Great
River Regional Waste Authority Regular
Commission Meeting June
27, 2003 Minutes A
meeting of the Great River Regional Waste Authority Commission was held
Friday, June 27, 2003, at the Authority offices, 2092 303rd
Avenue, Fort Madison, Iowa. The following Commission Members were
present: Chairman, Marc Lindeen, Henry County; Vice Chairman John Emmett, Iowa State
Penitentiary; Commissioner Susan Dunek, City of Keokuk; Commissioner Steve
Ireland, City of Fort Madison The
following were also present at the meeting:
Mr. Tim Yoder, Director; Ms. Kjrsten Bobb, and Tim Buelow Barker Lemar; Ms. Carla Smith, Ms Nan Schneider, Ms. Sally Johnson, Mr. Wade Hamm
and Mr. Bob Watson. 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 deletion of Item VIII. Legal Counsel Report, seconded by
Vice Chairman Emmett. No
discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. III.
Approval
of May 23,2003 Meeting Minutes Vice
Chairman Emmett moved to approve the
May 23, 2003 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes as read, seconded by
Commissioner Dunek. No discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. IV.
Public Comments None V.
Barker-Lemar Update Ms.
Kjrsten Bobb shared with the Commission the drill team will be at the landfill
next week to drill the gas probes for the Tier 2 Analysis Field Work. Work on the Phase I landfill: Bids for the leachate collection system
are in. A bid for the Phase II Region
I well was included in the bid. The
goal for the leachate collection system in Phase I is to achieve effective
control of leachate. The leachate
level in the Phase I landfill has not yet been determined. Mr. Tim Buelow added that progress toward
leachate extraction and reporting to IDNR is necessary. Total cost of drilling the wells is at
approximately $12,000. Motion was
made by Commissioner Dunek to proceed with the bid to drill the wells.
seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett. No
discussion. Motion adopted by
unanimous voice vote. Ms. Bobb continued with Phase II Region 2: a 1993
permit included the Region 2. A later
permit of 1998 did not include Region 2 but was included in the total acres
of permitted space. Mr. Buelow
reported that the airport issue is one of the hurdles that GRRWA will have to
pass with the expansion plan. Barker
Lemar will be submitting a letter of correspondence to IDNR for a confirmation on the airport ruling.
Under the Iowa Code, the existing site is within 5000 feet of the
airport. The airport is a propeller
or piston type regulated airport. GRRWA
may have to prepare a plan so that the site is not a hazard to airplanes.
This could be done with a simple bird control plan. A motion by Vice Chairman Emmett for Barker Lemar to proceed
with a letter to IDNR for the Definition of Phase II Region 2 for expansion
plan purposes, seconded by Commissioner Dunek. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. VI.
Lee County Works Report Ms. Carla Smith, Lee County Works Program Director, gave an
update on the program, staff and working relationship with GRRWA. She introduced Nan Schneider as the
new Assistant Lee County Works
Supervisor. Nan’s good work ethics
and the ability to handle difficult issues, has given Carla more time to
spend one on one with participants and providers. VII.
Operations Report Mr.
Tim Yoder reported to the Commission the City of Keokuk brought in 20.43 tons
of curbside recyclable in May. The
WHO tub grinder will be taken to the Transfer Station in June so that staff
can grind the wood waste on site and then transfer the ground wood to Fort
Madison site. A temporary equipment
operator has been brought in to help with the daily work. With the Compost operation in full
production, the project work is not getting completed. The trees in the Ecolotree system have
been mowed off and the sprinkler heads have been taken out of the piping
system A truck has been purchased for
the Customer Drop Off Area that was approved in the Fiscal Year 2004
Budget. The frame is being stretched
before the SWAP Loader can be attached.
The cost of the truck was $19, 750.
A liquid manure tank has been purchased at a cost of $4270 to handle
the blood sludge from West Liberty Foods.
The sludge material was plugging up the fire truck pump and the staff
needed to act quickly with 8000 gallon of the blood sludge coming in every
day. The storage building has been
completed at the dock area. Six rows
of material have been constructed on the new pad. Temperatures are being taken daily on the rows. Each row has a different percentage of
each of the compostable materials.
