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SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD SEP 91 21015
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
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1. Call to Order
Chair Szabo called to order the Regular Meeting of the Solid Waste Advisory Board at 5:15 p.m.
on August 13, 2015 at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center.
2. Roll Call
J. Clay conducted a roll call and a quorum was established. The following members present
were Chair Nick Szabo, Scott Arndt, Steven Neff and Jennifer Culbertson.Tia Leber was absent.
ARNDT moved to excuse Tia Leber.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Also in attendance were: Bob Tucker, Engineering Director, Bud Cassidy, Borough Manager,
Joe Lipka, Solid Waste Manager/Env. Spec., Neil Worn, Code Enforcement Officer, Dan Rohrer
and Dennis Symmons, Borough Assembly, Ken Reinke, Threshold, Kelcey Daniels,Alaska Waste
Management, Nate Svoboda, Alaska Fish and Game and Engineering and Facilities Secretary
Jenny Clay.
3. Reading of Mission Statement
To assist and advise the Borough Assembly in identifying solutions to solid waste management
by collecting and reporting varied viewpoints, sponsoring public outreach, and developing
specific projects with a focus on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
4. Approval of Agenda
ARNDT moved to approve the agenda.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. Approval of Previous Minutes—August 6, 2015
ARNDT moved to approve the minutes of August 6, 2015.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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-6.,Visitor Comments
None
,... .... .....7." Reports:
A. Nathan Svoboda ADFG Report— Reported on Bears, including their locations and habits
in residential areas of Kodiak. Roll carts in bear areas was also discussed with the board.
B. Solid Waste Handling Options —Joe Lipka, KIB Solid Waste Manager/ Env. Spec. and
Bob Tucker, KIB Engineering and Facilities Director — A Solid Waste Disposal
questionnaire was put together by Joe Lipka with assistance of staff to determine how
satisfied the residents of Kodiak Road System are with the current system used to
handle and dispose of residential garbage. A discussion ensued on how to present the
survey to the public, such as electronically, by mail or picking up a survey at a local
public facility.
The Board discussed and revised further the proposed Solid Waste Handling Options.
There will be only two scenarios to choose from. Chair Szabo requested that Borough
Staff, Nate Svoboda of Fish and Game, and Kelcey Daniels of Alaska Waste get together
to decide on proposed areas to focus on to phase from regular roil carts to bear
resistant roll carts or dumpsters. An option was discussed to extend The Alaska Waste
contract for three years so that various options could be examined and implemented.
8. Visitor Comments:
Dennis Symmons complimented the Board on the handling of the issues.
Ken Reinke of Threshold stated that it was up to the Board if they want recycling and want to
increase diversion. Everybody paying the same rate would be the end of diversion except for a
few diehard recyclers. Previous Assemblies have done nothing about diversion. We just spent
32 million dollars because of that.
9. Board Member Comments:
Jennifer Culbertson —None.
Steven Neff—Sent pictures earlier to the board showing the collection station in Homer. He
would like to suggest that we put in segmented roll offs so you can put in various recyclables
such as plastic, cans and paper. If we had that at Bayside we would essentially have what they
have in Homer at very little cost.
Scott Arndt—None.
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Nick Szabo—Appointed a Solid Waste Collection Committee comprised of Scott Arndt,Jennifer
Culbertson and himself.The meeting would be advertised to commence after the regular Solid
Waste Management meeting.
10. Meeting Schedule:
The next regular meeting will be announced.
11.Adjournment
ARNDT moved to adjourn meeting.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 PM.
SUBMITTED BY:
Date:
Je ny Clay, S cretary
KIB Engineering/Facilities Department
APPROVED BY:
Date:
Nic zabo, Chair
Solid Waste Advisory Board
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