Solid Waste and Recycling Council
January 27, 2003
Minutes
Members Present:		Bob Peterson, Mike McPherson, Jill Barnard, Allen Luurtsema, Julie Mathiesen, Jim Palmer, Janet Person
Members Absent:		Mike Domsic, Gene Dawson, Joe Yuchasz, Leonard Klein and Bill Gadwau
Staff Present:		Howard Yamaguchi, Pete Garwood
Others Present:		Jack White
I. Call to Order
	Pete Garwood called the Solid Waste and Recycling Council (SWRC) meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. to start the organizational meeting.
II. Organizational Meeting
	Chairperson: Mike McPherson nominated and seconded, motion for unanimous ballot moved and seconded; McPherson declines. Julie Mathiesen nominated and seconded, declines. Bob Peterson nominated and seconded, motion for unanimous ballot moved and seconded, unanimously approved. Vice Chair: Julie Mathiesen nominated, supported by Janet Person, motion for unanimous ballot moved and seconded, unanimously approved. Secretary Janet Person nominated and supported, and unanimously approved, to serve as secretary in the event that staff not present to take meeting notes.
III. Minutes of November 26, 2002 Meeting
	Motion by ?????, supported by ?????, to approve the minutes of the November 26, 2002, meeting. Unanimous.
IV. Teresa Salveta: Solid Waste Coordinator
	Teresa Salveta introduced herself to the Solid Waste and Recycling Council, and the members introduced themselves to her in turn. She briefed the Council on her activities to date: reading project documents, survey results, meeting minutes, EPA grant solicitation for environmental education grant, looked over outline for web site etc. She has also visited the Custer Twp board meeting and has introduced herself. She would like request SWRC members who have visited townships previously to accompany her to those townships in her introductory rounds.
	In discussing Teresa’s work plan, Julie Mathiesen pointed out that the end point of Teresa’s work is the design and implementation of a PA185-based recycling program, with sign-on of interested townships. Al Luurtsema noted that instead of reaching out to the township boards, we need to reach out to their citizens, because townships will respond to residents. Education efforts should be geared toward citizens, with demonstration projects such as composting and recycling included in these efforts.
	Julie Mathiesen responded that the Teresa’s work need not be limited to one type of activity. Because Teresa has limited time available to do work, the SWRC must also respond to different opportunities. Janet Person noted that Teresa needs to have the Townships organize public meetings. Her time will be almost entirely taken up by meetings. Bob Peterson noted that SWRC should broaden the scope of its 2003 activities to complement the work Teresa performs. He directed staff to produce a tentative outline for Teresa and the SWRC at the next SWRC meeting.
V. Central Lake – Marv Rubingh Cardboard Recycling Contract
	Howard and Pete briefed the SWRC on the status of the Rubingh contract to date. Pete, Howard, Marv Rubingh and Bill Gadwau (Central Lake Twp) met on January 22 to assemble a paper-and-cardboard recycling contract with terms acceptable to all parties. Marv Rubingh noted that he would be using a 40 cu yard container for the cardboard recycling, and later communicated to the Coordinator/Planner Office that he would not require the 30 cu yd weekly recycling cap that the Public Works Committee placed to avoid overwhelming his system.
	The SWRC reviewed the contract. The SWRC initially passed a motion by Janet Person to recommend to the Public Works Committee to accept the contract as written (without a cap), all voting yes except Julie Mathiesen. After additional discussion on caps and estimated recycling volumes and costs for the year, Janet Person moved to rescind her original motion (Jill Barnard supporting), and the motion to rescind passed unanimously.
	After further discussion on monthly versus annual caps, and a review of Howard’s estimated costs, and the existence of a 30-day contract termination clause for all parties except the county, there was: Motion by Janet Person, supported by Julie Mathiesen, to recommend to the Public Works Committee that the contract be accepted as written with: * - the inclusion of a $15,000 annual cap for cardboard recycling costs; and * - the inclusion of a clause allowing a 30-day termination of contract by the County. - Unanimous.
VI. New Meeting Date
	The SWRC agreed to hold meetings at 3 p.m. on the Monday Before the first Wednesday of each month. The next meeting date is Monday, February 24, 2003. This date allows the Coordinator/Planner Office to include any SWRC decisions/recommendations in the Public Works Committee meeting notice packages.
VII. By-law Revision
	The SWRC agreed that at this time, no revision of the by-laws is required to set commission expiration dates.
VIII. Adjournment
	Meeting adjourned at 4:36 p.m.