2018-04-25 Meeting Minutes (EMC)

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not be able to do so in time for the ISWMP. When a truck comes in, they don’t know how much of the contents are organic or how much metal, and everything could be compressed. Loads would need to be dumped out so they could get a statistically significant sampling base, and then broken down to get a percentage range, for example, of 30% organics, 20/% wood, etc. The contents of each load varies. It’s a hundred truck exercise. Motion and second: Commissioner Osborne moved to “recommend the County pursue a waste characterization study focusing on the data collected for C&D waste in support of the Integrated Solid Waste Plan for consideration.” Mr. Fritz seconded the motion. Chair Bennett asked if everyone understood the motion, and Vice Chair Olson said they got the gist of it. Mr. Hayducsko said they could target the waste characterization study to focus on C&D, which would reduce the cost of doing the study. They could also have a whole study, which separates out every item and costs more. They are approaching how to put in those types of recommendations into the ISWMP, since it is being updated. If they were to get additional funding, there is a possibility they could actually do the sorting for the ISWMP. An issue is whether to do a complete study or concentrate just on C&D. Chair Bennett said postponing it would not address their concerns, and there is a time value in the study. He asked if the motion should be amended to make a reference to when it might be done. Commissioner Osborne said they could try to narrow the scope to C&D and reduce the costs to make it potentially feasible. She asked about the ISWMP schedule, and Mr. Hayducsko said it is to be completed in December 2019, and the proposed schedule is to meet monthly until then. The approach being taken is to update the last plan, not to do an intense study like the previous time, but to update it with new information. Continued discussion was held on having a waste characterization study. Mr. Hayducsko said the data is obtained with the sampling that is done. If there is a major construction project happening on the day a sample is taken, results may not be accurate. Vice Chair Olson said his councilperson also chaired the Solid Waste Advisory Committee, and they were starting the process to initiate a point-of-purchase fee so they could capture the recyclables before they ended up in the landfill. His councilperson would support what they were discussing and could possibly help on where the money would come from. Motion revised and seconded: Commissioner Osborne revised her motion and moved to recommend that a waste characterization study focusing on C&D be conducted that can be integrated into the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan for consideration of the necessary next steps. Commissioner Fritz seconded the motion. Commissioner Neff asked whether there is a list of the money needed for all the different projects, and their priorities. Mr. Hayducsko said they do not have funds available for the study but will pursue looking at where to find them, if that is the wish of the Commission. Commissioner Neff said she just wanted a ballpark amount, and Mr. Hayducsko said he could not say, as he had only been with the department a little over a year. 6