07/27/2022 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
July 27th, 2022 - 5:15 PM
Kodiak Island Borough
Call to Order
Chair Andie Wall called the regular meeting to order at 5:17p.m. on Wednesday July 27th, 2022.
Roll Call
P. Valerio conducted a roll call, a quorum was established. Board members present were
Chairwoman Andie Wall, Vice Chair Doug Hogen, Robert Williams, Kerry Irons, and Terri Pruitt.
Nathan Svoboda and Patrick Cummings were absent. Other's present were Kodiak Island
Borough Assembly Member Scott Arndt, Kodiak Island Borough Engineering and Facilities
Director David Conrad, Kodiak Island Borough Solid Waste Manager Jena Hassinger.
Approval of Agenda
PRUITT MOVED to approve the agenda. IRONS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Approval of Minutes
HOGEN MOVED to approve the minutes of May 25th and June 22"d, 2022. PRUITT seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Visitor Comments:
Discussion Items:
A. Threshold Recycling — not present
B. Alaska Waste — not present
C. City of Kodiak — not present
D. Engineering & Facilities Dept Report:
David Conrad made the report for the Engineering & Facilities Department.
EF Dept met with Alaska Waste and are working on ironing out details of the contract.
Mostly definitions and clarifications of current verbiage. They are also waiting to hear
back from the Assembly Solid Waste Subcommittee to possibly move toward drafting
the next contract now. The Landfill Tour went well and hoping to do a Leachate
Treatment Plant tour soon as well. Jena announced that the fall Commercial hazardous
waste vent has been set for September 29th and 30tH
E. Outreach:
Patricia Valerio reviewed the signs that were purchased and are intended to go up at
Bayside Dumpster Site for sure and possibly Dark Lake. There was discussion regarding
dumpsters, cardboard dumpsters, and other possibilities for signs.
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Terri Pruitt spoke to Pam at KMXT to discuss new radio ads. Asked the Board for more
message ideas. There was some discussion on ad possibilities.
Andie Wall gave a general update on outreach and what the goals are. There needs to
be a solid steady line of outgoing outreach along with some creative ideas to captivate
people. Board asked to get the total spent on radio ads in the last fiscal year.
F. Plastic Bag Return
Robert Williams reported that he did some research about other cities and their
ordinances. He shared with the Board that there are basically two different ways to do
things one to make charging optional or to make it mandatory.
There was discussion among the Board of how to move forward and what the next steps
are. They discussed drafting a letter and presenting the idea of changing Kodiak's
ordinance at the next City and Borough Corporative Subcommittee.
IRONS MOVED to create a temporary sub committee to craft a letter regarding the bag
usages at retail stores, to make a recommendation of action to the Borough and City
Sub cooperative committee. Clarified as being Doug Hogen, Terri Pruitt, and Robert
Williams. PRUITT seconded.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
G. Survey Drafts
Andie Wall reviewed the history of where the survey was coming from and the goal of
the survey for the Board. There was discussion among the Board of what the overall
purpose of the survey is, what information they are looking to obtain from the
community, and how it is going to be structured.
The next steps will be to take the draft back to Quinton Fong and setup an expert panel
to help review and develop the survey further.
PRUITT MOVED to create and expert panel to analyze and craft the survey. IRONS
seconded.
ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
H. Strategic Planning and Goal Setting Continued:
Andie Wall presented a summary of where things are at with the strategic planning and
goal setting. The two things that are in the works are the survey and creating a basic
manual for board members. The survey is already underway, and Andie is hoping to
have a rough draft of the manual in August.
Visitor Comments: None
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Board Member Comments:
R. Williams — None.
D. Hogen — I will not be here for the next meeting but am looking forward to working on the
letter regarding the plastic bags.
K. Irons — I'm excited about the manual Andie is developing. The trip to the Landfill was so
amazing and informative and I'm looking forward to the Leachate Treatment Plant Tour. Thank
you to the Board and the EF staff. The EF staff is always accessible and accommodating and so
helpful all the time —thank you.
T. Pruitt — Looking forward to drafting the letter about the plastic bags. I'm going to be thinking
a lot about it.
A. Wall — Excited about the movement and momentum of the Board. Thank you all for your
hard work.
Meeting Schedule — August 24th, 2022.
Adjournment
HOGEN MOVED to adjourn. IRONS seconded.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
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Pa ricia Valerio, Board Secretary
KIB Engineering/Facilities Department
APPROVED BY:
"Andie Wall, Chair
Solid Waste Advisory Board
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