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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> April 3, 2008 <br /> Approved May 1, 2008 <br /> There is extra money in the budget for more CRTs and TVs - if we ban them we expect <br /> to see more of them . The county has acquired land for a new Hwy 57 site in the <br /> ty . We have money in the budget for design and permitting, but <br /> Schley Rd . communi <br /> not construction next year . It will be a super center with compactors that you can <br /> drop your waste down into . <br /> On the staff level we are looking to get another mechanic to help with repairs on the <br /> sanitation trucks and a new staff to help with the different enforcement duties with <br /> the regulated recycled materials ordinance we are trying to enforce on the commercial <br /> sector . <br /> We are also looking at adding big rigid plastics like buckets, pools and " Big Wheels " <br /> at the drop off sites . We would bale those and use a more robust baler . The sites are <br /> constrained but we' ll try to work in another container . <br /> Tipton asks about staffing to support the programs . <br /> Pollock states that the only new staffing that could be considered as support for the <br /> programs is the person to be the additional enforcement officer . <br /> Spire adds that the commingling will add more labor availability by eliminating labor <br /> from processing . That is our ' new labor' <br /> Vickers asks on the status of shipping the mixed recyclables, are the BOCC on board <br /> at this point? <br /> Spire notes that they have approved it conceptually but they have not approved it in <br /> the budget. <br /> Pollock states that they are there conceptually but haven ' t approved the budget <br /> details . It includes a rubber tire loader and a walking floor trailer, and we will lease a <br /> tractor . These will be considerable expenditures we can absorb in our current capital <br /> budget. We are not aware of any objections and hope to present details at their May 1 <br /> meeting . <br /> Norwood states that sheds at the sites need some extended roofing for when it rains <br /> and the guys can stand outside and watch what' s going on instead of having to be in <br /> the building when it rains . Also who is going to pay for the compactor ? <br /> Spire states that it is coming out of the operations budget at the landfill . It is <br /> borrowed money that will be paid back over time . The income that is anticipated to <br /> be generated through the extra compaction of waste will pay for the machine . <br /> 7 <br />