD. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT REPLACING THE STICKERS BUT EVENTUALLY THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO RETROACTIVELY DO.
SO EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T GOTTEN A CARD YET WILL NEED A CARD IF IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE AUTOMATED ARM WE'RE GOING TO TEST OUT ONE CENTER IF IT PROVES TO BE BENEFICIAL TO US AND A COST SAVINGS AND THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE THAT ATTENDANT WILL CONTINUE IT BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TRICKLE AND SEE IF IT ACTUALLY IS BENEFICIAL. ARE YOU LOOKING AT VARIOUS VENDORS? I MEAN THE MOST COMMON REMOTE ARMS WITHOUT PEOPLE OR BARCODES FOR TRACKING AND OPENING ELECTRONIC ARMS AS TO CARDS OR DECALS YOU ACTUALLY GET A BARCODE STICKER GOES EITHER ON YOUR WINDSHIELD AND OR ON THE MAKE OR MODEL THE CAR RIGHT YOUR LIGHT AND IT ACTUALLY IT'S THE ARM YES. SO I HAVE YOU HOW MANY VENDORS ARE YOU? WELL KNOWING MIGHT ONCE MORE THAN ONE YEAH IT WON'T BE IT MOST LIKELY DEPENDING ON THE AVENUE WE TAKE RIGHT NOW IT'S IN THE PLANNING PHASE SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHICHEVER VENDOR THAT DOES CHOOSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CARDS SO AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME THEIR SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT RUNS THE DEKALB PROGRAM HAS TO SPEAK TO THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM OF THE AUTOMATED ARM. SO EVERY TIME YOUR CAT SKIN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THAT'S POPULATED TO US SO WE CAN TRACK WHO YOU ARE, HOW MANY CENTERS YOU'VE BEEN TO WHAT DATES ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION. AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO LIKE A CAR WASH IT JUST ALLOWS IN YOU KNOW IT SAYS YEAH YOU PAID YOUR BILL TO GO ON SO HAVE TO FIND A VENDOR WHO BASICALLY CAN TALK TO THE DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR SPEED BUMP IS CURRENTLY THEN WE'LL MOVE IN TO OKAY THE TYPES OF VENDORS, THE TYPES OF AUTOMATED THAT WILL FIT THE BILL THAT WE NEED.
BUT YES WE ALWAYS FOLLOW PROPER PROCUREMENT. OKAY SO WE WOULD MOST DEFINITELY IF IT'S 5000 AND ABOVE YOU'RE GOING TO START OFF BY GETTING THREE QUOTES AND THEN OF COURSE AS YOU GO ON WI FI WE FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCUREMENT PROTOCOL TIERS.
YEAH BASIC YOU ARE IS NOT GOING TO COVER THAT. YEAH NO IT'S IT'S GOT TO IT'S A BIT MORE SOFTWARE NO AMOUNT OF DATA THAT YOU WANT TO COLLECT.
MM HMM. SECURITY SYSTEMS TYPICALLY ARE THE LEADING EDGE RIGHT NOW OF THAT SCANNING PROCESS. SO I'LL BET THAT YOU ALSO SAID WITH THAT QR CODE OR THAT PROCESS YOU GO IN AND DELETE OR YEAH GET WHAT YOU GET INTENDED .
YEAH. ONE INTENDED OR TWO WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION. YOU SAID WITH THE QR CODE WE KEEP YOU SCANNED THAT AND IT GETS BETTER AT THE CONVENIENCE AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DELETING ONE OH NO NO NO NO NO NO WE WOULD NOT BE DECREASING THE ATTENDANCE AT CENTERS WE WOULD BE USING THAT ATTENDANT AT OTHER AREAS AT THE CENTERS SO THIS WOULDN'T BE DECREASING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE CENTERS WE WOULD JUST PUT THEM SO AT THE CENTERS THE ATTENDANTS THEY BASICALLY ON A ROTATION YOU KNOW THIS PERSON IS GOING TO SCAN THE HOUSES IS GOING TO BE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE. THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE.
SO IF WE DO GO WITH AN AUTOMATED ARM WE NEED LESS ATTENDANTS TO SCAN DECALS AND THEN THAT SAME WE'RE NOT DECREASING THAT POSITION THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ROLE AT THE CENTER SO IT WOULD NOT BE DECREASING POSITIONS AT ALL.
NOW WE NEED ALL THE ATTENDANTS WE NEED MORE ATTENDANTS. WE NEED ATTENDANTS NOW TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO APPLY. WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO DECREASE THEM.
NO, NO. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OR ATTENDANTS WE LOVE THEM.
THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF CENTERS THIS WE JUST HAVE THEM BE ABLE TO BE STATIONED AT LIKE THE RECYCLING SO THEY CAN SAY HEY STOP, DON'T PUT THAT BAG IN THAT BIN.
SO JUST JUST IT WAS A PERFECT POSITION. ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IS SCANNING AND SCANNING YEAH, THEY'RE JUST USING THEM FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND SO WE HAVE PROCURED NEW WAYS COMPACTORS AT OUR CENTERS.
