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<br />ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION <br />Wednesday, August 27, 2003, 9:12 a.m. <br />HawaiÒi County Council Room, 25 Aupuni Street, Room 201, Hilo <br />COMMISSIONERS Riley Smith ALSO Dora Beck, Wastewater Division <br />PRESENTPRESENT <br />:: <br />David FrankelSandy Bonk <br />Marjorie ErwayPaul J. Buklarewicz, Recycle HawaiÒi <br />Sam KawamuraNelson Ho, Recycle HawaiÒi <br />Anne PlackDixie Kaetsu, Managing Director <br />Lorraine StahrMike Kaha, Waste Management, Inc. <br />Harry Kim, Mayor <br />Bill Meyer <br />Eileen O`Hora-Weir, Recycling Coordinator <br />Margaret Pahio <br />John Ray, HawaiÒi Leeward Planning Conf. <br />Sharon Sakai, Kohala Coast Resort Assn. <br />Gerald Takase, Corporation Counsel <br />Ron Terry <br />Erika Yamamoto, Legislative Assistant to <br /> Councilman Safarik <br />EXCUSED Mack Asato STAFF Barbara Bell, Director <br />:: <br />Hugh OnoPeter Boucher, Wastewater Division Chief <br />Carolyn WitcherBobby Gonsalves, Acting Solid Waste <br /> Div.Chief <br />Sharron Henry, Secretary <br />CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 9:12 a.m. <br />1. <br />and welcomed Commissioner Kawamura back after his absence due to illness. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 30, 2003 MEETING: <br />2. <br />Lorraine Stahr made a motion to approve the July 30, 2003 minuteMarjorie Erway <br /> <br />seconded the motion. <br />Vice Chair Frankel asked for, and received, clarification that Council <br />Motion <br />member SafarikÓs statement under ÐMESSAGE:Ñ was an accurate stat <br />carried unanimously. <br />APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA <br />3.: None <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS LISTED ON AGENDA <br />4.: <br />John Ray provided an update on a recent HawaiÒi Leeward Planning Conference (HLPC) <br />meeting held at the West HawaiÒi landfill where Waste Management presented information <br />His advice, to make sure this technology is adequately <br />on bio-reactor landfills. <br />addressed in the Sort Station EIS as an option, will be passed on to the consultants. <br />CORRESPONDENCE/REPORTS/DISCUSSION: <br />5. <br />DirectorÓs Report <br />(attached to original minutes) <br />KEAAU RECYCLE AND REUSE CENTER (Report attached to original minutes): <br />The long term goal is to reduce labor requirements and keep as many functions as financially <br />possible after the grant funding is depleted. <br /> <br />