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TODAY'S AGENDA SO OFFICE I DO HAVE A MOTION APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM ALL OF THEM MY
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MEETINGS ARE SO MOVED SECOND CLASS ON THE PAPER THAT WILL START WITH THE INTRODUCTION[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
SALLY DENNIS DISTRICT SEVEN MEGHAN FITZPATRICK TECHNICALLY I'M 11 BUT I'M REPRESENTING ST HELENA. MARK FEINBERG UNINCORPORATED DISTRICT NINE JAMBOREE OR REPRESENTATIVE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL SCOTT SONGER I'M FROM BLUFFTON SORT OF GOT MY BENEFITS DISTRICT THREE BRAD WOODS MARINE CORPS RECRUIT RECRUIT DEFOE PARRIS ISLAND ON SALLY MACLEOD'S HOLLOWAY'S CYCLING VICTORIA HOFFMAN SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING FEB GAS SOLID WASTE AND SAFE NUMBER SAVE SERGEANT MATT RECOMMENDED HERE FOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S AND WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC OF ANY I DON'T INTO OUR REPORTS ALL RIGHT WE'LL GO INTO OUR SOLID[6. SWR REPORT]
WASTE STAFF REPORTS YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE NEWSLETTER AND YOUR BOARD PACKET SO WE CAN DO A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS. THESE ARE THE TOTALS AS OF LAST WEEK SO THE MONTHLY INVOICING FOR JULY AND AUGUST THIS IS NOT ENCOMPASSING THE SEPTEMBER INVOICES OR COST AND WE ARE TRACKING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AS FAR AS OUR EXPECTED EXPENSES AND SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCE AND I DO WANT TO NOTE A PORTION OF THIS REVENUE IS FROM SOME HOLIDAY CARDS THAT WE RECEIVED AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR CHANGEOVER.SO THOSE ARE OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL HAULERS THAT WE RECEIVE THOSE BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT A COUPLE OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. THE REST IS FROM REVENUE WE RECEIVE FROM OUR RECYCLED MATERIALS AND OUR OTHER REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM EITHER E-WASTE OR USED OUR CASH COW A BULKY METAL MOVING ON FROM FINANCES I WANT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER I DID WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE I ATTENDED THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT'S A PUBLIC WORKS CONFERENCE AND IT WAS HELD IN CHICAGO.
IT WAS NATIONAL. I WAS ASKED TO PRESENT ON THE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE WOMEN'S EMERGING LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT ASSISTED IN CREATING AND IS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. I LEARNED ABOUT SNOW.
IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE HAVE HERE THAT WAS TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR SOME REASON I'M NOT SURE WHY BUT APPARENTLY A PROBLEM IN OTHER PLACES YOU LIVE IN A PLACES WITH LOTS OF SNOW AND TRYING TO REMOVE. YEAH. TRASH IT'S IT'S THEIR CALL.
THEY WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT A LOT. I WAS LIKE WOW WE HAVE HURRICANES SOMETIMES. YEAH. SO ANYWAY I ALSO ATTENDED A COMPOST TRAINING CERTIFICATE COURSE THAT WAS HELD THROUGH US COMPOSTING COUNCIL IN NORTH CAROLINA IS REALLY A GREAT DETAILED TRAINING COURSE. WE WENT FROM MOLECULAR OF COMPOSTING MICROORGANISMS ALL THE WAY TO FIELD LEVEL, CREATE A COMPOST PILE IN A WEEK AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT AND TAKE THE TEMPERATURES SO IS REALLY GREAT.
I'LL BE APPLYING TO GET THE CERTIFICATION AND THEN IN FEBRUARY IF I'M ABLE TO TAKE THE TEST AND GET THAT CERTIFICATION SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS LEARNED WE DO A VACANT RECYCLING COORDINATOR POSITION CHLOE DIDN'T RESIGN SHE JUST CHOSE TO MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AND STAY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY FULL TIME. SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR HER.
ALSO SAD TO SEE HER GO BUT MS. SALLY IS TAKING THE ROLE OF MANAGING OUR GRANTS AND MAKING SURE WE ARE SPENDING THOSE ACCORDINGLY AND THEN MOVING ON TO WE SHOULD APPLAUD
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BECAUSE SHE DOES MISS SHE REALLY HAS SO MANY HATS LIKE SHE KEEPS TELLING ME I KEEP THROWING THINGS AT HER AND BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS AND OFF THE RAILS.SO MISS SALLY DOES DO A LOT FOR US. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LOOK AT OUR FACE GETTING OUT READ SO THE BONUS IS I'M SORRY RECENTLY WATCHED ONE OF MY PRESENTATIONS AND I REALIZE I SAY I'M A LOT SO NOT EVERY TIME I SAY I'M MIKE I GET SIDETRACKED AND I'M LIKE STOP SAYING SO I'LL TRY NOT TO THE COMPOST PROGRAM ON MONDAY LAST MONDAY I BELIEVE IT WAS I PRESENTED OUR NEW MASCOT CHARACTER MOSSY TO PFC AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED WE WORKED WITH QUEEN TO CREATE HER SO NOW THAT SHE'S UNVEILED AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH HER WE'RE CONTINUING TO CREATE OUR OUTREACH MATERIALS FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGER WAS OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR SOLID WASTE. HE IS NOW OVERSEEING NOT ONLY SOLID WASTE PROJECTS BUT PUBLIC WORKS AND ONES HE'S WORKING ON NOW ARE SOME OF OUR SHIPS BUT MY MOST FAVORITE IS THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING OUR SITE DESIGN JUST THE GROUNDWORK IN HOUSE FROM WORKS SINCE WE DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE OPERATORS AND HE BROUGHT IS OBTAINING QUOTES FOR CONCRETE PADS AND THE COVERED AWNINGS SO THE COMPOST UNIT WILL BE COVERED CARRYING PILES WOULD BE COVERED AND THEN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE TO PLACE THE FOOD WASTE IN SO REALLY EXCITED ALL OF THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG. YES SIR.
JUST QUICKLY I DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. MM JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY ABOUT WHAT'S THE YES WHERE IT'S WHAT'S WHAT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. OKAY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO START COLLECTING FOOD WASTE FROM RESIDENTS AT OUR FOUR MAIN CONVENIENCE CENTERS WHERE RECYCLING IS CURRENTLY BEING COLLECTED.
THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED TWO SHEDS ONE AT BLUFFTON, THE OTHER AT SHANKLIN.
THEN THE REST OF THE SHEDS WILL BE INSTALLED AT SAINT HELENA AND HILTON HEAD AND THAT WILL LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL ROLL CART SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR HOME IF YOU CURBSIDE MATERIALS BUT THESE WILL HAVE LOCKS ON THEM SO OUR PLAN WHICH WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL WE'RE GETTING A OF INFORMATION FROM CHARLESTON AND OTHER COUNTIES MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ROLLED OUT A SIMILAR PROGRAM AND AND AS FAR AS CALIFORNIA SO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO USE OUR FOOD WASTE COLLECTION THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE A TRAINING THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A TEST AND THEN ONCE YOU PASS THE TEST AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTED? WHAT'S NOT ACCEPTED YOU'LL GET A CODE AND THAT'S THE UNLOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE BINS AND SO THAT'S HOW THE FOOD WASTE WILL ALSO BE TRANSFERRED. SO WE'RE GOING TO TO START WITH JUST DOING IT ALL IN-HOUSE.
SO AGAIN WE DO THAT. I WOULD LOVE IT. YEAH RIGHT.
SO WE'LL START IN-HOUSE AND COLLECT THOSE RAW CONTAINERS AND THEN TAKE THEM HERE WHERE WE'LL HAVE OUR COMPOST OPERATIONS SET UP ON THE HILL SO MAYBE NEXT TIME WHEN Y'ALL ARE HERE WE CAN DO A FIELD TRIP RIGHT. VERY EXCITED FOR IT.
SO ANSWERED THE QUESTION OF WHERE THIS ENTERS HOW WAS THERE ANOTHER WHAT'S THE GROWTH THE GROWTH PLAN. YES, YES, YES. SO WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE USDA. WE APPROACHED IT AS A PHASED PLAN.
THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO BE COLLECTING IT FROM RESIDENTS AT THE CONVENIENCE.
THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IT AT SCHOOLS, COLLECTING IT FROM THE CAFETERIAS AND THE THIRD PHASE WILL OUR BUSINESS PLAN AND I WOULD LOVE TO CREATE A GREEN BUSINESS PLAN WITHIN COUNTY AND SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT IT AND WE'LL BE GETTING OUR BUSINESSES AND COUNTY COMPOSTING AS WELL. OF COURSE THEY WON'T BE BRINGING THEIR FOOD WASTE TO THE CENTERS THEY WOULD TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO COLLECT THE FOOD WASTE IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENING IN CHARLESTON SMART RECYCLING DOES THAT AND THERE ARE OTHER VENDORS TOO THE OTHER NAME IS ELUDING ME RIGHT NOW SOMETHING WITH RECYCLING IN IT AND YEAH I CAN'T REMEMBER IT BUT ANYWAY THE BUSINESSES WILL HAVE TO HIRE THAT THIRD PARTY TO HAVE THEIR MATERIALS TRANSPORTED OUR FACILITY SO THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND AND COLLECT AS MUCH FOOD WASTE AND DIVERT THAT MATERIAL AS AND THEN THE FINAL LEG OF THAT PLAN WAS TO HOPEFULLY GET ROBUST ENOUGH TO HAVE A CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF FOOD WASTE SIMILAR TO WHAT
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THEY DO AND THAT'S OUR QUESTION ABOUT THE INITIAL ROLLOUT IT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING OUT IN SCHOOL GIVE THE CROCS OUT AT LIKE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR A HIGH SCHOOL OR A MIDDLE SCHOOL START AS AS THE PILOT OF YOUR PILOT IS THAT STILL WE ARE DISCUSSING IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A LOT OF FOOD WASTE FROM RESIDENTS THEN THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE. SO TO START WITH JUST ONE SCHOOL IF WE'RE NOT REALLY RECEIVING THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE INITIALLY SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO NOT JUST USE OUR YARD WASTE. SO IF WHEN WE ROLL IT OUT TO RESIDENTS WE'RE NOT RECEIVING WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS WILL THEN PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL AND HOW WILL THE RESIDENTS TAKE THIS TEST WILL BEING ONLINE TO TO GET CERTIFIED TO GET THE CODE TO DROP TO DUMP THEIR YES SIR YEP IT'LL BE A MULTIPLE REALLY.SO VALENTINA WILL GO OUT AND PRESENT TRAININGS LIKE SHE DOES NOW AND THEN ALSO IT'LL BE LIKE AN ONLINE TYPE OF PLATFORM BUT THE GOAL OF US IN DOING THAT ALSO TO GET DATA FROM WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE BECAUSE A LARGE PORTION OF THE REASON THAT WE GOT THE FUNDS WERE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE DO HAVE IN COUNTY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE ROLLING OUT THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND THIS WASTE DIVERSION THAT WE'RE TARGETING THOSE GROUPS. BUT YES YEAH RECEIVE ALL OF IT. YEAH.
THE INDUSTRIAL UNIT THAT WE PURCHASED WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ALL THAT WASTE.
YES IT IS IT IS A GREEN MOUNTAIN. YEP IT'S A GREEN MOUNTAIN.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM I BELIEVE YEAH SO INSIDE OF IT IT'S GOT AN AGA IT'S GOT FANS LITERALLY IS LIKE A MICROWAVE AIR BUT IT ACTUALLY COMPOSTS BUT YOU CAN SET IT AND FORGET IT BUT WE NOT REALLY FORGET IT BUT WE ALSO REQUESTED THE TEMPERATURE PROBES SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MATERIALS. WE ALSO ARE GOING A LIFT INSTALLED SO THAT'LL ASSIST US IN DUMPING THE FOOD WASTE BIN SO COMPOSTING TO DO IT RIGHT IT'S A SCIENCE IT IS A SCIENCE TOPIC IT REALLY IS THAT PORTION EXACTLY THAT CLASS THAT I WENT TO IT WAS HELD ON THE CAMPUS OF NC STATE IN RALEIGH AND IT WAS LIKE A COLLEGE COURSE WITH THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND FORMULAS AND THEN ALSO GETTING YOUR COMPOST PILES RIGHT.
SO IT REALLY IS A SCIENCE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY AND WE WANT MAKE QUALITY COMPOST BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET IT CERTIFIED AND FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET IT CERTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY IT TO AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND FOOD YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING. YEAH IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO EVENTUALLY HAVE A REVENUE THAT IS THE GOAL AND THAT'S COMPOSTING EXACTLY YEAH EXACTLY AND IT'S COMPOSTING ONE ON ONE REALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY YOUR PRODUCT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE REVENUE ARE SELLING IT AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO JUST KIND OF GIVING AWAY SO EVENTUALLY THAT IS THE GOAL IS FOR IT TO BE SOME SORT OF REVENUE RIGHT SO A PORTION THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE SECURING THE EQUIPMENT SO THE RAIL CARTS AND THEN THE SIGNS SO YOU'LL SEE THE SHEDS POPPING UP AND ONCE WE GET OUR SIGNED DESIGN AND ORDERED THEY'LL BE PUTTING OUT BUT WE'RE BEING JUST VERY CAREFUL WE WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD THAT IS I THINK I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR COMPOSTING SO . ANOTHER THING BRAD IS WORKING ON AS THE PROJECT MANAGER NOW OUR OUR CIP SO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR ABOUT 26 SOME OF THOSE INCLUDES CENTER UPGRADE SO THAT IS REPLACING ASPHALT AT SOME OF THE CENTERS WE DID A COUPLE OF COUPLE LAST YEAR METAL PLATING AND LIKE SAFETY RAILS SO WHEN THERE I AM I'M IN AGAIN WHEN OUR HAULERS COME SOMETIMES THOSE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS ON THE CONCRETE WALL AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO REINFORCE THAT WITH METAL PLATING SO IT'S NOT EATING AWAY AT THAT CONCRETE WALL. WE ARE UPDATING OUR ATTENDANT SHEDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN AUTO ARM DEAL ENTRY. WE ARE RUNNING INTO ISSUES WITH THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM SO A SOFTWARE THAT NOT ONLY SCANS YOUR VEHICLE WE TRACK A LOT
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OF THE DATA THAT DIG OUT SO FOR OUR CLOUD TO TO THE ARM ENTRY THERE'S SOME SORT OF I.T ABOVE MY MENTAL CLARITY WITH HOW ALL THAT WORKS APPARENTLY IT'S NOT JUST PRESS A BUTTON SO SO THE ATTENDANCE TO DO SITE YES CORRECT CORRECT PEOPLE GET IT GET IT RIGHT FOR YOU.YEAH EXACTLY EXACTLY. WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THAT TO GET THOSE POSITIONS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR SO IT DEFINITELY ALREADY IS ON OUR FOR FY 27. SO THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING ALREADY STARTED IS LOOKING AT FY 27 REQUESTS FOR BUDGETING SO THAT IS A BIG THING WE'RE ASKING FOR IS PERSONNEL AND THEN NEEDED TO ALL RIGHTY AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE OTHER TYPES BRAD'S WORKING ON IS BUILDING NOT REALLY BUILDING IT'S MORE PERMITTING BUT AT BENFIELD ROAD WE'RE GOING TO PERMIT AN ADDITIONAL TIRE FACILITY SO WE CAN STORE OUR TIRES THERE PRIOR TO HAULING AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TOUCHING AND TRAVELING WE TO DO CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE ACCEPTING THE TIRES AT THE CENTERS THEN HAVING TO BRING THEM HERE TO SHANKLIN THE MOST OF THE TIME MOST OF THE TIRES THAT WE RECEIVE ARE ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRAND SO THAT'LL ASSIST US AND OUR PERSONNEL ISSUES AND I'M SORRY EVERY TIME I SAY I'M ON TRACK I SHOULD JUST LET IT GO FROM NOW. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS TIME TO GET YOUR WORK ON HUSBAND. I BLAME MY HUSBAND, HE TOLD ME. IT'S LIKE YOU SAY I'M A LOT WORK. THANKS A LOT. SO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THOSE ARE THE C I PIECE OUR W AREA HERE WHERE WE STORE ON SHANKLIN WE'RE SPRUCING THAT UP A BIT JUST TO BE A BIT A BIGGER FACILITY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED COLLECTING H W A LOT LESS POPULATION SO WE'RE JUST EXPANDING THERE. ALL RIGHT.
AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING MR. SONGER ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE SO EVERYBODY MR. SONGER HE WAS VIRTUAL LAST TIME BUT HE DOES A REALLY GREAT BACKGROUND IN FINANCE.
SO HE WAS HELPING ME AND MS.. SALLY WITH AUDITING OUR PROGRAM AND JUST BUDGETING IT MORE EFFICIENTLY. SO YEAH FOR HIM HE SAYS IT'S EXCEL ONE ON ONE BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE GURU LEVEL. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE NEWSLETTER ARE WE HAVE HAZES HERE? VALENTINE I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE IT IS COMPOST AWARE OR NOT COMPOST STORMWATER AWARENESS WEEK SO SHE IN BLUFFTON FOR HER FOR HER STORMWATER PROGRAM TODAY AND THEN ALSO A FLIER WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR NEWSLETTER WAS HER GO GREEN TALKS SO IT'S NOT ONLY GOING BE THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM THAT'S UPCOMING BUT ALSO ZERO WASTE STORMWATER AND RECYCLING. SO SHE ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THAT BUT WE DO HAVE A RECYCLING COORDINATOR THAT PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST VALENTINA AND KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THOSE AWAY FROM SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE SO MUCH ON HER PLATE SHE DO YOU NEED HELP FINDING RECYCLING OR DO YOU NEED HELP? WE ARE WE HAVE APPLICANTS WELL WE'RE NOT WELL WE NOT YET POSTED BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF KIND OF CHANGING THAT POSITION ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON PAPER. SO WE'LL BE CONTINUED. YES, YES.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME IN THE INTERIM.
OH, AND WE ALSO APPLIED FOR AN INTERN TO ASSIST WITH RECYCLING ,EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE WHOLE HAS SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT FLEET HAD ONE AND HE WORKED IN THE GARAGE FOR HIS A LOT OF TIME AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL UNTIL HE GRADUATED SO. WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET SOMEBODY INTO THAT TO GO THROUGH TO WORK AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY VALUABLE PROJECT AGREE PEOPLE LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT THEY CAN GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND I SHOP ALL RIGHT
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IS ANYTHING FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO REPORT PUT YOU ON THE HOT SEAT I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE MY BEER ALMOST COMPLETE WITH THE 30 MINUTE CHALLENGE THAT I NOTICED I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ALL YEAR ROUND EVENT IN ADDITION TO ADOPT THE HIGHWAY. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I[00:20:11]
HAVE RIGHT NOW AND THANK DOING A GREAT JOB APPRECIATE IT. I LIKE THE WASTE BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY. MM YEAH. WORDS ARE REALLY IN DEPTH IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN A LOOK HE HE THIS IS REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE LITTER GROOVES AND REALLY HONESTLY OUR ROADS LOOK FANTASTIC THEY HAVE MUCH IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND EVEN MORE SINCE HE'S HIS JOINT BELT TO WHERE MY BODY HAS BEEN GIVING ME WHAT I NEED AS WELL. YEP THE ENTIRE REPORT SO YOU CAN MOVE ON TO EIGHT THAT A NEW[8. NEW BUSINESS]
BUSINESS JUST HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SCHEDULE FOR SOLID WASTE RECYCLING BOARD SO MOVED OKAY THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE LEAN IT KNOW HOW YOU KNOW THAT IT'S GREAT LONDON WITH WITH SO NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD THURSDAY DECEMBER 18TH 2:00 BACK HERE SHANKLIN AND UNLESS WE HAVE AND WE HAVE CHAMBERS AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A FIELD[Additional Item]
TRIP I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF YOU NEED WHERE YOU VOTE COMPOST FIELD TRIP I LIKE IT.OKAY CAN I SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE ADJOURN? OH PLEASE.
OKAY SO I. I LIVE IN HILTON HEAD AND I WENT OVER TO THE TRANSFER STATION JUST TO SAY HELLO AND KIND OF INTRODUCE AND SEE IF THE STAFF WHAT WAS WORKING FOR THEM AND WHAT WASN'T. I THOUGHT I'D KIND OF PRESENT WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
SO FOR THE RECYCLING SIDE, THE SIGNAGE WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS JUST IT'S NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY EXPLAIN YOU KNOW, ONLY NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO PLASTIC WHAT IS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO PLASTIC. SO THE GUYS THAT WORK THERE IT'S SO CO-MINGLE THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND TAKE OUT FLOWER POTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO THEY REQUESTED TO HAVE MORE CLEAR SIGNAGE ON THE PAPER AND THE PLASTIC SEEMS SMILING SO YOU HEARD THIS AND SO FOR OUR CARDBOARD THEY WANTED THEY USE A PIECE OF CARDBOARD AND WROTE ON THEIR PLEASE BREAK DOWN YOUR CARDBOARD STYROFOAM WELL THAT HAS BEEN MANGLED SO IF THEY COULD GET LIKE A REAL SIGN THAT SAYS THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THEY ASKED FOR AN EMPLOYEE AT THE RECYCLE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE RUN INTO SO MANY PROBLEMS. SO THE DAY I WENT THERE WERE ONLY THREE PEOPLE THERE AND THEY SAID THAT'S YOU KNOW PRETTY TYPICAL. THEY ALSO DID MENTION THAT I GUESS PRIOR TO NOW THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER FROM OUR RECYCLE THAT USED TO COME OUT THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS TO HELP AND THAT NO LONGER HAPPENS AND THEY WERE WONDERING IF THEY COULD GET THAT BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT SO WHAT WE DID WE EDS IS ABOUT WE HAD A MONTH'S WORTH OF DATA UNDER THE CURRENT LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION AND CONTAMINATION AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD THANK YOU.
SORRY I CAN LEAD FOR WORKING TOGETHER THE THE AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WAS CALLED A GREEN TEAM FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS IT WAS AND WE RAN VOLUNTEERS AT BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD ON THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT MADE AND THEN WE RAN THE IMPACT STUDY ON THAT AND IT ACTUALLY REDUCED I THINK ALMOST 40% OF THE THE CONTAMINATION THAT WAS COMING OUT JUST BY TALKING TO PEOPLE YEAH SO THAT IS WHAT STEMMED THE THE HAVING MOVING THE STAFF FORWARD SO TO WORK TOWARDS THAT COULD WE DO IT AGAIN? WE COULD IT'S A VOLUNTEER GROUP . YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE IT. I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM AND IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE MUCH MORE TIME TO DO THE ARM I'M ALL IN FOR IT JUST IN THE INTERIM BECAUSE I MEAN I WAS TALKING TO THE EMPLOYEES AND. I SAID WELL WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LIKE A 3 TO 4% CONTAMINATION, YOU KNOW, DO YOU BUY THAT? AND THE GUY WAS LIKE LAUGHED AT ME. HE WAS OH NO WAY, YOU KNOW. SO HE IT SEEMED LIKE OBVIOUSLY
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GOING TO BE THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE AND IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.IT'S 100% EDUCATION. IT IS SIGNS A SIGN IS CLEAR SIGN AND RUN.
YOU KNOW VOLUNTEERS DON'T RUN YEAR ROUND YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T RUN THESE PROGRAMS. BUT IT'S BEEN A YEAR EXACTLY YEAR TO THIS TO THIS DAY. SO WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SCREAMING FOR IT, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY REFERENCE IT AND GUYS REALLY, REALLY CARE. SO TO KIND OF GIVE THEM THAT SUPPORT I THINK WOULD BE WE'RE TALKING WITH WILLIE AND NOW IT WAS WILLIE WAS AND GEORGE ANTHONY .
YES. SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF BOTH OF YOU.
YES. WILLIE THOSE GUYS ARE ALL THOSE GUYS ARE TREMENDOUS.
