[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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INTO ORDER WE GOT YOUR OF ABOUT IT NOW SO LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MINUTES ALL RIGHT IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES SO MOVED SO WE AGENDA ACTUALLY WE HAVE SECOND I WASN'T HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ALIBI HERE AND APPROVE THE AGENDA FIRST YOU WANT TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A MOTION. APPROVE THE AGENDA. I MAY MAKE A MOTION FOR THE AGENDA. SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I THINK WE HAVE A CORN FOR THE MINUTES. I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S A QUESTION.[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? DO WE HAVE WE HAVE TO TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE WE HAVE OKAY.NOW WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES I MOVE TO DIFFERENT SETS MAY 22ND IMMEDIATE OKAY WE'LL START WITH THE APRIL MINUTES WE CAN GET I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 3RD MINUTES AND A MOTION FOR THE MAY 22ND MINUTES I MAKE THEM I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY ALMOST ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OKAY MY MOTION PASSES OH YOU GO TO
[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN GO AROUND TO OUR INTRODUCTIONS.SALLY DENNIS SEVEN JOHN MARK FEINBERG DISTRICT NINE I'M MEGAN FITZPATRICK.
I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT. I LIVE IN HILTON HEAD REINDERS SEE YOU FOR PUBLIC WORKS ONE BRAD WOODS MARINE CORPS RECRUIT PARRIS ISLAND LIAISON SALLY SULLIVAN SPIKE LEE AND VICTORIA HOFFMAN PLEASE WAIT IN SALT LAKE CITY RECYCLING IN FACTORY SIDE WHAT'S RECYCLING SERGEANT MATTHEW RECOMMENDED YOU FORGOT YOUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE BRADLEY HARRINGTON'S CABLE WORKS VISIT VINCENT PARKER BROADCAST SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE DAVID BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND THIS OFFICE RIGHT NOW THANKFULLY THIS TIME SINCE THERE'S NOBODY CAN DISPENSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TOWN WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OH JUST OKAY AND THEN SO NOW WE'LL GO ON TO OUR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING
[6. SWR REPORT]
REPORTS YOU GOT ALL ALL RIGHT SO. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE UPDATE IN YOUR POCKET. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE NEWSLETTER THAT WE DRAFTED.JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT TOOK PLACE AND AFTER 25 I DO WANT TO NOTE THE BUDGET SUMMARY ON THE FIRST PAGE THERE IS AN ASTERISK FOR THE FY 25 TOTAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COST THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE A SUM TOTAL OF THE DISPOSAL HAULING AND COSTS.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS IN THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET AND THERE ARE MANY
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DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS ENCOMPASS THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET AND COST .YOU ARE SEEING A BIG PICTURE VIEW OF OUR LARGEST COSTS WHICH IS DISPOSAL HAULING AND RECYCLING BUT. THE OTHER COSTS ARE OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
ANOTHER LARGE COST ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND THAT ENCOMPASSES OUR SERVICES FROM DFAC ISLAND ALL THE WAYS TO BE HAULED OUR ELECTRONIC RECYCLING VENDOR AND THEN OTHER LIKE H H W OIL THAT KINDS OF THINGS SO THOSE PER SOUTHAM ON ASPHALT UNDER PROFESSIONAL AND AREN'T CATEGORIZED INTO THOSE DISPOSAL HAULING RECYCLING CATEGORIES SO ALSO THIS IS A BUDGET SUMMARY WE CAPPED AT JULY 414 TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO YOU ALL BY THE DUE DATE SO WE STILL ARE CLOSING FISCAL YEAR 25. THIS IS NOT YET OUR FINAL FISCAL YEAR COSTS FOR THEN AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID GO OVER OUR PERCENTAGE IN DISPOSAL AND HAULING AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR THE FUNDING IN FY 25 WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ALL THAT WE REQUESTED. SO THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT OVERAGE AND THE PERCENTAGE USE OF EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SO WE HAD TO MOVE FRONT FUNDS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT JUST AS AN F Y BUT YEAR I KIND OF SKIPPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT SO I'LL WAIT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR 26 BUT JUST SOME OF THE STUFF TO REVIEW IN FY 25 WE DID SIGN A NEW CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE HICKORY MSW DISPOSAL THEY ALREADY THEY THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THERE THE ONLY LANDFILL FOR MESSED UP HERE BUT WE DID SIGN A NEW CONTRACT WITH THEM WE ALSO SIGNED OUR NEW CONTRACT WITH I2 FOR OUR RECYCLING VENDOR. WE ARE REALLY SATISFIED WITH THOSE SERVICES A LOT TRANSPARENCY AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING REVENUE CHECKS FROM OUR RECYCLING ARE WE STILL ARE IN THE RED WITH OUR RECYCLING COST BUT IT IS A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT.
