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Great River Regional Waste Authority
Regular
Commission Meeting
February
27, 2002 Minutes
A meeting of the Great
River Regional Waste Authority Commission was held Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at the Authority
offices, 2092 303rd Avenue, Fort Madison, Iowa.
The following Commission Members were present:
Vice Chairman Pat Trueblood, City of Fort Madison;
Commissioner Marc Lindeen, Henry County;
Commissioner John Emmett, Iowa State Penitentiary;
Commissioner
Susan Dunek, City of Keokuk;
The
following were also present at the meeting:
Mr. Tim Yoder, Business Manager; Mr. Bob Watson, Recycling
Administrator, Mr. Doug Napier, Legal Counsel.
I. Meeting Called to Order
Vice
Chairman Pat Trueblood called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
II. Approval
of the Agenda
Vice
Chairman Trueblood called for additions, deletions, or corrections to the
agenda.
Commissioner
Lindeen to approve the agenda with the following: deletion of item #6,
deletion of item #8, And deletion of item #11, seconded by Commissioner
Dunek. No discussion. Motion
adopted by unanimous voice vote.
III. Approval of Minutes, February 6, 2002
Vice
Chairman Trueblood called for additions, deletions, or corrections to the
minutes as presented. Motion by Commissioner Dunek, seconded by Commissioner
Emmett to approve the minutes. No
further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
IV. Walker & Egerton, P.C. Fiscal Year
2001 Audit Report
Ms. Kinmberly Hunsaker presented the Commission
with Fiscal Year 2001 Audit.
She reported that the “going concern”
was again omitted from the report. It
was
reported that GRRWA is moving in the
“right direction” with the finances.
V. Operations Report
Mr.
Tim Yoder reported to the Commission the tonnage reports for the Landfill and
the Compost Departments for January.
Repairs to the safety gates at the Keokuk Transfer Station have been
completed. Staff is in need of more
Lee County Works Participants for the program. Bob Watson has been working with area high schools on interest
of the greenhouse and composting projects.
Staff has completed the training courses at Southeastern Community
College. The Commission was given a
list of Coffee Stains that the staff was able to put together through the
training. Susan Dunek gave a brief
explanation of Coffee Stains and why the Coffee Stains are of great
importance to GRRWA. The Haz Chem
Center, has $22,000 of Grant Money that needs to be spent on a Satellite
Center. It was reported to the
Commission that Henry County was looked at as a possible location for the
center. However, it was felt that it
should be placed in Lee County to better serve the small quantity
generators. A motion was asked for to
place the Satellite Center at the Keokuk Transfer Station and approval to
send a staff member to 40 hour Haz Mat Training so the center will be
adequately staffed. Motion was made by Commissioner Emmett and seconded
by Commissioner Dunek to place the Satellite Center at Keokuk Transfer
Station and send a staff member to the 40 hour Haz Mat Training. Motion was approved by unanimous voice
vote.
VI. Earthly Goods Report
Deleted.
VII. Financial Report
Mr.
Tim Yoder presented the January Financial Statements to the Commission
VIII. Legal Counsel Report
Deleted
IX. Action
Items
Resolution GRRWA 02-25: Resolution Approving Expenditures
of the Authority. Motion by Commissioner
Lindeen seconded by Commissioner Dunek to approve Resolution 02-25. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Resolution GRRWA 02-26: Resolution Approving RFP for
Recycling Services. Motion by
Commissioner Dunek seconded by Commissioner Lindeen to approve Resolution
02-26. No further discussion. Motion
adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Resolution GRRWA 02-27: Resolution Approving Barker Lemar Services
Proposal. Motion by Commissioner Dunek seconded by Commissioner Emmett to
approve Resolution 02-27. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous
voice vote.
X. Other Business
None
XI. Executive
Session – Deleted
XII. Board Member Comments
Commissioner
Lindeed expressed the appreciation of the weekly newsletter that has been
sent to the Commissioners as a tool to keep them more involved in daily
activities at GRRWA.
XIII. Public Comments
Sally Johnson
asked about expansion of the landfill and also what the Planning
Committee had discussed at their
meeting.
XIV. Adjourn
With
no further business before the Commission, Commissioner Dunek made a motion
to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Emmett. No further discussion. Motion adopted by
unanimous voice vote.
Approved as to form and content as adopted
at the March 27,, 2002 GRRWA
Commission meeting.
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