Environmental Concerns Committee
Village of Lombard
Meeting Minutes
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Trustee Joan DeStephano-Chairperson |
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Trustee Kenneth M. Florey-Vice Chairperson |
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Clark Adams, Jennifer Jendras, John Loebach, |
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Winnie Lyons, Nancy Schukat |
7:00 PM
Village Hall Community Room
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
1.
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Florey at 7:05 p.m.
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Roger Karr, John Loebach, Pam Schau, Committee Member Rick Soderstrom, |
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Vice Chairperson Kenneth M. Florey and Winnie Lyons |
Present:
Committee Member Gayle Kankovsky
Absent:
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Public Participation
3.
Approval of the Minutes
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It was moved by Loebach that the minutes of the April 24, 2001, meeting be |
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approved. The motion carried by a voice vote |
4.
Items for Discussion
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Rosemary Kero-I have calls into 2 places for catalogs. The first place no longer sells |
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these and the other place is out of catalogs. I've talked to the principal, we are doing |
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construction, they were to be where new the construction will be, so we decided we |
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should wait on this. If we purchased now we would have to store it anyway so we will |
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apply for that next year and just go with items 1-6 now. |
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It was moved by Lyons that this matter be recommended to the Board of |
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Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Karr, Loebach, Schau and Lyons
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Enactment No: Educational Recyclin |
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Marilyn Mast Hewitt-All of these numbers would be covered with what Waste |
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Management is providing. Just the service is the only thing we have left. We are going |
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to use our children's programs for recycling propaganda. Burg-The total would be |
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$2,160/yr. For multi-family we pay 6 months they pay 6 months. So, $1,080 is what we |
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would pay. |
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Adams-How often do people move out? Hewitt-They are usually there 3-4 years. |
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Adams-So the bins are to stay? Hewitt-Yes, they stay and it's going in our housing |
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manual and it will be part of our check out inspection. |
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Burg-Since we don't pay up front, would it be appropriate if after 6 months they just sent |
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us the bill or do you want to wait the year? Committee- Submit for reimbursement after |
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the first full year. Berger-You don't want her to start until you get it approved. |
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Hewitt-We've postponed it until we get clearance. So we could look at July 1 start? |
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Burg-yes |
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It was moved, seconded by Loebach, to recommended to the Board of Trustees |
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for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Aye:
Karr, Loebach, Schau and Lyons
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Lyons-Since most are aware I convinced the Highland Medical Building to recycle. Their |
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costs have really gone up. That brings me to asking Clarence is there something we |
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can do? Clarence-Tell her to call me. Lyons-What about this commercial grant? I don't |
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know anything about it. Loebach-It's supposed to be for people that are starting up a |
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program. Burg-We have that nifty meet and compete claus in the contract. The |
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contract says this is the maximum amount they can charge. Loebach-They can talk to |
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Clarence about another container and get a quote from another hauler. The way the |
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grant has always worked is they come to us before they start the program. |
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Clarence-Tell her to give me a call and I'll stop over and talk to her. Schau-How do we |
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advertise that program? Loebach-We don't. It has been promoted in the past. but we |
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didn't get great response on that. Soderstrom-If the objective is to reduce her costs, |
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Clarence could work with her, that will help her. Lyons-Then lets just leave it that |
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Clarence will work with them to try to reduce their expenses. I'll tell them to contact |
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Clarence. |
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Soderstrom-The Park District has a tree dedication program.
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Solid Waste Contract - Update |
No report.
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Fall Recycling Extravaganza |
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The committee discussed the two proposals for electronics recycling. |
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Schau-In the whole scheme of things what percent fell into electronics? If it's a demand |
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out there by the community, is it worth thinking about passing this charge onto those that |
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bring stuff in? |
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Clarence Berger-I saw an article that the EPA is considering calling computers |
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hazardous. Loebach-They haven't been banned from the landfill yet. Burg-At the next |
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meeting we have to decide for publicity purposes. Florey-What if we threw them out? |
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What would Clarence charge us? Berger-I would put a regular trailer in, maybe the |
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junker would take it. Burg-I thought the committee wanted it recycled. Lyons-That is the |
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point. Florey-If we don't recycle the electronics they're going to end up in the landfill |
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anyhow. It's more about providing a service. Lyons-If we don't take it this year they'll |
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show up with it anyhow. Burg-We got about 20% of our volume from outside Lombard. |
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I don't know that we would want to subsidize all that. |
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The committee discussed the assignments for this years extravaganza. |
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Volunteers - Gayle Kankovsky/Clark Adams |
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Site/Signage - Clark Adams |
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Corporate Sponsors - Rick Soderstrom/Pam Schau |
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Sign-in Tent - Gayle Kankovsky/Roger Karr |
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Recycling Companies - John Burg |
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Food/Supplies - John Loebach |
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Burg-Regent Metals & Weyerhauser will be there for sure. The wood guy is reluctant. |
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Lyons-I will contact people re: flags, glasses & hearing aids. |
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No report
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Other Business
6.
Adjournment
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It was moved, seconded by Schau, that there being no further business, the |
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meeting be adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The motion carried by a voice vote |