WE'RE ABLE TO SEE EACH COMMODITY THAT IT'S RECEIVING AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE SELLING THAT FOR THE REBATE AND THEN EVEN BREAKS DOWN THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT RECEIVE AND WHAT WE RECEIVE. OTHER BIG NEWS 2520 FISCAL YEAR 25 AS THE COMPOST PILOT JUST A RECAP WE RECEIVED THE FUND FROM USDA, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO START A COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM OUR LAUNCH DATE IS NOVEMBER 2025. SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE OUR OUR ON CALL CONSULTANT HDR THEY ARE WORKING ON THE FINAL REVISIONS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGY PLAN AND WE ALSO PROCURED AN INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTING UNIT FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN TECHNOLOGIES SO THAT IS IN PRODUCTION AND SHOULD BE HERE BY THE OCTOBER NOVEMBER DATE WE ALSO HAVE OUR STORAGE SHEDS THAT THE UNIT WELL THE COLLECTION BINS WILL BE BEING PLACED UNDER SHANKLAND IS AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING IT INSTALLED AT THE OTHER THREE LARGE CENTERS SAINT HELENA HILTON HEAD SHANKLIN BLUFFTON WILL BE THE FOUR THAT WILL BE STARTING THE FOOD WASTE COLLECTION AT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MOONDOG IS A DIGITAL CONTENT CREATION COMPANY THEY CREATING OUR COMPOST MASCOT CHARACTER AND THAT WILL GOING TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN A LITTLE OF MORE UPDATES FOR THE COMPASS PILOT PROGRAM WE ARE LOCATED THE PILOT PROGRAM AT 120 SHANKLIN ROAD. THAT'S WHERE OUR PUBLIC WORKS CAMPUS IS CURRENTLY HOUSED HERE IN BEAUFORT. WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR A CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT OF A PERMIT WORKING WITH DHS TO GET THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT APPLICATION. WE'LL BE SUBMITTING IT SOON AND THEN THE NEXT STAGES WILL BE SITE PREP WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IN-HOUSE WITH PUBLIC ESTABLISH A CONCRETE PAD ON SITE OUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS FOR THE UNIT AND THEN COVERINGS FOR OUR UNIT ARE CARRYING AND OUR INPUT STORAGE SO MAKING SURE ANOTHER CRITTERS GET OUR WASTE SO THE FAA 26 BUDGET THAT WE
[8. NEW BUSINESS]
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DID PROPOSE WAS APPROVED THE CFO AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAD VERY MINIMAL NOTES REALLY. THE ONLY FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WERE JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EACH LINE ITEM WAS FOR.SO ADVERTISING WHY DO WE NEED THIS? WHAT IS IT FOR SUCH THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT WE DID GET THE FULL THAT WE DID REQUEST SO EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECT REQUEST AND THEN JUST CONTINUE OPERATIONS AND REMINDER DID TRANSFER INTO THE GENERAL FUND SO. WE WERE AN ENTERPRISE FUND HOWEVER WE WERE COLLECTING FUNDS IN AN ENTERPRISE MANNER SO IT WAS BEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO GO BACK UNDER THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE ARE UNDER THE GENERAL FUND AND ALSO HAS BACK PUBLIC WORKS AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF A SEPARATE FROM THEM.
SO SOME CHANGES WITH OUR BUDGET WILL BE FLEET WILL BE TAKING OVER OUR VEHICLES AND OUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SO THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO NOW THE FLEET DEPARTMENT WILL BE TAKING OVER THAT AND THEY WILL HAVE THAT OF OUR BUDGET UNDER THEIR BUDGET. SO WE STILL SUBMIT OUR REQUESTS FOR VEHICLES AND OUR REQUESTS FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BUT ASSIST IN PROCURING IT AND WE STILL GET THEM QUOTES AND EXACTLY WE WANT BUT IT JUST KIND OF TAKES THE MIDDLEMAN WHICH WAS US OUT OF THE SITUATION SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY PROCURING ITEMS AND THEN FACILITIES AND GENERAL MONTHLY FACILITY BILLS SO ELECTRICITY, WATER, SEWER, TELEPHONE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER JUST KIND OF GENERAL CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN INTO THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO LIKE I.T THEY THEY'RE COVERING THE COSTS OF OUR CAMERAS THAT WE'RE PLACING AT THEIR CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND THEN FACILITIES WE'LL COVER THE COST OF WATER AND SEWER SO SOME OF THOSE JUST KIND OF MONTHLY OPERATIONAL THINGS ARE NOW NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOLID WASTE. SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MONTHLY BILLS SO ANY BIT HELPS THAT WE CAN GET ASSISTANCE FROM FROM OUR COUNTY COUNTERPART AND THEN OUR KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. YOU ALL I'M SURE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO READ OUR UPDATES ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS. CHLOE'S BEEN WORKING ON OUR GRANTS AND GETTING ALL OF OUR REPORTING DONE IN VALENTINA'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY OUT IN CHARLESTON TODAY GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT US SEPARATING OUT WHEN IT'S PICKED UP SO INITIATIVE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK TO BEAUFORT AS TO WHEN THE LITTER CREWS ARE OUT COLLECTING WASTE THEY ALSO RECYCLE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. SO SHE'S OUT THERE CHECKING OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY SEPARATE THAT MATERIAL WHEN THEY'RE COLLECTING AND THEN SHE'S GOT SOME EDUCATION EVENTS COMING OUR WAY TOO. SHE ATTENDED BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL AND THEN SHE'S ALSO WORKING ON THE UPCOMING STORMWATER AWARENESS WEEK AND THEN LITTER MR. HAYES USE HAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THERE . I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO OUR APPENDICES SO THE TIME THAT WE MET MR. BRYANT IS NOT HERE TODAY BUT HE DID MENTION THAT THE TRADITIONAL DATA PACKET WAS A BIT LENGTHY SO WE DID CONDENSE THIS PACKET THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING IT IS THOUGH ON SHAREPOINT AND THAT WILL BE UNDER THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SO IF YOU DO WISH TO SEE EVERYTHING KIND OF LAID OUT AS WE TYPICALLY DID IN THE PAST YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT THAT'S THERE AND. THAT'S WHERE WE DERIVED THESE CHARTS FROM. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THESE BE PRETTY CONCRETE FOR OUR DISPOSAL COSTS UNLESS SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WE'RE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES AT FISCAL YEARS AND THINGS THAT GO THROUGH THE LOOP ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH TWO BUSINESS MANAGERS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS SHOULD BE OUR FINAL COST AND TONNAGE FOR DISPOSAL AND HAULING BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN APPENDIX A THAT'S YOUR DISPOSAL COST AND THEN WE'RE COMPARING IT TO FISCAL YEAR 24 AND TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 25. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AROUND WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE DEKALB PROGRAM WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL DECREASE IN TONNAGE AND WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL DECREASE IN COSTS. HOWEVER, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN FOR YEARS WE'RE SEEING THAT SPIKE AGAIN. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING
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TO BE FOUR COUNTY PEOPLE ARE GETTING RID OF THEIR WASTE AND OUR COSTS ARE JUST GOING UP TO DISPOSE OF ALL THIS WASTE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY KICKING IN INITIATIVES TO HOPEFULLY EDUCATE PUBLIC SO WE CAN START DECREASING THE TONNAGE THAT WE ARE PAYING TO DISPOSE OF SO THESE DISPOSAL COSTS ARE HICKORY HILL LANDFILL AND OAKWOOD AND THEN YOU SEE OUR CENTER TRAFFIC AS YOU CAN SEE HILTON HEAD CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST CENTERS WITH BLUFFTON AND THEN ALL THE RURAL RURAL AREAS DO KIND OF TAPER OUT BUT WE DID HAVE SOME TUBE COUNTERS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE DID PUT AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THEIR LOCATIONS WHERE THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE DOWN. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE FULL PICTURE.IT MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN FOR A WEEK OR SO BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP AND FULL TRANSPARENCY THERE AND THEN MOVING ON TO HAULING COSTS AS YOU CAN SEE OF COURSE THE COUNTERS ARE THEY THE ONES ON THE ROAD OR THE CLICKS THAT OR SCANS THE PEOPLE'S DECALS WHICH IS THE TUBE COUNTERS. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD DID TRANSFER FROM THE CLICKING MANUAL CLICKING TO THE TWO CAMERAS PEOPLE ARE WHEN THEY SCAN THE DECALS THERE'S NOT WAY TO OH WE TRACK THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY SHOULD SORT OF MATCH.
