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SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES BOROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
November 10, 2010 @ 5:15 PM
Borough Conference Room
Call to Order
Chair Szabo called to order the Regular Meeting of the SWAB at 5:17pm on November 10, 2010
at KIB Assembly Chambers.
Roll Call
J. Basuel conducted a roll call and a quorum was established. The following persons were present:
Board Members Present Not Present Excused
Harrington, Cindy ✓
Mahoney, Ed ✓
Martin, Turk ✓ ✓
Tracy, Donn ✓
Szabo, Nick ✓
Turner, Darlene ✓ ✓
Also in attendance were: Woody Koning, Jack Maker and Jessica Basuel, Kodiak Island Borough, Ken
Reinke, Threshold Services, Inc., and Rick Vahl, Alaska Waste.
Reading of Mission Statement
To assist and advise the Borough Assembly in identifying solutions to solid waste management
by collecting and reporting varied viewpoints, sponsoring public outreach, and developing
specific projects with a focus on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
Approval of Agenda
It was MOVED, E. Mahoney and seconded to Approve the Agenda. Motion CARRIED by a
unanimous voice vote.
Approval of Previous Minutes — June 9, 2010
It was MOVED, C. Harrington and seconded to Approve the Minutes of June 9, 2010. Motion
CARRIED by a unanimous voice vote.
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Visitor Comments
None
Reports
a. KIB Code Enforcement Officer, Jack Maker
Jack Maker reported on illegal dumping of bulky items and trash beside dumpsters; junk and
abandoned vehicles, other illegal dumping issues and how to improve them. He stated the
Borough was working on portable signage and planning a public awareness campaign using
local media and flyers. He said the Borough was seeking advice from their attorney regarding
legality of video surveillance at dumpster sites.
b. Threshold Services, Inc., Executive Director, Ken Reinke
Ken Reinke gave handouts and a report to the board stating the increase in recycling was due to
installing the collection stations and doing a public awareness campaign.
c. Alaska Waste, Site Manager, Rick Vahl
Rick Vahl told the Board there were 3 main points he wanted to discuss with the Board: The
first point; Administration and the billing process that Alaska Waste took on with the new
contract. He stated Alaska Waste was going through a long awaited audit of accounts and
communicating effectively with the Borough in order to get the information needed. The
second point; Alaska Waste was reaching out to business owners and getting them on board
with the new system; for instance there were 3 additional dumpsters placed in the downtown
district once the accountability factor went into play. The third point; Residential service
welcome packets were a hit and it gave Alaska Waste the opportunity to work with the
customer at the curb. He told the Board Alaska Waste was holding Bi- weekly meetings with the
Borough. He said their office was fully educated on what was and what was not recyclable, they
encourage folks to recycle and they market the Threshold drop off location along with trying to
educate the public on recycling. He recommended that the Board read an inspiring Pay- As -You-
Throw article that was in the Municipal Solid Waste Management.
Old Business
None
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New Business
a. Election of Vice Chair
Chair Szabo opened the nominations. It was MOVED, E. Mahoney and seconded to nominate D.
Tracy as Vice Chair. No other nominations were made. Chair Szabo closed the nomination.
Motioned CARRIED by a unanimous voice vote.
b. Discussion Items: Round Table Discussion on Recycling Efforts in the Community.
Chair Szabo invited R. Vahl & K. Reinke to join the Board at the table. He started the discussion
by stating the public's going to need a lot more encouragement to recycle according to the
figures Threshold gave the Board. Some points and suggestions made were; cost, convenience,
incentives, sustainability for municipalities, ramp up of public outreach, setting examples, huge
recycle signs in all public buildings, co- mingling vs. separating, partner up with large influential
groups, ban plastic water bottles at Assembly meetings. Chair Szabo asked the Board where
they would like to go from there as far as public outreach and it was agreed to focus on
corrugated cardboard.
Visitor Comments
Sandra West told Jack Maker, Ken Reinke and Rick Vahl that she really appreciated them and
said they were a great asset to the community. She said she found it difficult to understand
how the goal for the Borough was to increase the diversion rate without knowing what it was.
She stated she understood in Europe it's illegal not to recycle and that people would get fined
for not doing so. She stated that when the contract was approved people would ask her how
they were going to get rid of their garbage and her response was that they got it into their
homes so somehow they would figure out how to get rid of it. She said the same for plastic
bottles; someone paid to get them here and so there would be a cost to get them out of here,
whether it's added tax or paying the contractor or Threshold to do it.
Board Comments
C. Harrington thanked the Board for giving her the opportunity to serve with them; her term
was up at the end of the year and thought she would redirect her energies and be resigning.
Chair Szabo told C. Harrington she would be missed and was a real asset on the Board. He
mentioned that some communities add a tax for bottled water and asked W. Koning if the
Assembly had ever discussed it. He told the Board that in China people took their own bags
shopping or had to pay for them at the store. He believed unless you started making it
profitable for people to do something differently or make it expensive for them to keep doing
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what they're doing, people wouldn't change. He suggested exploring a recommendation to the
Assembly about a bottle tax or bottle deposit.
D. Tracy also told C. Harrington that she would be missed and was sad to hear she would be
moving on to other things.
Meeting Schedule
Chair Szabo asked that the Borough secretary poll the board for a date possibly in early
December.
Adjourn
There being no further business before the Board the meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.
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