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WE'RE WORKING TO PROCURE MORE AT THE SHANKLIN CENTER AND THEN FOUR IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE'LL JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMPACTOR UNIT THAT WE NEED FOR OUR SAINT CENTER.I MEAN THESE CONTRACTORS WERE OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND THEY DEFINITELY EXCEEDED THEIR LIFETIME SO WE ARE HOPING TO GET AFTER 26 FUNDS FOR THE LAST REMAINING AT SAINT HELENA ARE WE GOING TO YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO RUN A TEST FOR THE ARM WHICH CENTERS GET THE TEST SHANKLIN OH OKAY SO SORRY THAT . YEAH THAT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST ONE BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF CENTER THAT IT IS WHAT THE TRACK AROUND SIMILAR TO BLUFFTON BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST TEST PROGRAM JUST TO SEE IS THIS REALLY HELPING IF THE ARM BREAKS DOWN THREE TIMES A WEEK AND WE STILL NEED SOMEONE TO SCAN SO JUST TO KIND OF TIPTOE INTO IT BEFORE WE PUT OUR ALL ALL RIGHT, MISS SALLY, NEXT ONE PLEASE.
SO A BIG INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO BRING TO THE RESIDENTS IS JUST TO MAKE ACCESSIBILITY EASIER. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DID THAT WAS TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR E-WASTE DROP OFF AND THIS ALSO PIGGYBACKS INTO THE STATE REGULATION THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT PASSED THAT NOW IT'S MANDATED THAT MANUFACTURERS HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO FOOT THE BILL FOR E-WASTE RECYCLING.
SO WHAT IS US NOW IS OUR E-WASTE EVENTS. SO ANY TIME WE HOLD THAT EVENTS EVENT IN EITHER BLUFFTON THE SHANKLIN LOCATION IT'S EITHER 13,000 OR $15,000 AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR VENDOR COME AND HOST THE EVENT SO THEY'RE PUTTING THE MATERIALS IN THE BOXES SHIPPING UP, TAKING IT OUT. WELL WITH THIS E-WASTE DROP OFF WE'RE ABLE TO INTO THE CLEARINGHOUSE PROGRAM AND THIS ALLOWS US TO DECREASE THE COST OF THE EVENTS SO NOW RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO ONLINE WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO NOW THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND SCHEDULE A TIME TO DROP OFF E-WASTE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A QUARTER OF THE YEAR FOR THESE E-WASTE EVENTS AND WE'RE WITH ALL OF THE SHIPPING SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE SHIP THE E-WASTE OUT AND THEN ALSO HULLS ARE FREE SO WE'RE NOT PAYING SHIPPING WE'RE NOT PAYING ANY COST TO RECYCLE THE ELECTRONICS. MOST OF THEM ARE COVERED UNDER CLEARINGHOUSE. THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE STILL ACCEPT THAT ARE CONSIDERED E-WASTE THAT AREN'T COVERED UNDER IT AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OR A SMALL FEE FOR THOSE ITEMS BUT WE ALSO ARE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE REVENUE BACK FROM THE MATERIALS INSTEAD OF IT COSTING US OVER $100,000 A YEAR.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S GOING TO SAVE US MONEY WHICH WE KNOW IT WILL TO REDUCE WEEKEND OVER TIME FEES FOR ATTENDANCE AND, SOLID WASTE TECHNICIANS TO BE THERE AND THEN ALSO THE EVENT FEES. SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER OR OLD CELL PHONES YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO THE CENTER OR NOT THE CENTER YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SCHEDULE A TIME TO DROP THOSE OFF. YES, MR.. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT THING BECAUSE I WAS IN THE BANK THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE SAID YOU'RE ON THIS BOARD.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF A TV? AND I SENT THEM THIS ATTACHMENT WITH YOU NOW MY QUESTION IS ARE YOU GETTING A LOT OF PLAY? OH ABSOLUTELY ASK ME SALLY SHE SENDS THE LIST EVERY SO WE DO IT ON WEDNESDAYS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE CENTERS ARE CLOSED THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION WHEN PEOPLE ASK US HOW AVAILABLE ARE TIMES FOR DROP OFF? ARE THERE BETTER DAYS OF THE WEEK OR THE BETTER TIMES OF THE DAY? THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO POST. OKAY YEAH ONCE ONCE WE DO AWAY WITH THE E-WASTE EVENTS SO WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP IN MAY AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EVENTS BOOKED UP AND 526 AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST YEAR SO WE'RE GOING TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW LIKE EVENTS ARE CEASING THIS IS NOW YOUR NEW WAY TO DROP OFF YOUR ELECTRONICS AND.
WE DO IT AS EVENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM GOING TO THE CENTERS BECAUSE.
