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PLACED AND RECYCLING BOARD, UH, FOR THE MEETING OF
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE CANNOT APPROVE THE AGENDA,
[2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND USE THE AGENDA AS A DRAFT.[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH.UH, WE CAN APPROVE THEM, BUT WE CAN MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS, SO AT THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN APPROVE THEM.
ARE THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT HAS ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THAT MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
I CAN'T MOVE TO TO 'EM, BUT, UH, THERE BEING NONE AT THIS TIME.
[4. INTRODUCTIONS]
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH INTRODUCTIONS, RIGHT? UH, STARTING AROUND THE ROOM, UH, IN THE FRONT WITH A LOVELY LADY WITH BLONDE HAIRS ALL THE WAYS RECYCLING
RODRIGUEZ SOLID WEIGHTS AND RECYCLING.
SERGEANT MATTHEW RECOMMENDING BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE HAD EVERYBODY, UM, AGAIN, SORRY.
I THOUGHT MY DISTRICT THREE
VICTORIA HOFFMAN'S ALL WASTE FROM RECYCLING AGAIN.
UH, THERE ARE TWO, UH, UH, PEOPLE DO WHO, WHO DO NOT HAVE COUNTY JOBS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? UH, THERE NONE WILL MOVE ON.
[6. SWR REPORT]
IN RECYCLING REPORT.VICTORIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO OUT YOUR REPORT? YES, I WILL.
SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR BOARD PACKET AND ENCLOSED WITHIN THAT WAS THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING NEWSLETTER.
UM, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE NEWSLETTER, IT'S JUST A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR YEAR TO DATE BUDGET IS.
UM, AND I JUST DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THOSE TOTAL COSTS REPORTED ARE NOT A SIMPLE SUM OF WHAT YOU ALREADY SEE THERE.
THE DISPOSAL, HAULING AND RECYCLING.
THAT FIGURE ALSO INCLUDES THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND JUST OTHER RELATED EXPENSES, UH, FOR THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS THAT WE MENTIONED.
UH, THE COMPOSTING UNIT HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED.
UH, STAFF COMPLETED TRAINING YESTERDAY, UM, ON ITS OPERATIONS.
AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY, UNDERWAY WITH COMPOSTING, UH, IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, AND OUR NEXT STEPS AND FOCUS ARE EQUIPPING THE CENTERS WITH, UH, THE BINS THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE PROCURED, UH, THE SIGNAGE WE JUST GOT IN, UM, THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH BEGINNING TO TRAIN, UH, THE RESIDENTS ON PROPER COMPOST USE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UH, WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME SETBACKS, UH, BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE PROGRAM IS MOVING ONWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A BIT OF A SUMMARY OF FUNDS FROM THOSE USDA GRANTS AND JUST THE COMPOST PILOT PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE'VE USED FOR THIS PROGRAM FROM THE USDA, WHICH, UH, REMINDER WE DID GET, UH, $273,600 WITH THAT, AND IT WAS A $68,500 MATCH.
UH, WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THROUGH A GRANT, UM, SOME BEAUFORT COUNTY FUNDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE USDA, UH, GRANT FUNDS IS THE USDA, THE NIFA.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? YEAH.
USDA IS THE NEFA GRANT FUNDS NIFA GRANT.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT CAN BE A BIT CONFUSING.
UM, SO IT'S A GRANT FROM USDA, BUT NIFA NEFA IS THE WHEELHOUSE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT THAT OVERSEES THE ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE GRANT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT YOU, YOU MENTIONED MATCHING.
DID, DID, DID SOME, WAS THIS PREDICATED ON US MATCHING IT, THE 2 73, MEANING BEAUFORT COUNTY? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? YOU MENTIONED MATCHING FUNDS.
WHO MATCHED IT? WHEN WE SIGNED UP FOR THE GRANT, WHEN WE ACCEPTED IT AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNTY COUNCIL, WE WERE AWARDED THE $273,600.
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AND THAT WAS WITH AN AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD MATCH THOSE $273,600 WITH THE $68,500 FROM BUFORT COUNTY FUNDS.SO IT WAS A PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ALLOWED.
OH, SO, SO IT WAS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT MATCHED WITH THE GRANT.
SO I TAKE IT OBVIOUSLY 68 DOESN'T EQUAL 2 73.
SO IT WAS A, A SM A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
SO, SO WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS IT WASN'T THE USDA OR NEFA GRANT WASN'T PREDICATED ON BUFORT COUNTY MATCHING IT.
YOU JUST GOT, YOU JUST GOT, YOU GOT SOME EXTRA YES.
PART OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT WHEN WE ACCEPTED THOSE GRANT FUNDS WAS THAT WE WOULD DO THAT MATCH, YES.
THAT PORTION OF THE MATCH, NOT YOU'RE SAYING YEAH, THE PORTION NOT CORRECT.
NOT THE WHOLE, NOT THE WHOLE MATCH.
DOES THAT CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION? YES, IT DOES.
UH, SO MOVING ON, UH, THE 25 FY 27 BUDGET PLANNING, UM, WHICH STANDS FOR FISCAL YEAR, IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, UH, WE ARE PRESENTLY, UM, IN THE DRAFT MODE OF THAT.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO DRAFT AND REVIEW.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, ONCE, UH, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT HAS THAT DRAFTED, IT GOES ON TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OTHER, UM, ENTITIES WITHIN, UH, THE COUNTY.
UH, BUT NEXT MONTH OR NEXT MEETING RATHER, WE WILL HAVE THAT DRAFT BUDGET FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THOUGH THAT, UM, IT IS JUST FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND THEN ONCE, UH, IT LEAVES OUR HANDS, UM, IT IS THEN, UH, VIEWED BY, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
UH, SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE NEXT MONTH IS OUR BUDGET REQUEST.
UM, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE FINALIZED BUDGET UNTIL, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES ON THAT, UH, WITHIN THE COMING MONTHS IN, UH, 2026.
UM, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MR. S SONGER.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
UM, BUT HE GENEROUSLY PROVIDED HIS TIME AND EXPERTISE TO ASSIST WITH, UH, THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BUDGETING THIS YEAR.
UM, AND HIS WAY OF CATEGORIZING AND ANALYZING EXPENSES, UH, REALLY BROUGHT CLARITY, UH, TO THE COMPLEX PROCESS.
UM, AND IT REALLY MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO I KNOW HE'S NOT THERE TODAY, BUT I DO, UH, WANT TO EXTEND, UH, GRATITUDE TOWARDS HIM.
HE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND FREE SERVICES THAT HE TYPICALLY WOULD CHARGE FOR, UM, TO ASSIST US IN CREATING, UM, THE BUDGET PLAN FOR THIS YEAR AND FOR FUTURE YEARS, UM, TO COME.
