Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Joan DeStephano-Chairperson |
Trustee Kenneth M. Florey-Vice Chairperson |
Clark Adams, Jennifer Jendras, John Loebach, |
Winnie Lyons, Nancy Schukat |
Staff Liaison: John Burg |
Vice Chairperson Kenneth M. Florey, Committee Member Gayle Kankovsky, |
Roger Karr, Susan King, John Loebach and Winnie Lyons |
It was moved by King, seconded by Karr, that the minutes of the September 29, |
1999, and November 22, 1999, meetings be approved. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
Solid Waste Contract - Update |
John Burg updated the committee on the solid waste contract. The first 3 weeks of |
April, Lombard Disposal will deliver the new toters and the 24 gallon recycling bins. |
Ken Florey-By moving the deadline back, we have to approve the grants tonight, so the |
funds will be spent out of this fiscal year budget. |
John Burg-We are delighted with the applications we got. Everybody did a good job. |
Staff would like a recommendation from the committee tonight on the grant applications |
and to pay the grants up front so that the schools can buy their items right away. We |
could always ask for a proof of purchase later. |
Ken Florey suggested that the committee discuss that under Item 000155 - Community |
Recycling Fund Budget. |
Cindy Cronin, Madison School-We wrote a grant impacting all 6 schools in District 44. |
We took a look at what we can add to the curriculum. We're looking at books and |
videos for each elementary school. We would also like a can of worms for each of the |
schools, worm bedding and worms. We are looking at how these reduce our lunch |
room waste. Also asking for some microscopes and benches. Would like to get some |
field trips too. Gayle Kankovsky-The benches, which ones are you interested in, high |
back? John Loebach-Is this different curriculum for each school, or will they be sharing? |
Cindy-It would be for all schools. |
Beth Lyons, Manor Hill School-We are asking for items for our courtyard. We're trying |
to get 2 tables and benches. John Loebach-Is this an unanticipated expense? Would |
this substitute other funds? Dr. Gary Smit-No. Beth Lyons-The Junior Garden Club |
would create some king of garden. |
Laura Pepke, Park View School-We will also have a courtyard and we are asking for |
benches and a garbage can and landscape timber. A lot of the kids in the school are |
very active in recycling already. Our concern is that they never see anything that |
happens once it's been recycled. Gayle Kankovsky-Why did you decide to ask for |
recycled timber instead of regular? Laura Pepke-We're trying to make the whole area |
from recycled material. |
Carl Grumble, Glenn Westlake Middle School-We are asking for a continuation in the |
water monitoring kits for students to be able to perform themselves. The kits that are |
currently used are rather expensive to replenish chemically. We are looking at less |
expensive kits. We are also asking for 10 containers with lids for recycling aluminum |
and plastic and a can crusher to work down the cans. John Loebach-How are you |
currently handling the materials that you collect? Carl Grumbles-Waste Management |
picks it up. John Loebach-Is the can crusher the best solution or a bigger container? |
Carl Grumbles-Space is an issue and appearance. This week the high winds took what |
we had and blew them around. John Loebach-Is there anything specific about the type |
of container that would be conducive? Carl Grumbles-These would be collected inside |
the building. Open top container invite everything to be thrown in. They would have a |
problem getting the lunch stuff out. Gayle Kankovsky-With the water monitoring kits, |
how long do you anticipate use of these? Carl Grumbles-They are estimated well into 5 |
years, plus the refilling of the chemicals along the way. |
Winnie Lyons-I noticed in each request for benches, 2 different brochures were |
attached. I'm curious why they wouldn't purchase from the same place. Kay McKeen, |
DuPage Solid Waste Educational Center-Some schools may find out about only 1 place. |
But we have found a good price. |
Justine ?, Montini Catholic High School-Our Environmental Science wants to conquer |
water, soil and air. We are asking for kits to test those things. 2 water test kits, 2 soil |
testing kits and air sampling pumps. We hope to research where the elements of |
pollution we find came from and implement a plan to reduce. John Loebach-Will the |
students be working with this? Justine ?-This would be used every year in the |
Environmental Science course. |
Christine Schwarz, Glenbard East High School-We are headed more toward the |
environmental education also. We tried to focus on Illinois & more local issues. |
Freshman study the local ponds or DuPage River. We also have activities that take |
them to local forest preserves. We have a chemistry class that has an ongoing study of |
ponds. The Senior class is more extensive. We've had an opportunity with construction |
to add on a science/computer lab. We have funding for computers, but no funding for |
software. We're looking at all sorts of different programs at this point; management of |
eco systems, simulations that would give them an idea of say deer population |
management. We want CD roms and that type of thing for the computer lab. Especially |
interactive ones for either pre or post activity. We also have a Science Olympiad team. |
This is totally unfunded. They have a water quality event and specific kits that they use |
in competition. In order to not use up the regular current supplies, they're looking for |
their own kit. Gayle Kankovsky-You would be using this for regular curriculum too? |
Christine Schwarz-Probably not, the kits do not operate the same so we tend to be |
brand specific. The Science Olympiad Team has chose a different brand. |
Carl Grumbles [to the committee]-Have you thought about making a sticker or plaque for |
these items to say provided to you by the Village of Lombard? Are you going to contact |
us after this goes to the Board of Trustees, so we know how to proceed? John Burg-If |
the Board of Trustees approves, the Village will cut you a check. |
Enactment No: Recycling Grants |
Jerry Hoelscher, National College of Chiropractic-Made an application for recycling grant |
under multi family in 1998 and we were reimbursed $716. Currently we have been |
recycling cans, bottles and plastic. We have about 700 students, 160 of which live on |
campus, that comprises about 150 units mostly apartments and 1 dormitory. Of the |
students that we have enrolled 181 are living off campus but in Lombard. We have quite |
a number of students on campus and living outside of campus in Lombard. Currently |
we have been using the students as the collectors of the recycling. We purchased |
ourselves all the on campus containers. This past year we got some federal money for |
students to go out and work in various non-profit organizations and be paid. We offered |
them the opportunity to collect recyclables. We wanted to add paper to the program and |
talked to Waste Management about getting containers. We are currently spending |
$1,800./year for the containers for the cans and bottles. Our students are very |
environmentally conscience. Ken Florey-What kind of containers? Jerry Hoelscher-We |
have 10-12 containers with lids. 6 are centrally placed for the dorms and then once in |
each building. Student workers then take it from the building out to the container. Ken |
Florey-This grant would allow you to put more containers. Jerry Hoelscher-No, it's not |
the containers, it's the cost for Waste Management. John Burg-It would cover the |
existing service and the new paper service. |
John Loebach-We had a multi-family grant in the past to encourage the starting of |
programs. One of the parameters was they had to pay 6 months and the Village paid 6 |
months. In theory they should be able to get less garbage and fewer pick ups. Ken |
Florey-Part of the request is for a new program. John Loebach-I believe since we've |
acted that way in the past, we should keep it that way. So it should be half of the |
$660.00 |
Enactment No: Multi-Family Recycli |
It was moved by Loebach, seconded by Committee Member Kankovsky, to |
allocate $330.00 as a matching grant for the additional recycling service for |
National College of Chiropractic. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Winnie Lyons announced to the committee that she was able to convince Highland |
Medical Center to begin recycling. |
John Burg reviewed the memo regarding this program. The 1999 Strategic plan |
recommended a local adopt a road program. The Board of Trustees was not looking for |
the typical program, they wanted a local program. If you want to do a program like this it |
would be sent on to the Board of Trustees for concurrence with the recommendation. |
Ken Florey-I would like to include the Illinois Prairie Path as adoptable. |
John Loebach-Do a lot of communities have a program like this? John Burg-No |
It was moved by Lyons, seconded by King, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Enactment No: Proposed Parkway Pri |
This fiscal year there was $12,000 budgeted for education, $12,000 for multi-family and |
$12,000 for commercial in the Community Recycling Fund budget. We've spent |
$1,000-$2,000 in catch up from grants. We would spend a total of $17,000 for |
educational grants now. Ken Florey-Can we take money from other funds? John |
Burg-Yes. We were estimated to spend about $20,000 this year. Ken Florey-We can |
go through the ranking and approve on an individual basis or all together. John |
Loebach-We should have the opportunity to go over them separately. |
John Burg reviewed the ranking list. There was a diverse group of ideas. Ken |
Florey-It's good to see educational materials and field trips. You have to feed these |
programs with a little bit of glamor to keep it exciting and new. |
It was moved by Loebach, seconded by Committee Member Kankovsky, to |
recommend to the Board of Trustees that the grants be paid up front. The motion |
carried by the following vote: |
Ken Florey-We would require the back up material after the fact. John Loebach-You are |
going to at least refer the source material if another school has a better source? Kay |
McKeen-You are the only Community in the county doing this. |
It was moved by Committee Member Kankovsky, seconded by Lyons, to |
recommend to the Board of Trustees approval of the Educational Grant for |
Glenbard East. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Sacred Heart - John Burg-I don't see any problem with approving it. Ken Florey-I have a |
problem, because all the other schools were able to get themselves together. John |
Loebach-In part 4, are they asking for us to pay their recycling service? Winnie |