YES WE DO WE TRACK THERE IF THEY DON'T THEY'RE JUST RECYCLING WE DON'T YOU KNOW THEY DON'T COME THEY HIT THEY HIT THAT WAY. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A COPY COMPARE THE TWO. SO BASICALLY IF THEY COME INTO THE CENTER AND DON'T GET SCANNED THAT MEANS THEY'RE PROBABLY RECYCLING. GOTCHA.
YOU KIND OF SEPARATE THE TWO NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
EARLIER YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COMPOST PROGRAM AND WE'VE GOT A USDA GRANT THAT AND YOU MENTIONED WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS ONE MOONDOG AND ONE HDR HD IS OUR ON CALL CONSULTANT. MOONDOG IS A VENDOR. OKAY HDR ARE THAT HOW DO WE PAY THEM EVERY TIME WE CALL THEM IN FOR A PROJECT? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH OF THE CONSULTANTS COST OF THAT GRANT ARE WE USING? MM SO HDR IS A TASK ORDER BASED. THEY ARE OUR ON CALL CONSULTANT HOWEVER WITH THE GRANT PART OF THE FUNDS THAT WE REQUESTED WERE TO HAVE HDR CREATE THIS COMMS TRACK PROGRAM PLAN FOR THE PROGRAM. SO WITHIN THE MAIN GRANT FUNDS USDA ALLOTTED US $50,000 FOR HDR TO ASSIST US IN CREATING THE COMPOSITE PROGRAM SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BASE AMOUNT TO USE FOR YOUR PROGRAM. IT WON'T WE WON'T CHANGE THE NUMBERS.
IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE BASE NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ALLOTTED IN THERE EXACTLY.
YES. WHEN WE WHEN WE REQUESTED THE FUNDING FROM USDA THAT WAS PART OF US ASKING FOR THE MONEY. SO WHATEVER WE RECEIVE FROM THE EIGHT FROM THE USDA EACH GRANT ITEM IS ALLOTTED AND A PORTION OF THAT WAS ALLOTTED TO CONSULTANT.
SO NOW WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THAT PART.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MASCOT. MOONDOG YES. YEAH.
THAT'S NOT THAT WE COULD HAVE CREATED IN-HOUSE SO WE PUT OUT RFP LAST FALL AND WE FOLLOWED ALL PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS AND SELECTED MOONDOG AS THE VENDOR TO CREATE THE COMPOST MASCOT CHARACTER. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CREATING DIGITAL CONTENT SO ANIMATED VIDEO AND THEN ALSO EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLET IS THE CRUX COMING OUT OF THAT FUN TOO. I'M SORRY WE'RE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE CRUX CRC CASE WHERE IS THAT BUDGET NUMBER A PORTION OF THAT IS ALSO IN THE USDA GRANT.
OKAY SO HAVE THEY BEEN ORDER WE DID ORDER ONE ROUND OF COMPOST CROCKS FOR THE INITIAL KICK OFF AND HOW MANY OF THOSE TO WE WERE NO I DON'T HAVE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO WRITE THAT DOWN YOU WOULD BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE EVERY RESIDENT COMPOST CROCK SO YOU WANT YOU MENTIONED ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE SEMINARS THE PERSON WHO DOES WILL GET THE CROCK OKAY YEAH SO WE ORDERED ONE ROUND I BELIEVE THE FIRST ROUND OF COMPOST CROPS THAT WAS WITH ACTUALLY A D.S. GRANT. CORRECT. IN ORDER TO SEPARATE THEIR GROWTH FOR THE YEAH. SO OUR FIRST ROUND OF COMPOST CROCKS WAS THROUGH THE STATE GRANT TO INITIATE THE COMPOST COLLECTION PROGRAM AND THEN WITHIN THE USDA GRANT WE ALSO REQUESTED FUNDS I CAN'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WE I KNOW WE HAVE WITHIN THE USDA
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GRANT WE REQUESTED FUNDS TO OUTFIT THE CENTERS SO THAT WILL BE OUR SIGNAGE WE REQUESTED FUNDS TO CREATE THE MASCOT COMPOST CHARACTER AND THEN WE REQUESTED FUNDS FOR OUTFITTING THE SO THAT WILL BE OUR 90 GALLON BINS THAT COLLECTING FOOD WASTE IN AND THEN ALSO A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS WERE FOR THE VESSEL COMPOSTING UNIT HAVE THE CONSULTANT SAID HOW MUCH SHE CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN A REDUCTION IN TONNAGE FROM PEOPLE COMPOSTING OR THAT'S JUST A MAGIC NUMBER YEAH WITHOUT DOING A FOOD WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO REALLY PUT A NUMBER ON. WE'RE LOOKING AT CHARLESTON, HOW MUCH FOOD WASTE THEY'VE RECEIVED AND THEN ALSO HANOVER COUNTY IS ANOTHER PLACE THAT HAS DONE A SIMILAR OPERATION. BUT REALLY WITHOUT DOING THAT STUDY WE'RE UNABLE TO REALLY PUT A NUMBER ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE. WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GOALS BUT UNTIL WE START COLLECTING THE FOOD WASTE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO REALLY ESTABLISH OUR MEASURABLE GOALS AS FAR AS TONNAGE GOES JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS IN THE WASTE, WHAT OUR PERCENTAGES VERSUS PER EPA. YEAH EXACTLY. YEAH EXACTLY.SO STILL YET TO COME I THINK IT'S ALREADY 100 IN ORDER TO DO THAT BY 2030.
OKAY. DID YOU HEAR THAT THROUGH THE FBI 25 D.S. GRANT 100 CROCKS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND SO WE'LL BE USING THAT FIRST ROUND OF COMPOST PRODUCTS TO KICK START THE PROGRAM AND THEN IF IT'S SHOWS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT EITHER WITH THE D.S. GRANT OR WITH THE USDA GRANT FUNDS. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE REQUESTED FUNDS THROUGH THE USDA GRANT BUT WE DID RIGHT THAT TWO YEARS AGO.