THEY WORK HARD. THEY GET BEAT UP. YOU ANYTHING TO FIGHT THIS FIGHT IN YOUR CUSTOMERS ANYWAY HEARINGS HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE DO AND DON'T MAGNET ON THEM WHEN YOU HAVE IT YOU KNOW OKAY OKAY SO OUT I CAN SEND YOU PICTURES.
I MEANT TO GO BACK. OKAY. OH THESE THESE ARE THE MAGNETS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PURCHASING FOR THE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS SO APOLOGIES IT'S NOT NO, THAT'S OKAY. WE DO NOT THEY WILL ALL HAVE THOSE BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WAS THE OTHER BEST. YEP. SO THAT WILL SHOW THEM WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE ON THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT JUST ON WHAT IS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO PLASTIC YOU KNOW I MEAN WILLIE WAS LIKE MEGAN IS THIS NUMBER ONE PLASTIC? YEAH, IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATELY. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY TELL YOU WHAT A NUMBER ONE IS. I KNOW THERE'S TWO DEFINITIONS, RIGHT? THE SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION OR THE SYMBOL AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO USE THE SYMBOL. YEAH BUT AGAIN IT'S WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN FROM OUT OF STATE I MEAN THIS AREA IS A MAGNET FOR OUT-OF-STATE PEOPLE AND THEY GET TOLD ABOUT THE RECYCLING EFFORTS AND THEY SAY ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE FROM CALIFORNIA, THEY SAY OH WE WANT TO RECYCLE. WE ALWAYS RECYCLE. AND THEN AGAIN IT'S THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF PLASTICS. YOU KNOW HOW THEY THEY DON'T KNOW AND THERE'S NO HANDOUT FOR A PROSPECTIVE NEW PERSON COMING TO CONVENIENCE CENTER. I TELL I JUST HAD A GUY MOVE IN NEXT DOOR THIS WEEK AND I SAID THERE'S A CONVENIENCE CENTER YOU MAY HAVE CALLED IT A DUMP IN YOUR OLD ADAGE BUT HERE'S WHERE WE RECYCLE AND HERE'S WHERE YOU DRIVE TO TO GET IT AND YOU DO OH GREAT. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT PLASTICS OR WHERE LOOK FOR THE LOGO AND WHAT THE LOGO YOU KNOW, SHOULD HAVE A ONE OR TWO IN IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY I THINK FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT WOULD BE EDUCATION FLIERS THAT COULD BE GIVEN OUT TO SO LOOK HERE AND SEE THE SYMBOL THEY DO HAVE WE DO HAVE ON HANDED OUT BUT IF YOU LOOK THE SALT WASTE WATER SITE THAT THERE'S A FREE ROAD YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TOO EXHAUSTIVE BUT THERE'S A LIST OF WHAT'S RECYCLABLE NOT A MUCH BETTER DESCRIPTION BECAUSE THOSE HANDOUTS WE DEAL OUR OR THINGS LIKE THAT SO THE RULES ARE THERE NOW THE APPLICATION MAY NOT BE THE BEST BUT I THINK DO A LOT OF MATURE FOR ONE NUMBER TWO IS VERY COMPLICATED TO SAY HEY YOU KNOW YOU'RE REALLY RELYING SURE SO WHAT CAN CHANGE ON THOSE SIZES YOU CAN PUT AT LEAST PUT THE SYMBOL BECAUSE PEOPLE RELATE TO THAT MOSTLY YOU THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WON'T BECAUSE THEY JUST IT ASK IF YOU HAVE A PLASTIC FLOWER POT SHOULD IT GO INTO YOU DON'T WANT TO WHERE SHOULD IT TRASH CAN STOP YOU IN GENERAL WASTE BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT RECYCLING TRIANGLE ON IT SO IT'S NOT AN ACCEPTED MATERIAL IN OUR STREAM AND WE TOOK A LOT OUT AND AND I DID JUST FROM YOU KNOW THE ROLL OFF I MEAN WE WERE ACTIVELY TAKING THEM OUT AND THEN PEOPLE PULLED UP AND SO WE WERE CHATTING WITH THEM KIND OF EDUCATING THEM THEM A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN DO IT.
I DID THIS I OWN THIS BUSINESS SO. YES.
I JUST FELT RIGHT AT HOME. BUT ANYWAYS TO HAVE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A VOLUNTEER OR SOMETHING THERE I THINK WOULD REALLY HELP WITH OUR CONTAMINATION NUMBERS AND JUST HELP THE STAFF, THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL JUST TO BE MORE INVOLVED, DEFINITELY MORE EDUCATED YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES A KOURTNEY GO GET MARY STUART AGREE AND THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT WE WANTED TO DO AND THIS FISCAL YEAR BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ASK FOR AND AFTER 27 TO HAVE THAT EXTRA ON HAND JUST TO BE AT THE RECYCLING AREA AND THEN HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH AND PULL OUT THOSE FLOWER. BUT THE DO'S AND DON'TS MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THOSE MAGNUMS ORDERED FOR ALL OF THE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS SO WHERE YOU SEE LIKE PLASTICS ONLY IT'S GOING TO SAY WHAT IS IT MY PLASTICS OF PLASTICS BOTTLES AND JUG. SO ARE UPDATING OUR SIGNAGE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR
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NOW WITH I TWO AND WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING WHAT WORKED REALLY EVERYTHING WORK BUT WE CAN FINE TUNE BETTER SO BUT ALSO THE CARDBOARD DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE'LL GET THEM ASSIGNED WE DID HAVE A LOT MORE SIGNAGE AT THE CENTERS AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE TOO BECAUSE THEN WE BOMBARDED THEM WITH TOO MUCH SIGNAGE THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM DEFINITELY.BUT I THINK THAT THE DO'S AND DON'TS MAGNET ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE IT HAS THE IMAGE OF WHAT IS IT SAYS CLASSICS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO ONLY BOTTLES, JUGS AND JARS AND ONCE WE GET THAT RECYCLING COORDINATOR SHE'LL HOST THE TALKS.
WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THE TALKS. SO IT IS ALWAYS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CLEAR.
BUT HOPEFULLY MY BIGGEST HOPE FOR IS THE RECYCLING PERSONNEL ON SITE.
IT REALLY WOULD HELP A LOT BECAUSE WE DID LEARN A LOT. WHEN MIKE HAD HIS VOLUNTEERS THERE THAT WAS HIS IDEA FOR THE INITIAL ROLLOUT STUFF AND THEY WERE WORKING AND WE WATCHED THE DROP AFTER A MONTH AFTER SIX WEEK THEY SAID IT WAS AMAZING TRULY IT REALLY HELPED IT THEM A LOT IT DOES GET THESE QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE NOT TRAINED LIKE YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T TRAINED THEM SPECIFICALLY LIKE I TRAINED MY VOLUNTEERS YOU YOU KNOW SO LET EXPLAIN THE THE CONTAMINATION RATES RIGHT SO RIGHT NOW AT THE COUNTY SITUATION 7% CONTAMINATION OVERALL IT'S ALL RIGHT BUT IF YOU TAKE THEM NOW THAT'S OVERALL THAT'S BECAUSE CARDBOARD COMES OUT VERY CLEAN AND YOU'LL DO 300,000 TONS OR SOME POUNDS WHEREAS WHEREAS PLASTIC YOU ONLY DO YOU KNOW LIKE 60 #60,000 RIGHT BUT PLASTIC THAT'S BEYOND ACCEPTABLE. WE DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT AS LOTS TIMES VERY HEAVY. SO THE OVERALL RECYCLING WHEN YOU BLEND ALL THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE PLASTIC IS VERY MINIMAL IN THE WEEKS SIDE OF IT SO IT'S DENSE SO IT'S A LOT MORE VOLUME THAN WEIGHT RIGHT? SO LOT WE'RE GOING SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT A WASTE SITE THAT'S WHY IT'S IN 7%, YOU KNOW AND SO YOU TELL PEOPLE 7% THEY NEED TO KNOW THE CONTEXT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THAT IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PLASTIC IS 32 RIGHT NOW PAPERS THE NEXT WORST METALS IN CANS DO VERY WELL THEY SIT WELL WITHIN 74 YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT GLASS IS PRETTY WELL THOSE THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE GRAVITATE TO BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMPLE KNOW BUT PLASTICS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN IT IS DIFFERENT DEFINITELY BUT WE DO TRAIN OUR ATTENDANTS WE RECENTLY HELD AN ATTENDANT AND JULY AUGUST SO WE DO TRAIN THEM WE REMIND THEM OF ALL OF OUR RECYCLING.
