Tuesday, January 22, 2008
7:30 PM
Village of Lombard
Village Hall Community Room
Environmental Concerns Committee
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Trustee Greg Gron-Chairperson |
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Trustee Dana Moreau-Alternate Chairperson |
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Clark Adams, Jennifer Jendras, Ann Mason, |
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Winnie Lyons, Nancy Schukat and Darlene Bartt |
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Staff Liaison: Wes Anderson |
Meeting Minutes
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Environmental Concerns |
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Committee |
Meeting Minutes
January 22, 2008
Call to Order and Roll Call
1.0
Meeting called to order by Chairperson Gron at 7:30 PM.
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Greg Gron, Winnie Lyons, Jennifer Jendras, Darlene Bartt, Ann Mason and |
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Clark Adams |
Present:
Nancy Schukat
Absent:
Public Participation
2.0
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Julie Shishkoff, 4 E 14th St., Lombard |
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Marv Schulgen, 900 E. Wilson, Lombard |
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Dan Hildebrand, St. Pius X |
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Two additional members from St. Pis X introduced themselves to the committee |
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members. |
Approval of Minutes
3.0
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It was moved by Lyons, seconded by Adams, approved. The motion carried by a |
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voice vote |
Unfinished Business
4.0
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Solid Waste Contract - Update |
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Jim Karls from Waste Mangement in attendance. Karls passed information out to the |
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committee regarding refuse, recycling and yard waste. Gorman: reviewed ICMA |
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Performance Management item. Gorman: possibly look at Elgin and Oak Park to see |
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how their contracts are set up and what if anything they do differently than we do to |
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make themselves more successful. Out of the top ten, Illinois has 4 locations. Karls |
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explained the different types of plastics recycled to the committee and also passed out |
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a handout. Hildebrand: what do we do with the plastic caps from bottles? Karls will |
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contact St. Pius with the information. |
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Gorman: not much of an update on this. Paul Kuehlenz is not in attendance this |
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evening, and this will be something that he will be coordinating with Lonnie Morris. The |
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signs that were put up at schools, train station, etc. have gotten a lot of hype. We have |
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gotten a lot of inquiries from other towns about these. |
New Business
5.0
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2008 Recycling Extravaganza |
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9/20 first choice (will contact schools to check about Homecoming) , 9/13 if conflict. |
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Bartt : will contact Glenbard East and Montini and let Patty know dates of |
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Homecomings. |
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Lyons: Jade Lee will set up a date to come and talk with us about the electronics |
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recycling . Adams: got a call from United about this at work. Will give information to |
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Dave Gorman. We will need to get a per unit cost on the TV's. Gorman: I can set up a |
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tour at the VintageTech plant in Plainfield on a Saturday. Need to set this up ASAP and |
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decide what we are going to do. |
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like to pursue in any way? This really isn't something that we could do on a municipal |
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level; would need to be on a bigger scale. Discussion ensued regarding biodegradable |
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bags, prices, options, etc. Bartt: could we approach stores to encourage them to use |
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paper? Gron: I just don't know. I am wondering if it wouldn't be prudent to incorporate |
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together with DuPage County and their recycling committee. I feel it would need to be |
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something that is done County wide. Lyons: I could contact the Sierra Club. Gorman: |
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suggested that we track this issue, and see what happens. Gron: I will contact |
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someone at the County level to inquire about available options. |
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Endorsement of the Compact put forth by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. |
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Gron: given to me by President Mueller. Jendras: just want to comment that baseline |
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goals are very difficult to achieve. |
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It was moved by Lyons, seconded by Mason, that this matter be recommend to |
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the Board of Trustees for Approval. The motion carried by a voice vote |
Other Business
6.0
Information Only
7.0
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Discussion ensued regarding Fluorescent Light Bulbs. |
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Lyons: we could get a table or a booth at Taste of Lombard with information and |
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literature regarding the Recycling Extravaganza and also to promote our programs and |
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events. (Put this into the Recycling Extravaganza agenda item for next meeting.) |
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Lyons: asked Hildebrand if he talked with Craig at Lombard Pharmacy about the |
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thermometers? Hildebrand: yes, I did, and they are not taking the thermometers. |
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Lyons: first collection of meds at Sacred Heart in December was very successful. |
Adjournment
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It was moved by Mason, seconded by Adams, to adjourn at 8:39 PM. The motion |
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carried by a voice vote |