SO A LITTLE FOGGY ON THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING THE COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM OPERATIONAL. SO RIGHT OUR OUR MINDS ARE SET ON GETTING OUR CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT APPLICATION TO THE STATE ,GETTING OUR SITE PREP DONE. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED QUOTES FROM THREE VENDORS FOR OUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS AND HAVE HAD THEM OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THE SITE. SO THAT'S OUR MAIN PRIORITY BECAUSE UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MAYBE ONE MONTH IT WAS KIND OF OKAY WHERE CAN WE PUT THIS BECAUSE OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO PARTNER WITH A THIRD PARTY AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH COMPOSTING FOOD WASTE. AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF SITES JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 120 SHANKLIN AND THE FACT WE DON'T NEED THE COMPOST PERMIT IT REALLY ALLEVIATES A LOT OF RED TAPE.
THANK YOU. OKAY SO I'LL JUST SKIM THROUGH IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE DATA JUST AS YOU CAN SEE COSTS ARE GOING UP I'M JUST GOING UP PAULING GOING UP.
EVERYTHING'S GOING UP BEFORE IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND THE WORD IS OUT SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OUTFITTING OUR CENTERS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASE IN WASTE CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH EFFORTS HOPEFULLY DECREASE AND DIVERT MATERIALS AND HOPEFULLY GET IN FOOD WASTE ON BOARD AND GETTING RESIDENTS TO START LOOKING AT THAT WELL HOPEFULLY DECREASE OUR COST. AND THEN THE LAST THING ON MY LIST TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THEIR ANNUAL REPORTING IT'S COMING ABOUT IT'S ALWAYS TAKES PLACE THIS TIME AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS OUR DUE DATES THEY KIND OF STAGGER IT. OUR RECYCLING DATA IS DUE TO THEM IN SEPTEMBER ON THE SECOND OUR REVENUE INFORMATION IS DUE SEPTEMBER 16TH AND THEN OUR FULL COST DISCLOSURE IS DUE OCTOBER 1ST AND WE'LL BE UPLOADING ALL OF THOSE FINAL DOCUMENTS SHAREPOINT FOR YOU TO REVIEW ONCE COMPLETE AND THEN THE FULL COST OF DISCLOSURE WILL ALSO BE PUBLICLY PUBLISHED PER THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE REGULATIONS ALSO UPLOADED TO THE SHAREPOINT AND.
THEN WE DO HAVE SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES AT OUR SUPERINTENDENT OVER SOLID WASTE KIND OF OUR BEHIND THE SCENES GUY. HE REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB OUT THERE.
HE HAS MOVED INTO ANOTHER POSITION WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS SO HE WILL BE OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
SO NOT ONLY SOLID WASTE PROJECTS IN THE COMPOST PROGRAM BUT OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS AND SO WE ACTIVELY ARE HIRING FOR A NEW SOLID SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT IS
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ONLINE NOW IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO APPLY HE'S OUT OF WHERE HE'S AT AND SO IT'S LIKE I'LL EVEN MAKE BLAZER CRAZY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT FROM OLD BUSINESS THERE WAS I THOUGHT A MOVEMENT A IN COUNTY COUNCIL BELIEVER COUNCILMAN TO STEPPED AWAY NOPE THERE HE IS ON PROHIBITING PLASTIC BAGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT LAST MEETING IS THAT MOVING FORWARD IS IT STUCK SOMEWHERE THE KEEP COUNTY BEAUTIFUL BOARD CHAIRMAN AND A COUPLE OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT AND I KNOW VALENTINA IS AS WELL SHE'S UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T ABLE TO COME TODAY THE UPDATE I RECEIVED RECENTLY WAS THAT THE SURVEY WENT OUT AND THEY WERE REVIEWING SURVEYS AND THE STORIES FROM COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES WAS BOTH A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SURVEY THAT WENT OUT AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SURVEY RESULTS AND LOOKING AT THE NEXT STEPS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.SO WHEN THEY LAST BROUGHT IT TO I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS IT PUBLIC FACILITIES WHICH COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES WHEN THE THING WAS THEIR LAST UPDATE WHICH IS YOU KNOW THE NORTHERN REGIONAL PLAN BUT IT WAS AT THE SAME PLACE. YEAH TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMPILATION OF DATA YEAH YEAH. SO THEY WERE ANALYZING THE DATA AND I KNOW I JUST SAW AN EMAIL GO THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING SOON THE PERSON THAT WAS HEADING THAT UP WENT ON MATERNITY LEAVE AND SHE IS NOW BACK SO I IMAGINE THAT THEY'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THAT. THANK YOU. SO I THE NEXT PHASE FOR THEM IS JUST EDITING THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE AND THEN BRINGING IT TO COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW. YES. IF THE ONLY IMPACT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THE CRUNCH TIME TO CLOSE FISCAL YEAR 25, THE REASONING BEHIND IT DON'T RECALL GETTING COMMENTS I THINK THAT IT HAD TO DO WELL TWO YEARS AGO. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WASTE RECYCLING LONG STORY SHORT? I MEAN IT'S QUITE A LONG STORY SHORT.
I THINK THE REASON THAT THE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE ONE WAS CREATED THEY WERE TRYING TO DO A FEAT EARLY ON AND THEN ONCE IT WAS THEY COULDN'T GET THE FEE COULDN'T GET THAT TO PASS COUNCIL. THEY WAS LIKE NO WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T RAISE TAXES FOR ALL THAT. SO THEN THEY SAID WELL THEY COULDN'T PULL ALL THEY WENT TO A ENTERPRISE FUND WHICH WAS MILLAGE BASED.
