WEBVTT 00:00:01.090 --> 00:00:12.743 - All right, I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Board of Directors of the Waste Reduction District 00:00:12.743 --> 00:00:22.777 - of Monroe County for Thursday, May 14th, 2026. Mr. McClassen, will you please call the roll? 00:00:22.777 --> 00:00:30.654 - Piedmont Smith? Thomas? Wilts? Jones? Here. Ellis? Here. Thompson? Here. 00:00:32.322 --> 00:00:42.593 - here. You have a quorum present in the room and commissioners Jones and Madeira online. Thank you very 00:00:42.593 --> 00:00:52.765 - much. We'll move right along to approval of minutes from April 9th, 2026. We don't have any executive 00:00:52.765 --> 00:00:59.646 - committee meeting minutes because we did not meet April. We did meet 00:01:01.442 --> 00:01:10.542 - beginning of May, or was it May 1st? Yeah, it was May 1st. We'll have those next time. But the board 00:01:10.542 --> 00:01:19.551 - meeting minutes are here for your approval. Do I have a motion? Second. We have motion and a second 00:01:19.551 --> 00:01:29.822 - to approve the April 9th minutes. Any comments or questions? All right, let's do a roll call vote, please. Jones. 00:01:30.946 --> 00:01:43.572 - Yes. Ellis. Yes. Piedmont Smith. Yes. Madera. Yes. Thompson. Yes. Wilts. Yes. Motion passes unanimous. 00:01:43.572 --> 00:01:56.198 - Do we need to see the people who are online in order for them to vote? Usually only for budget things. 00:01:56.198 --> 00:01:59.998 - Oops. Is that only for budget? 00:02:03.362 --> 00:02:18.830 - sorry I can I can there understanding is that for all votes need to be seen and heard and for financial 00:02:18.830 --> 00:02:25.374 - votes you have to be in the room yeah right 00:02:33.570 --> 00:02:43.809 - So I don't know if we want to redo that vote with the commissioner Jones, uh, commissioner Madera. Can 00:02:43.809 --> 00:02:54.048 - you also get on camera or for some reason, my camera is sideways. Uh, I did turn on my camera for that 00:02:54.048 --> 00:03:02.398 - last vote. Um, this is the far side version. I think we can see that's what counts. 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:13.648 - Do we want to do that vote again? I mean, it did have a majority regardless, but. We can, it would probably 00:03:13.648 --> 00:03:24.149 - be cleaner to redo it with everybody visible. So sideways or not, if you could remain visible for the 00:03:24.149 --> 00:03:31.870 - vote and we'll do the vote over for the April meeting minutes. Jones. Yes. 00:03:33.026 --> 00:03:47.969 - Edmund Smith, Madeira? Yes. Thompson? Yes. Wilts? Yes. All right, next we will go to the controllers 00:03:47.969 --> 00:03:58.622 - report, starting with cash flows. And we have Teresa Gones on the team. 00:04:02.114 --> 00:04:16.965 - The cash flow summary is on page six of your board packet. Here are the balances as of April 30th. Operating 00:04:16.965 --> 00:04:31.134 - is $4,508,039.30. Debt service is $101.46. Capital is $46,201.47. Landfill post closure is $830,206.24. 00:04:31.394 --> 00:04:41.553 - The individual cash flow statements are on pages seven through 13. What questions are there on account 00:04:41.553 --> 00:04:51.515 - balances? All right. Any questions about cash balances or cash flows? I do have a couple of things I 00:04:51.515 --> 00:04:59.998 - wanted to just point out. So looking at the rate of expenses and the operations fund, 00:05:01.314 --> 00:05:12.077 - The line for other supplies is largely, is already depleted. There's only 28% remaining. So I wonder, 00:05:12.077 --> 00:05:22.840 - is that, do you have any problems with that before the end of the year, or can you move things around 00:05:22.840 --> 00:05:31.070 - in the supplies category? We could certainly move things around, but I would, 00:05:31.682 --> 00:05:38.672 - would want to look into more to see why the balance is currently where it is. Perhaps there was a beginning 00:05:38.672 --> 00:05:45.210 - of the year planned expenditure that was large that's happened. And the remaining budget is what was 00:05:45.210 --> 00:05:51.812 - anticipated for the remainder of the year. But regardless, I don't foresee any issues. The worst case 00:05:51.812 --> 00:05:56.990 - scenario would be a need to come to the board to move money between categories. 00:05:58.498 --> 00:06:09.830 - Is that, I see there was an $89,000 purchase in that line in March. Was that for orange bags? Okay, 00:06:09.830 --> 00:06:21.956 - so that is a once a year thing. That's a lot. It is. How many bags is that? Mr. Long? There was a question 00:06:21.956 --> 00:06:26.942 - about that $89,000 purchase, how many bags? 00:06:27.746 --> 00:06:34.979 - was that how many how many case we ordered by the case. Uh, I could look that up and get it to you. 00:06:34.979 --> 00:06:42.212 - But yes, it is a usually a once in the year purchase and we purchase that before the price goes up. 00:06:42.212 --> 00:06:49.590 - So right around that time we get a 3% increase every year. So we make our large purchase for the year 00:06:49.590 --> 00:06:52.990 - right then that way we avoid that 3% increase. 