WE PROVIDE THEM WITH PAMPHLETS AND THE RESIDENTS GUIDE TO RECYCLED HANDOUT AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A AN ADDITIONAL POSITION KIND OF RECLASSIFYING OF OUR FULL TIME STAFFER FOR THERE TO BE LEAD CENTER ATTENDANT. SO THAT WILL ALSO PRESENT SOMEBODY THAT'S AT THE CENTERS ALL THE TIME AND SOME SORT OF A MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITION AND WE ALSO THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ABOUT GOING OKAY, OKAY.
YES NEW YOU KNEW AND NEAR THE PROBLEM I WAS JUST AND I WOULD JUST CHIME IN THERE I GO TO HILTON HEAD AND TO BLUFFTON AND THERE'S RESPECTFULLY OF COURSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE HILTON HAS JUST IT'S JUST SO BUSY AND IT'S A TIGHT SPOT ALL KNOW THIS RIGHT BLUFFTON WHENEVER I TOOK OVER LIKE I SAW THE SIGNAGE CHANGE AND I'M BECAUSE OF MARY STEWARD WRIGHT WHO IS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR I KNOW WITH HER CHURCH AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THEN THEY DID LIKE VOLUNTEERS DO KIND OF GO AWAY AFTER WHAT 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO JUST SORT OF GO WE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK. I DID A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEER AND THEN I WENT WE JUST KIND OF STOPPED EMAILING EACH OTHER . IT CAN BE REGENERATED AND AND AGAIN THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO SYSTEMS TO TWO SITES. I DON'T GO TO ANY OF THE OTHERS IT'S WORTH SORT OF SAYING IT'S LIKE BLUFFTON IS PRETTY GOOD LIKE THE SITE IS PRETTY GOOD HILTON HEADS PRETTY AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW. SO YEAH AND ST HELENA WHEN YOU SAID YOU WENT TO BLUFFTON THAT WAS REALLY HAVE DONE NOTHING LIKE WHEN SHE SAID SHE WENT TO BLUFFTON I WAS RELIEVED I WAS LIKE OH THAT'S A GOOD ONE YEAH SO IT DOES AND IT DOES DIFFER BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CENTERS AND SO YOU OFTEN GET TWICE A WEEK.
YEAH AND SO FOR I'M THERE A LOT AND AGAIN CERTAIN WORKERS WERE HARDER THAN OTHERS I KNOW MOST OF THEM ARE RETIRED I RARELY SEE ANYBODY IN BLUFFTON IN THE RECYCLING AREA THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THE REST OF THE PLACE CLEAN. YEAH, IT REALLY IS.
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IT'S IT'S A REAL EFFORT TO KEEP IT CLEAN. PEOPLE DROP STUFF AND DON'T PICK IT UP. IT'S SAD BUT IT'S IT'S YEAH WE DO WE VALUE OUR ATTENDANCE IT'S A TOUGH JOB. THEY'RE FORWARD FACING THE CUSTOMERS ALL DAY LONG AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY BUT THEY DO THEY TRY THEY TRY THEIR BEST BUT THEY CAN'T SEE AT ALL TO PREVENT THAT CONTAMINATION. SO I REALLY THINK WITH THIS EXTRA PERSONNEL STRICTLY FOR RECYCLING TO BE ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE PASS OUT PAMPHLETS FOR RECYCLING AND BE THERE TO HOPEFULLY SPOT IT BEFORE IT GETS INTO THE BIN OR REALLY BE A BENEFICIAL AND I MEAN IF YOU GUYS WHEN WE DO THE VOLUNTEERS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SIGN UP YOU KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY CREWS WILL TRAIN YOU TO WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN YOU ON HOW TO REACT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE REACTING TO PEOPLE IS IT'S SOME PEOPLE THAT CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE ONLY ACCEPT ONES AND TWOS BECAUSE YEAH I WENT TO THE TROUBLE OF BRINGING THIS PLASTIC RIGHT AND THERE ARE SO I ME IT DOESN'T GOOD SO PART OF THE COACHING IS ACTUALLY DEALING WITH PEOPLE IT'S IT'S JUST JUST REAL REALLY AND YOU'RE BEING A COACH BUT IF YOU GUYS EVER WANT TO INPUT IS A VERY WIDE IT'S AN EYE OPENER TO TALK TO PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY DOWN IN SEA PINES WHERE WE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WE KIND OF SUBMITTED TO ME THAT'S WHERE WE START OUR TRAINING WITH PEOPLE AS WE PUT THEM IN THE HARVESTER AND THEN TAKE THEM TO OUR FACILITY AND THEN PUT THEM OUT WITH AT THE BLUFFTON FACILITY. THAT'S HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR.SO IT'S A LITTLE I MEAN WELL I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY CAN BE VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION EXPERIENCE. I THINK YOU COULD MAKE THIS REALLY BIG I MEAN I THINK YOU WOULD A LOT MORE VOLUNTEERS THAN YOU WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BECOME VOLUNTEERS AT THE CENTERS TO DO A PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR VOLUNTEERS.
I MEAN IT'S HARD THEM TO JOIN THIS BUT MIGHT BE EASIER TO JOIN.
YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS HAVE LIMITS BUT WE DIDN'T YOU KNOW, WE HAD PROBABLY 25 OR 26 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DID ROTATE AND THEY CAN CAN ONLY SERVE TO YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITS.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST PUT SOMEBODY OUT THERE ALL THE IS A OF OUR DAY AND SEVEN SEVEN NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT BUT BUSY TIMES AND TRY TO DO THE BEST WE COULD TO HIT THE BIGGEST IMPACT YOU KNOW BUT BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY CARE ABOUT THIS THEY THEY CARE THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT DO MY VOLUNTEER LIST MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND WE'RE WORKING ON APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING THEY HAD THEY ME THEY HAVE A HOLE IN THE FENCE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD FIX WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN THERE'S A BIG HOLE AND I KNOW WE JUST HAD GRAYBAR REPAIR FENCING SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN AT THAT CENTER BUT WE DO HAVE AN ON CALL CONTRACTOR THAT THERE WAS A BIG HOLE IN THE FENCE SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE E-WASTE FLIER THAT THEY'RE PASSING OUT I THE E-WASTE ONE THING IF WE CAN CHANGE I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT WITH ME I'M SORRY IT'S MY OTHER CAR IT SAYS HARD DRIVES IF YOU CAN CHANGE THAT TO WIPED HARD DRIVES BECAUSE AGAIN I'M ABOUT THE LIABILITY WITH HARD DRIVES AND SUCH AND JUST A FEW SAY WIPED THERE THAT COULD MITIGATE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE FOR THAT. SO TO SAY WIPED HARD DRIVES. YEAH, WE'VE STARTED TO PUT THAT ON OUR FLIERS TOO WHENEVER EVENTS COME UP FOR THAT SPECIFIC.
YES, THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID HILLMAN HOLDEN'S GOT MAD HOLE IN THE FENCE.
YEAH I KNOW THAT WE RECENTLY REPAIRED A FENCE BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SINCE FISCAL YEAR 26 STARTED TO STARTED GOING AROUND THE CENTERS ONE BY ONE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED PLACED BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK FOR HEAD THANK YOU THANK YOU SO.
I'D LIKE JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I GUESS OR OR JUST IN MY FIRST MEETING REPRESENTATIVE TOWN PORT ROYAL MY WIFE VOLUNTEERS ALL THE TIME TO WORK ON COMMITTEES.
