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Great River Regional Waste Authority
Regular Commission Meeting
April 24, 2002 Minutes
A meeting of the Great
River Regional Waste Authority Commission was held Wednesday, April 24, 2002,
at the Authority offices, 2092 303rd Avenue, Fort Madison, Iowa.
The following Commission Members were
present:
Chairman, Tracy Vance, Lee County;
Vice Chairman Pat Trueblood, City of Fort
Madison;
Commissioner Susan Dunek, City of Keokuk;
Commissioner John Emmett, Iowa State
Penitentiary;
Commissioner Marc Lindeen, Henry County.
The
following were also present at the meeting:
Mr. Mal Mullins, City of Keokuk; Mr. Tim Yoder, Business Manager; Mr.
Bob Watson, and Mr. Dan Hermes.
I. Meeting Called to Order
Chairman Tracy Vance called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
II. Approval
of the Agenda
Chairman
Vance called for additions, deletions, or corrections to the agenda.
Commissioner Emmett moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Commissioner
Lindeen. No discussion. Motion
adopted by unanimous voice vote.
III. Approval of Minutes, February 27, 2002
Chairman
Vance called for additions, deletions, or corrections to the minutes as
presented. Motion by Vice Chairman
Trueblood, seconded by Commissioner Dunek to approve the minutes. No further discussion. Motion
adopted by unanimous voice vote.
IV. Operations Report
Mr.
Tim Yoder reported to the Commission the tonnage reports for the Landfill and
the Compost Departments for March. The tonnages for the Keokuk Transfer
Station were given and it was noted that the City of Keokuk had brought in
10.08 tons of curbside recyclables into the transfer station in the month of
March. The Leachate Seep in Phase II has been given immediate attention. Barker Lemar has submitted an amendment
for a trench to be dug for the leachate to collect at. The radiator on the
Bomag had to be taken out and repaired.
The problem was too much dirt collected in the fins of the radiator. Lime for the compost pad started coming in
on April 17th. Keokuk
Contractor is doing the grading and packing of the lime. A proposal was given to the City of
Muscatine to grind their wood waste and screen their compost. A formal proposal was sent to Roquette
America, Inc for the sludge material.
April 25th will be an Open House for the Recycling
Center. An advertisement was drawn up
for the Recycling Do’s and Don’ts and was run in both the Daily Democrat and
the Gate City. The City of Keokuk has
requested a price reduction for C&D waste for housing demolition
project. The houses that are being
demolished are in someway connected with drug enforcement. Susan Dunek and
Mal Mullin were able to explain the program and wanted the Commission to
understand that the properties were being cleaned up at the city’s expense
and that the properties would then have to be maintained by Keokuk. The City of Keokuk was requesting this
assistance to help keep their costs down.
The Commission requested that the Business Manager have further
discussions with Jeff Hanen from the City of Keokuk to work out further
details of the proposal. The
Recycling RFP’s were shared with the Commission. There were only two bids, one from Waste Management, Inc. that
did not include a price for the material and the second bid from City Carton.
City Carton’s bid was for accepting the material loose at their Cedar Rapids
facility for sorting fee of $40 per ton.
This material would have to be accepted loose at the curb and the
glass would have to be accepted separately.
It was that this item be taken to Planning Committee and a response
brought back to the Commission at a later date.
V. Earthly Goods Report
The
City of Hutchinson has sent a letter requesting that the original agreement
be voided. They would like to replace
that agreement with one that would allow them to sell their product to
anyone. Earthly Goods would be paid a
10% sales commission on just the product that they are responsible for
selling. After some discussion,
Commissioner Dunek made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Lindeen to have
Doug Napier review the Hutchinson Agreement and void the existing contract
upon Doug’s approval and write a new contract. Motion was approved by
unanimous voice vote.
VI. Financial Report
Mr.
Tim Yoder presented the March Financial Statements to the Commission.
VII. Legal Counsel Report
None
VIII. Action Items
Resolution GRRWA 02-29: Resolution Approving Expenditures
of the Authority. Motion by Vice Chairman
Trueblood seconded by Commissioner Lindeen to approve Resolution 02-29. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Resolution GRRWA 02-30: Resolution Approving Budget for the
Fiscal Year July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. Motion by Vice Chairman Trueblood seconded by Commissioner
Lindeen to approve Resolution
02-30. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Resolution GRRWA 02-31: Resolution Approving Revised
Personnel Policy. Motion by Commissioner Lindeen seconded by Vice Chairman
Trueblood to table Resolution 02-31. No further discussion. Motion adopted by
unanimous voice vote.
IX. Other
Business
None
X. Board Member Comments
Commissioner
Lindeen voiced that the past nine months has been going great and that the
staff is doing a great job. Mr.
Lindeen would like to see GRRWA move forward.
XI. Public
Comments
None
XII. Adjourn
With
no further business before the Commission, Commissioner Dunek made a motion
to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Vice Chairman Trueblood Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Approved
as to form and content as adopted at the May 29, 2002 GRRWA Commission
meeting.
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