SO A BIT OF AN UPDATE THAT WE DO HAVE ON OUR TEAM, THE RECYCLING COORDINATOR POSITION, WHICH, UM, HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME SINCE ABOUT SEPTEMBER.
THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY POSTED ONLINE.
UM, IT'S NOT LISTED AS A RECYCLING COORDINATOR POSITION.
IT'S A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR POSITION.
UH, BUT WE ARE RECEIVING APPLICANTS, WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THEM, AND WE ARE ALREADY SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS TO TAKE PLACE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN MIND WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPLY, I SUGGEST, UM, HAVE THEM APPLY SOON AS WE ARE REALLY EAGER AND EXCITED TO INTERVIEW, UM, AND FILL THAT POSITION SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, MORE HANDS ON DECK AS WE NAVIGATE THE COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM AND INTEGRATING THAT INTO RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION OUTREACH.
SO, VERY EXCITED FOR OUR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND UPGRADES.
UH, WE HAVE AN IFB, IT CURRENTLY CLO IT RECENTLY CLOSED, UM, ON THE 12TH.
WE DID JUST RECEIVE ONE PROPOSAL, AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, UH, BY STAFF, AND THAT WILL BE THE ASPHALT RESURFACING, UM, AT SEVERAL OF OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, ARE CONTINUING CONDUCT TO CONDUCT FENCING REPAIRS AT THE CENTERS.
UH, WE REPAIRED, UM, THE FENCING AT HILTON HOOD CENTER, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO INSTALL A NEW FENCING SEGMENT AT ST, UH, SHANK SHANKLIN CENTER IN BEAUFORT.
WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED OUR SIGNAGE AT THE CENTERS, UM, AND THEY ARE INCLUDING BILINGUAL SIGNAGE, UH, SO WE CAN HELP EDUCATE AND IMPROVE, UH, RESIDENTS GUIDANCE AT THOSE CENTERS AND ALSO IN, UH, IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THAT.
AND SO ONTO, UM, OUR QUARTER ONE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING REPORT.
UH, THE FIRST SECTION, UH, YOU SEE THAT TOTAL TONNAGE OVERVIEW.
UM, AND THIS TOTAL TONNAGE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, INCLUDING BOTH CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS.
AND THEN SECTION TWO IS A DISTRICT BREAKDOWN, UH, TO DATA
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IS CATEGORIZED BY OUR SOLID WASTE DISTRICT.SO ONE BEING CITY OF BUFORD, TWO FORT ROYAL, THREE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, FOUR BLUFFTON, FIVE SEABROOK, AND THAT INCLUDES THE BIGGEST STATE LICO AND SHELDON CENTERS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT BURTON SHELL POINT, AND THAT'S THE SHINGLE CENTERS LADIES ISLAND, ST.
HELENA, UH, UNINCORPORATED BLUFFTON IS DISTRICT NINE.
AND THEN EITHER YOU WANNA STATE DISTRICT NINE A OR DISTRICT 10, UH, IS DUSKY ISLAND.
UM, CAN I, CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? UH, JUST A QUICK, ABSOLUTELY QUICK, QUICK COMMENT.
I WAS LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS EARLIER AND, AND, UM, I, SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED AT, IF YOU COMPARE THE RECYCLING TOTAL TONS AGAINST JUST MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, TOTAL TONS, WHICH IS, UH, IN, IN OUR WORLD THE DIVERSION RATE THAT'S COMING OUTTA THE LANDFILL YOU'RE AT, WE'RE AT 17%, WHICH I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE, I DON'T RECALL IT EVER BEING THAT HIGH.
I REMEMBER SIX AND 7%, MAYBE 8%, BUT THAT WE'RE AT 17% BASED ON THESE NUMBERS.
AND THAT'S, ITS TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON IN THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND, AND THE COMMUNITY AT AT LARGE.
MAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
AND THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO THE DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW, AND WE ARE WORKING ON STREAMLINING THIS DATA TO HAVE IT REFLECT MORE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE EACH YEAR.
UM, BUT THIS DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS JUST THE BIG FIVE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING AT THE CENTERS.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING AT THE CENTERS WITH THE BIG FIVE, WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING E-WASTE, BULKY METALS, UM, OIL AND GAS MIXTURES AND TIRES.
AND SO THAT TYPE DATA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.
SO IF YOU WERE TO INCORPORATE, UM, THE ALMOST 500 TONS OF BULKY METALS THAT WE HAVE DIVERTED THIS YEAR, I IMAGINE THAT THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD ACTUALLY BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, UM, THAN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT 17%.
UM, AND I DO WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT, UM, WE'RE ABOUT 20% TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE REPORTING TO THE STATE.
UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL WASTE, BUT COMMERCIAL WASTE.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD MORE BUY-IN FOR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES TO RECYCLE, OBVIOUSLY THAT INCREASE IN RECYCLING WOULD ALSO GO UP.
BUT IF WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENTIAL WASTE, BOTH CURBSIDE AND CONVENIENT CENTERS AND THE BULKY METALS AND, UM, OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RECYCLING MATERIALS, I THINK THAT THAT, UM, THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD GO UP.
AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE LOOKING INTO MIKE.
SO LOOK FOR AN EMAIL, UM, ON WHAT OUR ACTUAL RECYCLING RATE IS WHEN WE INCORPORATE OUR E-WASTE TONNAGE, UM, AND BULKY METALS.
BUT THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
AND IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, DEFINITELY HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR GREAT HAULER OR OUR GREAT, UH, RECYCLING PROCESSOR RATHER.
BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON THIS BOARD TO WATCH THAT, THAT, THAT COME UP AND INCREASE.
AND, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE REALLY FUN IS, UH, FUN EXERCISE AND NOT TO PUT ANY WORK ON ANYBODY OR ANYTHING, BUT IS TO LOOK AND SEE THAT DIVERSION RATE, WHAT THAT TURNS INTO LIFESPAN ON THE, UH, UH, ON THE LANDFILL, EX LIFE SPILL, EXTENSION ON THE LANDFILL.
THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN NUMBER TO LOOK AT.
A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED FOR ANOTHER TIME.
I WAS GONNA ASK THE SIMILAR QUESTION OF, OF NATIONALLY, WHERE DO WE STAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE DO THE REGULAR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE STATE AND THEN WITHIN THE COUNTRY FALL? YEAH, VERY, VERY COOL.
YEAH, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND WITH, UH, RECYCLING IN THE STATE.
UH, THAT'S THE ANNUAL RECYCLING REPORT THAT THE STATE ISSUES ANNUALLY.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE RANK.
UM, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS ONLINE AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT LINK WITH YOU.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS NATIONALLY, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE FIGURES.
