ALLEN COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Board Meeting
Monday, March 30, 2015
Present:
Vice Chair: Don Gerardot, Secretary Therese Bloom, Nelson Peters, Russell Jehl
Also Present: Tony Burrus: Director, District Attorney: William Fishering
Call to Order
Don Gerardot: Called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m.
Therese Brown: Approval of February Meeting Minutes
Nelson Peters: 2nd
Motion passed: 4/0/0
Yard Waste Contracts: Tony Burrus presented ACSWMD current year’s yard waste contracts between
Republic Services and with the City of Fort Wayne. Only the dates had changed from the previous
year. This program allows residents to compost their yard waste instead of disposing in the landfill.
Tony noted that IDEM does require the utilization of registered facility or permitted landfills.
Therese Brown: Motion to Approve of 2015 Yard Waste Contracts
Nelson Peters: 2nd
Motion passed: 4/0/0
Citizens Action Committee: Request for Parking for CAC members that attend required CAC meetings to
be paid by the district.
Therese Brown: Approval for paid parking for CAC members attending meetings.
Nelson Peters: 2nd
Motion passed 4/0/0
DIRECTORS Report:
Tony Burrus: We continue to monitor two bills: There is a bill which essentially is a Christmas Tree
environmental bill that will be effective July 1. The changes require all waste haulers, Solid Waste
Districts, recyclers and cities who handle recyclables to report the materials to the State. We’d ask the
calendar follow the calendar year v. the fiscal year.
Additionally Bill 390 – Lake County Bill’s amendments require a District constructing landfills or
waste-to-energy facilities to get the approval from the District’s Commissioners.
Also requires that a District director only be employed by the District. As it happens, The Shelbyville
Director is an employee of both the District and the waste industry – which could be considered a
conflict of interest.
Review of Claims:
Therese Brown: Motion to approve Claims
Nelson Peters: 2nd
Motion passed: 4/0/0
Don Gerardot: Meeting adjourned 10:11 a.m.