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07/20/2020 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES July 20, 2020 - 5:15 PM Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Chambers Call to Order Chair Szabo called the regular meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2020. Roll Call P. Valerio conducted a roll call, a quorum was established. Board members present were Chair Nick Szabo, Jason Jardine, Patrick Cummings, Laine Welch, Nathan Svoboda, and Terri Pruitt. Doug Hogan was absent. Others present were David Conrad, Jena Hassinger, David Edwards, Kurt Froening, Laurel Andrews, Duane Dvorak, Chris Lynch, Scott Arndt, and Dora Cross. Approval of Agenda WELCH MOVED to approve the agenda. CUMMINGS seconded. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Approval of Minutes WELCH MOVED to approve the minutes of June 22, 2020. CUMMINGS seconded. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Visitor Comments: None. Discussion Items: Alaska Waste: Engineering & Facilities Director David Conrad introduced Kurt Freoning, Alaska Waste Regional Manager, and Laurel Andrews, Alaska Waste Social Media Specialist. Kurt Freoning spoke to his experience and introduced Laurel Andrews. Laurel made a small presentation about what she has done for the Kodiak project and what is available on their website. Chair Szabo introduced Laine Welch and there was discussion among the Board about outreach and how to get recycling into the school system. David Edwards gave an update from Alaska Waste. All the roll carts have been removed from the bear aware areas. If the Board or the public sees any of the old roll carts to please call them and they will make arrangements to pick them up. Extra dumpsters have been set out at Selief, and Spruce Cape Helo Pad. The new dumpster pad site at Dark Lake Ball Field is running smoothly. Engineering & Facilities: David Conrad, Kodiak Island Borough Engineering and Facilities Director, provided an update to the Board. There have been issues with the new garbage contract with commercial and residential, EF and Alaska Waste will work together to find solutions. He would like to see the Board follow through on getting educational information into the School District. The Borough Mayor made a statement at the last Assembly meeting that the SWAB Board's task is to promote recycling and collaborate with Threshold, Alaska Waste, and any other groups interested. Mr. Conrad suggested that the SWAB continue to look into setting up events, contests, drives, and recognize groups who have done recycling projects. He also offered a tour of the Landfill to see the volume of recyclables still being received. The Board discussed the new code enforcement officer's arrival: how will the community submit complaints and how to get the word out to the community that there will be fines for things. Mr. Conrad suggested that the Board wait until the code enforcement officer is in the position and is adjusted before going into those items. ADA/Handicap Options in Non -Roll Cart Areas: Chair Nick Szabo made the announcement that he has been receiving multiple phone calls from folks in the Bear Aware/No Roll Cart areas who are in need of a roll cart still. There are provisions in the current contract for regular roll cart areas but nothing for the non -roll cart areas. There was much discussion among the Board. Chair Szabo proposed there be a subcommittee to discuss and come up with a solution — Nate Svoboda offered to do more research. Outreach: Laine Welch presented her idea of how to spend advertising money in the new Fiscal Year 2021. She asked for more input from the Board or people of the public to keep the material fresh. She would like to get a student from one of the schools involved with SWAB, to further engage the community. WELCH MOVED that the Board budget $2,000 to KVOK and $2,000 to Kodiak Daily Mirror to be distributed throughout the year. PRUITT seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION PASSED 6-0. There was more discussion among the Board on how to get the community more involved with recycling. Threshold Services: Chris Lynch announced that their contract was renewed by the Assembly last week. The biggest money -making markets right now are cardboard, office paper, and aluminum. She reviewed pricing for different items. She also mentioned that Threshold does different advertising campaigns with sponsors and she would be willing to share her knowledge with the Board that might help stretch their budget further. The cardboard roll offs have been very successful in helping them capture cardboard from going into the Landfill. Threshold is able to pay minimum wages, which is very rare in the US. With COVID-19 they have been rotating their more vulnerable employees to ensure that they continue to get hours but also stay safe. FoodCycler: Chair Szabo gave a small verbal presentation of what he thought about the FoodCycler and what his experience was with it. Dave Conrad presented the couple of other folks' information that had tested the machine. Dave would like to get more folks to try it out. Visitor Comments: None Board Member Comments: P. Cummings — None. N. Svoboda — He appreciated the comments tonight. He did have a question about medical/bio- medical waste, specifically diabetic needles — is there a proper way to dispose of them? There was discussion among the Board and Alaska Waste also joined in. Alaska Waste proposed partnering with a pharmacy (for a cost). J. Jardine — He would discuss with his regional pharmacist and find out if Wal-Mart Pharmacy is still taking sharps back and disposing of them with their hazardous waste disposal program. L. Welch —Asked if she could schedule a net recycling presentation. Chair Nick Szabo said yes, coordinate with staff. T. Pruitt — Asked Kurt Froening what other communities have done to discourage the leaving of large items at the dumpster sites. Kurt responded that they do not really have any way to stop it but are able to handle it once it is disposed of at the site. Its educating the public and changing people's habits. N. Szabo —Thank you staff. The last Borough Assembly meeting the Mayor encouraged more recycling. We need to concentrate on the incentives; positive and negative. Hopefully, we will find more solutions in the future. Meeting Schedule — Wednesday August 26th, 2020. Adjournment CUMMINGS MOVED to adjourn. WELCH seconded. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting was adjourned at 6:41p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Patricia Valerio, Board Secretary KIB Engineering/Facilities Department APPROVED BY: Ni Szabo, Chair Solid Waste Advisory Board Date: g L-ty ZDw Date: �� �6