SEE THAT LINK TOO? I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DIG IT UP, BUT NICE.
YEAH, THEY HAVE EACH YEAR, AND YOU COULD LOOK AT WHAT MIKE'S DISCUSSED ARE REFERRING TO, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE WE'VE STARTED, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, HOW WE'VE PROGRESSED, UM, INCREASE.
AND, UM, YARD WASTE IS ANOTHER OF THAT.
THAT IS REALLY LOOKING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, UH, OUR YARD WASTE, SINCE WE ARE DIVERTING THAT TO OLIVER'S CURRENTLY, AND IT'S NOT BEING LANDFILLED, IT'S BEING INCINERATED, UH, THE STATE ACTUALLY QUALIFIES THAT AS A RECYCLED MATERIAL AS WELL.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE'LL GET FROM GREAT POINT OF VIEW.
HEY, HEY, I NEED, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE COMPOSTING IT SOON.
UM, SO
THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT THOUGH.
'CAUSE I DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY.
UM, SOME OF THOSE SIGN SIGNS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED AT THE CENTERS ARE ALSO TO HELP DECREASE CONTAMINATION.
SO WE HAVE A-FRAMES RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR RECYCLING CONTAINERS THAT SAY
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DO NOT BAG RECYCLABLES.AND THEN OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT DO'S AND DON'TS OF RECYCLING AND, UH, WHAT OUR ON, WHERE OUR TYPICAL CONTAMINANTS ARE.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS HELPING AND UM, EACH DAY THAT WE TALK TO MORE RESIDENTS AND THE SIGNAGE AND INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THEM IS DEFINITELY, I THINK HELPING.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER KEY METRICS, LIKE I WAS SAYING, UH, THAT WE'VE RECYCLED IS OUR E-WASTE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE 26.45 TONS OF THAT, UH, BULKY METALS, UH, 475 TONS, UH, 6,000 GALLONS OF OIL, UH, 3,700 TIRES.
AND THEN YARD WASTE YOU CAN SEE THERE TOO, UM, IS TECHNICALLY PER DHEC OR DS CONSIDERED RECYCLED SINCE WE'RE NOT LANDFILLING IT.
UM, SO ON TO ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO SECTION THREE? ALRIGHT, SO SECTION THREE, OUR MONTHLY COST.
UH, I JUST DO WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT I DID SUBTRACT REVENUE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, FROM THE TOTAL COST.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR TOTAL COST IS, UH, WITH THE REVENUE SUBTRACTED.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST, UM, OUR BIG FIVE REVENUE.
IT'S ALSO, UH, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OUR REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, FROM OUR, UM, BULKY METALS, UM, AND OUR OIL THAT'S RECYCLED.
UM, AND I DO JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, UH, E-WASTE IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
UH, WE HAVE THAT CATEGORIZED AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CURRENTLY SINCE WE ARE HOSTING THOSE E-WASTE EVENTS.
SO THE COST TO RECYCLE E-WASTE ISN'T JUST RECYCLING E-WASTE, IT'S ACTUALLY TO HOST THOSE EVENTS.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND AWAY FROM THOSE EVENTS AND MORE TOWARDS DROP OFF PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE DROP OFF PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED BY THE STATE.
UH, THE ONLY COST THAT WE DO INCUR IS, UH, BECAUSE WE DO STILL WANT TO RECYCLE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE STATE MANDATED CLEARINGHOUSE E-WASTE RECYCLING, UH, PROGRAM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN SECTION FOUR, UH, THIS IS OUR COST BREAKDOWN BY DISTRICT.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE DISTRICTS ARE A BIT HIGHER.
UM, THAT BEING HILTON HEAD ISLAND, IT'S HEAVILY POPULATED AREA.
MANY OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, DEPEND ON THAT CENTER.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST HILTON HEAD IN POTENTIALLY GETTING THOSE CURBSIDE SERVICES, UH, MANDATED SO WE CAN, UH, KIND OF ALLEVIATE THE CENTERS THERE.
'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HAULING DISPOSAL FROM, UH, DISTRICT THREE, UM, MOST OF THAT IS FROM THAT CONVENIENCE CENTER.
AND THEN I DID WANT TO MENTION, UH, MEGAN I KNOW IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY TOO, UH, BUT SHE MENTIONED SOME QUESTIONS THAT SHE HAD AFTER SHE VISITED THE HILTON HEAD CENTER, AND WE DID TAKE HER QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS AND IMPLEMENTED THAT.
UM, SO JUST, UH, WHERE THAT, WE DID FIX THE FENCING AT THE HILTON HEAD CENTER, UH, REPLACED SIGNAGE, ADDED NEW SIGNAGE.
AND NOT ONLY WAS THAT, UM, DONE AT THE HILTON HEAD CENTER, BUT OTHER CENTERS AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE PICTURES THERE.
UH, BUT WE DID APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
IF MEGAN, IF YOU ARE WATCHING OR DO WATCH IT, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I KNOW JESUS AND KELLY SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
HE PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF LITTER, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
UH, THE COMPOSTING VESSEL, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO SCHEDULE, UM, A FIELD TRIP FOR YOU ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND WATCH IT IN ACTION IS VERY NEAT.
UM, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO PROCURE TO GET THE SITE FINALIZED, BUT, UH, WE ARE UP AND RUNNING.
WE ARE ABLE TO COMPOST, SO THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.
UM, VICTORIA, WHEN WILL, UH, OR HOW WILL, UH, THE PEOPLE BE SELECTED TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM? OR HOW CAN THEY ENROLL? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE, UH, CURRENTLY HAVE A QUIZ AND A TRAINING.
UH, SO RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE THE TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT CONTAMINATION IS IN THE COMPOST PROGRAM AND THEN HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THEY DO TAKE THAT QUIZ, UM, WHETHER IT BE ONLINE, WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, GO ACROSS A LOT OF DIVERSE PLATFORMS. SO IT'S, UM, EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS.
SO NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE IN-HOUSE TRAININGS THAT
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VALENTINA OR THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR WILL HOST, BUT ALSO, UH, WE ARE HOPING TO SET IT UP ONLINE TO WHERE, UH, RESIDENTS CAN GO ONLINE, WATCH THE TRAINING, VIDEO, TAKE A QUIZ AFTER, AND THEN RECEIVE A CODE.SO THE CODE IS BASICALLY A LOCK COMBINATION BECAUSE OUR BINS ARE ALL GOING TO BE LOCKED AT THE CENTER.
AND IT'S A SIMILAR BIN THAT YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE CURBSIDE SERVICES.
BUT THE REASON FOR THAT LOCK IS JUST TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION.
UM, AND WE ARE MODELING AFTER, UH, WHAT CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS DONE AND IS CURRENTLY DOING.
