Recycling District Battles Budget Cuts
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons employee Sean Ambrose attended the Kosciusko County Solid Waste District Monday, providing a few ideas of his own.
Ambrose works in the bindery - the hub of the printing company's recycling program.
He said he hated to see the district's budget get cut. Board president Ron Truex said the board hated to see it cut, too.
Ambrose said with recycling, he puts out less than a bag of trash each week. He said he hated to see glass recycling stopped.
Bob Knudsen, of the Citizens Advisory Committee, commented the Donnelley company has been a supporter of recycling since the beginning of the program.
Sue Ann Mitchell gave the financial report, saying the Internal Revenue Service paid $7,853.53 owed to the district in a tax refund, and a $35,000 tax draw will be received by the district in December. November tipping fees came in at $11,780, and Mitchell figured the district would begin the year with a $90,000 to $95,000 balance.
She wanted to clarify that last month's comment about missing calls with a Lake City Bank employee was just that - a series of missed calls. The woman Mitchell was trying to reach was unavailable when Mitchell was, and vice versa.
The auditor said she received several calls from LCB officials to clear up any problem, and there wasn't any.
District director Sue Studebaker said plans are to have six recycling stations closed by Dec. 31. She is concerned about moving them, as the 10-year-old units aren't stable. Plans are to dismantle them on site and bring two or three to the depot to use at a later date.
She said Stafford's Waste Hauling, which has the district recycling contract, will have an automated system at the depot.
Sheets of plywood will be put over the glass sections of the remaining stations because Stafford's doesn't want to handle it any longer. There are signs on the stations indicating glass will no longer be accepted or that the station will close at year's end.
Few items could be approved since the board lacked a quorum with Truex, George Clemens and Ernie Wiggins in attendance.
Avis Gunter arrived half an hour into the meeting and several items were approved.
Eric Sanson was almost unable to present a perfect attendance certificate to the commissioner, who also attended every CAC meeting.
In other business, the board:
• Heard the shoe recycling program involves 27 schools and organizations, up from 20 last year. The district expects to collect more than 10,000 pounds this year, an increase over last year's 7,500 pounds. [[In-content Ad]]
R.R. Donnelley and Sons employee Sean Ambrose attended the Kosciusko County Solid Waste District Monday, providing a few ideas of his own.
Ambrose works in the bindery - the hub of the printing company's recycling program.
He said he hated to see the district's budget get cut. Board president Ron Truex said the board hated to see it cut, too.
Ambrose said with recycling, he puts out less than a bag of trash each week. He said he hated to see glass recycling stopped.
Bob Knudsen, of the Citizens Advisory Committee, commented the Donnelley company has been a supporter of recycling since the beginning of the program.
Sue Ann Mitchell gave the financial report, saying the Internal Revenue Service paid $7,853.53 owed to the district in a tax refund, and a $35,000 tax draw will be received by the district in December. November tipping fees came in at $11,780, and Mitchell figured the district would begin the year with a $90,000 to $95,000 balance.
She wanted to clarify that last month's comment about missing calls with a Lake City Bank employee was just that - a series of missed calls. The woman Mitchell was trying to reach was unavailable when Mitchell was, and vice versa.
The auditor said she received several calls from LCB officials to clear up any problem, and there wasn't any.
District director Sue Studebaker said plans are to have six recycling stations closed by Dec. 31. She is concerned about moving them, as the 10-year-old units aren't stable. Plans are to dismantle them on site and bring two or three to the depot to use at a later date.
She said Stafford's Waste Hauling, which has the district recycling contract, will have an automated system at the depot.
Sheets of plywood will be put over the glass sections of the remaining stations because Stafford's doesn't want to handle it any longer. There are signs on the stations indicating glass will no longer be accepted or that the station will close at year's end.
Few items could be approved since the board lacked a quorum with Truex, George Clemens and Ernie Wiggins in attendance.
Avis Gunter arrived half an hour into the meeting and several items were approved.
Eric Sanson was almost unable to present a perfect attendance certificate to the commissioner, who also attended every CAC meeting.
In other business, the board:
• Heard the shoe recycling program involves 27 schools and organizations, up from 20 last year. The district expects to collect more than 10,000 pounds this year, an increase over last year's 7,500 pounds. [[In-content Ad]]