Lyons-There is Donohue out of St Charles. The pick up paper recycling for free. Kay |
McKeen-They said when they get a request from a school, then they will go to the town |
to talk to them about licensing. John Loebach-Back to my question, is that part of the |
request? I don't think we're in the business of replenishing budgets. Without someone |
here to answer the questions, I would say turn it down or bring it back next year. |
The consensus of the committee was to hold it for next month. |
ParkView School - Gayle Kankovsky-I have a problem with these landscape timbers. I |
understand why they want them, but $600 is a lot of money for kids to walk on wood. I'd |
rather see that $600 go for CD roms or some type of educational material. Winnie |
Lyons-The point is well taken. Ken Florey-The idea is instead of using railroad ties. |
They may not be as obvious as a bench, but it is recycled material. John Burg-It's 30 |
timbers, these are probably a little more expensive I think more end markets you for the |
more viable it makes recycling. Kay McKeen-I think I can get the benches cheaper. If |
you buy the wood timers, the chemicals leach into the ground. The plastic ones last 40 |
years, have no slivers, no chemicals and they'll last 4 times as long. The benefit is no |
garbage and no chemicals or slivers. John Burg-I read an article about the dilemma of |
recycling. No matter what the circumstances, it's hard for companies to sell recycling. |
John Loebach-It would be nice to see emphasis on this material, a plaque or something. |
Another item when they start planting prairie plants out in the pond. It gives them some |
ownership. If there are spare funds left over, I would like to see it spent there. |
It was moved by Loebach, seconded by King, to recommend to the Board of |
Trustees approval of the Educational Grant for Parkview School. The motion |
carried by the following vote: |
Westlake Middle School - Ken Florey-They might be able to contact somebody for |
containers. John Loebach-Considering this is all the students of this age level, maybe |
next years request will ask for more. There's ideas out there that can benefit the |
students. |
It was moved by King, seconded by Lyons, to recommend to the Board of |
Trustees approval of the Educational Grant for Glen Westlake Middle School. The |
motion carried by the following vote: |
Montini Catholic High School - John Loebach-I would be interested, once they go |
through the first year of implementing the tests, in them making the information available |
to us. Ken Florey-I would love to here from the students next Fall. |
It was moved by Committee Member Kankovsky, seconded by Lyons, to |
recommend to the Board of Trustees approval of the Educational Grant for |
Montini Catholic High School. The motion carried by the following vote: |
Ken Florey-They were going to pay for the wood chips out of our fund. It's something to |
keep an eye on. It hasn't passed yet. John Burg-It is out of this budget under operating |
costs. Ken Florey-The idea was we were paying for the brush chipping. Gayle |
Kankovsky-On another sheet what is costs associated with tire, paint and battery |
disposal. John Burg-There was $10,000 in there to deal with hazardous waste. It's |
always been in this budget as far as I know. Gayle Kankovsky-Miscellaneous |
contractual services has gone from $46,000 to $70,000. John Burg-Ken is right, it's |
almost a wash. Gayle Kankovsky-So what you're telling me is they charge some |
Central Garage stuff here. John Loebach-I know it's a small amount, but to me it's a |
question of proper use of funds. Ken Florey-Talk to Len Flood, deficit spending is |
unacceptable. Winnie Lyons-This amount that you're referring to has been in there all |
along. John Burg-As far as I know the surcharge started coming in in 1991. That |
surcharge has always been the same. The next time we talk about the contract we |
should look at raising that surcharge. John Loebach-I think we should eliminate the |
commercial because we have not provided them any service. Ken Florey-I'd be real |
hesitant to increase that fee. Let's talk about this balance. It's a growing balance. If |
there are legitimate expenses will this committee not object if they tap into the balance? |
What are we going to do with that balance? Gayle Kankovsky-How much revenue are |
we going to lose from the stickers? John Burg-Probably about $10,000 or so. John |
Loebach-I don't think it's right to hoard money. There's got to be a means to tap into |
ways to reduce the waste in town whether it be pilot programs or encouraging people to |
pool their locations. Ken Florey-We need a plan. If we're going to do some deficit |
spending for awhile. If there's a legitimate reason we're spending more on recycling, but |
if there are other questionable items it's hard to justify. John Burg-These are all policy |
decisions. Susan King-Maybe one of the things we could look into is getting some type |
of centrally located drop off for corrugated. Ken Florey-I want to see a better 5 year |
plan. This plan is not acceptable because it results in a negative balance. Are we |
allocating incorrect amounts to the recycling surcharge? |
Miscellaneous Informational Items |
It was moved by Karr, seconded by Committee Member Kankovsky, there being |
no further business, the meeting be adjourned at 9:30 p.m. The motion carried by |
a voice vote |