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4a. Bio Energy to this meeting. He also explained that a committee member had asked if they were able to individual or committee member and he industry and find out more information. Chair Hayducsko said that because of the sunshine Mellon- discussion about this groups business or discuss anything that would be moved towards a vote or promise any specific direction; but, as an individual for informational purposes is fine. 4b. Cost of Government (COG) Commission presentation on their purpose and goals. Greg Larson: Mr. Larson is a commissioner for the Cost of Government Commission here to do a presentation he is here along with Dayday Hopkins and Jenipher Jones who are also COG commissioners. Mr. Larson explained that the COG commission has nine members in their group total and he is here representing the Sanitation sub-committee that included both himself and Ms. Hopkins. He also advised the SWAC members that Ms. Jones is the Chair person for the COG commission. Mr. Larson handed out documents on what he is going to cover today. He explained that the COG commission is tasked with the study of all County Departments, Commissions and Boards and to look into the finance and cost of everything th finances in whole the COG commission is focusing on specific portions that would make the heaviest effect. He went on explaining that the commission is looking at each Department individually and they have chosen a number of individual Departments to scrutinize and get more information than what is readily available and that one of those they are looking into is Solid Waste. He asked for the committee to look at the last page of the handout that list the last COG recommendations for the Department of Environmental Management. The COG goal is to coordinate more with departments and committees to find out what those goals are ne with information gathering. He advised that they are there to gather information and support the SWAC so we would have more voices going in the same direction and he said that they believe that it is there best tool to have something positive happen. COG goal here today is to gather information and take it back to their commission, but most importantly they are here to support our SWAC. Mr. Larson said that Ms. Hopkins had put together a list of questions for the Department to generate discussion. Chair Hayducsko advised that he would take the questions back to the Department and ask them to respond to the questions from the COG. 5. NEW BUSINESS: a. Review, discuss and categorize Chapters 5 s (ISWMP) Recommendations and options. Chapter 5: Public Education and Information