12/01/2021 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
December 1, 2021- 5:15 PM
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Chambers
Call to Order
Chair Szabo called the regular meeting to order at 5:15p.m. on Wednesday December 1, 2021.
Roll Call
P. Valerio conducted a roll call, a quorum was established. Board members present were Chair
Nick Szabo, Andie Wall, Terri Pruitt, Doug Hogen, Patrick Cummings, and Nathan Svoboda.
Robert Williams was absent. Other's present were Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Member
Scott Arndt and Scott Smiley, Kodiak Island Borough Interim Manager David Conrad, Kodiak
Island Borough Solid Waste Manager Jena Hassinger, Threshold Recycling Services Manager
Chris Lynch, Alaska Waste Manager David Edwards and Kerri Irons.
Approval of Agenda
PRUITT MOVED to approve the agenda. HOGEN seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Approval of Minutes
HOGEN MOVED to approve the minutes of October 27, 2021. WALL seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Visitor Comments:
Discussion Items:
A. Outreach:
Terri Pruitt made an announcement that she had created ads for the holidays. She
found someone to translate them into Tagalog this time but would need help finding
someone to regularly do it.
Nick Szabo started the discussion about purchasing an ad in the Chamber of Commerce
Relocation Packet this up -coming year. There was a long discussion among the Board.
SZABO MOVED to pay for a full-page ad in the relocation packet for the Chamber of
Commerce. CUMMINGS seconded.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
B. Kodiak Tribal E -Waste Event:
Andie Wall announced that KANA (Kodiak Area Native Association) has scheduled their
E -Waste event. They have also extended the event to include on -road -system residents.
They partnered with Matson and have received two forty -foot shipping containers.
There was some discussion among the Board regarding this event possibly being a
conflict with the Kodiak Island Borough's existing contract with Threshold Recycling. It
was clarified that simply sharing or announcing the event was not a conflict.
C. Engineering & Facilities:
David Conrad announced multiple things for the Engineering department. He and Jena
Hassinger have been working with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the
Alaska State Department of Energy on the grant that Jena was awarded. The
Engineering and Facilities department supports the idea of doing an ad for Thresholds or
general solid waste information in the Chamber of Commerce Relocation packet.
Engineering and Facilities department applied for an additional $2,000 from the Kodiak
Brown Bear Trust (KBBT). Dave then asked the Board how they can measure the success
of doing ads and publications. There was more discussion among the Board regarding
the ad for the Chamber of Commerce and what content they would like to have in it.
D. Threshold Recycling:
Chris Lynch announced that Threshold has put out more holiday ads. Their hours will be
reduced Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve and they will be closed Christmas day and
New Year's Day. The prices for commodities are currently steady.
E. Alaska Waste:
David Edwards said they helped create the flyer in the packet for what is recyclable and
that they could do more edits to make it Kodiak focused. He also gave a small update on
the recent bear activity around the dumpsters. There was discussion regarding
dumpster divers and how to prevent. There was a small discussion regarding cameras to
monitor dumpster sites.
F. Strategic Planning and Goal Setting Continued:
Andie Wall reviewed the last discussion the Board had on this topic and provided an
overview of the handout she provided. The following items were the highlights of the
discussion: Contact Threshold regularly to find out what commodities are needed or
profitable, the Board receiving a report from Engineering department to review
numbers of recyclable materials going off island, unified logo, calendar of events for
SWAB, and Kerri Irons mentioned getting the kids enthusiasm involved with this work.
Andie also provided homework for the Board to do, a SWOT (Strength, Weakness,
Opportunity, and Threats), which is a type of analysis for the Board to do on their
effectiveness.
Visitor Comments: None
Board Member Comments:
S. Smiley —Just learning.
N. Svoboda — None.
A. Wall — None.
T. Pruitt — None.
D. Hogen — Kid's excitement equals doing more recycling. How do we make people take
ownership? Because that's when the big stuff happens.
P. Cummings — None.
S. Arndt — Thank you Nick for your service on this Board.
D. Conrad —Temperatures fluctuating, watch your houses for frozen piping. Thank you, Nick.
Meeting Schedule — Tentative Dec 29th if not the Dec 22"d
Adjournment
HOGEN MOVED to adjourn. CUMMINGS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:59p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Patricia Valerio, Board Secretary
KIB Engineering/Facilities Department
APPROVED BY:
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