Great River Regional Waste Authority Regular Commission Meeting March3, 2004 Minutes A meeting of the Great River Regional Waste Authority Commission was
held Friday March3, 2003, at the Administration Building, 2092 303rd
Avenue, Fort Madison, Iowa. The following Commission Members were present: Chairman, Marc Lindeen, Henry County; Vice Chairman, John Emmett, Iowa State Penitentiary; and Commissioner Dunek, City of Keokuk; Commissioner Steve Ireland, City of Fort Madison; and Commissioner, Bob Woodruff, Lee County. The following were also present at the meeting: Mr. Tim Yoder, Director; Ms. Christine
Collier Barker Lemar; Mr. Bob Watson; Dee Wiegand and Sally Johnson I.
Meeting
Called to Order Chairman Marc Lindeen called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. II.
Approval
of the Agenda Chairman Lindeen called for additions, deletions, or corrections to
the agenda. Commissioner Dunek moved to approve the agenda with the addition
of Resolution 04-33 and Resolution 04-34 seconded by Vice Chairman
Emmett. No discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. III.
Approval
of January 23, 2003 Meeting Minutes Commissioner Woodruff moved
to approve the January 23, 2003 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes as read,
seconded by Commissioner Ireland. No
discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. IV.
Public Comments None. V. Walker Egerton
& Hunsaker: FiscalYear 2003 Ms. Kimberly Hunsaker presented to the Commission
the Fiscal Year 2003 Audit. She
pointed out the highlights of the Audit to the Commission that can be read in
the Audit Report. Her last comment
was that there are no going concerns and that the Authority is moving in the
right direction. VI.
Barker
Lemar Update Ms. Christine Collier was present from Barker Lemar
Engineering. She briefly discussed
the proposals that were added to the meeting agenda. VII.
Directors
Report Mr. Tim Yoder reported to the Commission the
following items: Roauette America, Inc. used the Haz Chem Satellite Facility
during the month of January. Staff
members Dan Hermes and Tom Smutzer assisted Haz Chem Staff as part of the
monthly training requirements. The Articulated Dump Truck repairs have been
completed. Some additional wear parts
were replaced while the truck was torn apart. These additional parts are
needed for safe operation of the equipment. The 963 Track Loader was taken into the shop in
Hannibal the week of February 16th for a new undercarriage. Nearly 4800 hours of use is on the
machine. This is extended life on the
undercarriage. Normally an equivalent
track loader could only have 3000 hours of life before a new undercarriage is
needed. The extended hours of
operation, before replacement, is attributed to the preventative maintenance
that is being completed on the equipment. A new access road at the south end of the Phase 2
Region 1 Landfill needs to be constructed.
The existing road is only one lane wide and is not adequate for the
amount of traffic in and out of the landfill. The road will be widened to allow for the truck traffic. Clay will be used and new rock will have
to be purchased for a base unless GRRWA can come across brick or clean
concrete. The culverts on the west and
east side of the existing road will have to be extended also. Staff met with Caterpillar and Trimble in
February. The Trimble company is
working jointly with Caterpillar in the GIS and laser industry with heavy
equipment. Trimble shared with staff
the advantages of using a GIS and/or a laser instrument with our heavy
equipment to assist with the construction of the landfill. Preliminarily, the cost savings could be
enormous for GRRWA. Once the cost of
the GIS/laser equipment is given to staff, the cost savings analysis can be
completed. Staff went to a meeting that was put on by
Altorfer, Inc. that discussed the Certified Power Train Rebuild program and
the Certified Rebuild program for Caterpillar equipment. Staff was given the opportunity to see a
Certified Power Train Rebuild on a Caterpillar 826 Landfill Compactor. All components of the compactor are gone
through. Electrical harnesses are
replaces. Staff will consider the
replacement of the Bomag with a Certified Rebuilt Compactor when the replacement
is scheduled. Machines that are
Certified Rebuilt can be purchased for half the cost of new and come with a
new serial number and warranty that is equivalent to a new machine. West Liberty Foods made a site visit in the month
of February. After the tour of the
compost facility, WLF staff inquired about GRRWA ability to accept additional
organic material from their three operations in Iowa. Samples of the material were shipped to
the compost site and the material was incorporated into the windrows. Data from this material will be made at
the end of the compost cycle, as to whether or not GRRWA can accept the
material for composting and if so the quantity of the material that GRRWA
will be capable of handling. Shipments of bagged material are leaving for
retail stores in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana. R&R Marketing is still looking at
moving up to 600,000 bags of material for the 2004 bagging season. Jon Whitmore, an equipment operator, fell off the
screener on February 10, 2004. The
fall resulted in a compound fracture.
Jon will be off work for at least two to three months. Jon was performing routine duties when he
fell. He was in the process of cleaning out frozen material in the hopper
area of the screener. Powerscreen
Safety Department has been notified of the accident and request of any safety
devices that could be added to the hopper area to make it safer for
cleaning. Powerscreen sent an
engineer from the Terex Company (owner of Powerscreen) to take pictures of
the equipment and complete a fact find on the incident. Terex will be getting back to GRRWA on how
to proceed. There has been some interest by Lee County
Residents in the Wever area for a Recycling Trailer similar to the trailers
that have been purchased by Grants from GRRWA in Keokuk, Donnellson, West
Point, Montrose and Franklin. It was
explained to the residents that GRRWA could not be responsible for the
trailer and the drop off site, that this is something that Lee County and
GRRWA would have to discuss to make a drop off area happen. A letter was received from Indian Hills Community
College concerning the future of the Iowa Waste Exchange in our area. The letter was shared with the Commission
and was recommended by the Director to provide financial assistance to the
Iowa Waste Exchange to keep an office in our area. A motion was made by Commissioner Dunek to
give $2000.00 of assistance to the Iowa Waste Exchange from the Recycling
Retention Fund seconded by Commissioner Ireland. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. VIII.
Earthly Goods Report Product is moving out. The 600,000 bag estimate that was made to GRRWA by R&R
Marketing at the beginning of the year will be met. IX.
Action Items Resolution GRRWA 04-29: Resolution Approving Expenditures of the
Authority. Motion by Commissioner
Dunek seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett to adopt Resolution GRRWA 04-29. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 04-30: Resolution Approving
State Audit. No motion. Resolution GRRWA 04-30 failed. Resolution GRRWA 04-31: Resolution Approving the SCS Engineers
Proposal. Motion made by Commissioner
Dunek seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett to adopt GRRWA 04-31. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 04-32: Resolution Approving the RFP for Hauling
Services. Motion made by Vice
Chairman Emmett seconded by Commissioner Dunek to adopt Resolution 04-32. No
further discussion. Motion adopted by
unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 04-33: Resolution Approving Barker Lemar
Proposal. Motion made by Commissioner Dunek seconded by Vice
Chairman Emmett to adopt Resolution 04-33.
No further discussion. Motion
adopted by unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 04-34: Resolution Approving Barker Lemar
Proposal. Motion made by
Commissioner Dunek seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett to adopt Resolution GRRWA 04-32. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. X.
Other Business None. XI.
Board Member Comments None With no further business before the Commission,
Vice Chairman Emmett made a motion to
adjourn, seconded by Commissioner Ireland.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Approved
as to form and content as adopted at the March 31, 2004 GRRWA Commission
meeting.
Thursday - December 04, 2008 - 01:22 pm CST
XII. Adjourn
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