00:06:55.298 --> 00:07:03.369 - And we also agree to buy any of the overage that they run off. So as they're printing them and making 00:07:03.369 --> 00:07:11.282 - them, they usually have an overage. We usually buy whatever overage they have. That way we get them 00:07:11.282 --> 00:07:20.382 - at a cheaper rate. So this would last us at least a year. Yeah, these will last us until spring of 2027, for sure. 00:07:22.018 --> 00:07:31.488 - And I'll place another large order again, depend on the price increase as what we order. And we go from 00:07:31.488 --> 00:07:40.776 - there. But yeah, this will run into 2027. Given, you know, recent purchasing data from the retailers, 00:07:40.776 --> 00:07:50.974 - yeah, the supply of bags that we have in-house and on order will last us, should last us well into next summer. 00:07:51.106 --> 00:07:58.093 - One of the things that we appreciate about the vendor that we currently use is that they allow us to 00:07:58.093 --> 00:08:05.288 - order a very substantial quantity of bags and they will hold about half of that for us for six to seven 00:08:05.288 --> 00:08:12.207 - months so that we can move what we have and have space to store the remaining part of the order. Do 00:08:12.207 --> 00:08:14.974 - you know then what the cost per bag is? 00:08:18.722 --> 00:08:29.545 - I don't have it, but I can look it up and get it to you by the time I do my report, I believe. Okay. 00:08:29.545 --> 00:08:40.367 - Yes, Councilor Welch. In the first four months of this year, we brought in almost 80. Is that right? 00:08:40.367 --> 00:08:43.582 - Am I looking at that correct? 00:08:48.994 --> 00:08:57.838 - That does sound right, and you have to remember that the retail price of that bag also includes 00:08:57.838 --> 00:09:07.327 - transportation and disposal of the material that goes into the bag. If you look at the cost we pay per 00:09:07.327 --> 00:09:14.974 - bag, we're making money off of those bags, but that sale price also has to include 00:09:15.554 --> 00:09:26.398 - account for our cost to haul and dispose of the material right and then the other thing that I noticed 00:09:26.398 --> 00:09:37.242 - was we haven't had any insurance workers compensation is that line I'm sorry it's on page eight of the 00:09:37.242 --> 00:09:40.190 - packet in the expense table 00:09:40.738 --> 00:09:54.103 - there's no expenditures in that. Does that mean we haven't spent anything on the insurance or we haven't 00:09:54.103 --> 00:10:07.468 - paid out anything to workers? And those renew in December of every year. Any other comments or questions 00:10:07.468 --> 00:10:09.886 - on the cash flows? 00:10:15.618 --> 00:10:25.291 - Seeing none, we can move on to claims for approval. Ms. Goins. On page 14 of the packet, you have a 00:10:25.291 --> 00:10:34.964 - summary of the pre-approved payroll and claims since our last meeting in the amount of $168,577.57. 00:10:34.964 --> 00:10:40.478 - The backup for those numbers are on pages 15 through 52. 00:10:40.738 --> 00:10:49.955 - The payroll claims for approval this week were sent in an email on Wednesday in the amount of $103,133.07. 00:10:49.955 --> 00:10:58.569 - Documentation was included in the Wednesday email. That brings the total of all payroll claims that 00:10:58.569 --> 00:11:07.614 - we are recommending for approval to $271,710.64. What questions are there regarding any of these claims? 00:11:11.010 --> 00:11:20.442 - All right. Any questions about payroll and claims? Can we get a motion on the table for approval? I 00:11:20.442 --> 00:11:29.968 - move approval. Is there a second? Second. Right. If there are no questions, we can go to the public. 00:11:29.968 --> 00:11:38.174 - Is there any member of the public who would like to comment on our payroll and claims? 00:11:41.858 --> 00:11:51.456 - here in person, and I don't see any hands raised. So we can come back, and if there are no comments, 00:11:51.456 --> 00:12:00.959 - then we can go for a roll call vote. I do apologize. I have lost internet over here, so I can't see 00:12:00.959 --> 00:12:10.462 - the team's meeting right now. And that's a little far away from my old eyes. But Jones? Yes. Ellis? 00:12:11.938 --> 00:12:23.884 - Madeira? Yes. Wilts? Yes. Tiedemann-Smith? Yes. Thompson? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Great, 00:12:23.884 --> 00:12:36.323 - thank you. Next item is resolution 2026.05, declaration of surplus property. Mr. McGlasson, you want 00:12:36.323 --> 00:12:40.510 - to introduce this for us, please? 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:55.103 - And you can see that the vendor does maintenance and repairs on our inventory of roll-off boxes. 00:12:55.103 --> 00:13:03.950 - As advised, we have a number of boxes that are in need of some major repairs. Some of these boxes are 00:13:03.950 --> 00:13:12.970 - 25, 30-plus years old. And to the point that repair costs are approaching or meeting what it would cost 00:13:12.970 --> 00:13:14.878 - to just replace them. 00:13:15.074 --> 00:13:22.954 - So we have been able to reallocate existing appropriations to be able to purchase four replacement boxes, 00:13:22.954 --> 00:13:30.388 - two of which are already in our possession, and two of which were just recently ordered. In fact, I 00:13:30.388 --> 00:13:35.518 - think the payment for that was in the claims that you just approved. 