AND ALSO, UM, NEW HANOVER COUNTY, UH, THEY'RE REALLY GREAT REPRESENTATIONS OF MODEL PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE USING.
UH, KIND OF A BIT OF BOTH BECAUSE NEW HANOVER COUNTY HAS THE END VESSEL SYSTEM.
CHARLESTON COUNTY HAS THE RESIDENTIAL DROP DROP OFF.
UH, SO, UM, THE FOUR MAIN CENTERS WILL HAVE BINS FOR RESIDENTS TO DROP OFF, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL START.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE HOPING TO INCORPORATE AND COLLABORATE WITH MUNICIPALITIES SO WE CAN HAVE DROP OFF BINS AT OTHER LOCATIONS TOO.
SO, UM, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREAS, UM, NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUT VISITORS TOO.
UM, AND THAT IS DEFINITELY THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND FROM THE FOUR CENTERS, UM, OUT TO MORE OPEN SPACES IN THE PUBLIC.
WHEN, UH, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE, UH, TRAINING TO BE AVAILABLE? WE ARE ANTICIPATING TRAINING TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, NEXT MONTH.
SO AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, UH, WE'VE JUST HAD A COUPLE OF SETBACKS BECAUSE OF, UM, IT ISSUES AND WEBPAGE DEVELOPMENT.
ON, ON A KIND OF A SIMILAR NOTE, THE, UH, THE E-WASTE, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS TO COME IN AND DRIVE.
HAS THAT BEEN SUCCESSFUL? I'VE SENT A FEW PEOPLE INTO TO THE WEBSITE TO SIGN UP AND DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? HOW YOU CAN GO AND REQUEST NOW TO DROP OUT? IS THAT, IS THAT TURNING OUT AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU WANTED? IS IT BUILDING? IS IT A BUILDING STEAM? ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BROAD.
UH, BUT YEAH, WE ARE FULLY BOOKED UP AND OUR BOOKINGS ARE BOOKED OUT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE MORE WEEKEND DROP OFF LOOK TIMES, UM, ONCE THE LAST E-WASTE EVENT TAKES PLACE IN MAY OF 2026.
BUT YES, IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, AS WE RAMP UP AND, UM, INCORPORATE SOME MORE WEEKEND DROP OFF TIMES.
AND IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A CONVENIENCE, BUT IS, WILL THERE BE A SUBSEQUENT, WILL IT BE CHEAPER TO OPERATE THAT WAY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GOTTA PAY FOR A PROCESSOR OR, OR, OR WOULD IT BE CHEAPER TO DO THE, THE EVENTS? EVERYBODY'S, I'M GETTING NOD
SO WITH THE EVENTS, CURRENTLY OUR CONTRACT IS ABOUT, IS A BIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
AND THAT IS JUST TO HOST THE EVENTS, TO HAVE A VENDOR COME TO BEFOR PACKAGE, EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE GO DO AWAY WITH THOSE EVENTS, THAT SAME VENDOR UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CLEARING HOUSE FOR E-WASTE, THEY PROVIDE ALL THE PACKAGING MATERIALS.
THEY HAVE ALL ALREADY PROVIDED TRAINING TO US.
UM, SO WE GET OUR FREE PACKAGING MATERIALS.
SO WHEN WE COLLECT MATERIALS FROM RESIDENTS, THEY'RE ALREADY IN DESIGNATED BINS.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A TRUCKLOAD, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A CALL AND THEN THAT IS PICKED UP FOR FREE.
SO WE GET PACKING MATERIALS FOR FREE, WE GET HAULING FOR FREE, AND WE GET PROCESSING FOR FREE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ARE SOME OF THOSE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT WE STILL WANNA ACCEPT.
'CAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED E-WASTE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST NOT COVERED UNDER THE CLEARINGHOUSE.
SO WE VIRTUALLY DON'T HAVE A COST.
UM, IF WE DO HAVE A COST, TYPICALLY OUR REVENUE FROM THE EWAS COVERS THAT.
AND IF IT DOESN'T, IT IS A VERY, VERY LITTLE COST.
IF I'M SAYING LIKE, MAYBE WE MIGHT OWE THEM $25 AFTER, UM, A PICKUP EVENT, WELL MAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND
I MEAN, WELL YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM, UM, A PERSPECTIVE OF WE DO NEED STAFF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE MATERIALS.
UM, BUT THE WAY THAT WE'RE, UH, HANDLING IT NOW, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE SCHEDULED DROP OFF, THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTROL WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO CATEGORIZE WHENEVER YOU RECEIVE THAT E-WASTE MATERIAL, THEY WANT IT IN SEPARATE BINS, THEY NEED IT TO BE WRAPPED APPROPRIATELY.
UM, SO IT DOES TAKE A BIT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON STAFF, BUT I HAVEN'T YET NEEDED TO HIRE STAFF.
UM, I DEFINITELY WILL NEED MORE STAFF ASSISTANCE, UH, AFTER WE DISCONTINUE THE E-WASTE EVENTS, UM, ALTOGETHER.
SO YOU WILL A LITTLE BIT OF LABOR FOR IT HAS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR THEM DOING IT, YOU'RE GONNA AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I I'M ALWAYS A FAN OF PAYING FOR LOCAL LABOR, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BRINGING ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OVERTIME TO OUR STAFF AS WELL.
SO IT'S A KIND OF A WIN-WIN SITUATION, UM, ON OUR PART.
I, I, I, I BELIEVE IT'S SUCCESSFUL WHENEVER I'M LOOKING AT IT THROUGH, UH, THE
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METRICS AND UM, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, IT IS DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY.I WANNA GO BACK TO COMPOSTING, UH MM-HMM
EARLIER IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE TALKED ABOUT GIVEAWAYS OF CROCS AND HOW MANY WE HAD AND HOW MANY WE DIDN'T HAVE, AND WHO'S GOING TO GET THEM AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE THEM.
HAS ANY, UH, PLAN BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR THOUGHT ABOUT BEING IMPLEMENTED ON HOW THE CROCS WILL BE SENT TO SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, OR, UH, POAS OR HOWEVER YOU ROLL THIS OUT WHEN YOU ROLL IT OUT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, VALENTINA AND I HAVE JUST DISCUSSED, UH, THIS, THIS WEEK, UH, SO WHEN SHE PRESENTS THE TALKS, UM, IN PERSON, SHE'LL HAVE THOSE CROCS WITH HER SO PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP FOR THOSE TALKS CAN GET IT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE SOME SORT OF PICKUP PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU DO GO ONLINE, UM, AND WOULD LIKE A CROC THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THOSE AS WELL.
BUT YES, CROCS WILL GO OUT, UH, TO PARTICIPATING RESIDENTS AFTER THEY RECEIVE THE TRAINING.
