MINUTES of the November 16, 2010 meeting of the Monroe
County Solid Waste Management Committee
MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry McTaggart, Mike Luethe (left 2:15), Richard Yarrington, Adam Hayden
(left 2:15) and Carol Las.
OTHERS PRESENT: Gail Frie-Monroe County Solid Waste Manager, Sue Van Geertruy-Monroe
County Solid Waste Clerical Assistant, Erik Lietz –Ayres Associates, Fred Wegner-Town of Ridgeville
Resident.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 11:00 a.m. by Committee Chair Larry McTaggart at the Solid Waste
Administration Building, 20448 Junco Road, Town of Ridgeville.
Chair McTaggart immediately suspended the Solid Waste Meeting to allow the Energy Sub-Committee to call their meeting to order. The Solid Waste meeting will reconvene upon adjournment of the Energy meeting.
Meeting reconvened at 1:35 p.m. The agenda will not be done in numerical order due to some members having prior commitments.
1.
PERIOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT
Fred Wegner feels some county board members should be replaced.
2.
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
Motion by Richard Yarrington to approve the minutes of the November 1, 2010 meeting, seconded by
Larry McTaggart. All ayes, motion carried.
3.
CURRENT BILLS
Current bills are summarized as follows:
2010 Site II Cell 3 $ 4,110.49
2010 Ridge II Operations
2010 Recycling
$ 55,834.68
$ 2,239.13
2010 Ridge I Closure / LTC $ 4,603.50
2010 HHW Clean Sweep $ 450.00
2010 Sand Creek $
2010 Credit Card Charges $ 203.09
Motion by Mike Luethe to approve the bills as presented totaling $ 67,440.89, seconded by Richard
Yarrington. All ayes, motion carried.
4.
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS a) Financial & Waste Volume Reports –Over 500k in our cash balance so looks good. Site I expenses are at 76k with no revenues. Gail will be contacting the DNR for reimbursement of these monies from our LTC account and Gail hopes to recover the full amount. The 95k LTC payment for Site II will be next month. There was some discussion about how the 95k is paid and Gail will pursue looking into changing the current payment system. Leachate has been through the roof. MSW tonnage is up due to Fort McCoy projects. That waste is being segregated but the DNR would probably not like it. Gail is considering shredding some of the wood waste. Erik and Richard both suggested companies nearby that do shredding.

MINUTES of the November 16, 2010 meeting of the Monroe
County Solid Waste Management Committee b) General Activities- Covered under other items. c) Discussion & Possible Action-Line Item Transfers-Gail went through the list of transfers and explained the need to shift funds. Motion to approve all line item transfers made by Richard
Yarrington, seconded by Carol Las. All ayes, motion carried. d) Discussion & Possible Action-Out of County Waste–Juneau County- See 6c.
5.
LANDFILL OPERATIONS a) General Activities / Leachate Report –Covered under 4a. b) Discussion & Action-Density Study Cost Sharing–Compaction is very close to where it should be.
Gerke is done with the work. Steve Dougherty will do monthly density studies and share the information with us. Erik explained the Steve’s computer program and his are different so the densities are looked at in different ways, also Gerke uses a construction foreman to do the study while Ayres uses an engineer. Carol questioned when the next study is due and Gail explained he will have it done when he gives the go ahead but it will probably be before the first snow immediately following deer season. c) Discussion Landfill Gas Project and Flare Update-The gas meter has been ordered and the flare is working perfectly. d) Discussion & Action-Landfill Energy Saving Lease Agreement Resolution- Gail handed out copies of the old and new resolutions. Changes were in the cost numbers. The last paragraph was at the request of Corporation Counsel and the County Board Chair. It also addresses the concerns of the
County Administrator. Carol expressed concern about the resolution passed in April and that it will be confusing for some board members. Gail stated he will get a short story out to Supervisors prior to the meeting explaining the situation. Gail also said that there may be too much amendment to do on the floor, and that members will have to have copies of the old and new resolutions that show the change in the funding source, which is to be the county. Larry said that payback to the general fund will be considered a revenue stream and we will have to clarify that. There will be costs of maintenance etc. Many supervisors will not like the idea of going to the general fund.
Adam feels that if the resolution goes forward with the Energy Sub-Committees approval there wouldn’t be a downside. Erik thought that with everyone’s approval we would have to explain why we would be using the general fund and maybe that would get those opposed. Carol questioned if we could pay interest to the general fund and Gail felt it would affect the County’s bonding ability for the jail. Motion by Richard Yarrington to proceed forward with the new resolution following the guidelines from the Energy Sub-Committee, seconded by Carol Las. All Ayes, motion carried. 5-0
Gail believes we may have to have another meeting before County Board but it could be immediately before their meeting.
6.
RECYCLING PROGRAM a) Transfer Facility Operation –Nothing new, running fine. b) Discussion & Action-Waste Oil and Oil Filter Recycling-Rock Oil Contract Services-Rock Oil will exchange with us. Two bids were sent to us but Safety Kleen was twice as expensive as Rock Oil. 55 gallon drums will be set up and when full the exchange will happen. All this can be done right in

MINUTES of the November 16, 2010 meeting of the Monroe
County Solid Waste Management Committee the garage. We will have to purchase a spill container and possibly some other equipment. Motion by Richard Yarrington to start an exchange program of waste oil and oil filters in the garage using
55 gallon drums, seconded by Mike Luethe. All ayes-motion carried 5-0 c) Discussion & Possible Action-Municipal Recycling Payments-Last year we were running 30-40k in the red due to our changing how the recycling program was handled. This year we have about 90k left in recycling. Even with expenses through the end of the year and some purchases Gail wants to make we are in a position to pay out more than the 100% to municipalities. We won’t know until the final calculations are made but we could be paying double. Richard said the difference is about
150% of the formula but feels we should hold some for other equipment needed. Gail said he would like to purchase two 40yd compactor boxes. Ultimately these will be used for ag plastic but up until next summer they could be used to help out Juneau County with a problem they are having. Erik explained the Juneau did not get their last phase completed and they will be full in seven months.
They have a public collection site where residents can come in and drop off their trash. To save some room and buy them some time we could receive their MSW. Currently they do not have any boxes available to do this. They could use the boxes Gail wants to purchase and when they are ready the boxes come back here to use for the ag plastic. Carol asked when this would start and
Erik replied probably the first of the year and run until about July. Motion by Mike Luethe to accept out of county waste from Juneau County, seconded by Richard Yarrington. All ayes-motion carried. 5-0 Motion by Carol Las to purchase two 40yd compactor boxes with cost not to exceed
$6,715.00 each, seconded by Larry McTaggart. All ayes, motion carried. 5-0 Motion by Richard
Yarrington to reimburse municipality recycling payments @ 150% of formula, seconded by Adam
Hayden. All ayes with one abstention (Mike Luethe), motion carried. 4-0-1 d) Discussion & Possible Action-Purchase 40yd Compactor Box for Ag Plastic-See 6c.
7.
MANAGER’S REPORT a) Department Updates- Gail explained that he purchased a new vehicle and while this will save him gas it does not allow for his tools to always be available for use here. We may have to purchase some tools to have here at the department because of this.
SET NEXT MEETING DATE
The next meeting of the Solid Waste Committee will be Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at the Solid Waste Administration Building, 20448 Junco Road, Town of Ridgeville, Monroe County
Wisconsin.
MEETING ADJOURNED
Motion by Richard Yarrington to adjourn at 2:44 p.m., seconded by Carol Las. All ayes, motion carried.