00:13:36.226 --> 00:13:44.544 - Having done that, we would like to have four of the boxes that we have deemed un-economical to repair 00:13:44.544 --> 00:13:52.699 - declare surplus property so that we can see if there's anybody local interested in purchasing those 00:13:52.699 --> 00:14:00.446 - or we can get them scrapped at the local scrap yards. And then there's a truck as well, right? 00:14:05.794 --> 00:14:13.998 - Ford F-150 pickup that is it's it's staffs no longer using it for what it was you know for any of its 00:14:13.998 --> 00:14:22.121 - intended purposes we've you know over the past couple years have purchased some new trucks and those 00:14:22.121 --> 00:14:30.165 - are those are satisfying our needs and so we'd like to give you able to make this truck surplus and 00:14:30.165 --> 00:14:34.910 - resell it and get it off of our insurance. Mr. McGlasson I 00:14:35.426 --> 00:14:42.795 - I think your microphone is late in turning itself on and I see it, the recording is not capturing the 00:14:42.795 --> 00:14:50.236 - first few words you say each time, so maybe you could just tap it next time you speak to make sure it, 00:14:50.236 --> 00:14:57.532 - I don't know. Or just say a few fake words before. I don't know. I just noticed it wasn't picking it 00:14:57.532 --> 00:15:02.878 - up. This whole I don't know, well, did that come out later, was that his? 00:15:05.602 --> 00:15:31.646 - probably me have this one and that one on okay so mr. Ellis is your mic working okay 00:15:36.418 --> 00:15:49.226 - Is yours on? See mine just flipped off. Yeah, that's what they do. OK. They won't stay on green. There's 00:15:49.226 --> 00:16:02.156 - a certain minimum or maximum I mean that are allowed to be on at the same time. Am I is anybody up there? 00:16:02.156 --> 00:16:05.694 - Yeah. OK. What do you think? 00:16:06.050 --> 00:16:19.838 - I mean, yeah, just be aware. Don't say anything super important until a few words in. 00:16:56.994 --> 00:16:58.078 - We aren't getting. 00:18:03.362 --> 00:18:13.195 - Okay, is these working? Yeah. You want me to proceed with me making the resolution? Yes, please. I'll 00:18:13.195 --> 00:18:23.124 - make a motion for resolution 2026-05, Waste Reduction District of Monroe County Declaration of Surplus 00:18:23.124 --> 00:18:33.342 - Property. Second. That's a motion for adoption. That's correct. All right, we have a motion on the table. 00:18:33.570 --> 00:18:41.529 - Jones, did you have a question? No, I didn't. I was just wondering why I wasn't hearing anything. Yes, 00:18:41.529 --> 00:18:48.793 - I'm sorry. We had to reboot because our microphones weren't working right. Yep. They weren't. 00:18:48.793 --> 00:18:55.902 - She can confirm. All right. Any questions or comments from directors about this resolution? 00:19:01.666 --> 00:19:14.849 - go to the public. Is there any member of the public who would like to comment on resolution 2026-25? 00:19:14.849 --> 00:19:28.031 - Seeing none, we can have a roll call vote, please. Ellis. Yes. Thompson. Yes. Jones. Yes. Vera. Yes. 00:19:28.031 --> 00:19:31.294 - Except we can't see her. 00:19:32.002 --> 00:19:43.037 - Yes. Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Can we count Commissioner Madeira's vote? No. Right now. We can't 00:19:43.037 --> 00:19:53.857 - see her right now, so we can't count her vote. Commissioner Madeira. There she is. We can see her on 00:19:53.857 --> 00:20:00.606 - the big screen. Yeah, I actually might go in and out of range. 00:20:02.850 --> 00:20:12.144 - Could you cast your vote again, please? Yes. Thank you. All right. Moving right along, we have Resolution 00:20:12.144 --> 00:20:21.087 - 202606 for an additional appropriation. Yeah, and to a degree, this is related to the resolution that 00:20:21.087 --> 00:20:27.838 - was just passed. As I mentioned, we have a substantial inventory of roll-off 00:20:28.162 --> 00:20:35.921 - containers, boxes that we use at our collection sites for the materials that we collect. And you can 00:20:35.921 --> 00:20:43.834 - see, starting on page 58 of the packet, I've pulled off of our asset inventory the roll-off boxes that 00:20:43.834 --> 00:20:51.824 - we have. The ones highlighted in yellow were just declared surplus property in the previous resolution. 00:20:51.824 --> 00:20:56.894 - But that was just to kind of show the age of the boxes that were. 00:20:57.826 --> 00:21:08.244 - that we're dealing with here. And so in addition to the four that we have just replaced, we have a number 00:21:08.244 --> 00:21:18.072 - of other boxes that are also to the point that repair costs are going to meet or exceed replacement 00:21:18.072 --> 00:21:23.870 - costs. So the memo on page 56 shows the type and number of 00:21:24.162 --> 00:21:35.104 - containers that we would like to purchase with the portion of the appropriation for the equipment purchases. 