THERE WERE THE TOWN SHE GOT ON ME ABOUT SITTING ON THE COUCH ALL THE TIME AND JUST FISHING AND GOLF AND SO I PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST SIT IN A CHAIR IF I'M TO BE ANY GOOD I NEED TO LEARN WHAT YOU NEED WHAT I NEED TO DO IF ANY OF Y'ALL GOT TIME TO PUT UP WITH ME FOR A WHILE AND YOU EXPLAIN YOUR PART OF THE PROGRAM, I'LL BE GLAD TO LISTEN AND COME OUT HERE. I'M RETIRED SO I SAY I CAN SIT IN A CHAIR BUT IF YOU NEED ME I WOULD YOU BE BETTER OFF DOING THAT AND MAKING MYSELF AT LEAST MORE USEFUL? AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION A COMMENT I HAVE WHAT IS THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM CURBSIDE LIKE IN PORT ROYAL WE CAN WE GOT A RECYCLING BAN AND WE GOT A TRASH BAN.
I KNOW A LOT DON'T USE THEY JUST USE ONE I MEAN IT'S JUST WHAT I TELL THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY ASK ME THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS ARE WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION THERE? I GOT A LOT OF THEM WILL SAY WE DON'T USE THE RECYCLING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET RECYCLED ANYWAY.
OKAY. AND WHAT I TELL THEM THE SAME KIND OF QUESTION.
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YES. SO COUNTY DOESN'T OVERSEE ANY OF THOSE CONTRACTS.THE THING WE REALLY OVERSEE IS OUR CENTERS AND WE CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING THE COLLECTED AT OUR CENTERS GOES TO ITU AND IS RECYCLED AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS WHO COLLECT CURBSIDE WE DO NOT CONTRACT THAT WE DON'T OVERSEE THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO OFFER THEM IS OUR DÉCOR THAT PERMITS THEM TO TAKE THEIR MSW TO THE LANDFILL.
MSW IS LIKE REGULAR TRASH SO I NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEIR ROYAL AGENDA RECYCLING THEY USE THE CENTERS AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT STATES YOU ARE A SOLID WASTE HAULER AND YOU'RE COLLECTING WASTE YOU HAVE TO OFFER AT LEAST OFFER THE TRASH SERVICES AND OFFER THE RECYCLING SERVICES IF YOU'RE TAKING MATERIAL THAT IS RECYCLABLE TO THE LANDFILL IT IS AGAINST OUR ORDINANCE SO IF A COMPANY IS DOING THAT THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE AND IT SAYS IN THEIR HAULER DE CAL PAPERWORK THEY RECEIVED THAT IF THEY'RE FOUND TO NOT BE DOING THAT AND JUST BEING HONEST THEN THEY WOULD BE REVOKING THEIR HAULER DECAL WHICH WOULD HAVE THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR TIPPING FEES THEN SO IT REALLY IS A HIGH COST.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF CURBSIDE AND RECYCLING BUT JUST LET THEM KNOW LIKE IT IS TECHNICALLY ILLEGAL WHENEVER THERE'S A COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE THAT THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING.
SO I'M SURE WHAT'S ROYAL'S HAULER I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN RECYCLING ONCE A WEEK COASTAL COMES THROUGH AND SAYS THEY'VE GOT SEPARATE SIDES ON THEIR TRUCK AND AGAIN AGAIN THE PEOPLE SAY IS IT REALLY ARE REALLY DUMPING IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ARE THEY REALLY RECYCLING ANY OF IT AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTERNATION ABOUT THAT AND A LOT OF MISINFORMATION SO WE UNDERSTAND NOW AND I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAT PEOPLE SAID WELL BEAUFORT COUNTY DOESN'T RECYCLE AND I HAD TO CORRECT A MANAGER TO SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT MANDATORY BY THE COUNTY TO RECYCLE BUT WE HAVE RECYCLING. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESSES THERE AND AGAIN WHAT YOU SAID IS IF A HAULER GETS PERMITTED FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP IN THE COUNTY THEN THEY MUST OFFER RECYCLING AS PART OF IT. YEP HOW WELL THEY DO IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
YEAH THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST OFFER THE RECYCLING AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT MANDATORY FOR RESIDENTS RECYCLE AND THEN ALSO IF A HAULER IN THE COUNTY HAS ONE OF OUR DECALS THEN THEY RECEIVE ORDINANCE AND THE ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ARE NOT TO BE SENT TO THE LANDFILL BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE WHOLE THING OF YOU KNOW IF A LOAD IS CONTAMINATED AND THAT'S KIND A LOOPHOLE REALLY THERE'S ANOTHER SO LET'S LET'S LOOK AT THIS IS IT I GET THIS ALL THE TIME RIGHT I HAVE A WHOLE SPEECH ON THIS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO BECAUSE ALL IS INHERENTLY COMPLICATED AND IS THERE PROBLEMS WITH IT? 100%. BUT I WOULD I WOULD BEG TO SAY AND PEOPLE WANT TO BLAME THE HAULER. THEY IMMEDIATELY WANT TO JUMP ON THE HAULER AND I THINK THE HAULER HAS A PIECE TO PLAY, THE COUNTY HAS A PIECE TO PLAY AND SO DO THE RESIDENTS.
AND AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF IN EACH ONE MEANING WE HAVE A MELTING POT OF PEOPLE. OKAY? AND THEY ALL COME WITH THEIR OWN DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHAT RECYCLING IS OKAY. BUT THEY PUT WHAT THEY THINK THEY CAME WITH IT INTO THE INTO THE PART THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RIGHT AND THAT MAY CONTAMINATE THE LOAD OKAY. THAT'S BECAUSE AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL REAL HARD STANDARD ADS AND SPECIFIC LISTS FROM THE WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE RECOVER FROM THE RECOVERY FACILITY THAT'S A STANDARDIZED ACROSS ALL OF THE ALL OF THE HAULERS.
SO THE HAULERS YOU KNOW TO SOME DEGREE I FEEL WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE THAT STANDARDIZED LIST BUT WITHOUT IT IT LEADS TO THE PEOPLE CONTAMINATING.
OKAY. SO IF THAT OCCURS, YOU KNOW, IT ONLY TAKES OR TWO HOUSE SAY IT'LL BLOW IT YOU KNOW IT'LL BLOW AN ENTIRE LOAD OF HAULERS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY COME AND BRING IT BACK YOU KNOW YOU KNOW SEND TRUCK BACK OR SOMETHING.
I WOULD BEG TO SAY SHOULD THE HAULERS HAVE SOME SORT OF NO TAKE POLICIES ON OUR COMMERCIAL WE DID WE HAVE NO TAKE WE HAVE RED TAPE. WE TRAIN OR SHOULD THEY DO IT? SURE. BUT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO. SO TO SOME DEGREE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF BROKEN PIECES HERE AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS BOARD IF WE TAKE PROBABLY HELP APPLY PRESSURE TO AND LOOK YOU KNOW STANDARDIZING ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS STUFF LIKE THAT THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE BUT YOU
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KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT ANYBODY'S DOING ANYTHING MALICIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE GET OUT OF DOING. WELL, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD SHARE RESPONSIBILITY.YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S IT'S A LOT IT'S YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT DOING THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE LIST. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST DUMPING YOU KNOW, THE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR A VERY SPECIFIC LIST AND THEN ADHERING TO IT, YOU KNOW, SO SO LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP IF IN FACT A HAULER FOR RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECEIVES A CONTAMINATED OR MULTIPLE AT A HAULER TO THEN JUST PUT GENERAL WASTE BECAUSE HE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE RECYCLED SIDE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY CONTAMINATED. SO I WONDER WHAT THE A QUANDARY OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PICKUP CURBSIDE IS ACTUALLY CONTAMINATED? I WOULD THINK IT'S A MUCH NUMBER THAN THE RECYCLED CENTERS.
MM OH THE CONTAMINATION SINGLE STREAM SINGLE STREAM IN MY I HATE THE STREAM I DON'T I DON'T LIKE IT IT'S NOT A GOOD PRODUCT IT FITS BUT IT REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION TO FOR ME TO GIVE FEEDBACK I HAVE MY MY COMMERCIAL CLIENTS I DO COMMERCIAL ON THAT ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND MY COMMERCIAL I HAVE CONSTANT FEEDBACK. I HAVE NO TAKE RED TAPE I'M SENDING PICTURES RIGHT? WHEREAS WHEN I HAVE LIKE CONVENIENCE CENTERS OR SEMI SORTED EVEN DUAL STREAM IS BETTER THAN IS BETTER AND THAT'S WHAT I IF I EVER WAS TO HAVE A PERFECT RECYCLE COLLECTION FOR RESIDENTS WOULD STILL SAY THAT'S WHERE YOU SEPARATE YOUR PAPER FROM YOUR FROM YOUR THREE DIMENSIONAL BOTTLES AND CANS IF THEY CALL IT CONTAINER AND FIBER THAT MAKES THE SORTING EASY. IT CLEANS THE CONTAMINATION TOO AND AND YOU DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF TRUCKS AND A BUNCH OF CONTAINERS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. IT'S KIND OF A BALANCE OF MIXED RECYCLING VERSUS DUAL STREAM.
