Waste Management
Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency

[September 09, 2014]  LINCOLN - CALL TO ORDER: The Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency board met on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in the Blue Room of the Logan County Safety Complex. Chairman James Struebing called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and the following members were present: Pat O'Neill - Logan County, Andy Anderson - Logan County Alternate, Peggy Lee - Elkhart, John Utterback - Mt. Pulaski, Bill Moore - Atlanta, Ivan Rademaker - Emden, Doris Last - Hartsburg and Michele Rohlfs - Agency Coordinator; a quorum was present.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Chairman Struebing asked if there were questions or comments regarding the June minutes; none noted. Mr. Ivan Rademaker motioned to approve the June minutes, seconded by Mr. John Utterback; all present approved and the motion carried.

PAYMENT OF BILLS: Mr. John Utterback motioned to pay the bills, seconded by Mr. Ivan Rademaker; all present approved and the motion carried.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

COORDINATOR'S REPORT: Ms. Rohlfs informed the board she had received a letter from the Illinois EPA saying that Logan County has been selected as a site for a Fall 2014 Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection. The HHW collection will be held Saturday, October 11th from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Logan County Fairgrounds. This collection is open to anyone with an Illinois license plate. This is also the date for the last glass recycling collection of the year, electronics recycling and hopefully, Confidential Paper Shredding. Ms. Rohlfs is in the process of e-mailing pictures and a map to the IL-EPA to ensure that the site meets requirements. She is preparing a request to submit to the County Board to cover the costs of advertising for the HHW Collection. This would include month long advertisements on the Logan County Herald and Lincoln Daily News websites, ads in the Lincoln Courier, The Banner Times/Olympia Review, and Mount Pulaski Times and a marquee sign to be placed on the corner of Woodlawn Road and Jefferson Street. Ms. Rohlfs also requested a quote from Visual Ink Productions on yard signs (approximately one dozen) and on a vinyl banner; Ms. Rohlfs is also awaiting a quote from the Lincoln Courier. She is also working on several flyers to be distributed for the Household Hazardous Waste Collection. Ms. Rohlfs estimates the cost of advertising to be between $800 and $850. If the request to the County Board is approved, she would like to have the ads scheduled by mid-August.

OLD BUSINESS

UPDATE ON DRIVER STATUS - FISHBURN: Mr. Fishburn received notification that he has been approved for hearing aids and he will be fitted with them on August th. Ms. Rohlfs has called Springfield's Secretary of State Office to see if Mr. Fishburn will have to undergo a complete COL physical or if he will be able to just complete the hearing test; she's awaiting a response.

UPDATE ON BINS/ROUTE/TRUCK: Mr. Todd Godbey is currently driving the Agency truck on the recycling route. Mr. George Fishburn continues to assist and says Mr. Godbey is doing well and there have been no issues. Mr. Godbey was previously employed by Area Disposal.

GLASS/ELECTRONICS RECYCLING UPDATES: Ms. Rohlfs reports Saturday's Glass Recycling Collection of 2 to 2.5 tons has yet to be unloaded.

The Courthouse continues to undergo a wiring and computer upgrade; on last Thursday, July 10•h, two trailers were filled with electronic equipment collected from the Courthouse, the Logan County Highway Department and the Logan County Health Department. All the electronics were taken to Habitat for Humanity for recycling.

UNANNOUNCED OLD BUSINESS: Ms. Rohlfs received a call from Murrell Hauling in Decatur, IL statingthat the agency should be in receipt of their Hauler License application next week. Ms. Rohlfs didn't speak directly with Murrell's as they left a message on the agency's answering machine.

NEW BUSINESS

FY 15 BUDGET: Included in tonight's packet is a copy of the proposed FY 15 budget that will be presented to the Logan County Board's Finance Committee later this month. Board members will have to approve a FY 15 budget prior to November 301

2015 ASSESSMENT UPDATE: Mount Pulaski,Atlanta, Elkhart and Logan County have all paid their first installments, Middletown and New Holland have paid in full; first installments are due by July 31". Notices for the second installments will be sent out at the end of July with a due date of October 31st.

UNANNOUNCED NEW BUSINESS: It was decided that the Agency will hold a board meeting in August, but skip the meeting slated for September 17th due to Ms. Rohlfs' vacation schedule.

ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, Mr. Pat O'Neill made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Ms. Doris Last; all present approved and the meeting adjourned at 7:33 PM.

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