00:21:35.104 --> 00:21:45.444 - A total of six, nine, 10 boxes for $69,000. And that we would be looking at anywhere for probably from 00:21:45.444 --> 00:21:51.166 - eight to 12 week delivery on those once they're ordered. 00:21:51.298 --> 00:21:59.194 - But once those start coming in, we would anticipate coming back to the board with another solution to 00:21:59.194 --> 00:22:07.091 - declare additional box of surplus property being the ones that those would replace. And additionally, 00:22:07.091 --> 00:22:15.142 - in this resolution, we're also asking for an appropriation for the roof of the administration building. 00:22:15.142 --> 00:22:20.638 - With some of the weather that we had this spring, we had some shingles 00:22:20.770 --> 00:22:31.242 - And while having repair work done on those, we were advised that this is the original roof of the building, 00:22:31.242 --> 00:22:41.230 - so it's about 30 years old, and it does need to be replaced. So we got quotes from three local roofing 00:22:41.230 --> 00:22:49.278 - contractors for both shingle and a metal roof. And the lowest received quotes are, 00:22:49.442 --> 00:22:59.415 - In the memo in the packet, they're on page 57 of the packet. And in discussing this with the executive 00:22:59.415 --> 00:23:09.484 - committee, there was a preference that we think the best option would be to go with the 29 gauge ribbed 00:23:09.484 --> 00:23:15.390 - metal panel roof. Would note that the quote for that $45,199 00:23:15.490 --> 00:23:23.403 - There is sufficient funds in our cumulative capital improvement fund to cover that. But if you'll recall, 00:23:23.403 --> 00:23:30.869 - for this exact circumstance, DLGF has always advised us to adopt a zero-sum cumulative capital fund 00:23:30.869 --> 00:23:38.782 - budget. So we have the budget adopted. It just has nothing appropriated. So we need to do this additional 00:23:38.782 --> 00:23:41.694 - appropriation to appropriate the funds 00:23:41.794 --> 00:23:50.563 - out of the cumulative capital funds so that they can be used to replace that roof. So that's what we're 00:23:50.563 --> 00:23:59.248 - asking for in this resolution. Thank you. Can we get a motion on the table, please? Approve resolution 00:23:59.248 --> 00:24:07.006 - twenty twenty six oh six. Right. Are there any questions from directors on this resolution? 00:24:11.330 --> 00:24:21.183 - briefly tell us the difference in maintenance and expected life on the three different roof systems. 00:24:21.183 --> 00:24:30.939 - For my understanding and discussion with roofing contractors is that the metal roofs certainly have 00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:39.134 - less maintenance. They're not as susceptible to wind damage that shingles would be. 00:24:40.738 --> 00:24:48.662 - Hale can be an issue. You can get some denting and stuff. But the experience of the contractors I talked 00:24:48.662 --> 00:24:56.058 - to is that the weather we get in this area does not cause significant damage to those roofs. And, 00:24:56.058 --> 00:25:03.831 - you know, depending on the conditions, the roof is subject to, you know, a 30 to 50 year lifespan. But 00:25:03.831 --> 00:25:08.510 - just the metal and how does that compare to the shingle roof? 00:25:09.122 --> 00:25:16.852 - The single roofs are more susceptible to weather damage and would have higher maintenance costs. And 00:25:16.852 --> 00:25:24.736 - I've been told we were very lucky to get 30 years out of this one. About 20 years is the expected life 00:25:24.736 --> 00:25:32.466 - on an asphalt single roof. You may not know this, but do you know if insurance will be slightly less 00:25:32.466 --> 00:25:34.686 - with a metal roof? I do not. 00:25:34.946 --> 00:25:42.028 - No, we can certainly inquire about that. I mean, that is, you know, if assuming that this is all approved 00:25:42.028 --> 00:25:48.776 - and we we make the installation of a different type of roof, we would certainly advise the insurance 00:25:48.776 --> 00:25:55.658 - company. Yeah, if it can be a couple hundred thousand, not a couple hundred thousand, a couple hundred 00:25:55.658 --> 00:26:02.539 - things a year. Let's take it. Yeah. The other thing about a metal roof is that at the end of its life, 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.742 - that metal can be 00:26:04.994 --> 00:26:20.771 - recycled or an asphalt roof, those shingles go in a landfill. And they're petroleum products, so it's 00:26:20.771 --> 00:26:32.062 - not a good source either, environmentally. We're using silver, not gold. 00:26:33.954 --> 00:26:42.028 - I have a question about the containers. Mr. McGlasson, you said, you say 10 containers, but there are 00:26:42.028 --> 00:26:50.499 - nine listed here. We're talking about nine, right? Did I miscount on the? Well, the last line is shipping, 00:26:50.499 --> 00:26:58.890 - so. Oh, yes. Yes, nine containers and one item of shipping. Sorry. And you said the lowest quote received 00:26:58.890 --> 00:27:03.006 - is listed here. So how many quotes did you receive? 