05/24/2023 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 24T", 2023 at 5:15 KODIAK FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER Call to Order Kerry Irons called the regular meeting to order at 5:37pm. Roll Call Board Secretary Brian Price conducted a roll call, a quorum was established. Board members present were Vice -Chair Kerry Irons, Terri Pruitt, Lawrence Van Deale, and Chair Andie Wall who arrived later due to travel delays. A Quorum was established. Other members present were KIB Solid Waste Manager Jena Hassinger, KIB Engineering and Facilities Director David Conrad, USCG Representative Jennifer Nutt, and Alaska Waste Representative David Edwards. Approval of Agenda VAN DAELE MOVED to approve the agenda as amended to include discussion of planning for the town hall meeting about bears. PRUITT seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Approval of Minutes WALL MOVED to approve the minutes of March 22, 2023. IRONS seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY. VAN DAELE MOVED to approve the minutes of April 19, 2023. WALL seconded. ROLL CALL VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Acknowledgement of Financial Report Kerry Irons acknowledged the financial report. The board discussed with KIB Staff for clarification on figures within the report. Visitor Comments Discussion Items: A. Living With Bears Around Kodiak —Town Hall Meeting Lawrence Van Daele provided the meeting members with a handout draft that outlined planning and logistics of the proposed town hall meeting in conjunction with the Kodiak Unified Bear Subcommittee set for June 17th. Several entities had expressed interest in participating. Each entity will have a representative to answer public questions. More details on the meeting format were expressed such as time frame and structure. Ideas such as door prizes were brought up. The board discussed. SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES, MAY 24, 2023 - 5:15PM Page 1 of 3 VAN DAELE MOVED to continue working with KUBS for B. Threshold Services Report (if present) C. Alaska Waste Report (if present) D. City of Kodiak Report (if present) E. Engineering and Facilities Report (if present) David Conrad gave his report. He made comments regarding the SWAB survey recently put out. There were questions on the survey he felt the board needed to educate themselves on before trying to gather public opinion regarding the topics. Examples such as fiscal impacts and the reality of solid waste management in Kodiak were listed. David Conrad also recommended bringing forward events, planning, and data to the Borough Assembly. The board discussed the purpose of the survey. F. Outreach Reports Terri Pruitt gave her report on the recently written newspaper articles. She stated that the article space in the paper is available every other week for SWAB. Edits to Terri Pruitt's article were mentioned. G. Strategic Planning and Organization Staff Brian Price gave his report on the recent purchasing of Art Contest tote bags. He shared details such as pricing, shipping, and the procurement process for the items. The board discussed the possible purchase of the last part of the order but decided it would not get here in time if done so. Andie Wall noted the next meeting scheduled for June 28, 2023 and that she would not be able to attend. Kerry Irons suggested that the meeting be scheduled a week earlier so that Andie can be present. The board wanted to schedule it as a special meeting focused on strategic planning and organization. Kerry Irons planned to put together an agenda to get to board staff Brian Price. Visitor Comments Board Member Comments Lawrence Van Daele — I personally would like to see something similar to the survey we gave to the public given to the SWAB members so that we can educate ourselves on the background of and solutions to problems. It will help us be more realistic about what we're working on. Andie Wall — Larry, I want to thank you for effort in connecting KUBS and SWAB. I think this is a great opportunity to establish a relationship between and continued support. I look forward to partnering with KUBS and other entities moving forward. Also, thanks to Dave for your comments. I think the SWAB educating themselves is important. I'd like to also mention I will be out of town the 241h of June through the 20 of July and will be unavailable during that time. Kerry Irons —Thanks to you guys. Very helpful conversations. Larry thank you for your effort with the town hall meeting. SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES, MAY 24, 2023 — SASPM Page 2 of 3 Meeting Schedule Next meeting was a special meeting scheduled for June 21, 2023 at 5:15pm. Adjournment Vice Chair Kerry Irons Adjourned the meeting at 7:12pm EMITTED BY: \/a,1 0 Brian Price, Board Secretary KIB Engineering/Facilities Department APPROVED BY: Andie Wall, Chair Solid Waste Advisory Board SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES, MAY 24, 2023 - 5:15PM Page 3 of 3 Date: 3o ZbZ3 Date: 6I 103 L� R;c �iv:D SEP 1 2 2023 BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE KODIAK, ALASKA