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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> August 6, 2009 <br /> Approved September 3, 2009 <br /> There has been no activity on the Chapel Hill site . The Town will not meet on that <br /> until sometime in September . <br /> Guild asks if the results will be available . <br /> Spire states that the results will go to the Planning Director and he will then present it <br /> to the Commissioners . It is not clear if there will be time to get that to you [in advance <br /> of their meeting] . <br /> Solid Waste Convenience Center Security Spire states that due to some problems we <br /> were having with the reaction of the public towards the centers and the attendants we <br /> thought it was best to put in a security system at all the remaining four sites . The <br /> process began in July and was completed within two weeks . There is a minimum of <br /> three cameras at each site . One is a license plate camera which allows us to capture <br /> the license plate of anyone entering the centers . The other cameras are for viewing all <br /> over the site . <br /> Guild asks with the license plate camera do you plan to send notice out for some <br /> reason . <br /> Spire states that the reason for the license plate camera relates to an incident of a <br /> threat to an attendant and the County felt they could no longer disregard it. During <br /> the incident no one got the license plate number and there was no way of following <br /> up on it. We still have to contact the Sheriff' s office to get the data, they do an incident <br /> report on the plate and then we can get the owner of that vehicle . We are not using it <br /> to count vehicles but we can use it to verify if someone ' s been parked too long. We <br /> will store the data for a period of time . <br /> Yuhasz asks if the cameras are fixed or if they swivel . <br /> Spire replies they are fixed . <br /> Other Spire states that while at the SWANA Quad (State) conference it was <br /> mentioned that they are looking at carbon credits for food waste diversion. They are <br /> only doing it now through a [methane] digester to be qualified for the carbon credits . <br /> There was also information given on the St. Lucie, FL plasma arc [waste incinerator] <br /> program and where it is in the system, the cost and what they are plan on doing . It is <br /> still questionable that they can do it for the money they are putting into it. <br /> Guild asks if that is the Waste Management site . They have gone into a partnership <br /> with a commercial facility in Texas on this .. <br /> 9 <br />