UH, 'CAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, UM, UM, UH, ON STICKERS ON THE CROCS AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR REPORT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPOSTING? OH, BRADLEY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TIRE HAULING AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT TRYING TO SAVE SOME POTENTIAL MONEY THERE? I CAN, I CAN'T REALLY HEAR.
YOU HAVE TO LIKE, SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
HEY, CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE, UM, TIRE HAULING AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE, UM, TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY THERE ON TIRE HAULING? UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING INTO OUR TIRE HAULING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT, UM, THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT OVERSEAS.
AND CURRENTLY WE PAY A VENDOR TO COME AND PICK UP OUR TIRES, UH, FROM OUR PERMITTED TIRE FACILITY.
UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN BOUNCING AROUND SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO DECREASE THIS COST? AND, UH, WE CURRENTLY ALREADY OPERATE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS A TIRE HAULER PERMIT, SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO HAULING OUR OWN TIRES, UH, 'CAUSE THEY ARE ALL RECYCLED.
IT'S A MANDATE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ENDEAVOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE COMING YEAR, UH, TO START HAVING OUR STAFF WHO HAVE THAT PERMIT AND THE CERTIFICATION TO HIRE THE TOP, THE HI HAUL THE TIRES DIRECTLY TO, UH, THE TIRE RECYCLING FACILITIES.
UH, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON QUOTES AND PROPOSALS FOR THAT AND LOOKING INTO IT.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE'LL DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF, UH, TIME, UM, FUEL COSTS AND, UM, WHAT IT WOULD BE TO TIP IT.
UH, BUT TYPICALLY, UM, THERE SHOULD BE SOME REVENUE, BUT IT'S JUST NOTHING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UM, LOOKED INTO BEFORE.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE COSTS FOR, UM, TIPPING FEES FOR TIRES AT THAT FACILITY, UH, WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND SEE IF IT'S A FEASIBLE, UH, OPERATION TO START, UM, OVERSEEING OURSELVES.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING OUR, UH, FIELD STAFF.
SO WE'VE GOT UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, UH, GROUNDS MA GROUNDS CONTROL, GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, AND UH, GENERAL SUPPORT.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE VEGETATIVE WASTE AND FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE A MULCHER FOR THE COMPOST PROGRAM.
AND SO NOW WE'LL HAVE THOSE DEPARTMENTS TAKE THE YARDY YARD AND WOODY WASTE, UH, HERE TO OUR PUBLIC, WELL NOT HERE IN MY HOUSE, BUT TO WHERE YOU ARE AT OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MULCH THAT MATERIAL.
WE WON'T BE PAYING FOR IT ANYMORE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPOST IT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ENDEAVOR THAT WE ARE STARTING, UM, SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
AND ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I KNOW I KIND OF FLEW THROUGH THAT, BUT I'M WAITING A PHONE CALL TO HAVE TO, UM, PICK MY HUSBAND UP, SO I MAY HAVE TO EXIT AFTER THIS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, AND I DO DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU BACK SO WE CAN TOUR, UH, THE COMPOSTING UNIT.
IT REALLY IS AN IMPRESSIVE VESSEL AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS GOING.
VICTORIA, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? ABSOLUTELY.
IF ANY OF MY STAFF THAT ARE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL HAVE STAFF REPORTS.
BUT AT THIS TIME I WANNA TURN, UH, THE REINS OF THE MEETING OVER, UH, TO SAL, UH, SALLY DENNIS, WHO'S JOINED US.
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BE IN CHARGE OF THE REST OF THE MEETING.[7. STAFF REPORTS]
I INTRODUCE KELLY, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE KELLY? YES.MS. KELLY KOJACK KOJACK, OUR NEW, UH, LETTER CONTROL SUPERVISOR, UH, TO THIS AGENDA HERE.
SHE'S, UH, DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AT THAT AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, UM, MY NAME IS KELLY HOJA.
I MOVED, UH, TO THE BEAUFORT AREA JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.
AND, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
I HAVE, UM, THREE KIDS IN COLUMBIA, TWO AT USC.
AND, UM, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY LOVED SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN THE LITTER CONTROL WORKER JOB, SURPRISINGLY
AND, UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, UM, FOR MOVING ME INTO THIS NEW POSITION.
THEY, UM, INVEST, ENCOURAGE, AND EMPOWER THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND, UM, I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE.
SO HOPEFULLY I CAN SERVE YOU IN ANY WAY THAT, THAT I CAN.
WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU DO IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON BOARD.
I CAN TELL YOU, UH, JESUS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING IN SOME GREAT FOOTSTEPS SINCE HE'S, UH, TAKEN OVER A LITTLE CONTROL AND SUPERVISING THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY GROUPS AND HAS AN ADOPT A HIGHWAY LEADER.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT JOB.
GOOD THING HE HASN'T GONE TOO FAR.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS FOR, FOR THE AGENDAS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR OTHER THAN PROBABLY WHAT MS. SALLY HAS ON THE REPORT FOR THE MONTHLY STATISTICS FROM LAST MONTH.
BUT I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARDON ME 'CAUSE I JUST, UH, HAVE TO PUT ON THE READERS HERE.
I DO MENTION THAT JESUS PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN GETTING THOSE BILINGUAL SIGNS, UH, NOT ONLY PRINTED BUT PUT UP.
SO HE DID MOVE AWAY FROM THE LITTER SUPERVISOR POSITION.
HE IS NOW OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
AND I COULD NOT BE MORE HAPPY AND PROUD, UH, TO HAVE HIM WORK, UH, WITH SOLID WASTE.
HE'S REALLY DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND KELLY AS WELL.
SO WE REALLY DO HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM.
AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T ADMIT, FORGET MS. SALLY AND I THINK I SAW MS. CYNTHIA IN THERE TOO.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE SALLY FULL TIME.
DOES SHE KNOW THAT? OR WAS THIS, SHE'S JUST FINDING THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL DEFINITELY SOLID, UH, STORM WATER.
JUST LIKE TO RUN THE NUMBERS DOWN FOR AT LEAST LAST MONTH'S PERFORMANCE, STARTING WITH ADOPT THE HIGHWAY, THE SUMMARY REPORTED 29 REPORTED EVENTS, 224 VOLUNTEERS, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF 240 AND A HALF HOURS PERFORMED FOR LAST MONTH, COVERING 64 MILES.
AND WE COLLECTED 415 BAGS OF TRASH.
AND THAT, UH, TOTALED THAN 65 20 POUNDS OF WASTE.
UM, THAT INCLUDED BULK AS WELL.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR ADOPT THE HIGHWAY MEMBERS.
WITHOUT THEM, UM, THE COUNTY WOULDN'T BE AS BEAUTIFUL, SO THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS.
