Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Trustee Greg Gron-Chairperson |
Trustee Steven Sebby-Alternate Chairperson |
Clark Adams, Jennifer Jendras, Ann Mason, |
Winnie Lyons, Nancy Schukat and Darlene Bartt |
Staff Liaison: Wes Anderson |
Environmental Concerns |
Committee |
Greg Gron, Clark Adams, Winnie Lyons, Jennifer Jendras, Darlene Bartt and |
Ann Mason |
It was moved by Bartt, seconded by Mason, to approve the Minutes of the March |
1, 2006, meeting. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Current Solid Waste Contract - Update |
Anderson told the Committee that the new contract goes to the Board of Trustees the |
first meeting in May. Publicity campaign will start after Board approval and the new |
contract takes effect July 1. Will include senior carts in publicity. |
2006 Recycling Extravaganza (9/16/2006) |
Timeline |
Anderson reviewed the draft timeline. Lyons voiced a concern regarding the timing of |
initial letters going to the schools. She felt May might be too late. Adams explained that |
it's just the letter notifying them of the date. Adams questioned the timing of the initial |
contact with the Recyclers. What will happen if someone does not want to do it. |
Anderson responded that Staff would just find another company. Adams was also |
concerned about electronics. Anderson explained that is why staff will do that in May. |
Adams asked what would happen if we get a terrible price. Anderson responded that |
Staff would let the Committee know at that time. |
Materials |
There was a consensus to accept the same materials as last year. |
Rotary Bicycle Collection |
Lyons asked if this is the same as the collection that Kay McKeen does. Anderson |
answered that he did not know. He added that he talked to Dennis McNicholas, they |
(Rotary) have been doing it for a while on a smaller scale. They're looking at kicking it |
up and doing it twice a year. They're doing one in May and that's the advertising they |
were looking for. Bartt asked what they do with the bicycles. Anderson responded that |
some go to the inner-city and some go overseas. The Rotary would like to do it in |
September too, however, not necessarily in the same place. Realistically we don't |
really have space for it here, but that doesn't mean they couldn't do it someplace close |
by. Chairperson Gron asked how long they've been doing it? Anderson told him about |
two or three years, but they haven't really pushed it in Lombard. Adams pointed out that |
if they do it in conjunction with the Extravaganza, you may end up with a lot of bikes on |
top of the recycling that's being dropped off. |
Anderson asked the Committee if they were interested in considering it. Adams felt that |
it could pose a problem. Bartt added that if the publicity were clear it should be OK. |
Jendras commented that she would be more interested in doing it at the Extravaganza if |
there is room Anderson suggested that one option may be to close one of the other |
streets. Lyons thought the idea of doing at Hammerschmidt School was good. Adams |
pointed out that there will need to be some way of shuffling bikes at the end of the day. |
There was a consensus to participate. Anderson will talk to Dennis McNicholas. |
Lyons informed the Committee that she will be doing a gym shoe collection again and |
hopefully there will be a box at the Village Hall. She also informed them that April 19th |
is the blood drive. |
Cash for Cans |
Jendras suggested that if a dumpster were set up at the Recycling Extravaganza and |
there was publicity about it, that may be one way to do the most cans collected. Bartt |
pointed out that the bees would be really bad. |
EE. Recommendation of ECC Committee - Recycling Grants |
Recommendation from the Environmental Concerns Committee to approve four |
Educational Recycling Grants as follows: Delphi Academy ($579.85), Manor Hill School |
($2,360.00), Montini Catholic High School ($2,500.00) and Willowbrook High School |
($1,592.45) totaling $7,032.30. |
It was moved by Lyons, seconded by Jendras, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval of an Educational Recycling Grant for |
Willowbrook High School in the amount of $1,592.45. The motion carried by a |
voice vote |
It was moved by Mason, seconded by Bartt, that this matter be recommended to |
the Board of Trustees for approval of an Educational Recycling Grant for Montini |
Catholic High School in the amount of $ 2,500.00. The motion carried by a voice |
vote |
Bartt pointed out that compared with other schools that have a large enrollment, they |
have only 78. Jendras commented that last time they asked for the incubators it was |
not approved. She also asked if the school was informed that it was not approved |
because the Committee has an issue with livestock and possible zoning problems. |
Lyons added that she did not agree with the buses for the field trips. Adams agreed that |
the Committee has voted down transportation on other requests. There was a |
consensus among the Committee members to approve only the first three (3) items on |
the request, those being: Delta science module (pollution) complete kit, Eyewitness |
Earth Science Library for grades 2-6 and Power of Science Ecology Kit. |
It was moved by Adams, seconded by Lyons, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval of an Educational Recycling Grant for |
Delphi Academy in the amount of $579.85. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Bartt commented that the Committee has approved picnic tables for them in the recent |
past. Jendras commented that she disagreed with the tables, however, the bike racks |
do encourage bicycling which is better for the environment. Lyons added that in the |
past Waste Management has donated receptacles to schools. Anderson responded |
that he thought these were more alike to the receptacles that the Village put on the |
Prairie path and what Waste Management would donate would be wheeled toters. Gron |
pointed out that wheeled toters would not stay in place. General discussion ensued |
regarding the picnic tables. |
There was a consensus among the Committee members to approve the bicycle racks, |
receptacles and one (1) table. |
It was moved by Bartt, seconded by Jendras, that this matter be recommended |
to the Board of Trustees for approval of an Educational Recycling Grant for |
Manor Hill School in the amount of $2,360.00. The motion carried by a voice vote |
It was moved by Jendras, seconded by Adams, adjourn the meeting at 8:33 p.m. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |