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any specific action has been taken, and that is fair game for our early discussions with Council Member Richards. One thing that we might want to consider for next year would be bringing in former Honolulu Council Member Steven Holmes, who has a plethora of recommendations on the ways hes done things in Honolulu. And we might just want to share some brainstorming with him. But again, the next step once we back one of the recommendations is, o what? It just goes into the black hole at Council and the Department because theyve got no money to even study what they could possibly do, similar to Commissioner Olsons point about having some kind of disposal fee at the point of sale. You need people to work it up. c. EMC meeting schedule for 2022 & Commissioner availability During the October meeting the Commission voted to move its meetings to the fourth Thursday of every month except for Thanksgiving (and no meeting in December). However, Commissioner Cardwell had issues with attending on Thursdays, and Commissioner Burns had issues with Wednesdays. Commissioner Cardwell confirmed Thursday is the one day she is not available. Chair Adams said maybe we go back to sticking with the fourth Wednesday except for February and March, which conflict with Council meeting days, and switch them to Thursday or the third Thursday. Commissioner Burns said Tuesdays work for him too. Its fine if its Wednesdays, although he will always have a conflict, but he will work around it as best he can. Commissioner McIntosh said it would work better for him to have the November meeting on the third Wednesday rather than the day before Thanksgiving, to which Commissioner Fulton concurred. aƚƷźƚƓ ğƓķ ƭĻĭƚƓķʹ Vice Chair Gaffney made a motion, to which Commissioner Cardwell seconded, to set the following meeting schedule in 2022: Fourth Wednesday of the month for January, April, May, June, July, August, September, October. Third Wednesday of the month for February, March, November. No meeting in December. 5źƭĭǒƭƭźƚƓʹ Chair Adams offered apologies to Commissioner Burns. ƚƷĻʹ The motion was approved 9-0. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and recommendation, if any, on whether certain recyclable wastes should be prohibited from landfilling. Chair Adams in the next year. First, we should look at banning the landfilling of certain materials. Its an approach that many other municipalities take to encourage recycling. You cant put it in the land, you are supposed to be recycling it. The biggest hurdle for us is youve got to actually be 16