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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> March S , 2007 <br /> Approved April 5, 2007 <br /> Wilson states that previously you all had asked us to prepare an update to keep things <br /> fresh . Originally it was to go out in mid -January, then mid-February so this memo is <br /> a little out of date . As a suggestion this should be brought back at the next meeting <br /> with the updates based on the RFPs going out and include a timeline of the technical <br /> study . <br /> Vickers asks when the next work group meeting is . <br /> Sassaman states that that should be decided at this meeting . We need to get that <br /> group back together . We ' ve lost a lot of momentum . Part of the reason for the memo <br /> was to send to the other members of the work group so they would know we are still <br /> working on things and how they were going . It would be useful to add some kind of <br /> timeline of what' s next. As soon as there is a reasonable draft of the plan we should <br /> get it out to the public, though the elected officials on the work group should decide <br /> whether it should go to the elected bodies first. <br /> Wilson states that that could be a topic of discussion of the workgroup . Barry Jacobs <br /> would like elected officials to see it first, before it goes to the public . <br /> Sassaman: I have no preconceived idea . <br /> Vickers states that once the plan is together the elected officials can start working on <br /> what issues are going to be critical and not consensus issues . <br /> Wilson states that the plan will have many significant elements to it. Do you wait <br /> until they are all complete or do it in chunks . One other item that is almost ready is a <br /> report on franchising from the Institute of Government. <br /> Sassaman states that earlier this year there was mention in the news about interest at <br /> the state level in a bottle bill. Assuming that it doesn' t die and goes through, how <br /> would that affect our recycling? <br /> Pollock states that the main study that was done about the bottle bill and curbside <br /> recycling, recycling rates overall didn' t go down . At ten cents a container, it' s possible <br /> that we would loose some of the cream of revenue [aluminum cans and plastic <br /> bottles] but fortunately fiber markets are strong right now and we' d have a reason to <br /> have a program with people putting out other materials and many wealthier people <br /> may simply recycle their containers despite the deposit. There may be some <br /> scavenging . I expect it will have an impact on our weight or volume but statewide <br /> recycling will go up . We' re only capturing about 1 in 4 aluminum cans and one in <br /> five plastic bottles . <br /> 2 <br />