00:27:04.226 --> 00:27:11.620 - Um, we had, we had three roofing contractors looked at it, look, look at it, and they were asked to 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:19.014 - provide quotes for both shingle and metal roofs. No, I mean the containers. Oh, the containers. Um, 00:27:19.014 --> 00:27:26.704 - uh, Mr. Long, he was the one that did that. Okay. I have two quotes back and I have another quote where 00:27:26.704 --> 00:27:31.806 - they referred me to the lowest quote. That's who they buy them from. 00:27:33.794 --> 00:27:43.834 - and I've got two other quotes out and haven't got no response back yet. Or I've talked to two other 00:27:43.834 --> 00:27:54.275 - people asking for a quote and haven't got no response yet. Okay, thank you. Do we have a policy we have 00:27:54.275 --> 00:28:02.206 - to take the lowest of the submitted quotes or is there a minimum quote number? 00:28:02.658 --> 00:28:11.195 - Our policy just refers to the state statute, so we have to seek three quotes. And there certainly have 00:28:11.195 --> 00:28:19.483 - been instances in the past where we have requested quotes from three suppliers and not received all 00:28:19.483 --> 00:28:28.185 - of them back, and we can't do much about that. But we would go with the lowest and most responsive quote 00:28:28.185 --> 00:28:30.174 - that we received on the 00:28:31.586 --> 00:28:39.021 - Criteria put forth in the request. So are the three codes required even for this dollar amount with 00:28:39.021 --> 00:28:46.903 - each one less than $10,000? For the individual containers, they would not be. But because we were looking 00:28:46.903 --> 00:28:54.487 - at a bulk purchase, in essence, we looked at what the total we estimated what the total cost would be 00:28:54.487 --> 00:29:00.510 - and exceeded $50,000. So we went ahead since we were buying multiple containers. 00:29:03.170 --> 00:29:11.394 - 50,000 you said? I believe 50,000 is the threshold to see quotes. Thank you for clearing that. All right. 00:29:11.394 --> 00:29:19.152 - If there are no other questions from board members, we can go to the public. Is there any member of 00:29:19.152 --> 00:29:27.065 - the public who would like to speak on this resolution for additional appropriation of funds? I assume 00:29:27.065 --> 00:29:32.030 - I would see something on this screen if somebody raised a hand. 00:29:33.602 --> 00:29:41.785 - I keep looking, I was like, I can't even see the two. I would have to scroll to see the bottom attendee, 00:29:41.785 --> 00:29:49.735 - but. All right, it looks like we don't have any then. So if there are no final comments, we can go to 00:29:49.735 --> 00:29:58.308 - a roll call vote, please. I would note based on the discussion we had earlier regarding online participation, 00:29:58.308 --> 00:30:02.750 - this is a financial vote. And so only those in the room. 00:30:03.426 --> 00:30:12.783 - to be voting on that. That's a I would say that's a conservative interpretation of the rule, but let's 00:30:12.783 --> 00:30:22.232 - go with it. The boards wish we can do. It's not a budget item, but it is not a budget item. Yeah, let's 00:30:22.232 --> 00:30:31.316 - let's go with the conservative approach. OK. Thompson. Yes. Wills. Yes. Edmonton Smith. Yes. Ellis. 00:30:31.316 --> 00:30:33.406 - Yes. Motion passes 40. 00:30:34.754 --> 00:30:44.126 - Thank you very much. We now will have a brief report about board action on filling the controller position. 00:30:44.126 --> 00:30:53.151 - Yeah, so I believe as everybody is aware at this time, Ms. Collins did tender her resignation some time 00:30:53.151 --> 00:30:58.878 - ago at this point, but her last day is scheduled to be June 19th. 00:30:59.778 --> 00:31:08.007 - myself and the Executive Committee have been reviewing and interviewing controller candidates. 00:31:08.007 --> 00:31:16.929 - We unfortunately are not in a position at this time to recommend a candidate to the board, but I guess 00:31:16.929 --> 00:31:23.166 - would ask and have reviewed this process with legal. I get the request. 00:31:23.458 --> 00:31:31.193 - The member executive committee members are here can correct me if I'm wrong, but the request would be 00:31:31.193 --> 00:31:39.005 - for the board to delegate slash authorize the board chair or the executive committee to make the offer 00:31:39.005 --> 00:31:46.816 - to the selected candidate so that we can get that process completed and have somebody in place to help 00:31:46.816 --> 00:31:51.518 - out for some overlap with Miss Cohen's for training purposes. 00:31:53.794 --> 00:32:03.131 - and then would bring that back, that offer back to the board at the June meeting for the full board 00:32:03.131 --> 00:32:12.001 - to ratify that appointment with the district. And Mr. Ellis, for your benefit, so the way that 00:32:12.001 --> 00:32:18.910 - our organization is set up, the controller is supervised on a daily basis 00:32:19.010 --> 00:32:33.993 - day-to-day operations basis by the executive director, but as a direct report to the board. So the controller 00:32:33.993 --> 00:32:47.614 - is the board's hire. Yes, Councilor Wilson, please. I think Mr. McGlasson's of what might work best 00:32:48.258 --> 00:33:02.592 - is accurate to reflect what we had discussed as executive committee and I would be in favor of the board 00:33:02.592 --> 00:33:14.878 - for delegating, delegating, making the offer and working that out to the board president. 