09/23/2020 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
September 23, 2020 - 5:15 PM
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Chambers
Call to Order
Chair Szabo called the regular meeting to order at 5:18 p.m. on Wednesday September 23,
2020.
Roll Call
P. Valerio conducted a roll call, a quorum was established. Board members present were Chair
Nick Szabo, Laine Welch, Doug Hogen, Patrick Cummings, Nathan Svoboda, and Terri Pruitt.
Jason Jardine was absent. Others present were David Conrad, Jena Hassinger, David Edwards,
Chris Lynch, Jennifer Nutt, and Scott Arndt.
Excuse Absent Members
PRUITT MOVED to excuse Jason Jardine. WELCH seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Approval of Agenda
CUMMINGS MOVED to approve the agenda. WELCH seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Approval of Minutes
WELCH MOVED to approve the minutes of August 26, 2020. HOGEN seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Visitor Comments: Terry Hines spoke about the Bear Aware (bear cart -less zone).
Discussion Items:
Electronics Recycling/Threshold Recycling: Laine Welch began the discussion about the
electronics recycling handouts she provided for the agenda packet. Other communities are
doing electronic collection events. Chris Lynch also spoke about pricing and collection of
electronics in Kodiak. There was discussion among the Board about recycling in general,
contract costs, advertising, fee schedule, and getting recycling back into schools. Terri Pruitt
said she would be willing to head the efforts of making a presentation to the schools when the
time was appropriate. In summary it is a good topic to bring up, lots of options to investigate.
Alaska Waste/Outreach Video: Staff played the pre-recorded video from Laurel Andrews from
Alaska Waste in Anchorage. There was some discussion with David Edwards about how the App
has been advertised and costs of the coloring book. David Conrad suggested that we talk to
Chris Lynch about Threshold being the purchaser as a non-profit to save some money. Dave
also suggested that we use this as a steppingstone to get into the schools and maybe to bring in
the Coast Guard Base more. Laine said she would send out the pricing emails for the Board to
review. Dave said that he would contact Chris and see if she would open to the idea of the
coloring book.
Net Your Problem Presentation: Nicole Baker from Net Your Problem made her PowerPoint
presentation over the Zoom meeting. There were many items discussed after by the Board.
David Conrad said there were lots of assumptions being made and details that would have to be
discussed in a more direct conversation with Nicole if SWAB/Borough was interested in
participating in the program. Nicole presented the pricing of $360 per ton (so the Borough
would still make $5 per ton) and the shipping costs would be the responsibility of Net Your
Problem.
Outreach: Laine Welch gave an update to the Board. There are ads in the Kodiak Daily Mirror
and on the radio, mainly focused on being Bear Aware. There has been a lot of good info
provided in this meeting that she would like to include in the next Kodiak Daily Mirror article
that she does. Chair Nick Szabo suggested that she do an article on the code enforcement
officer. There was a small discussion about how the new code enforcement officer is doing, and
what his approach is.
There was discussion about how the dumpster sites are doing. David Conrad told the Board that
Engineering and Facilities Department has received game cameras to be able to put to use.
Laine Welch brought up that if people are leaving the dumpster sites as messy as they have
been it does that ultimately result in higher trash fees. Patrick Cummings noted that people
need to change their habits. The cameras are a great idea, but remember people will not
change unless there are fees/laws that are enforced. Doug Hogen thought that sometimes
people leave stuff outside the dumpsters incase someone else could make use of it. There was
a small discussion about a reuse/transfer site. Not an encouraged idea due to issues with
compliance and expensive to operate.
Visitor Comments: None
Board Member Comments:
P. Cummings —None.
D. Hogen — It is nice to see Chris Lynch here — it would be great to see and hear from her more.
L. Welch — Great meeting tonight. I wish there were some way to broaden the discussion and
get more community involvement.
N. Svoboda —none.
T. Pruitt —Working on more social media posts.
D. Conrad — Chris Lynch is frustrated, as many of us are, that these meetings are just talking
with no action. And it would be good to focus on one subject and get something done.
Advertising and outreach will always need to happen in the background.
N. Szabo —Thank you staff.
Meeting Schedule —Tuesday October 27th, 2020.
Adjournment
CUMMINGS MOVED to adjourn. WELCH seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:16p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
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Patricia Valerio, Board Secretary
KIB Engineering/Facilities Department
APPROVED BY:
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Ni Szabo, Chair
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