WE'RE NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL. SO WHEN I GO TO THESE CONFERENCES I TALK TO PEOPLE AND I SAY HEY HOW DO YOU DO THIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS AND WITH E-WASTE? THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO TOUCH IT SO MANY TIMES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR TIRES RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM FROM THE CENTERS AND DROP THEM HERE AND THEN HAUL THEM OFF WITH THESE DROP OFF LOCATIONS. WE'VE GOT A PICK UP POINT IN SHANKLIN, WE'VE GOT A PICK UP POINT. I'VE BEEN IN FIELD ROAD SO WE'RE ABLE TO STORE WAS THERE AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A FULL TRUCKLOAD THEY JUST COME AND COLLECT SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO
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MOVE IT AND USE A LOT OF PERSONNEL ARE YOU GUYS I KNOW LIKE LAST TIME WE TALKED WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO OH YOU'VE JUST HIRED THIS UP AND. ARE YOU GUYS READY TO TO PROMOTE THIS MORE BECAUSE? YEAH, I KNOW LIKE THE TOWN WOULD LOVE TO TO TO PROMOTE THIS, YOU KNOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SINCE WE LAST MET WE'VE INCREASED IT SO WE WERE OF STAGGERING IT AND DIDN'T AS MANY BEATEN FIELD ROAD LOCATIONS BUT NOW EVERY SINGLE THERE'S EITHER A SHANKLIN OR BENTON FIELD ROAD AND THEN AS WE INCREASE OUR PERSONNEL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE DAYS OF DROP OFF TOO BUT YEAH ABSOLUTELY PLEASE SEND PEOPLE TO US THE MORE POPULAR IT IS NOW THE MORE WE CAN JUSTIFY OPENING MORE OF AN EVENTS. YEAH THAT'S CAUSE THAT'S THAT'S A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND.MONEY MAKES IT CONVENIENT IT DOES THE RIGHT THING. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT IS ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO DROP THEIR TV ON . I GOT TO WAIT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS TV IN MY GARAGE SO NOW IT JUST AS YOU RECEIVE IT YOU CAN JUST PUT IT ON IT. IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
SO TAKE YOUR AND COME ON IN. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE WE'VE STREAMLINED OUR STREAMLINED OUR BULK WASTE AT THE SHANKLIN AREA THIS HAS REDUCED CONGESTED CONGESTION AND MADE MAKING QUICKER VISITS SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE BIG BULKY METAL TRASH PILE WE JUST HAVE A BUNKER SYSTEM AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL VENDOR THAT ACCEPTS OUR METALS IN THE HARDWARE LOCATION AND THE BEFORE AND WE'RE REALLY WITH THAT NEW CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT UM WE'RE IMPROVING THE SIGNS AT THE CENTERS AND I HAVE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VALENTINA HAVE MY MULTILINGUAL AND EASY TO READ SIGN TO RESIDENTS AND THEN TO COME WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND JUST HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN COUNTY GO AHEAD, SALLY. I'M SORRY. I PROMISE IT'S ALLERGIES PROMISES ALLERGIES AND I'M NOT A WALKING DOCTOR OPERATIONAL LIKE I ALREADY SAID OUR NEW RECYCLING VENDOR IS I TWO WERE SUPER EXCITED AND HAPPY WITH THE SERVICES VALENTINA WORKS WITH HIM AND THEY HAVE I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE NEXT SLIDE TO AN EDUCATION BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF I TO FACILITY IT'S A MANUAL SORT LINE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THEM IN ACTION SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT ADDITIONALLY IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN I'M SURE YOU HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL ORANGE RECYCLE BINS WITH RERUN ON THE SIDE WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE THOSE WITH ARPA FUNDS SO NOW CAN TELL WHEN IT IS A COUNTY RECYCLING VESSEL GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND WE'RE JUST VERY VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO WITH MIKE MIKE I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S WEIRD TELLING YOU HOW AWESOME YOU ARE BUT THAT WE REALLY ARE WE REALLY VERY HAPPY WITH PARTNERING WITH ITU. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. THERE'S SO MUCH TRANSPARENCY WE RECEIVED CHECKS FOR OUR RECYCLING REVENUE NOW AND REALLY WONDERFUL AND DETAILED REPORTS ON ALL OF OUR AND OUR TONNAGE. SO VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY WITH THAT AND THERE ARE SOME PLANS I KNOW A MERV BEEN DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE ARE SOME PLANS TO HOPEFULLY WITH OUR CURRENT VENDOR AND EXPANDING THOSE OPERATIONS INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY BUILDING A MERV TO JUST POUR INTO WHAT WHAT IS ALREADY WORKING ALL RIGHT SO OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS HINTED AT A WE'RE SO EXCITED VALENTINA WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY SHE WORKING HARD ON EARTH DAY PLANNING THAT THEN ALSO OUR D.
S GRANTS SO SHE IS FINALIZING THOSE BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN HOSTING HER GREEN TALKS AT THE LOCAL LIBRARIES SO A REMINDER SHE'S NOT ONLY SOLID WASTE BUT SHE'S ALSO STORMWATER.
SO SHE'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR BUT SHE HOSTED THESE TALKS AT THE LOCAL LIBRARIES THEY WERE REALLY WELL ATTENDED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING THOSE TALKS.
