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Great River Regional Waste Authority
Regular
Commission Meeting
May
29, 2002 Minutes
A
meeting of the Great River Regional Waste Authority Commission was held
Wednesday, May 29, 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. Tim Yoder, Business Manager;
Mr Bob Watson; Mr. Wade Hamm,
Ms. Christine Port, Barker Lemar, Mr. Tom Clark, Barker Lemar, and Ms.
Kjrsten Bobb Barker Lemar.
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, April 24, 2002
Chairman
Vance called for additions, deletions, or corrections to the minutes as
presented. Motion by Commissioner
Lindeen, seconded by Vice Chairman Trueblood 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 April.
The tonnages for the Keokuk Transfer Station were given and it was
noted that the City of Keokuk had brought in 14.2 tons of curbside recyclable
into the transfer station in the month of April. The Haz Chem Mobile event that was coordinated with the City of
Keokuk’s City Wide Cleanup brought in 7731 pounds of material. It was shared that staff met with Jeff
Hannen from the City of Keokuk. The
City of Keokuk will be moving ahead with the demolition project of 4 to 6
houses and a new proposal will be sent to the Commission in the month of June
for consideration for a reduction in disposal fe for the demolition
material. The tranch was approved by
IDNR to help control leachate at the base of the landfill. The construction of the trench has been
completed. Barker Lemar staff has
constructiod a bio filter system on the Phase II Landfill. Lee County Engineer’s staff has completed
the cleaning of the ditches here at the landfill. Nine inches of lime has been packed down on the new Compost
Pad. Next steps to complete the pad
is to put a chain link fence around the perimeter of the landfill and the
completion of the grinding of wood.
Staff is working with five participants every day with a total of six
participants in the Lee County Works program. Attendance has been near perfect for all six of the
participants over the last couple of months.
Tire Amnesty Days for 2002 brought in 719 tires in Henry County, over
15 ton in Fort Madison and 11 ton in Keokuk.
The semi annual Bond Payment will take place on May 31, 2002. A press conference will be held on May 31
at the Administration Building in Fort Madison for the payoff of the 1989
Bond. Effective May 22, 2002 the IDNR
has issued a Regulatory Update on SpecialWaste Authorizations. The summary of the update includes the
permitted Landfill to identify the special waste acceptance criteria for
their landfill and to work directly with the generator on the acceptance of
the material. A project list has been
made for the landfill and compost departments. Due to the number and severity of some of the projects in these
two departments, staff has been assigned particular areas to be responsible
for. Wade Hamm will be strictly in
charge of the Landfill and Bob Watson will be in charge of the startup of the
Compost Pad. These are temporary
assignments for the staff. A Waiver
Of Damage form was handed out to the Commission. This will be for approval at the June Meeting.
V.
Barker Lemar Update
Christine
Port from Barker Lemar gave a presentation on the Phase I Leachate Control
system that will be put into place this summer. She reported on the Phase II Leachate Control seeps at the Top
;and Bottom of the Landfill. The
Phase II Methane Gas Control was discussed and a report will be brought back
to the Commission at the June meeting as to recommendations on how to handle
the methane in Phase II. A short
presentation was given on the Barker Lemar Compliance Calendar. The Commission had some questions in
regards to the Terms and Conditions of the software and ownership. A motion was made by Commissioner Dunek
and seconded by Commissioner Emmett to accept the proposal for Drilling
Activities with a not to exceed figure of $13,545. Discussion: Vice Chairman Trueblood would like to have
proposals further in advance to have the time to look them over instead of
being handed to him on the spot. Motion was adopted by unanimous voice vote. All Aye.
A
second motion was made by Commissioner Dunek and Seconded by Commissioner
Emmett to pay for the drilling activities out of the Planning Fund. Motion
was adopted by unanimous voice vote.
All Aye.
VI.
Earthly Goods Report
Mr.
Bob Watson handed out results from the Fort Madison High School greenhouse
project. These results showed that
the Earthly Goods Compost was as good if not better in some areas than Big
Blue Compost and Miracle Grow soil.
VII.
Financial
Report
Mr.
Tim Yoder presented the April Financial Statements to the Commission
VIII.
Action
Items
Resolution GRRWA 02-31: Resolution Approving Revised Personnel Policy. Motion by Vice
Chairman Trueblood seconded by Commissioner Emmett to table Resolution GRRWA
02-31. No further discussion. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Resolution GRRWA 02-32: Resolution Approving Expenditures of the Authority. Motion by Vice Chairman Trueblood seconded
by Commissioner Dunek to approve Resolution 02-32. No further discussion.
Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
IX.
Other
Business
Vice
Chairman Trueblood asked the Business Manager to pursue having items made
from recyclable material available for retail sales here at GRRWA.
Union
Representative Otto Groenewald requested a formal meeting with the Personnel
Committee.
X.
Board Member Comments
Vice
Chairman Trueblood would like to see a second Commissioner represented on the
Personnel Committee to represent the employees of GRRWA besides a management
representative. It was discussed that
each Commission member was approinted to a department during the transition
period (the time from when Director Bobb resigned until a replacement
decision was made). Chairman Vance
appointed himself to the Personnel Committee because of the time consumption
of the appointment.
XI.
Public
Comments
None
XII.
Adjourn
With
no further business before the Commission Commissioner Lindeen made a motion
to adjourn, seconded by Commissioner Dunek. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Approved
as to form and content as adopted at the June 26, 2002 GRRWA Commission
meeting.
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