SO THE PROBLEM WITH MILLAGE BASED IS OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE MILLAGE FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN THE COST DOESN'T CHANGE, RIGHT? COST OF HAULING CONTINUES TO GO UP SO THAT WE WERE CUT, WE WERE FALLING. WE'RE STILL HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO FINISH OUT YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR THE YEAR'S BUDGET WHICH EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR 25 WHERE WE HAD THE END OF THE YEAR WE ASKED FOR VICTORIA HOW MUCH MONEY WERE WE, HOW MUCH MONEY WE PUT IN I MEAN AND WE DIDN'T REALLY GET ALL WHAT WE NEED WE IT WAS QUITE A 20,000 YEAH 20,000 ALSO TO FINISH OUT THE BILL FOR THE YEAR FOR HAULING SO AND WITH THAT SAID AND TALKING AND GETTING SOME BACKGROUND FROM OUR CFO ACTUALLY IT'S REALLY AGAINST STATE CODE AND ALL TO ACTUALLY RUN A TO USE MILLAGE TO FUND A ENTERPRISE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ALL GOT WE WENT TO GET EVERYTHING BACK IN LINE SO THAT'S THE REASON IT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO US BY THE CFO SAYING HEY THESE ARE THE THINGS WE DO CLEAN UP. WE NEED TO GET THE WASTE BACK OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND AND INTO A GENERAL FUND BECAUSE BASICALLY THAT'S IT IS IT'S A GENERAL FUND OPERATION AND.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUNDS THAT I HELP PETER SCOTT IF YOU YOU'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO SOLVE IT AND IT'S NOW ALL LUMPED INTO THE ENTERPRISE FUND ALLOCATED FOR DIFFERENT COSTS AS WAS EXPLAINED BUT WE'RE GENERALLY GETTING ENOUGH FUNDING THAT'S
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THE CRUX OF MY QUESTION. WE'RE GETTING THE FUNDING YEAH WE GET THE FUNDING WE BUT JUST LIKE WITH ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY WE SUBMITTED A BUDGET TO THE GENERAL YOU KNOW TO THE TO COUNCIL FOR THEM TO APPROVE AND THEN WE'RE SO WE'RE JUST LIKE THE GENERAL FUND JUST LIKE OUR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING IS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FUND .GOT IT. THEY THEY APPROVE I'M SURE IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A MORE DETAILED QUESTION IF YOU WANT SOME MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS ON VICTORIA CAN GET YOUR CONTACT I'M SURE TO THE CFO THAT CAN REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS THAT PERFECT YEAH ALL RIGHT THANKS FOR THE COLOR PERFECT THANK YOU YES SIR YEAH IF I RECALL I REMEMBER IT WAS REALLY JUST THE BUDGET WHEN WE TO COUNTY COUNCIL THE COUNTY BUDGET WAS LARGE AND THEY NEEDED TO MAKE IT SMALLER SO SOLID WASTE IT WAS PLACES THAT THEY CUT FROM UNFORTUNATELY IF HAD GOT IT YEAH WE DON'T WE DON'T REALLY GET USUALLY GET A REASON WHY WE JUST GET OUR MONEY AND I THINK THEY HAPPENED AND WE DEALT WITH IT BASICALLY SO ANY OTHER GOOD WORK ACTIONS AND AGAIN THE OTHER LARGER THAT WE GET ALL OF THIS DATA FROM IS ONLINE SO USUALLY I SEPARATE OUT YOU KNOW WHAT OUR WHAT IT COSTS FOR US TO RECYCLE AND WHAT HOW MUCH REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING AND WE REALLY VERY HAPPY WITH THE NEW SERVICES JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR LAST VENDOR JUST THE NET RECYCLING COSTS WAS $100,000 A MONTH FOR LAST JULY AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A REBATE. THAT'S WHAT THE REBATE REMOVED FROM THAT COST.
SO THAT WAS THE CALLING COST, THE PROCESSING COSTS AND MINUS THE REBATE.
AND THEN FOR EXAMPLE JUST THIS JUNE COST US $26,700 TO PROCESS OUR RECYCLABLES AND THEN OUR HAULING COSTS WERE 25,000 AND THE 7300 REBATE WE WERE ONLY IN THERE AT ABOUT 44,700.
SO WE REALLY LIKE THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING WITH OUR NEW VENDOR.
WE ARE A BIT LESS OF OUR REVENUE BECAUSE DISCONTINUED BALING OUR OWN CARDBOARD SO WE A CARDBOARD MAILER AT SHANKLIN FOR RECEIVING OUR CARDBOARD AND DUMPING IT IN OUR BALER BUILDING AND THEN TYPICALLY IT WAS LIKE OUR SOLID WASTE FOREMEN OR OUR SALARY SUPERINTENDENT NEEDING TO BE ALL THIS CARDBOARD AND IT WAS AN OLD MANUAL TILE TYPE BALER SO IT JUST REALLY LABOR INTENSIVE SO WE DISCONTINUED THAT YOU ARE SEEING LESS REVENUE FROM THAT STREAM BUT BECAUSE OF THE COSTS AND CONTINUING WITH THAT ESPECIALLY HAVING A SUPERINTENDENT HAVE TO DO IT IT'S REALLY ON THE BACK END DECREASED YEAH YEAH THAT'S THAT'S WHY SEE RIGHT AND THEN WE'RE YOU'RE ALSO SEEING A BIT OF A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR AND OUR BULKY METALS WE DISCONTINUED THE VENDOR THAT WE HAD BEEN USING FOR 15 PLUS YEARS HAD THAT NEW RPI AND SELECTED A LOCAL VENDOR AND VERY HAPPY WITH THEM AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE TWO IT IS ONE COMPANY BUT THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS SO ALL OF OUR MATERIALS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD GOING TO THEIR HARTSVILLE LOCATION AND THEN OUR NORTH SIDE CENTERS ARE GOING TO THE BEAUFORT LOCATION.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THOSE TWO REVENUE CHECKS AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT SERVICE TOO. WE DON'T HAVE BIG JUNKYARD BEHIND SHANKLIN IF YOU THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE USING AND WE'RE ALSO GETTING THEM PICKED UP MORE REGULARLY AND WE'RE GETTING REVENUE CHECKS REGULARLY AS OPPOSED TO QUARTERLY.
SO REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE AND THIS YEAR HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD AND AFTER 26 ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE YESTERDAY FOR YOU JUST REAL QUICK. SORRY I'M NEW SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT HERE FOR SOME NUMBER ONE DO WE BAIL OR PLASTIC? WE DO.