SHE'S JUST GOING TO GET THROUGH HER DAY AND THEN SHE'LL BE SCHEDULING MORE AND SHE'S BEEN IN THE SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS ON JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
LIKE I SAID, SHE'S ALL OVER AN ENVIRONMENTAL FROM STORMWATER RECYCLING TO COMPOSTING.
SHE HOSTED AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT FOR AMERICA'S RECYCLES DAY WITH OUR AWESOME VENDOR I2 WHERE THEY HAD AN EDUCATION PRESENTATION AT THE MURPH SO RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE MERV SORT MATERIALS AND THEN HEAR FROM THESE PROFESSIONALS ON WHY THIS IS THAT ASK QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND
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THAT AS WELL AND THEN AS I SAID EARTH DAY PLANNING THAT IS TAKING OVER OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND I LOVE THIS PICTURE. THIS IS VALENTINA IN ONE OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SHE'S TEACHING KIDS ABOUT VERMIN COMPOSTING THAT IS COMPOSTING, FACILITATING THE PROCESS WITH WORMS. SO IT'S REALLY ENGAGING ACTIVITY THAT SHE PROVIDES TO THE STUDENTS AND, THE TEACHERS SHE BRINGS THE WORMS SHE BRINGS THEM A COMPOST BIN TEACHES HOW TO DIVERT THEIR FOOD WASTE AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF FUN SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES. THEY'VE GOT THE MAGNIFYING GLASSES IN THEIR TO WHERE THEY CAN IDENTIFY PARTS OF WORM SO IT'S NOT ONLY HITTING OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH FOR RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING BUT STATE STANDARDS FOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM PLANS LITTER ENFORCEMENT HAS USE HAS BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S BEEN WITH US YEARS IT'S JUST BEEN SIX MONTHS BUT HE HAS REALLY IMPROVED THE PROGRAM CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH POMONA PRIDE. HE'S OVERSEEING THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.HE'S INCREASES CREW AND HE'S BEEN WORKING STEADILY WITH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DOTTIE TO JUST MAKE SURE THE MOWING CYCLES THAT WE'RE PICKING UP LITTER PRIOR TO THAT AND THEN ALSO WITH OFFICER ROMINE WHO PROVIDES A LOT OF SUPPORT IN MITIGATING THE ISSUES FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING DUMPING AND HOPEFULLY TRYING TO FIND THE CULPRITS BEHIND OF THAT. UM, A QUICK QUESTION. YES, IT'S ACTUALLY CAME UP FROM A TOWN MEETING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HAVE THIS COME UP.
SO HILTON HAD HAS A CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY'RE IN OF LITTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT LITTER IS A BIG PROBLEM EVERYWHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH IT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAD WITH THEIR CODE . THE HILTON HAS GOOD ENFORCEMENT HAS NO AUTHORITIES RIGHT SO IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO TICKET TO TO DO ANYTHING TO ACTUALLY HAVE ANY TEETH. IS THERE IS THERE A PROCESS FOR CODE ? THIS MIGHT BE A COUNTY QUESTION FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE QUESTION IS THERE A PROCESS TO SOMEHOW HAVE THESE THESE GUYS BE TO TAKE IT IN FORCIBLY TICKET OR DO ANYTHING OF NATURE IN HILTON HEAD IN HILTON HEAD EMPLOYEES TOWN EMPLOYEES AS CODE ENFORCEMENT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU IF YOU EMAIL ME I LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY OFFICER GAMBINI CAN SITE PEOPLE AND THEN HAS ISSUES WITH YOUR YOU ARE ABLE TO ISSUE YOUR A CIVIL CITATION CIVIL CITATIONS BUT AS FAR AS I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SO CIVIL CITATIONS AND I KNOW WAS ANOINTED TO HIM FROM COUNTY COUNCIL SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO COME HERE BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE AFTERWARDS AND KIND OF TALK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WE HAVE A PROBLEM DID WE HAVE THAT ISSUE LIKE THE CODE BOARDS? I MEAN THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE GOT AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS THE COUNTY YEAH IT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE AND THEN FROM WHAT I DO KNOW IT'S JUST SO DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY PIN IT ON SOMEBODY UNLESS YOU SEE ME THROW THIS PIECE OF TRASH OUT THE WINDOW I CAN SAY THAT I HIRED BRAD TO DISPOSE OF MY COUCH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT JUST BECAUSE OF THE RED TAPE BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING THE STATE, THEY'RE CHANGING SOME SORT OF LEGISLATION BUT I THINK IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF IF YOU'RE AN OFFICER IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO WRITE CITATIONS. CORRECT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO I THINK THE LEGISLATION DUE REFERENCE TO HAVING THE PATROL OFFICER THAT'S RIGHT POPULATION REALLY THEY REALLY SEEM LIKE THE CLASSIFICATION FOR THREE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. YEAH YEAH SORT OF MORE AUTHORITY TO SORT OF YEAH YOU KNOW YEAH. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT SO MAYBE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN HILTON HEAD DEDICATED TO LITTER OR SOMETHING. YEAH SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY YEAH THEY NEED THE AUTHORITY TO PULL SOMEONE OVER WHO'S DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY CAN'T CALL THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YEAH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THE GUY'S EXACTLY AND HE SHERIFF EVERYTHING GOES ON RIGHT BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES OFFICER VEHICLE SO AND EVERYONE ANYWHERE ANY TIME WELL IT GOES BACK TO THAT THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT YOU SOMEBODY THROW SOMETHING OUT THE WINDOW OR DOES SOMETHING AND THE LITTER THE CODE IS THERE BUT BY THE TIME YOU KNOW UNLESS HE STOPS HIM OR, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW HE HAS TO HOLD HIM UNTIL SHERIFF COME BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPEN AND
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THAT'S THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT JUST LIKE BEFORE YOU SAY YOU STILL HAVE A RIGHT REPORT.REPORT YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. OH, OKAY. OKAY THAT WAS I'LL TALK WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING A WAY TO GET THEM AT LEAST EVEN CIVIL CITATIONS I GUESS WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY CAN DO OKAY. YEAH.