ALSO THE MILEAGE ALTOGETHER, I LIKE TO, AT OUR CREW MEMBERS, THE LITTER CONTROL WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND THAT'LL BE A QUICK SUMMARY AS THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON BROAD RIVER BRIDGE CORNERS, MAKING SURE THAT ONE 70 IS, IS PRISTINE.
SO JUST LIKE GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN AS WELL.
IF YOU, IF I MAY, 4,487 MILES WERE COVERED.
UH, 254 GALLONS OF GAS OR FUEL WERE USED FUEL COSTS ESTIMATED AT $713 AND 32 CENTS POUNDS OF WASTE COLLECTED BY OUR LITTLE CONTROL MEMBERS UNDER MS. KELLY HOJA WERE 23,000 POUNDS OF WASTE COLLECTED.
UH, THAT INCLUDED BULK ITEMS AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE, OH, THERE IT IS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO THERE'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I'M READING OFF.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AS FAR AS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE WASTE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NORTH AND SOUTH.
WHAT WAS THAT? ONLY ONE TOILET THIS MONTH.
ONE TOILET SO FAR HAS GONE DOWN.
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ONE TOILET SO FAR.YOU KNOW WHAT, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF FASCINATING 'CAUSE THEY TELL US, TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU START LOOKING AT
UM, KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN FOR MORE VISUAL COMPARISON, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
UM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, WITH A CREW MEMBER OF FOUR.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE COVERING BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, HANDS OFF TO THESE GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING IN HANDS TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE IMPRESSIVE AND IMPRESSIVE IN A BAD WAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WISH IT WASN'T, WASN'T OUT THERE.
AND THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THOSE THINGS.
IT'S EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION CERTAINLY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH DOT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THAT.
SO WE ASSIST AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IT'S A TEAM EFFORT ALL AROUND.
SO PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR STAFF REPORTS.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[8. NEW BUSINESS]
WE DO HAVE THE HOLLER ROUND TABLE THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN, UH, JANUARY 20TH.THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THIS BOARD TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE HAULERS TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A OPEN FORUM.
WHAT, UH, A EDUCATING YOU ON HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THEIR DISPOSALS, HOW THEY HANDLE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THEIR RECYCLING.
WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.
UM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEES TO GO WINNING INTO ONE TRUCK, THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S BREAKING DOWN.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA COME, THEY'RE GONNA BE PREPARED TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT HOW THEY OPERATE.
IF YOU ALL WILL COME PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
UM, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD, UM, FIND THAT VERY BENEFICIAL TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE WANTING TO KNOW.
WHERE DOES CLEARWATER WEIGH? IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS.
UM, IT'S, UM, OFF OF BROAD RIVER ROAD, UM, CASTLE, CASTLE ROCK, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW WHERE ANDERSON'S FUNERAL HOME IS?
IF YOU'RE COMING FROM ASK HENDERSON'S OR HENDERSON'S FUNERAL RIGHT BEFORE ANDERSON.
JUST GIVE, GIMME A STORM, STORM WATER PROJECT AND I'LL KNOW WHERE IT IS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EASY TO FIND.
YOU WON'T GET LOST IF YOU DO CALL US.
BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING A SMALL LITTLE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND COFFEE.
SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE HAD A FEW ALREADY RSVPS, SO THEY'RE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO TALK WITH Y'ALL.
SO JUST MAKE SURE, KEEP TALKING IT UP WITH YOUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU ALL ASKED FOR THIS MEETING.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
SO SPEAKING OF, SO LIKE, SHOULD, I DON'T WANNA OVERCOMPLICATE ANYTHING, BUT WOULD THIS BE PRUDENT FOR US AS A BOARD TO GET TOGETHER OUTSIDE, JUST PUT OUR QUESTIONS TOGETHER, MAYBE HAVE ONE SPEAKER DESIGNATED I'M POINT AT YOU, BUT
I KNOW THAT ADDS A LITTLE LEVEL LAYER OF NO, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF, IF I, I PROBABLY WAS NOT HERE WHEN THIS WAS THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT, UH, I AGREE THAT WE, WE SHOULD CONSOLIDATE THE QUESTIONS TO SALLY AND VICTORIA AND THEN THEY CAN BRING THEM UP TO THE HAULERS, LIKE YOU SAID, IN ADVANCE IF NEED BE.
SO IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH THEIR TIME IS SPENT WITH RECYCLES VERSUS RIGHT.
UH, DO, DO PEOPLE, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IS MY HAULER REALLY RECYCLING AND I DON'T SEE, AND THEIR ANSWER TO THAT.
I GOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO ANSWER.
I THINK GIVING 'EM A HEADS UP WOULD BE, WOULD BE YEAH.
IT'D BE A GOOD THING TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP AND YEAH.
ALSO LIKE TO TALK AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE FACING.
'CAUSE LIKE WE JUST SAID, EDUCATION IS SO KEY THAT TO KNOW IF THERE'S, LIKE, IF EVERYBODY'S SEEING THE SAME THING, OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DRIVE AN EDUCATION POINT TOO.
I THINK THERE'S COULD BE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT OF THIS IF, AND HANDLING IT FAIRLY TOO, SO IT'S NOT, UH, NOT, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD WORD AGGRESSIVE SO IT'S FAIR FOR ALL.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, WELL LOOK IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IF YOU ALL WANNA GET ME QUESTIONS, YOU'RE GONNA JUST EMAIL ME TO YOU AND THEN, UH, VICTORIA AND I'LL SIT DOWN AND WE'LL COME UP WITH A NICE, UM, LITTLE, LITTLE SEND OUT TO 'EM AND WE'LL GET IT OUT AS THEY ARE SVP
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I'LL SHOOT IT OUT TO THEM.SO YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY NICE.
I KNOW IF I WAS ON THAT END, IT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT IT MAY PRECIPITATE IS, IS THE COUNTY PROVIDING, LIKE, UH, BUFORD JASPER WATER DOES ABOUT WHEN'S WATER OR WHEN NOT TO RUN YOUR WATER IF YOU DON'T NEED TO, BECAUSE THEY SAID, UH, I JUST WENT TO A MEETING AND THEY SAID THAT, UH, THEY'LL NEVER RUN OUTTA WATER IN BEAUFORT COUNTY EXCEPT ON MONDAY MORNINGS FROM SIX TO 9:00 AM SUCH A DEMAND THAT SIX TO 9:00 AM ON MONDAY MORNINGS, I GUESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY NEED IT OR NOT.
UH, SO, UH, IT'S PROBLEMATIC, UH, FOR, FOR THE WATER COMPANY SO THAT, THAT THEY'VE GIVEN STICKERS OUT, UH, MAYBE THE HAULERS, YOU KNOW, MAY NEED A STICKER TO GIVE OUT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT, UH, THAT WE WISH THEY WOULD DO.