SO SO IT MAKES RECYCLING STUFF EVEN OUT POLICIES, PROCEDURES, STANDARDS AND STUFF REALLY YOU KNOW IN THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE LIKE YOU SAID PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT MAYBE WE CAN HELP INITIATE THROUGH YOU KNOW, THE THE LOCAL ENGINEER YOU KNOW, GET DELIVERY SOMEHOW TO GET TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW THAT INFORMATION I THINK THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE VOLUNTEER ASPECT BOOTS ON THE GROUND. THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR LIKE COASTAL WAYS BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE KNOW WE'VE GOT 625 HOMES MAULES CREEK A BUNCH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEHIND GATES THAT COULD GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FLIER JUST TO GIVE ALL HUNDRED AND 25 HOMEOWNERS AND OF THE 625 PROBABLY 500 USE CURBSIDE PICKUP AND HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THEY'RE CONTAMINATED OR NOT CONTAMINATING RECYCLING. THEY HAVE NO CLUE. THAT'S AN INITIATIVE WE'VE LOOKED INTO OUR MAILERS SO WITH THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM COMING UP.
WE'VE LOOKED INTO MAILER. SO MAILING TO RESIDENTS AND COUNTY WHAT IS ACCEPTED THAT CENTERS THAT MAY CHANGE WITH YOUR CURBSIDE I KNOW I LIVE IN CITY A BEFORE AND ONCE ACCEPTED MY CURBSIDE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ACCEPTED AT THE CENTER AND THAT CAUSES CONFUSION.
YOU KNOW I GO TO THE CENTERS AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR WERE COMMERCIALS SO WE ISSUED COMMERCIALS OUT FOR WHAT'S ACCEPTED AT THE CENTERS AND TRIED TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS THAT WAY AND I DON'T THAT THERE'S ANY ONE WAY OR ONE DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, AND DEFINITELY OPEN TO MORE AVENUES OF HOW WE CAN REACH PEOPLE BECAUSE. WE HAVE THE FLIERS AND WE HAVE OUR BILLBOARDS AND WE HAVE OUR COACH APP AND OUR WEBSITE AND OUR COMMERCIALS JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO ALMOST 200,000 RESIDENTS IS TYPICAL ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A MELTING POT WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEN DIFFERENT LIVING IN DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES HAVING DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DIFFERENT RULES. IF YOU DO LOOK AT WHAT COASTAL WASTEWATER RECEIVES BUT CAPITAL WHAT WASTE MANAGEMENT IT'S DIFFERENT IT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD SO IT IS DIFFICULT. WE DON'T NEED A AN ABNORMAL PROBLEM EITHER.
ABSOLUTELY NOT REALLY. YOU KNOW, I IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND STUFF A LOT OF THESE ESPECIALLY STANDARDIZATION THERE THERE ARE THERE ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS LABELING PROBLEM NATIONWIDE, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT MORE NUANCES THAT GO BEHIND THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE WE'RE LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN ACCEPT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A RURAL AREA.
MY MY BUT IT'S UP TO NUMBER FIVE IS NUMBER SEVEN. YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE NUMBER 57176 IT'S JUST PLASTIC NUMBER A NUMBER OF FIVE YOU KNOW THEY'RE TOO FAR SO I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT'S THE WHY YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN WE DO OUR TOURS WE TALK OF FINANCIAL MODEL IT IS WELL IT'S IT'S A BIG BUSINESS YEAH IT'S EXACTLY YOU KNOW AND YEAH AND STUFF DOESN'T WE DON'T WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZED YOU KNOW WE DON'T GET SUBSIDIZED I MEAN
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YET YOU KNOW GRANTS AND FUNDS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF YOU KNOW SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE UP NORTH IT'S HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED ANYWAY . YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M FROM MARYLAND TEN YEARS AGO NOW AND THIS IS HIGHLY SUBSIDIZED AND EVERYTHING'S WHAT'S IT CALLED SINGLE INDUSTRY AND IT'S A MESS. MY BUDDY FROM HIGH SCHOOL RUNS THE RECYCLING JUST IT SAID EVERY TIME BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WASTE WOULD IT A GOOD IDEA OR I'M GOING TO JUST SUGGEST AS A GOOD IDEA THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTS IN THE ROOM.I'M NOT ONE OF THEM TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ON THIS ISSUE OF NOT THE CENTERS BUT, THE ACTUAL EDUCATING THE PUBLIC RIGHT THAT HERE ARE TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WE COULD TRY AND BE FOUR COUNTY THINGS ARE COMING TO MIND BUT I THINK I NEED TO NOT TAKE UP THE BOARD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT IT'S LIKE IT'D BE NICE TO SAY HERE ARE TWO OR THREE THINGS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE DON'T CARE.
THAT'S THE STICKLER PHRASE OF OF OF BOARD MEETINGS LIKE OH WE DID IT BEFORE DON'T A RIGHT CAN WE DO IT AGAIN AND WHAT ARE THE TWO OR THREE THINGS THERE'S PROBABLY YOU PROBABLY KNOW THEM YOU PROBABLY KNOW THEM SO I'D LOVE TO DO THAT NEXT MEETING AND LIKE HAVE A REPORT WORKING SESSION EXACTLY THE SAME SAYING THE SAME WE ALL YEAH THAT'S THE MOST COMMON QUESTION DO THEY RESEARCH COME INTO LIKE YEARS PAST HAVE WE HAVE HAD KIND ROUNDTABLE WITH THE HAULERS SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE GUESSING WE CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS BUT WE ARE GUESSING ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING WHAT DEALING WITH BUT UNTIL YOU GET THEM IN THE ROOM I KNOW IN YEARS PAST WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS OF BEING LIKE WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING? OKAY LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE YOU SAID AND WE'RE GOING TO GET BEAT UP ABOUT IT TOO.
YEAH. INSURGENTS WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? SO TAKE THAT PIECE TO THEN IMPLEMENT IN THE EDUCATION PIECE IF IT'S MAYBE THERE SOMETHING THERE MAYBE NOT BUT IT'S PROBABLY WORTH TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM TOO AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE THE COMMUNICATION. YEAH. JUST FOR OUR OWN EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. YEAH THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH I LIKE IT. YOU MENTIONED THE CONTAMINATION PERCENTAGES YOU REALIZE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR WHEN THEY'RE CONTAMINATED. DO YOU SEPARATE THEM OR DO YOU.
YEAH SO WE WELL OKAY SO IT'S A GOOD QUESTION SO. WE HAVE THERE'S BASICALLY TWO LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION. YOU'LL SEE THIS EVEN IN A MIXTURE SINGLE STREAM.
SO YOU HAVE PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO, YOU KNOW PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONTAMINATION YOUR PRIMARY ARE THE ONES THAT REJECT THE LOAD THAT'S LOOK AT AND SEE THAT THERE'S JUST EGREGIOUS PROBLEMS IT THAT NO DON'T SIGNS ARE DESIGNED TO STOP CONTAMINATION OKAY THEY'RE BOTH THOSE ARE THE REJECTION SO WHEN YOU LOOK IT YOU'LL BE LIKE OH THAT'S TOTAL JUNK.