SO THE LAST POINT OF A LITTER IS VALENTINA'S IS ALSO WORKING WITH HAYES USE TO INCORPORATE LITTER EDUCATION IN HER PROGRAMS ON THE NEXT HOME THE USDA COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM UPDATE JUST A REMINDER WE RECEIVED $273,600 FROM USDA TO INITIATE A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASES. WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HDR AS PART OF THE GRANT REQUEST WE ASKED FOR FUNDS TO BE ABLE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT CREATE THE PLAN SO IT'S I WOULDN'T BULLETPROOF BUT SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT AVENUE TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES TO FRUITION AND IS SUCCESSFUL. SO WE'RE CONTINUING WORKING WITH THEM THIS THEY'LL BE PROVIDING OUR FINAL DRAFT OF THE PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COMPONENT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO PROCURE AND INVEST SO COMPOST UNIT AND WORKING WITH SORRY SECURING A VENDOR TO ASSIST US IN THAT CAN CONTINUE I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING ON RUNNING ON AND THEN THIS IS JUST TIMELINE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN PHASE TWO AND THREE SO AFTER WE GET THE PLAN FROM OUR CONSULTANT WE'RE GOING TO START UP OUTFITTING THE CENTERS START OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO COLLECT IN NOVEMBER BUT THAT IS ALSO A TENTATIVE DATE.
SO JUST AS AS WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND THE PERMITS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR TEDIOUS EFFORTS. YES. WHEN YOU SAY COLLECTION CENTERS NOVEMBER 2025 YOU EXPECT TO HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR COMPOST CANS AND DUNCAN YES. TENTATIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 25 I'M SORRY BUT TENTATIVE DATE FOR NOVEMBER 25. THIS IS PRELIMINARY TIMELINE BUT YES IS THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. WE'LL START RESIDENTIAL DROP OFFS AT THE COLLECTION CENTERS . SO PART OF OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH EFFORTS IS IS GOING TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT COMPOSTING, THEN PROVIDE A COUNTERTOP COMPOST CROCK. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR JUST A LITTLE BEAN THAT SITS ON YOUR COUNTERTOP, YOU PUT YOUR FOOD WASTE THERE AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE CENTERS AND THEN FROM THE CENTERS WE'LL TRANSPORT IT TO THE FACILITY. SO THAT IS OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IS INTRODUCE IT AT THE COLLECTION CENTERS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL WORK INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THEN THE BUSINESSES BUT VERY FIRST THING IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS BUT HOW MANY RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY ARE THERE AND HOW MANY CROPS ARE YOU BUYING? WE'RE NOT BUYING THEM FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO OUR COMPOST BIN WHEN YOU ATTEND THE EVENT JUST AN INITIATIVE TO COME AND ATTEND AND GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WANTING TO GO YOU GIVE THEM FREE STUFF.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO WE'VE ALREADY I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT QUANTITY OF THE BINS.
WE DID USE A GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SO WE'VE ALREADY PROCURED OUR BEANS AND WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE JUST TO OUTFIT THE CENTERS AND OF COURSE GET A VENDOR AND THE EQUIPMENT PROCURED WHICH WE ARE ESTABLISHING THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THAT NOW BUT THAT IS THE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM IS JUST EDUCATE RESIDENTS AND WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL. WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW HANOVER COUNTY AND NORTH CAROLINA HAVE A WONDERFUL ROBUST PROGRAM THAT THEY DO THEY STARTED WITH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND THEY'VE INCREASED INTO SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO BECAUSE THEY NEEDED MORE AND MORE MATERIAL BECAUSE THEIR COMPOST IS SO POPULAR YOU HAVE TO GET ON A WAITING TO COME GET IT AND THEN ALSO CHARLESTON COUNTY DOES THIS AS WELL AND THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL DROP OFF PROGRAMS. WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND IMPLEMENTING IT AND BLUE FOR THE BEST WAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE CHARLESTON COUNTY THEY WERE ALREADY COMPOSTING BUT THEY INTRODUCED THE RESIDENTIAL DROP OFF LOCATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WERE DOING. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE A TRAINING TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEN THE BINS ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE LOCKS THEM SO WE CAN PREVENT CONTAMINATION SO WE'RE LEARNING FROM THEM SO THEY WITHOUT LOCKS THEY INITIATED LOCKS THEY INITIATED THE EDUCATION YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO CHECK THE BOX TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND THEN ALSO IT PROVIDES A RESOURCE FOR US TO HAVE THAT DATA.
