Manager's Memorandum
November 13,
2009
DATE: November
13, 2009
TO: District Policy Committee Members
FROM: Holly Christmann, Solid Waste Manager, Cory R. Chadwick, Director
I. Introduction/Opening Comments
NOTICE: This memo is for the meeting to be held on
November 19, 2009. The meeting will begin at 9:30 am at Hamilton County Public Health located at 250 William Howard Taft, 2nd Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219.
Policy Committee Information (Agendas, Manager's Memos, Minutes, etc.)
is available on the District's Website at
www.hamiltoncountyrecycles.org.
II. Clerk's Report/Additions to the Agenda
A. Approval of Minutes – Minutes from the
September 17, 2009 Policy Committee meeting are included as
Attachment A.
B. Additions to the Agenda
– Please contact
Susan Schumacher
at 513-946-7734 if you have items to add to the agenda.
III. District Revenue Updates/Analysis
Updates will be provided on current revenue receipts and comparisons with prior years, as included in
Attachment B.
IV. Health
Department Update
Hamilton County Public Health will
provide an update on Rumpke Sanitary Landfill.
V. RecycleBank
Presentation
Staff will provide an
update on the RecycleBank program.
VI. Policy
Items
A. Approval for District
Priority Grants
Under the Solid Waste Management
Plan Update, the District replaced the Reduction
Assistance Grant with a District Priority Grant
for communities and non-profit organizations. With
this revised grant program, the Policy Committee
identifies three key solid waste management issues
eligible for District Priority Grant funding.
Potential grantees submit grant applications that
address these key issues.
At the May 2009 Policy
Committee meeting, the members approved the
following priorities for the 2010 grant cycle:
new recycling drop-offs, recycling in public
spaces, and organics.
District staff has
included, as
Attachment C, recommendations
relating to applications for District Priority
Grant funding. Although all grant recommendations
are included in
Attachment C, the Policy Committee
is only required to vote on grant requests that
are greater than $15,000.
Staff
Recommendation: District staff
recommends that the Policy Committee approve the
grant award recommendations for forwarding to the
Board of County Commissioners.
B. Television
Recycling Event
In response to the switch to
all digital broadcast, the District conducted a
television recycling program in conjunction with its
computer recycling program. Through this program,
residents could drop-off televisions for a charge of $10
or $20, depending on the size of the television (no
charge for Sony, Zenith, Goldstar, and LG).
From May 1 – September 30th,
a total of 954 televisions were collected. While there
is no cost to the District for this program, staff is
not recommending that the program continue in 2010 for
the following reasons:
1. The
intent of the program was to provide an outlet for
televisions in response to the switch to digital
broadcasting.
2. There
are existing outlets for televisions including: Best Buy
($10/TV, must be less than 32”), 2trg ($30/TV or free if
Sony, Zenith, LG, Goldstar), USA Lamp & Ballast
($20/TV).
Staff
Recommendation: District staff recommends
discontinuing the television recycling event.
VII. Information/Discussion Items
A. Quarterly Performance Measures
Attachment D provides
the results of the District’s programs for the third
quarter of 2009.
B. Recycling Awards Breakfast
The District will hold its
annual recycling awards breakfast on November 17th.
The awards ceremony provides the District the
opportunity to thank communities, businesses, and
organizations for their efforts to increase
recycling. The award recipients include:
Friend of Recycling –
Luanne Diffin
Outstanding School Recycling
Program – Monfort Heights Elementary
Outstanding Recycling
Educator – Cris Cornelssen, Winton Woods Elementary
Student Recycler of the Year
– Sam Dubin, Walnut Hills High School
Best Community Recycler
(>10,000 population) – City of Blue Ash
Best Community Recycler
(<10,000 population) – City of Madeira
Most Improved Community
Recycling Program – City of Mt. Healthy
Public Recycling Excellence
– Duke Energy Convention Center
Recycling at Work, Program
of the Year – Cincinnati Bell
The Interchange –
Business of the Year – Frame
USA
Outstanding Recycling in a
Multi-Family Residence – One Lytle Place
Go Green Challenge Award –
Neyer Properties
The John Van Volkenburgh
Award for Recycling Innovation – City of Wyoming
C. Collection Events
Closing for the Year
The District’s collection
events will be closing for the season, including:
-Household
Hazardous Waste sites close November 14
-Yardwaste Drop-Off sites
close November 22
-Computer Recycling drop-off
closes December 30
D. Cincinnati Yardwaste
Collection
As requested at the
September Policy Committee meeting, staff will provide
an update on outreach conducted to inform Cincinnati
residents on the elimination of the separate yardwaste
collection program.
VII. Tentative Future Agenda Items
VIII. Policy Committee Members' Comments
IX. Public
Comments
X. Upcoming
District Meetings
The next Policy Committee meeting is scheduled for
January 21, 2010. This meeting will be held at Hamilton County Public Health, 250 William Howard Taft Road, 2nd Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 at 9:30 am.
XI. Adjournment (Target Time: 11:00 am)
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