Data will be collected and analyzed for the quality of the finished
product and the production time of the finished compost. Roger Beck was hired as the Recycle
material Supervisor. He comes from
the Marshalltown area. Roger has been
in the Recycling Business for the past five years and comes to GRRWA with a
background in the curbside recycling programs. A storage building for
appliance demanufacturing is needed in Henry County. The building will be set at Whaley Waste
Systems. The Henry County Contract is
with Whaley’s and that is where the residents are instructed to dispose of
their used appliances. Staff met with
Hopkirk & Feightner to renew insurance for Fiscal Year 2004. Property values were increased by
approximately $560,000. GRRWA’s
experience modification for Workers Compensation insurance rose from .93 to
1.05. Staff is establishing a list of
goals for the Methane project and possible matches for the use of the methane. Sales Tax has not been calculated
correctly for a number of years. The
error goes back to fiscal year 1997.
GRRWA owes the State of Iowa approximately $15,000. It was recommended by Director Yoder that
the back taxes be paid. A motion was
made by Vice Chairman Emmett to pay the back sales tax out of the Keokuk
General Fund, seconded by Commissioner Dunek. No further discussion.
Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Payroll and tax services will be monitored closely until
December 31, 2003. On January 1, 2004
payroll and tax services will be moved to TD&T for a bid of $250.00 per
month. The Director will be
requesting from the Lee County Auditor, to be put on the Lee County Board of
Supervisors agenda monthly for communication with the Lee County
Supervisors. This is requested due to
a recent email from Commissioner Woodruff on a time conflict with GRRWA’s
Regular Meetings. Commissioner Dunek
added that there have been two meetings that were made at 6:30 A.M. to suit
her schedule. Commissioner Dunek
added that the morning meetings are a much needed improvement over the
evening meetings that were held on a traditional church night. Vice Chairman Emmett voiced that he
appreciates the morning meetings.
Commissioner Ireland added to the conversation that as an appointed
official to the GRRWA Commission, he must attend the meeting when it is
held. Chairman Lindeen voiced that
the morning meetings are good for his schedule. WasteCon will be in St. Louis October 13th through
16th. There will be staff
attending training sessions that begin on Sunday October 12th. Pat Trueblood will be sent a letter
requesting his attendance at the July meeting. If he is unable to attend, he will be mailed a plaque and a
letter thanking him for his service. VIII.
Legal Counsel Report Deleted IX.
Action Items Resolution GRRWA 03-48: Resolution Approving Expenditures of the Authority. Motion by Vice Chairman Emmett seconded by
Commissioner Dunek to adopt Resolution GRRWA 03-48. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 03-49: Resolution Approving purchase of Equipment. Barker Lemar
Proposal. Motion by Commissioner Dunek seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett to
adopt Resolution GRRWA 03-38. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 03-50: Resolution Authorizing the Authority Director to Hire an
Equipment Operator. Motion made by
Vice Chairman Emmett seconded by Commissioner Ireland to adopt Resolution
GRRWA 03-50. No further
discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous
voice vote. Resolution GRRWA 03-51: Resolution Authorizing the Authority Director to Enter Into
Agreement with Fort Madison Rodeo Corporation for the use of Limited Portions
of the Authority’s Land for Camping or Other Temporary Living Quarters. Motion made by Commissioner Dunek seconded
by Vice Chairman Emmett to adopt Resolution 03-51. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. X.
Other Business None. XI.
Board Member Comments Vice
Chairman Emmett was impressed with the trip to New Jersey. He learned a lot about large scale
landfills. He commented on how the
landfill’s in New Jersey did not work with the public on acceptance of yardwaste. He first heard of a Balefill Landfill and
would like more information on them. Commissioner
Lindeen also would like to have more information on Balefill Landfill’s. He also shared with the Commission that
the Henry County Board of Supervisors had their own Tire Amnesty Days for
their residents. It was a very
successful event. The Supervisor’s
had appropriated $5000 for disposal of tires. At this point the disposal of the tires is at $17,000. Commissioner
Ireland is glad to be appointed to the GRRWA Commission. He was on the Board as an Alternate a few
years ago and now sees that the struggles that were once at GRRWA are non
existent. XII.
Adjourn With
no further business before the Commission Commissioner Dunek made a motion to
adjourn, seconded by Vice Chairman Emmett.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote. Approved
as to form and content as adopted at the July 25, 2003 GRRWA Commission
meeting.
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