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SO THEN WE KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROGRAM WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND THEN ALSO PROVIDES THAT AVENUE OF COMMUNICATION.SO EVERYBODY WHO HAS RECEIVED THE COMPOST CODE WE CAN THEN SHOOT OUT EMAILS HEY.
THIS IS HOW GREAT WE'RE DOING. HEY DO REMEMBER DON'T PUT THIS IN YOUR VAN SO.
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT'S REALLY SMART TO SEE THIS AN ANIMAL.
IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD STATE AGAIN, FOOD WASTE IS ITS OWN ANIMAL AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS YEAH OKAY. YEAH WELL THEY DO IT. I NEVER SELECT THE EASY WAY, MIKE. I DON'T KNOW AND A LOT OF PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA DO IT. THEY'RE ON SEPTIC AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RECYCLING CENTERS SO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIKE RESORTS, FARMERS AND OTHER PLACES THEY'LL PUT THESE COMPOST THINGS AND ALL OF THEIR CABINS FOR PEOPLE TO COMPOST IN ON THEM THE COLLECTION BINS IT SAYS WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT PUT IN THERE SO LIKE EGGSHELLS ARE GOOD YOU KNOW ONION SKINS ARE BAD. YEAH AND THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT OUR COMPOST CROPS HAVE. SO WE PURCHASED THE COMPOST CROCKS AND THEN WE ALSO STICKERS AND THE D CREATED THE STICKERS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THEM IS THIS WHAT CAN GO IN YOUR BIN? THIS IS WHAT CAN'T THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SO IT'S A LITTLE INFORMATION PAMPHLET ON THAT BIN. ALL RIGHT.
IN OUR LAST SLIDES OUR I'M TAKING UP SO MUCH TIME JUST LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR WASTE DIVERSION. AS I SAID, CONTINUE TO TRACK OUR DATA BUT GET MORE EFFICIENT AT THAT AND JUST KEEP EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE AND WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS.
THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S FROM MUNICIPALITIES ON OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND JUST REALLY HOPEFULLY A GRASSROOTS GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT AND BEAUFORT COUNTY TO MOVE INTO THE GREEN ZONE AND BE MORE CONSCIENTIOUS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR WASTE AND THEN OF COURSE OUR LONG TERM PLANNING ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD WHEN WE REQUEST THESE BUDGET ITEMS AND WHEN WE'RE PLANNING AND WE JUST LOOK AT WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES YEARS FROM NOW. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU GUYS STILL HAVE SOME STUFF ON YOUR AGENDA TO GET. I GOT ONE MORE.
YES, SIR. THE HUBBLE IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO FIXED ARRESTED CONTRACTORS MOTORS OR WHATEVER IS WRONG FOR THIS WEEK'S WALL STREET SHANKLIN SO CURRENTLY WE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING THE FOR THE SHANKLIN CENTER SO WE HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED AND GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM COUNTY COUNCIL TO PURCHASE THEM AND RIGHT NOW REQUISITION WHICH IS OUR REQUEST TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THOSE ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ONCE HE SIGNS OFF ON THAT WE'LL GET A PURCHASE ORDER AND WE CAN MOVE WITH GETTING THEM SO WITHIN A WEEK WE'LL A PURCHASE ORDER BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE THE COMPACTORS AT SHANKLIN AND THEN SAINT HELENA THAT'LL BE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ITEM THAT WE HAVE. SO WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THEM PROCURED AND INSTALLED BEFORE JUNE 30TH THAT'S CUTTING I KNOW ONLY THE ONLY REASON I ASKS THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING BEFORE THE ORANGE CONTAINERS CAME THERE WERE ABOUT THREE OF THEM DOWN FOR A LONG TIME. MM HMM.
WE AND THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE MOVED FORWARD WITH PURCHASING NEW COMPACTORS BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING THAT ISSUE ONE TIME WE HAD SEVERAL COMPACTORS GO DOWN AT BLUFFTON ,SEVERAL COMPACTORS GO DOWN TO SHANKLIN AT CHRISTMAS TIME. AND WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THE COMPACTORS I WAS LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING? WE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE 15 PLUS YEARS OLD. THEY'RE SO OLD I CAN'T FIND WHEN WERE PROCURED WHO THEY WERE PROCURED FROM. THAT'S HOW OLD THEY ARE LIKE WHERE'S THE PAPER? I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. HEY, THEY'RE A GOOD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE AUCTION SITE YOU WANT THEM THEY THEY REALLY DID THEY OUT THEY THEY DID THEIR TIME THAT'S A TESTAMENT YEAH THEY DID THEIR TIME BUT ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WE ARE LEASING UNITS AT THAT CENTER BECAUSE THE OLD ONES WERE FAILING SO THAT'S ALSO TO DECREASE OUR LEASING COSTS BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST BREAKING
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DOWN WE TO GET WE HAD TO GET UNITS IN THERE. ALL RIGHT.THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WHAT'S NEXT? THE BUDGET REVIEW SO THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THIS WAS OUR BUDGET REQUEST THAT WE SUBMITTED TO COUNTY COUNCIL.