SO ALL OF OUR MATERIALS THAT WE COLLECT AT THE CENTER WE DON'T THEM WE PAY TWO TO HAUL PROCESS THEM SO WE DO NOT MAIL ANYTHING AT THE CENTERS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT AND PROPOSE. HOWEVER WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH CONTAMINATION AS OUR NEXT QUESTION EXACTLY. SO WE BALING PLASTIC OBVIOUSLY GOING TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF NEGATIVE SPACE WHEN WE'RE HAULING SO IT MIGHT BEHOOVE US I OWNED A RECYCLING COMPANY FOR
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TEN YEARS SO I BUILD MY PLASTICS THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE HAULING COSTS AND MY QUESTION WAS WHAT CONTAMINATION? SO I ON HILTON HEAD WE HAVE YOU GO IN THE RECYCLES IN THE FRONT AND YOU GO IN FOR THAT I GUESS MORE YOU KNOW IT AND I PUT MY CARDBOARD IN AND IT'S BEING COMPACTED SO THEREFORE WE WOULDN'T NEED TO BAIL THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEING COMPACTED HOWEVER MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH CONTAMINATION DO WE HAVE WITH THOSE LOADS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THERE MIGHT BE STYROFOAM IN THERE OR WHAT HAVE YOU? SO WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTAMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. SO I WISH MIKE WERE HERE AND HE DOES SEND OUR MONTHLY REPORTS ON OUR CONTAMINATION AND FORTUNATELY WE HAVE DECREASED OUR INTIMIDATION, HE SAID WE'RE IN THE 3 TO 4% RANGE WHICH IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT'S SOURCE SEPARATED.SO IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO A SINGLE STREAM IT WOULD BE A LOT HIGHER.
BUT WHEN WE DID INITIALLY KICK OFF WE HAD A LOT OF CONTAMINATION ESPECIALLY IN THE CARDBOARD WITH EXACTLY THOSE THINGS SO THAT PROMPTED OUR EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
SO NOW ON OUR BINS WE HAVE VERY CLEAR SIGNAGE SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OF COMPACT PRIOR TO HAULING BECAUSE OF OUR HAULING COSTS ESPECIALLY PLASTIC YOU'RE LITERALLY HAULING AIR. I KNOW BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY CONSIDERED IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS STILL POTENTIALLY ON THE TABLE AS LONG AS WE CAN REALLY ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN'T CONTAMINATE. I MEAN WE'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THE SLOTS TO MAKE IT SLOWER SO LIKE YOU CAN'T PUT A BIG LOADS BUCKET INTO OUR PLASTIC CONTAINER BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WANTING, YOU KNOW? BUT IT'S THEN IT WILL SLOW THE PROCESS AT THE CENTERS DOWN OF PEOPLE SO WE ARE WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE WE DO SEE THAT HAULING IS JUST YEAH I THINK IF I EVER A BUSINESS IN THE CASE IT MIGHT BE LIKE BOTHER IN THE LONG RUN AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OUR VENDOR IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR PLASTIC WHICH IS JUST ABOUT UNHEARD OF .
YEAH AND TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THAT I THINK WOULD BE INCREDIBLE BECAUSE WHAT IS OUR PLASTIC RIGHT NOW THE SEVEN AND A HALF CENTS A POUND I THINK ON AVERAGE WHICH IS ALMOST UP THERE WITH TEN OR STEEL WHICH IS REALLY GREAT QUESTION WHAT IS THIS 7525 SPLIT WITH WITH THE AIR RECYCLING DO I DO. SORRY. YES I TWO SO THAT IS THEIR PERCENTAGE. SO WHENEVER HE DOES SELL THE MATERIALS WE GET THE 75 AND HE GETS THE OTHER PERCENTAGE. OKAY WISH WE COULD GET 100% OF THAT BECAUSE HE'S MAKING MONEY TOO. YEAH. ANOTHER QUESTION ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING WHAT ARE WE DOING BATTERIES IN THE CASE OF LIKE LED ACID, LITHIUM ION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? GUESS I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT AT HILTON HEAD.
I HAVEN'T NOTICED LIKE WE DO. WE DO. YES YEAH YEAH.
WE COLLECT AND RECYCLE THOSE BATTERIES. THERE IS AN AREA YOU CAN PLACE THEM OUT IN THE AREA. UNFORTUNATELY AFTER PEOPLE RECYCLE THEM.
THEY NEVER MAKE IT TO OUR FACILITIES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS SCAVENGING AT OUR CENTERS SO WE COLLECT THEM.
WE RECEIVE THEM. HOWEVER WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING WITH THESE NEW SECURITY CAMERAS OUR LIVE ACTION FEED WE HOPEFULLY MITIGATE THOSE PROBLEMS. BUT WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAD A LOT ISSUES ESPECIALLY AT OUR SHANKLIN CENTER. I MEAN WE'VE HAD PEOPLE USE BOLT CUTTERS IN OUR YARD BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING GOOD MONEY OFF OF THAT ABOUT ACID. EXACTLY.
YEAH. THE BATTERIES WE ACCEPT AND COLLECT THEM AND.
WE HAVE A VENDOR THAT WILL RECYCLE THEM FOR US HOWEVER THEY ARE NEVER THERE WHEN WE INTERESTING VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARED THAT IS A VERY I THINK A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN'T GET RID OF A LIKE WE DON'T TAKE WE TAKE THE LITHIUM LITHIUM ION YOU DO NOT WE DO WE DO BUT PEOPLE THINK THAT PEOPLE THINK WE DON'T THEY THINK WE DON'T SO THEY JUST THROW THEM IN THE TRASH AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO PUT UP THE FIRE.
THANK YOU BECAUSE YEAH THOSE SWELL UP AND THEY WILL CAUSE A MASSIVE FIRE.
THERE WAS AN E-WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY IN MINNESOTA A FEW YEARS AGO I THINK IT WAS 30,000 SQUARE FEET MASSIVE FACILITY THAT CAUGHT FIRE ONE NIGHT BECAUSE ONE SWELLED UP SO BADLY. I USED TO ACCEPT THEM AND WE'D HAVE TO WRAP THEM IN TAPE SUCH AND DISPOSE OF THEM. YEAH SO THAT'S LIKE AN EDUCATION THING TOO BUT THAT'S YEAH IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE IS LIKE LITHIUM ION LET ACID THOSE TYPES OF THINGS YEAH UNFORTUNATELY OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT TOO AND SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE GETTING THOSE SECURITY CAMERAS BUT ALSO FOR SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND CONVENIENCE AND ATTENDANCE.