00:33:17.602 --> 00:33:26.655 - than bringing it back at the next meeting. Is that a motion? Well, it's not, no. I just wanted to make 00:33:26.655 --> 00:33:35.620 - sure people were thinking about it, but I can make it into a motion. People seem, I was just. I would 00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:44.410 - vote for that motion if you made it. Okay, I move that we delegate hiring authority to the resident 00:33:44.410 --> 00:33:47.486 - of our board with the request that 00:33:48.162 --> 00:34:03.174 - the report back at our next meeting. I'll second. All right. And I will just add that it has been the 00:34:03.174 --> 00:34:17.598 - executive committee did four interviews. So it has not been solely myself up to this point. And I 00:34:18.242 --> 00:34:26.939 - intend to continue, of course, consulting with the executive committee as much as I'm allowed under 00:34:26.939 --> 00:34:35.637 - open door law. And of course, with Mr. McClassen and with the current. Oh, I mean, it's been great. 00:34:35.637 --> 00:34:44.334 - Yeah, it's been a great process so far. We're not right there. It's just taken a little longer than 00:34:44.334 --> 00:34:45.726 - we anticipated. 00:34:50.178 --> 00:34:57.252 - There's a motion on the floor. Can I ask a question? What has been the practice for interviewing if 00:34:57.252 --> 00:35:04.467 - interviews have been conducted? Has the whole executive committee or various members of the executive 00:35:04.467 --> 00:35:12.107 - committee been involved in that? The full executive committee and the executive director have been involved 00:35:12.107 --> 00:35:19.181 - in the interviews at the camp. And is it intended that that will continue with any potential future 00:35:19.181 --> 00:35:20.030 - interviews? 00:35:20.706 --> 00:35:32.470 - Yes. Yeah. All right. Any other comments or questions on the motion? The motion is to delegate to the 00:35:32.470 --> 00:35:44.119 - board chair. The authority to offer a position would then be ratified by the full board in June. Mr. 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:50.462 - McGlasson, will you please call the roll? Willed. Yes. 00:35:50.626 --> 00:36:07.820 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much for your confidence. 00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:17.502 - Next, we will go to a request for appointment to the CAC. 00:36:20.290 --> 00:36:29.275 - Yeah, so in your packet on page 64 is the actual letter of interest submitted by Jacob Youngblood, who 00:36:29.275 --> 00:36:37.998 - was recently hired into a district manager position for Rumpke Waste and Recycling. We've based out 00:36:37.998 --> 00:36:48.030 - of the Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility and currently resides in Monroe County, so it's eligible to serve. 00:36:53.474 --> 00:37:03.598 - saw the application email in our packet. How can we get that needs to have a vote, right? Yeah, there 00:37:03.598 --> 00:37:13.921 - would be a need a motion to appoint and a vote. I'll move to appoint Jacob Youngblood to the CAC. Okay. 00:37:13.921 --> 00:37:19.678 - We have a motion and a second. Any comments or questions? 00:37:24.642 --> 00:37:39.046 - Any comments from the public? Right, we can have a roll call vote on that appointment, please. Madera? 00:37:39.046 --> 00:37:53.310 - Yes. Jones? Yes. Kidman-Smith? Yes. Ellis? Yes. Wilts? Yes. Thompson? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. 00:37:54.402 --> 00:38:04.703 - Thank you. And I assume there is no CAC report. Have they met? They did not meet in April. However, 00:38:04.703 --> 00:38:15.106 - they are planning to meet in May in the anticipation of having grant applications to read. Great. We 00:38:15.106 --> 00:38:23.038 - can move on to departmental reports. Back to you, Mr. McClassen. Okay. Yeah. 00:38:23.298 --> 00:38:30.497 - My first bullet item, I was all prepared to come up here and tell you that we're anticipating grant 00:38:30.497 --> 00:38:37.696 - applications tomorrow, but hadn't had any yet, but I got one just before the meeting started. So we 00:38:37.696 --> 00:38:44.895 - have our first grant application. And I think that I have mentioned before, we have had a number of 00:38:44.895 --> 00:38:51.518 - inquiries about this second round of applications. So we do anticipate that we will receive 00:38:52.194 --> 00:39:00.044 - multiple applications this time again the deadline is 4 p.m. tomorrow and kind of previously mentioned 00:39:00.044 --> 00:39:07.969 - those would then be forwarded to the CAC for review at their meeting next next month and then presented 00:39:07.969 --> 00:39:12.542 - to the board at the meeting with any patients from the CAC. 00:39:14.914 --> 00:39:22.258 - Also want to point out that although the ordering deadline for the rain barrels and compost bins has 00:39:22.258 --> 00:39:29.748 - passed, we do have we just sold the last rain barrel today, but we do still have compost bins that had 00:39:29.748 --> 00:39:37.092 - been delivered that are available for purchase. And anybody can contact at least a pull crawl at our 00:39:37.092 --> 00:39:40.510 - office to make arrangements to purchase those. 