THEY HAVE PROBABLY POKED A BUNCH OF HOLES IN IT AND DECREASED THE AMOUNT ALREADY.
NOT YET. OH 000. JUST KIDDING.
NOT NOT YOU. NOT YOU. PINKY MR. MOORE SORRY ABOUT THAT. FORGOT YOUR BACK THERE OUR GUYS ARE BACK THERE JUST GET GETTING WELL WORD OF NOTE THOUGH IN FISCAL YEAR 26 THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT WE GO FROM AN ENTERPRISE FUND BACK TO A GENERAL FUND. OH, THAT WAS A BIG SEGMENT.
YEAH, I'M SURPRISED. AND THEN I WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE.
WOW YEAH. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FOR US.
YEAH, YEAH WELL ACTUALLY BE BETTER FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND BUT SO THE CFO CAME IN I'M GOING TO FINANCE GIRL I'M THAT RIGHT NOW BUT FROM WHAT I KNOW THE CFO CAME IN AND THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE AND SO WE'RE CHANGING NOW BECAUSE THE ENTERPRISE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT AUTONOMY RIGHT IN THE FUNDING BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD. THE NEGATIVE IS THAT YOU GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND NEXT YEAR SOMEBODY WELL WE'RE NOT REALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND RIGHT NOW BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE OUR MONEY SO THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING WE'RE NOT REALLY AN ENTERPRISE FUND SO THAT'S WHY NAME ENTERPRISE FUND IS GOOD. IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY AND WE'RE NOW IN THE GENERAL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE TECHNICALLY NOT REALLY LIKE WE'RE NOT LIKE STORM WATER WE'RE GENERATE OUR REVENUE EXACTLY AND NOT A TAX EXACTLY.
WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID WASTE FEE. WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR FUNDING FROM THE VILLAGE FEES YEAH SO BUT THERE WAS I MEAN SO THE BUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND YOU KNOW HAVING A FEE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY I MEAN IT REALLY ADDED A LITTLE OF AUTONOMY. YOU WERE ABLE TO YOU WERE ABLE TO USE YOUR FUNDS MORE DYNAMIC . YEAH BUT THERE WAS NEVER A FEE ESTABLISHED.
WE'RE GOING TO YEAH THERE WAS NEVER A FEE ESTABLISHED IT WAS NEVER APPROVED FOR US INITIATE A SOLID WASTE FEE SO IT'S BEYOND MY FINANCIAL TERMS BASICALLY HOW WE WERE GETTING FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS A NO GO SO CFO SAID GO BACK TO GENERAL FUND.
OH OKAY SO I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I SAY. YES MA'AM I DIDN'T EVER SHE'S GOTTEN ME OKAY SO I KNEW WAS YOU GOT IT I GOT IT. NEW BUSINESS WE NEED TO APPOINT
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A AND A CO-CHAIR SO DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR A CHAIR? YES I NOMINATE SALLY DENNIS FOR CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. AND WE GO FOR A VOTE, CORRECT OR NO OBJECTIONS FIRST. RIGHT FIRST WE NEED A SECOND. A SECOND.OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FIRM AND SALLY THEN AS BEING THE CHAIRPERSON YES. OKAY. NOW I'M LOOKING AT YOU LIKE THAT NOW, NOW NOW NOW YOU OPEN IT UP. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? THIS IS WHY WE NEED A CHAIR. A DISCUSSION NOW MY WAS I'M NOT GOOD AT THE LIGHT THING SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ONE OF YOU TWO WILL HELP ME BE LIKE HEY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THIS. DO YOU SEE ME FLOUNDERING AROUND RIGHT? NOT GOOD. I KNOW, I KNOW BUT. I NEED TO TAKE IT THEN NOW IT'S LIKE IN THE NEXT WE'RE SO YEAH SO ANY DISCUSSION I'LL SIT NEXT TO YOU AND WITH YOU MR. FEINBERG'S GOT US. ALL RIGHT, SO DISCUSSION POINTS .
WELL, THIS IS AN ITALIAN SOCIALIST WHO'S GOING TO BE THE CO-CHAIR OF THAT AND THE TECHNICAL JARGON FOR FIRST THEN WE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OKAY SALLY CHAIRMAN OKAY.