BUT YEAH BATTERIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ACCEPT AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ALSO HAVE HAD THOSE FIRES WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD MORE FIRES THIS YEAR THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN OUT OF A 15 YEAR SOLID WASTE TRACK SO IT'S YEAH WE'VE JUST RECENTLY HAD ONE LAST MONDAY RIGHT BEFORE I LEFT
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FOR YES YEAH. SO IS AND AND WE ARE JUST CONTINUING EDUCATION SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR SAFETY TRAINING MANAGER AND PUTTING UP SIGNAGE EVERYWHERE MORE SIGNAGE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS OUT THERE ALREADY KIND OF WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO USE VALENTINA, EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND THEN JUST PUT MORE SIGNAGE AND THEN YOU MENTIONED LAST MEETING TO THAT POINT OF WHEN WE GET TO THE AUTOMATIC GATE TAKING THE PERSONNEL AND PLACING A INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS FOR THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING THERE SCANNING HE CAN HELP PEOPLE AND PROBABLY PREVENT OF THAT CONTAMINATION AT THE SOURCE WHERE PEOPLE ARE DUMPING THAT'S WE HAVE IN HILTON HEAD SO IN HILTON HEAD WE DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW, COUNTY TRASH SO EITHER WE HAVE TO PAY A THIRD PARTY ON OUR OWN OR WE GO TO THE CONVENIENCE CENTER SO AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTER A LOT AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK THERE ARE FANTASTIC.WHEN I FIRST MOVED THERE AND I HAD SOME CARDBOARD AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SHE'S LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOT, NO. OKAY, OKAY SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION IT'S PROBABLY THE 3% IS PROBABLY DUE TO HOW WELL TRAINED THEY ARE WHICH IS GREAT BUT YEAH I THINK OF WHEN IT COMES TO KIND OF TRAINING OF STAFF LIKE ONSITE WITH THAT AS WELL I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION KIND OF DEVIATION TIRES WE ACCEPT TIRES YES MA'AM AND OBVIOUSLY NOT WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID FOR THAT. NO I KNOW IT'S LIKE TV DO HAVE A TIRE SHREDDER.
WE DO NOT AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED IS VERY IMPORTANT YEAH IS SHREDDING THOSE TIRES AND CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE HERE IN BEAUFORT BUT A LOT OF THE TIRES ARE COMING FROM BLUFFTON HILTON HEAD SO THAT WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING BECAUSE OUR TECHNICIANS THEY LIKE A TIRE HAULER PERMIT FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT TIRES AND THEN WE HAVE A STORAGE FACILITY PERMIT BUT THAT SOMETHING ALSO WE'VE LOOKED INTO IS GETTING THAT TIRE SHUTTER TO HOPEFULLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT AND HAULING COSTS DOWN TO OUR HAULING COSTS. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL IN THE LANDFILL BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH TIRES IS THEY END UP FLOATING TO THE TOP AND IT'S JUST CREATES A LOT OF NEGATIVE SPACE.
SO TO BE ABLE SHRED THEM I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY HUGE BENEFIT.
YEAH WELL THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LANDFILL SOUTH CAROLINA THEY DO THEIR ENTIRE BAN IN NEW MEXICO WE PUT THAT IN THERE SORRY WE DON'T DO EVERY YEAR THAT WE RELY ON DIRTY OUT THERE YEAH SO WE HAVE A VENDOR AND THEY TAKE THEM TO A TIRE PROCESSING FACILITY.
OKAY YEP. SO WE'VE GOT AT LEAST WITH MITIGATE OUR HAULING COSTS.
EXACTLY YEAH. YEAH WE CAN DEFINITELY MITIGATE THEM BY HAVING A TIRE I THINK WHAT A REALLY POINT OFFSETS THAT. WELL IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HAULING COSTS THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF AND YOU'RE NOT AND WHEN THE TIRE HAULING PERSONNEL TYPICALLY IS YOUR BIGGEST BUT SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO START HIRING MORE PEOPLE TO OPERATE SHREDDERS IT CAN BE IT CAN BE A WASH. I HAD MY OWN EMPLOYEES DO IT SO YOU KNOW IT'S THEIR VERY SIMPLE MECHANISM PUSH BUTTON I USE THEM.
OKAY I THINK SORRY I'M SO NEW. OH YOU'RE BUYING MORE QUESTION I'M SO SORRY.
QUESTION THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES YOU MENTIONED THE E-WASTE VENDOR AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE DOING LIKE PILOT E-WASTE RECYCLING. HOWEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A PERMANENT THING AT EACH OF THE LOCATIONS SO THAT E-WASTE VENDOR ARE THEY STILL GOING TO BE ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING THEM AS MUCH SO THE FIRST QUESTION NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING THEM THIS MUCH. SO IN THE PAST THEIR PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNT WAS HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WAS FOR THEM TO OUR E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS, QUARTERLY EVENTS THAT WE WOULD HOLD BOTH IN BEAUFORT AND IN BLUFFTON.