00:39:41.250 --> 00:39:50.763 - Waste Tire Amnesty Day scheduled for Saturday the 16th at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 00:39:50.763 --> 00:40:00.006 - And then we were able to have a presence at two different Earth Day events this year. One held on Dunn 00:40:00.006 --> 00:40:08.980 - Meadow on the IU campus sponsored by the American Conservation Coalition at IU and the city's Earth 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:11.134 - Day at Switchyard Park. 00:40:11.618 --> 00:40:18.976 - event that they do every year. So we're happy to be able to be present at two events that doesn't we 00:40:18.976 --> 00:40:26.406 - don't have that opportunity a whole lot because of scheduling and and then we will again this year be 00:40:26.406 --> 00:40:33.910 - present at the Monroe County Fair in the commercial building. That'd be happy to answer any questions. 00:40:33.910 --> 00:40:38.718 - Thank you. Any questions on the administration department report? 00:40:44.674 --> 00:40:52.950 - We will move on to Joey Long and the Recycling Reuse and Recycling Center's report. All right, I will 00:40:52.950 --> 00:41:00.576 - start off with answering Mr. Ellis's question about the orange bags. We buy them by the case. 00:41:00.576 --> 00:41:08.852 - We pay 47.92 per large case, which is 10 rows of bags, and there's 100 bags per case. We're paying 48 00:41:08.852 --> 00:41:10.718 - cents a bag for those. 00:41:11.298 --> 00:41:18.664 - The small bags we pay $41.41 per case, 20 rows per case, which is 400 bags. We're paying about $0.10 00:41:18.664 --> 00:41:26.249 - a bag for those. And like I said, I order those once a year unless they call me and say, you know, they 00:41:26.249 --> 00:41:33.689 - have overreached them. Usually I agree to buy them because we're buying them at a discount price. And 00:41:33.689 --> 00:41:39.742 - with the recycling and reuse, we sent out 13 Gaylords of clothing to Martin County 00:41:40.322 --> 00:41:46.785 - average about 322 pounds of clothing per box and they send those out through different organizations 00:41:46.785 --> 00:41:53.824 - that helps their community down there. So all that gets recycled and all that's from Monroe County residents. 00:41:53.824 --> 00:42:00.799 - The materials for the arts we had a very nice thank you letter from Rebecca Fidget for Clear Creek Christian 00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:07.838 - School. It's always nice when they come in and show us what they've done and how they used stuff and you know 00:42:09.026 --> 00:42:15.293 - It makes everybody feel good. We pass that on to the residents also that come in and we show them that 00:42:15.293 --> 00:42:21.499 - what they're dropping off does get reused and different people like it. The hazardous materials, it's 00:42:21.499 --> 00:42:27.827 - operating as normal right now. They're going through getting shipments ready, so we will be having some 00:42:27.827 --> 00:42:33.912 - shipments going out real soon of different stuff. And the real recycling centers, they're operating 00:42:33.912 --> 00:42:38.110 - as normal. And we've got a lot of compliments on the two new 42 yard 00:42:38.242 --> 00:42:46.241 - compact receiver boxes. Everybody likes seeing the new shiny stuff. That's all I have for you guys. 00:42:46.241 --> 00:42:54.480 - I'll do my best to answer any question that you have. Thank you, Mr. Long. Are there any questions for 00:42:54.480 --> 00:43:01.999 - Mr. Long today? I want to thank Mr. Long for getting that information so quickly. No problem. 00:43:01.999 --> 00:43:06.238 - Thank you. I just had a question about the clothing. 00:43:06.530 --> 00:43:12.558 - I'm glad that it can be reused, but I'm wondering why it goes to Martin County. Is there no organization 00:43:12.558 --> 00:43:18.585 - here in Monroe County that would take it? We always tell him to take it to different places, but I don't 00:43:18.585 --> 00:43:24.383 - know the rules and regulations on different organizations and what they will and will not accept. So 00:43:24.383 --> 00:43:30.411 - we always try to tell people take stuff there and we usually take what they won't take and Martin County 00:43:30.411 --> 00:43:36.094 - takes it free of charge for us and they go through everything. So instead of it being thrown away, 00:43:36.386 --> 00:43:43.474 - you know, we try to be like another option if, you know, Goodwill or Salvation Army or some 00:43:43.474 --> 00:43:51.179 - other organization won't take it. I would just, Martin County has some, works with a lot of mission 00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:59.192 - groups and so like the things that go down there, as Mr. Long said, generally are things that have been 00:43:59.192 --> 00:44:03.198 - rejected by some of the local services and so they, 00:44:03.458 --> 00:44:13.509 - we send them to martin county and they get taken by mission groups uh who overseas uh to people in need 00:44:13.509 --> 00:44:23.367 - okay well i'm glad that they're not going to landfill so that's the main thing um councillor welts so 00:44:23.367 --> 00:44:31.678 - are these clothing items brought in by individuals or are they they brought in by the 00:44:31.842 --> 00:44:45.778 - donation agencies having rejected them. It's brought in by residents. Okay. All right. Any other questions? 