Rohlfs reports on July 8th recycling event

[July 14, 2017]  LINCOLN
During public participation portion of the Lincoln City Council meeting on Tuesday evening, Mitzi Rohlfs of the Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency (LCJSWA) offered statistical information about the television and monitor recycling event that had been held on Saturday.

The event was a partnership between the city of Lincoln and the LCJSWA, with the city voting last Monday evening to pay for two semi trailers. City employees and end loaders were utilized during the collection and Goodman along with city aldermen and department heads volunteered to assist in the unloading and loading of recyclable products.

Rohlfs opened by thanking the city for its partnership with the LCJSWA. She thanked Walter Landers and the street department crew, Mayor Goodman, city aldermen, Habitat for Humanity volunteers, LCJSWA board members who volunteered, and all the others who volunteered.

Rohlfs said the event was a huge success.

She reported and thanked Illinois American Water for donating the cost of one of the semi trailers. Rohlfs also acknowledged the Logan County Fair Board for the use of the fairgrounds, the Lincoln Wal-Mart, Lincoln IGA, and Walgreens provided refreshments for all the volunteers.

Approximately 900 items, mostly televisions were delivered by 323 Logan County households, with 250 of those households being Lincoln residents.

Rohlfs said that vehicles had begun gathering early on Saturday morning, so the decision was made to go ahead and begin collections one-hour earlier than planned.

She finished saying that she felt this event was a really good collaborative effort.

Rick Hoefle mentioned that Building Safety Officer Wes Woodhall was also present for the recycling and did a lot of heavy lifting as well.

Tracy Welch would later mention that he had seen footage filmed by drone of the lines of vehicles snaking through the fairgrounds, and it was amazing.

Welch said his only apology for the day would be addressed to the shoppers of the ALMH Farmers Market. He said he knew that some had become frustrated with the traffic and had a difficult time getting onto the fairground property to do their Saturday marketing. He said if we have another event, perhaps organizers should take the market into consideration and re-define the route to the collection point.

[Nila Smith]