SO RECENTLY YOU'VE SEEN WE ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO USE OUR NEW SCHEDULING SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN SCHEDULE TO COME AND DROP OFF YOUR E-WASTE AND SO WITH DOING SO WE'RE NOW DISCONTINUING THE QUARTERLY EVENT AND BEAUFORT SO WE WILL THIS WILL BE OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE OFFERING THAT QUARTERLY E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENT WE'RE ONLY OFFERING IT IN BLUFFTON SO ALREADY THAT PURCHASE ORDER ALREADY I SUBMITTED IT THIS YEAR IT'S CUT IN HALF SO INSTEAD OF $100,000 AROUND $50,000 AND I WOULD EXPECT TO NOT EVEN USE THAT WHOLE PURCHASE ORDER SO ALREADY WE'RE DECREASING THAT COST AND ALSO DECREASING STAFF TO BE THERE ON THE WEEKENDS AND HELPING LOAD UP. SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE USING THAT VENDOR FOR THE HOSTING OF THE E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS AND THEN ALL OF THE US COLLECTION WILL BE TO SCHEDULE IT TO BE ABLE TO DROP IT OFF BECAUSE
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THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ENDED UP IN OUR MSW WASTE AND ALSO WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT A BUNCH OF TIMES SO HAVING THAT SCHEDULED TIME WHERE YOU'RE EITHER COMING TO THIS LOCATION AND BE OVER IN THIS LOCATION IN BLUFFTON ALSO ALLEVIATES OUR TRANSPORTATION INTERNALLY SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MOVE EVERYTHING TO ONE LOCATION.SO ONCE WE GET A FOUR SEMI LOAD WHICH AT EACH LOCATION IT'S A HALF THEN COME PICK IT UP AND IT'S ALL FREE AND WE ACTUALLY GET A REBATE BACK AS OPPOSED TO PAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN WASTE SO WHEN IT COMES TO AND I LIKE THE IDEA IS GOING TO BE SEMIS AND PALLETS AND SUCH ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE YOUR STAFF KIND OF TRAINED TO ANALYZE PRINTER LIKE A PALLET A PRINTER OR IS A PALLET CPU'S A PALLET OF THAT TYPE OF THING? YES, MA'AM. SO WHENEVER WE WITH OUR VENDOR AND TRANSFERRING OVER TO THIS THEY CAME OUT THEY'RE REALLY GREAT POWERHOUSE THEY CAME AND TRAINED OUR PERSONNEL AND OUR STAFF SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IS SEPARATING OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL E-WASTE ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY WANT IT PICKED UP. SO YEAH WE ALREADY ARE STARTING OFF AND IT'S YEAH THEY SUPPLY US WITH SO LIKE SHRINK WRAP AND I GOT SOME AND EVERYTHING YEAH THEY SUPPLY US WITH EVERYTHING THEY TRAINED US SO THAT WHENEVER WE DID KICK OFF INTO THIS ENDEAVOR AND ACTUALLY NOTHING HAS HIT OUR OWN HORN BUT THE STATE WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN WE TOLD THEM ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING KIND OF TIPTOE INTO DISCONTINUING THE EVENTS AND TO HAVING THIS DROP OFF PROGRAM. SO NOW WE'RE THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE AND WE'RE TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND TAKING GREAT NOTES AND ISSUING THAT TO THE STATE THEN HOPEFULLY TRAIN OTHERS AND TEACH OTHERS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT HOW WHAT WE DID, WHAT WORKED FOR US TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT KIND OF BEING THE FOREFRONT OF THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST ROLLED OUT THE INITIATIVE CAN'T THINK OF WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY RIGHT NOW IS THEY WERE KIND OF HESITANT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE BUT YOU KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY SO REALLY EXCITED THAT SOMEONE IS KIND OF BRANCHING OFF AND SAYING OKAY LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY. I DO WANT TO ADD IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE HAD LOT OF PEOPLE USE OUR SCHEDULING AND DROP OUTS.
WHEN I ASK ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THE SCHEDULING WHICH IS NOW ONLY IN SHANKLIN THAT'S NO WHERE ELSE CAN IT BE OVER IN BLUFFTON. SO WHERE DO YOU GO? IS IT ON ALMER? IN OTHER WORDS I CAN CALL AND IF YOU GO ALONG TO LOOK AT IT YOU CAN DO EITHER EITHER OR EITHER OR YOUR FRIEND BLUFFTON. OKAY.
AND IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A PACKED HOUSE EVERY WEEK WE'VE HAD ALL OF OUR SPOTS FILLED.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING. IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. YOU'LL ■KNOWTHERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT BACK OUT. YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT VERY RESOLVED.
YEAH, YEAH IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE EXCITED THERE'S ONE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER WHEN IT DOES COME TO E-WASTE? LET'S SAY I'M GETTING RID OF MY LAPTOP IT CONTAINS A HARD DRIVE WHICH HAS ALL OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION SO WHAT IS YOUR E-WASTE VENDOR PLANNING ON DOING WITH THEM? SO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO WIPE ALL OF THAT PRIOR TO GIVING IT TO US SO IT TAKES ALL THAT'S IN OUR CLOTH. HOWEVER IF YOU DO GO TO WEBSITE THEY ARE VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED VENDOR SO THEY DO DISCARD ALL OF THAT SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND THEY GUARANTEE AND VET THEIR PROCESS THAT YOU WANT OF COURSE NOT EVERYBODY THAT EMPLOYED CAN BE TRUSTED SO I'M SURE IT HAS HAPPENED BUT THAT'S WHY WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. I MEAN I'VE GOT A COMPUTER AT MY HOUSE THAT I'VE HAD SINCE I LIVED IN JAPAN 12 YEARS AGO NOW 15 HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN MARRIED AND MY REASONS TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE HE CAN'T WIPE IT. SO IF I COULD I HAVE I'M TELLING YOU I GET RID OF MYSELF BECAUSE I'M LIKE HAVE LET ME MINE HEAVILY THEY'LL PAY MY STUDENT LOANS OFF BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO DO FIRST JUST TO ALLEVIATE THAT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN PEOPLE GETTING RID OF E-WASTE AND OF COURSE YOU NEVER KNOW THE HAND THAT IT GETS INTO YOURSELF BUT THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN POWER HOUSE IS A REALLY REPUTABLE COMPANY AND BASED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR VALENTINA EDUCATION I THINK SHE'S BUSY ALREADY SO THERE HAD TO BE STORM WATER IS NOT HERE TO TAKE OUT BIRDS IT'S THIS WATER BUSINESS AND SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE E-WASTE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I HAVE TO DO THAT. OH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WE DO THAT AND INTRODUCTIONS OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN? INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY.
WELL I'M LIKE I'M YOUR RECYCLING COMPANY. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. I ALREADY SPOKE WITH MISS MEGAN FITZPATRICK KIND OF GAVE HER A RUNDOWN. THIS IS SOLID WASTE, MR. SONGER, I HEAR THAT YOU'RE ON A
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LUXURIOUS VACATION AND YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT BUT INTRODUCING HIM AS WELL I BELIEVE BOTH OF YOU RESIDE IN HILTON HEAD HOWEVER YOU ARE REPRESENTING OTHER DISTRICTS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE BOARD. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A QUORUM SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE. THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.YEAH. BEFORE WORKING WITH YOU AND I'M ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO RICHMOND.
IT'S VERY EXCITING. VERY EXCITING. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START OUR STAFF REPORT SO I'M GOING TO YOU BACK AGAIN.
WE CAN HAVE PILLOWCASES COME OVER WHEN. YOU HAVE UP AND GOOD YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ANY TIME RIGHT NOW I WILL MOVE TO OUR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING MEETING MOVE THAT WE ADJOURNED MY SECOND ADJOURNED THI
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