00:44:45.778 --> 00:44:59.198 - Thanks, Mr. Long. We can move on to report from environmental compliance and landfill with Mr. Paulson. 00:45:01.570 --> 00:45:09.165 - Good afternoon, Lee Paulson here. Just want to highlight on the report there that a couple of weeks 00:45:09.165 --> 00:45:17.140 - ago we received the response from ITEM for the November 2025 groundwater sampling event, which basically 00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:25.040 - told us to do the same thing that we've been doing. The statistics and the numbers of those things were 00:45:25.040 --> 00:45:27.774 - consistent with previous events and 00:45:27.906 --> 00:45:36.579 - continue as we have. We actually just got finished with that. The May event yesterday, Marybeth and 00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:45.600 - I got weather was good, equipment was good, so we're able to get through all that stuff. Cases are down 00:45:45.600 --> 00:45:54.447 - a little bit because we've been down a vehicle, which makes it difficult for three people with one of 00:45:54.447 --> 00:45:56.702 - the trucks being damaged. 00:45:56.834 --> 00:46:04.535 - But that is back now, so we're hoping to next week get back into a rhythm with the three of us getting 00:46:04.535 --> 00:46:12.086 - out to get these numbers up and addressing roadside conditions. Adopt-a-Road has had a banner month, 00:46:12.086 --> 00:46:19.712 - end of April into May is usually a pretty good month just with the IU organizations that want to take 00:46:19.712 --> 00:46:25.918 - care of and do their community events so that they have stuff to post within their 00:46:26.114 --> 00:46:34.869 - public organizations and stuff like that. But the information is there. If you guys have any questions, 00:46:34.869 --> 00:46:43.371 - I'm happy to answer. Thank you, Mr. Paulson. Any questions on that report? I'm glad to see also that 00:46:43.371 --> 00:46:48.254 - you have started remediating some invasive plant species. 00:46:49.538 --> 00:46:55.631 - Yeah, yeah, we've kind of had since we started planting the trees out there, we've kind of been trying 00:46:55.631 --> 00:47:01.665 - to put it on our radar to try to get out there and do it. Marybeth and I are trying to, you know, add 00:47:01.665 --> 00:47:07.581 - another thing to our schedule, you know, trying to do it little by little and trying to address one 00:47:07.581 --> 00:47:13.615 - section because it's a very large landfill and if you can drive yourself crazy pretty quick trying to 00:47:13.615 --> 00:47:19.294 - find it all. So we've been trying to like section off little pieces and trying to like focus on 00:47:19.522 --> 00:47:25.473 - the type of rose that grows wild and the blackberry things that grow that are all thorny and kind of 00:47:25.473 --> 00:47:31.365 - choke out everything else. So we're trying to start with that kind of stuff so we can get closer to 00:47:31.365 --> 00:47:37.493 - the pears and some of those other things that don't need to be there either. So we were out there again 00:47:37.493 --> 00:47:43.503 - today and it just again it just weather time and other commitments you know that's on our list but it 00:47:43.503 --> 00:47:47.038 - just doesn't always work out the way that we want it to. So 00:47:47.138 --> 00:47:55.020 - We're trying to capture the good weather and that we've kind of got some windows here with good southern 00:47:55.020 --> 00:48:02.827 - Indiana weather right now where it's not too hot, it's not too cold, and it's not wet to get out before 00:48:02.827 --> 00:48:10.108 - the weeds get too tall and destroy us. But we're trying, we're trying. We appreciate the effort. 00:48:10.108 --> 00:48:16.414 - Thank you. Right, if there are no other questions, who's next? Open public comment. 00:48:16.738 --> 00:48:26.699 - public who would like to comment about anything related to the waste reduction district? Doesn't look 00:48:26.699 --> 00:48:36.562 - like it. All right. Are there any comments from directors? I would just like to thank our controller 00:48:36.562 --> 00:48:44.862 - for her service. Where she retires and really appreciate the great communication and 00:48:45.634 --> 00:48:55.079 - tracking of all the pluses and minuses on those sheets. Thank you. Yes, and I wanted to specifically 00:48:55.079 --> 00:49:04.712 - thank you, Ms. Goins, for the Rumpke charts where we had what we're spending on the hauling and on the 00:49:04.712 --> 00:49:14.718 - recycling contracts and then what rebates we're getting back. So it's very useful to have that. Thank you. 00:49:15.394 --> 00:49:26.908 - We'll still have you for one more board meeting. Yes. Any other comments? Right, then we are adjourned. 00:49:26.908 --> 00:49:28.126 - Thank you.