I COULD EASILY SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THIS BOARD, IS THIS HAVING STANDARDS FOR THE RECYCLING RIGHT.
THAT GO ACROSS THE BOARD THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO.
THAT'S DEFINITELY A QUESTION I'M GONNA PUT IN THERE.
WOULD YOU BE PROPOSED? STUFF LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE UNIFORMITY THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH.
WHEN DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT A DEADLINE ON THAT? UM, WELL, SINCE WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST CHRISTMAS, WHY DON'T WE SEE THE FIRST WEEK IN IN JANUARY THAT WOULD, THAT WAY THAT'LL GIVE THEM A I'LL, I'LL PUT THE SECOND WEEK IN.
JUNE GIVES YOU TWO WEEKS AND GIVES THEM A WEEK.
AND THEN, UH, IN JANUARY THAT'LL GIVE ME THE NEXT WEEK I'LL SEND IT OUT TO THEM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 20TH.
SO WE NEED TO SEND A REQUEST TO THE, TO THE, TO THE REST OF US.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW THIS UP WITH AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND SO EVERYBODY WILL YOU SURE DO A LOT.
ALL WE HAVE FOR NEW BUSINESS ON OUR END.
IF YOU ALL HAD MORE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
[9. PUBLIC COMMENT]
I DID WANNA MAKE JUST A, A COUPLE COMMENTS AND, UH, BECAUSE AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, DOING VOLUNTEERS AGAIN AT THE, UH, UM,'CAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS BEFORE.
UH, IS CAN I, MY, MY SON, THIS IS TYLER BENNETT, UH, INTERNING THIS YEAR.
UM, HE ACTUALLY RAN THE GREEN TEAM PROGRAM.
IS IT OKAY, CAN I HAVE HIM SPEAK TO THAT? SURE.
SO I'M TYLER BENNETT WITH RECYCLE
YEAH, I'M TYLER BENNETT WITH IT RECYCLE.
UM, SO YEAH, SO BASICALLY, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE RAN THIS GREEN TEAM.
UM, SO KIND OF WHAT WE DO IS WE GATHER, GATHER VOLUNTEERS AND WE PROVIDE A SERVICE AND A TRAINING, UM, KIND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
THAT WAY WHEN THEY DO GET OUT INTO THESE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY CLUELESS.
UM, SO WITH THAT FIRST KIND OF TRAINING, UM, WE'RE GONNA RECRUIT AND THEN WE GO TO THE MURPH AND HARDY V, UM, WHICH IS OUR SORTING FACILITY.
AND THESE GUYS WILL GET TOGETHER AND THEY'LL KIND OF LEARN WHAT IS RECYCLABLE AND WHAT'S NOT.
UM, AND AFTER THAT THEY'LL HAVE A SECOND TRAINING FOLLOWING UP, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AT THE SEA PINES HARVESTER.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU LEARN KIND OF A HANDS-ON HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, HOW TO APPROACH TO PEOPLE, UM, KIND OF HOW TO GO OVER WHAT IS RECYCLABLE WITHOUT BEING TOO PUSHY.
'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO DO THEIR OWN THING AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANNA, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED WITH ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, UM, SO WE OFFER THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND FOLLOWING THAT WE KIND OF GO OVER A SCHEDULE.
IT'S EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FROM, UH, 10 TO 12.
AND SO THERE'S A TWO HOUR INCREMENT OF, UH, KIND OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND WE'RE AT CURRENTLY, I'LL PULL UP SOME STATS HERE, BUT WE'RE AT, UH, THREE MAIN, UM, CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE HILTON AT BLUFFTON AND SHANKLIN ST.
HELENA'S A LITTLE HARD 'CAUSE UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK FOR AND TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT NUMBER UP IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THROUGH THAT KIND OF RECRUITING PROCESS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL 19 SHIFTS, UM, THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AND, UM, HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN COMPLETED.
BUT 19 IN TOTAL IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN OUR TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS ARE 38 HOURS OF, UH, EDUCATION OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE'RE AT HILTON HEAD, BLUFFTON AND, UM, SHANKLIN SO FAR.
BUT THIS IS A SIX WEEK INCREMENT OF, UH, KIND OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND EDUCATION TOWARDS THE PUBLIC.
AND SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR AND I'M SURE WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT IN THE FUTURE.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BENNETTS.
UH, HOW, HOW, HOW HAVE YOU IN THE PAST, UH, DONE YOUR RECRUITMENT? UH, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO FIND THE VOLUNTEERS AND ASSUME THE MORE VOLUNTEERS THE BETTER?
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SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST YEAR WE DID IT, WE ACTUALLY, UM, I LEANED ON A COUPLE, JUST ONLY TWO OR THREE KNOWN ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY.AND UH, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND WE UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY DID THE OUTREACH FOR US.
UH, THE FIRST YEAR WE PROBABLY GOT MAYBE 20 TO 25 TOTAL, UM, SIMILAR SHIFT STYLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THIS YEAR WE DID AN OUTREACH A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, IT WENT THROUGH, UH, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOARDS.
WE ACTUALLY DID OUTREACH THROUGH KBB.
WE TOOK, WE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE CHAIRMAN TO DO THE OUTREACH.
UH, OUTSIDE FOUNDATION, UH, VICTORIA AS WELL.
OR NOT VICTORIA, BUT UH, UH, VALENTINA.
WE SAID, HEY, OUTREACH, THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING BOARD.
IF YOU GUYS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN.
UM, AND A COUPLE OTHER, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT WE USED THE ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES TO TRY TO GET THE OUTREACH.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A LESS TURNOUT THAN WHEN WE WENT TO THE ADVOCATES, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASONS.
BUT, UH, BUT STILL, IT'S PROBABLY A PERSONAL PARTICIPATION I WOULD EXPECT.
AND WHAT I SEE FROM THE VOLUNTEERS I HAVE FROM ADOPT A HIGHWAY THAT THE FACE-TO-FACE IS ALWAYS MUCH BETTER AND A BOARD MEMBER TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC WHEN SOMEBODY'S YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
AND THAT THEY'RE LEANING ON THOSE PEOPLE.
NOT LEANING, BUT YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM A BETTER SENSE OF, OF WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
YOUR HONOR, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE ACTUAL RECRUITING.
'CAUSE THE FIRST TIME IT WAS VERY PERSONAL BY, BY REACHING OUT TO THE, THE LOCAL ADVOCATES.
AND THEN THE SECOND TIME WAS MORE COMMUN, YOU KNOW, JUST VERBAL OR, UH, EMAIL COMMUNICATION.
WHEN I SPITBALL AND THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, I DON'T EVEN CLUE HOW MANY POA COMMUNITIES THERE ARE HILTON HEAD, BLUFFTON INCORPORATED DISTRICT NINE.