I NEED TO SAY THAT NOW. NO, YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE NO, I NEED TO SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
CAN I GET A CUE CARD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. THIS BEING THE CHAIR? A WOMAN? SURE BUT EITHER HANDS DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I THINK WE ARE SO WE HAVE NO AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE A LITTLE BAREBONES IN HERE SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY LET THEM KNOW THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE NOW NEED TO APPOINT A CO-CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR A CO-CHAIR? SO SINCE YOU JUST OFFERED TO BE MY WINGMAN.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND?
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AWESOME DO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION? LOOK HOW FAST I LEARN NUMBER.NO, NO DISCUSSION. NOW WE NEED TO VOTE. WE NEED TO SAY OH DO WE DO DID YOU BRING THE RINGS ALL FAVORITE ONES YOU EVER SAY I RAISE YOUR HAND I'M A VISUAL LEARNER AWESOME. PERFECT. OH NO.
I THINK SOMEONE HAS TO DO THAT NOW. I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE WATCHED A LITTLE BIT OF COURT SPEAKING UP ON THIS ON THIS TOPIC.
YOU KNOW MEMBERS. SURE. I DID SEE IN PREVIOUS MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH BUT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHO IS TO FILL THE CHAIRS THE POSITIONS IS THAT IS THAT IT AND I WANT TO SAY THAT YES THAT IS IT NOW REACH OUT TO THE YES AND DISCUSS NOW WHOSE IS THAT. WELL YEAH WE CAN IT'S THREE PRONGED 3.1 IS THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE YOU MATURE AND THE CO-CHAIR NEED TO GO IT'S REALLY COUNCIL'S WHO HAS THE DISTRICT OPENINGS IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO FILM AND FIND PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT SO IT'S THREE PRONGED.
YOU GOT THE COUNCIL PEOPLE YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE BEING THE CHAIR, THE CO-CHAIR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FILL ALL THE VACANCIES AND VICTORIA WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SAYING. WHY ARE WE NOT FILLING THIS RIGHT? THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WE HAVE OPENINGS IN DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT EIGHT ARE THE DISTRICTS FOR SOLID WASTE THE SAME AS THE DESTROY FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE WATER DISTRICTS ARE DIFFERENT IT IS DIFFERENT SO HAVE THE SOLID WASTE DISTRICTS SO WE HAVE A SOLID WASTE DISTRICT. SO IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR DISTRICT SIX BUT DISTRICT SIX PERSON IS TAM TABERNACLE BUT NOT FOR SOLID WASTE.
SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DISTRICT. YEAH IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA AS FAR AS WHO WE CAN BUT I DID SPEAK TO COUNTY COUNCIL WHEN I GAVE THEM THAT PRESENTATION LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE VACANCIES SO OUR TO RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO BOARDS AND COMMISSION BECAUSE WE ARE SUCH SO SHORTHANDED I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE SOME WIGGLE ROOM BECAUSE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST ALLOWED OTHERS TO FILL VACANCIES IN DISTRICTS WHERE THEY DIDN'T RESIDE. WELL, YES, THAT THAT IS A FACT THAT RIGHT NOW YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT. ALL RIGHT.
BUT THE PERSON WHO WHOMEVER THE COUNCIL OR PERSON IS WHO HAS THE VACANCY IS RESPONSIBLE PERSON. SO RIGHT NOW I REPRESENT DISTRICT BUT THAT IS NOT MARK LAWSON'S DISTRICT FOR SOLID WASTE IS PAUL BROWN'S OF COURSE I CAN I CAN OVERLAY TWO MAPS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT I, I NO PROBLEM REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE I KNOW AND SAYING GET ON THE STICK HERE, GO FIND SOMEBODY OR TALKING TO CHAIRPERSON WHO USED TO BE MY LIAISON TO COUNCIL WHO'S NOW COUNTY COUNCIL SURE WE'LL GET I'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION OF THE MAP OVERLAYS SO WE CAN KIND OF YEAH. PIECE IT TOGETHER CAN ASK A STUPID QUESTION. THERE IS ANOTHER REASON WHY IS THERE TO TO WHY ARE THE DISTRICT SPLIT LIKE THAT WHAT'S THE I KNOW THERE'S A PURPOSE BEHIND IT BUT WAY BEFORE MY TIME YEAH WHY WHY DID THEY DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION SO IT'S GOOD THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S AN ANSWER.
IT'S INTERESTING I'M SURE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY IF THEY JUST KEEP TELLING REASON THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. RIGHT. AND DO WE CHANGE? WHY NOT? IT WOULD BE A LOT SIMPLER IN MY AND REMEMBER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CAN KNOW THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THEY OUGHT TO ALIGN ALL OF THE BOARDS. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN DISTRICTS.
YEAH, YEAH YEAH I'M RIGHT IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THEN YEAH WELL I'M SURE IT WAS A GOOD IDEA BUT WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH, IT WILL HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
AFTERNOON. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY SNEAK IN? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT MEETING THURSDAY MAY 22ND AT 2 P.M. AT THE PUBLIC WORKS CONFERENCE ROOM DON'T COME HERE.
WE WON'T BE HERE. WE'RE AT 120 SHANKLIN ROAD SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MS.. SALLY AND WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. GO LOOK AT THAT UNDER AN* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.