YOU CAN TELL THE SECONDARY IS LIKE THE NUMBER FIVES IN THE NUMBER TWOS THE THAT BUT THAT IS A REJECT LOADS THAT COULD SORT IT OUT OKAY THAT JUST BECOMES A COST OF DOING BUSINESS WHEN THAT COST BECOMES YOU KNOW A LOT THEN WE START LOOKING LIKE WHY WE GOT TO CHANGE THE THINGS BUT PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW THE THE THE YOU KNOW THE CAP BEING ON OR OFF IS A CONTAMINANT THAT'S KIND OF OVERLOAD AS THEY REJECT A LOAD AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S REALLY THAT THOSE FOUR MAIN ITEMS THAT THAT REJECT A LOAD SO OUR OUR DRIVERS ARE TRAINED THIS IS I CAN ALSO TEACH ME I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE OUR DRIVERS AT THE RECYCLING WHEN THEY GET IT THEY CAN HANDLE UP TO 5 TO 15% DEPENDING ON THE COMMODITY OF CONTAMINANT OR WE GOTTEN PAST REJECTING AND QUITE ABOUT QUITE A LOT OF LOADS BUT IT WASN'T IT WAS REALLY NOT AS HIGH AS YOU THINK IT'S PLASTIC THAT ALWAYS GETS REJECTED THAT'S ONE ON THE BOARD HAS BEEN OUT TO HIS FACILITY BECAUSE MAYBE WE DID I DON'T NO TIME GETS AWAY FROM ME WE DID LIKE A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE I WANT TO GO SAID I DON'T THINK ANYBODY MIGHT BE ON THIS BOARD THERE SO MAYBE WE DO A BOARD FIELD TRIP OUT TO YOUR FACILITY IN FRONT OF THE COST ACCOMPLISHED AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND THEN THEN A GETS SORTED OUT TO THE SORTING LINE SO DO YOU KNOW WE MEASURE BOTH SO WE KNOW WHAT PRIMARY WHAT SECONDARY WE KNOW WHAT CONTAMINATION COMES FROM EACH CENTER AND THE LEVELS. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE DATA ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS SINCE SO DID THAT BUT YOU CAN REALLY WHEN YOU GO OUT YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WE TALK ABOUT SEE FEEL GET A GOOD PULSE OF WHAT WHAT HE'S GETTING IN AND WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO DEAL WITH WHAT WAS BEHIND STORYLINE YEAH IT'S VERY HARD TO LET'S DO IT I'LL TAKE THE LABOR FIRST I'LL TAKE IT THE FIRST JOB WHEN I GOT INTO THE AIR FORCE IN 73 WAS MANAGING THE AIR FORCE BASE OH MAYBE LEADBETTER YEAH, THAT'S OUR GOAL CIRCLE LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND THAT TABLE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO PROBABLY GET AND MOVE ON THE THE DISTRIBUTORS ARE THE
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HAULERS MEANING NOT I TO WHERE DO THEY TAKE THE RECYCLING I DON'T KNOW I MISSED THE COUNTY RECYCLING OR WHAT THEY'RE LIKE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT SO FROM THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS THEY DON'T TAKE THEM RIGHT NOW THAT CURBSIDE PICKUP PICKUP WHERE DOES IT GO IN JUST A GENERAL I DON'T A FREE FOR ALL YEAH WHERE WE DON'T WE DON'T GOVERN THAT YEAH WOW OKAY THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE SO YEAH THERE'S NOT MANY OPTIONS SO WE'RE GOING TO SUPPLY YEAH YEAH NO. OKAY SO NO THERE'S NO RECYCLING GOING ON.YEAH WELL I WOULDN'T SAY THAT I DO GET I DO GET YOUR RECYCLING TOTALS FROM EACH OF OUR HAULERS SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY'RE JUST FABRICATING OF THOSE FIGURES BUT I KNOW WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS A TO TRANSFER NOW I MEAN IT'S RECYCLING TRANSPORTATION USED TO HAVE A REALLY. YEAH YEAH WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S A SURE ONE THAT TO HER IT'S UGLY THAT ONE THIS THERE AT THE LANDFILL YOU ARE RIGHT THERE TOO I KNOW THAT THEIR TRANSPORT IS GOING TO BE OUT OF CHARLESTON BUT YEAH WE DON'T AND THAT'S THE AND THAT'S KIND OF A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE DO OFFER TO COVER THE TIPPING FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL WASTE. WE'D LIKE TO ALSO COVER THE TIPPING FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP KIND OF EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD I DON'T TO USE THE WORD CONTROL THEN WE WOULD HAVE A SYNONYMOUS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CAN BUT THEN YOU DEAL WITH IT THEN YOU KIND OF ENFORCING IT.
SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF A PUSH PULL KIND OF THING BECAUSE IT'S VERY PROFITABLE.
YEAH. I MEAN I CAN I APPRECIATE WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AS A TRANSFER STATION I WAS WHERE I'M FROM I'M SORRY MOST CALL THEM LIKE IT IS IT IS A TRANSFER STATION AND WHAT IT IS YOU DO AND WHEN YOU SAY TRANSFER STATION HAS A BAD CONNOTATION I LIKE PEOPLE OH NO NO TRANSFERS. I'M LIKE WELL YOU HAVE ONE YOU HAVE ALL OVER THE PLACE BY THE WAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT'S A TRANSFER STATION BUT WE GO THEM BACK. HOW SMALL TRUCKS COME TO BRING TRUCKS YOU KNOW BIG TRUCKS GET HAULED OUT SO YOU STILL HAVE THE PERMIT FOR A TRANSFER STATION SO IT'S A CONVENIENCE CENTER, RIGHT? RIGHT MY TRANSFER STATION I'LL CHANGE MY LEG.
YEAH YEAH. OH WELL IT'S JUST A PROBLEM WITH A CONVENIENCE CENTER THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS YEAH IT'S MORE CONVENIENT THAN HAVING TO DRIVE FROM RICHLAND AND DRIVING UP THAT HILL. YOU SHOULD GO ON THAT QUESTION ANSWER IT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER.
YEAH GO UP THE HILL ON THE LANDFILL THAT'S AN EYE OPENER. IT'S THE TALLEST SPACE IN THE WHOLE THING. IT'S IT'S A NIGHTMARE. DRIVE IT UP IT LOOK GOOD ON A RAINY DAY YOU'LL WHAT THESE HAULERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH TO GO OUT ON A RAINY DAY YOU GOT TO CLIMB THIS MOUNTAIN YOU CAN'T GET UP THERE YOU'LL BE PULLED UP YOU COMPLETELY PULL IT IT'S A MOUNTAIN IT'S A BIG MOUNTAIN OF TRASH. OKAY.
OKAY. THE SECOND TO CONCLUDE OUR NEW BUSINESS SO GOOD JOB GETTING US TALKING MEGAN SO HOW IS IT ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEE HERE WAS THERE WE DIDN'T FORMALLY GET THERE THAT THE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES ARE WORKING SESSIONS EXIST OR HOW DO YOU GUYS TYPICALLY DO IT NOT YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE ANY MORE THAN THREE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD MAKE A QUORUM I MEAN A QUORUM IS THREE SO YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE THAN THREE BOARD MEMBERS TOGETHER FORMAL FORMALIZED WITHOUT A FULL ADVANCE NOTICE CAN ONLY IT'S QUORUM IT'S A FELLOWSHIP SO AS LONG AS THEY GET PEOPLE WHAT ABOUT EXCEPTIONS THEY'RE FINE.
SO WE DON'T WE'RE NOT SO ON THE QUESTIONS WE POSE DO WE WANT TO LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON VICTORIA AND SALLY RIGHT THEY'VE GOT A PLENTY TO DO. DO WE WANT TO LIKE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WORK WITH MIKE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS LIKE I'M THINKING MY QUESTION I'LL REPEAT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC NOT ON THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS ON RECYCLING ONE ON ONE CURBSIDE. WELL I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE HAULER MEETING TO BRING THOSE HAULERS WHO ARE THE CURBSIDE SERVICE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE FACING BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW WE'RE JUST GUESSING TO GET FROM WHAT THEY REALLY ARE SAYING WHAT COULD HELP THEM HAVE BETTER YOU KNOW, NON CONTAMINATION NUMBERS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE FACING THAT WAY THAT CAN BE PUSHED OUT FOR THE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT THERE'S A SOLUTION HERE BUT REALLY FOR THEIR EDUCATION PIECE SO THEY CAN COORDINATE THAT FIRST OF THE YEAR. YEAH DECEMBER WAS KIND OF YEAH YEAH UNTIL IT WAS PRETTY BUT I
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