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PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I GET MY VOLUNTEERS.AND, AND WHEN I OUT THE HIGHWAY OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR, AS YOU SAY THAT I'M CONNECTING THE DOTS.
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT MY, UH, MY, THE MURPH ARE THE COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT DO THAT.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S PROBABLY SPOT ON IT.
YOU GO TO THE POAS AND THEY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUBS.
HAVE SOME, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE OUTREACH.
THEY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET INVOLVED.
AND TO THAT, TO THAT POINT, IT'S, THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE IS DO BOTH.
UM, SO WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEND OUT AN EMAIL.
SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE WAY, I MEAN, RIGHT.
VERY FEW PEOPLE, UH, TODAY GET THE ISLAND PACKET DROPPED OFF AT THEIR HOUSE ANYMORE.
SO IT'S, YOU GET A BLURP, UH, AND, AND THEN, THEN YOU GET AN AD THAT SAYS, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE SEEING HIGHLIGHTS, UH, ON FROM SOCIAL A LOT MORE THAN PICKING UP THE NEWSPAPER EVERY DAY.
AND I LIKE TO, UH, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, UH, UH, AS FAR AS THE ADOPT THE HIGHWAY MEMBERS, I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND PERHAPS WE CAN GET WITH, UH, LAURA FANELLI, BCTV AND, AND SORT OF PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE, UH, LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO, TO PARTAKE IN THE, UH, BIG FORDS, WHAT WE CALL IT, THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
UM, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT, SEE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE, MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
THINK WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM IT FOR SURE.
BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS ARE DEFINITELY, YEAH, DEFINITELY THE ONES THAT ARE HANDS ON TOO, THEY'RE ALREADY ENGAGED.
THE UH, WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS WE STRUGGLED AGAIN WITH UH, ST.
I JUST, MAN, WE DON'T CALL REACH OUT TO AL.
I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE INFORMATION, MIKE.
UM, AND THE NICE, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
AND THEN I'LL GET WITH, UH, LAURA FROM COMMUNICATION.
SEE IF WE CAN PUT THE WORD OUT FOR YOU GUYS.
JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT.
THE POAS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD TIPS.
THE, UH, THIS, THE PROGRAM'S BEEN RUNNING FOR, WHAT, SIX WEEKS NOW? IT'S GOT ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS LEFT.
THE NICE THING IS, IS IT DOES, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WHEN WE DID THIS THE FIRST TIME, UM, WE ACTUALLY SAW A ONE OR 2% DROP IN RECYCLING RATES, ESPECIALLY AT THE CENTER, SPECIFICALLY AT THE CENTERS THAT WE DID.
AND WE HAD THE DATA TO, TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, SO IT DOES THAT, THAT HANDS-ON COMMUNICATION IS JUST, IS, IS CRITICAL.
THE OTHER FUN PART ABOUT THE WAY THE, WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THE TRAINING THAT THE VOLUNTEERS GET IS MORE VALUABLE THAN
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MAYBE USCB DOING SOME TRAINING AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO WORK THE PROGRAM.
'CAUSE THE, UH, THE EDUCATION BEHIND IT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY
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IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT MULTIPLE.ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NICE JOB.
THE, UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I WOULD, I, I DON'T WANNA BE REMISS IN, UH, GIVING A COUPLE KUDOS TO, UH, THE, THE TOWN SPECIFICALLY.
WE HAVE A, UH, UH, CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER AT THE TOWN, UH, TJ JET.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED WITH HIM AT SOME POINT.
DAVE WILHELM, WHO MOVED FROM HERE IS NOW AT THE, AT THE BOARD.
HE'S BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS ABOUT HIM AND HE'S BROUGHT THAT TO THE TABLE.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THIS YEAR ALONE, THE TOWN HAS GOT A BUNCH OF ISLAND WIDE INITIATIVES.
AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF 'EM FOR PUSHING FORWARD.
THEY'RE EXPANDING THE, THE PARKS AND BEACHES RECYCLING PROGRAM, LOOKING AT NEW CANS, NEW, NEW EVERYTHING.
GETTING THAT, ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEY'RE BEACHES WE'VE ALREADY GOT.
THEY'RE UP TO, UH, 24% RECYCLING.
UM, WE'RE DOING EVENT, EVENT EXPANSION.
WE'VE DONE, UH, UH, THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE MADE IT MANDATORY THAT ALL THEIR EVENTS HAVE RECYCLING, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
THEY'RE LIKE, LISTEN YOUR EVENTS, IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT, THEN, UM, IT'S GOTTA HAVE RECYCLING.
WE'VE GOTTEN, WE'VE EXPANDED THE, UH, THE ISLAND WRECKS RECEPTACLES SO THAT THEY'VE GOT, UH, WE USED COCA-COLA TO KIND OF GET THEM A GRANT SO THAT THEY HAVE, UH, RECEPTACLES FOR RECYCLING THAT ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
THE RECYCLING RATES THAN OTHER THAN OTHER THAN OTHER CANS.
WE GOT THEM RECEPTACLES FOR THAT.
UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GONNA START WORKING WITH THEM IN A, IN A PROGRAM NEXT YEAR TO START DOING THEIR, JUST THEIR SPORTS EVENTS.
'CAUSE SPORTS EVENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, BOTTLES AND CANS.
AND SO, UH, THE IDEA IS TO, TO PUT TOGETHER A, A PROGRAM THAT WILL GET THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB INVOLVED.
THEY GET TO DO THE MEASUREMENTS IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE BEHIND THE RECYCLING, UH, YOU KNOW, METRICS MEASUREMENTS, NOT JUST KNOWING WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUFF.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB.
AND PART OF THAT MITCHELLVILLE HISTORIC JUST STARTED A RECYCLING PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
WE'RE DOING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT RECYCLING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY AND, UH, UH, THE TOWN.
THIS IS ALSO LED BY OUTSIDE FOUNDATION.
I GOTTA GIVE A THANK YOU TO JEAN, JEAN FRUIT.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU, YOU HEARD WE GOT THE, THE GREEN TEAM MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, THE TOWN, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR MOTION, JUST THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN HAVE CHANGED.
THERE'S, THERE'S A MORE PROGRESSIVE KIND OF MOVE TOWARDS GETTING SOME THINGS DONE.
AND IT'S OBVIOUS AND YOU CAN SEE IT, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE NUMBERS THAT HERE, YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, AND FROM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S PER FROM OF THE COUNTY.
AND THE SAME THING WITH, WITH THE TOWN THAT I LIVE IN, I'M, I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF 'EM.
SO I WANT TO GIVE TWO SECONDS TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE, LITTLE KUDOS ON, ON, ON THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO LET THEM KNOW, PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK WE SKIPPED OVER TO.