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Good afternoon. It's 4:30. We're going to be called work. 00:00:01
County Solid Waste Management District. 00:00:04
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:00:11
And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:15
Thank you for everyone for being here. Looks like we have Mr. Hope. 00:00:27
Mr. Gahan. 00:00:31
And Mr. Dickie, who are absent today, Mr. Dickey did want to add that he is unfortunately out of town for work conference and 00:00:33
that's why he couldn't be here today. So he wanted that in the record. 00:00:38
Let's see here approval of the June 17th minutes. 00:00:45
It's almost got a motion by Mr. Bagshaw. 00:00:49
2nd and 2nd by Mr. Luke. 00:00:52
Any discussion? 00:00:55
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:00:57
Aye, any opposed? 00:00:59
That carries. 00:01:01
Approval of July provisional claims. 00:01:04
It's almost I got a motion by Mr. Bagshaw. 00:01:07
For the record, who revealed those? So those are those are there are done by Mr. Bagshaw myself. 00:01:11
That was the. 00:01:16
Emails that we referenced. 00:01:18
Yeah, I saw the emails in there. That's OK. Yeah. 00:01:19
Yeah, and the the claims themselves, I just. 00:01:22
I have no problem seconding it if if. 00:01:26
No, I can second. OK, that's fine. 00:01:28
Then we got a second by Mr. Knavel. Any further discussion? 00:01:31
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:34
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:36
And that carries. 00:01:38
Approval of August. 00:01:41
Provisional claims. 00:01:43
Some of I got a motion by Mr. Backshall. Can I get a second? 00:01:44
Second. Second by Mr. Mabel. 00:01:48
Any further discussion? 00:01:51
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:53
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:55
That carries. 00:01:58
And approval the September 20th. 00:01:59
So move. 00:02:02
Motion by Mr. 00:02:04
You know, I'll second. I was second by Mr. Knabel. Is there any further discussion? 00:02:05
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:02:11
Aye. 00:02:14
Like there's. 00:02:15
All right, Director's report. 00:02:18
Oh, thank you so much. 00:02:25
September director's report. 00:02:37
Marketing Communications. 00:02:40
We've added like 1000 active users. 00:02:44
940 of new. 00:02:47
Text alerts are just. 00:02:50
Our text alert subscription will be cancelled as of this month because. 00:02:51
We no longer needed the neighborhood. 00:02:55
Outreach program has been completed. 00:02:57
So that's behind us now. 00:03:00
Facebook. 00:03:04
Facebook and Instagram accounts have a combined 338 followers. 00:03:04
Which is an increase of 324 from last month. 00:03:09
OK, operation and initiatives. 00:03:14
Total traffic count for August is. 00:03:17
4950, which is a slight. 00:03:20
Decrease from last month. 00:03:23
But year to date? 00:03:26
We've had a 4.7 increase from last year. 00:03:28
And again, this was the last month for the neighborhoods. 00:03:33
Total recycle volume from August. 00:03:36
Is up 81 tons. 00:03:38
Which is up from 78 tons. 00:03:41
The last month. 00:03:43
9 tons more than August of 2024. 00:03:45
OK. Year to date comparisons 2025 to 24. 00:03:49
You've had a 13 point. 00:03:53
Want to increase in the year to date? 00:03:55
Total recycle. 00:03:57
Product volume. 00:03:58
A 10% increase in traffic count volume. 00:04:00
25% increase in cardboard volume. 00:04:04
Which is huge for us. 00:04:07
A slight increase in single stream volume. 00:04:09
And for year to date revenue? 00:04:14
That's up about 13.38%. 00:04:17
We've had a few maintenance and repairs, nothing major. 00:04:22
Nothing really to talk about. 00:04:25
HW. 00:04:28
We just finished. 00:04:28
The September HW we have one more. 00:04:30
Weekend left for the year. 00:04:33
I have kind of a projection. 00:04:36
That's not in here, but I have a projection. 00:04:38
For what we're going to spend for the rest of the year. 00:04:40
Should be between 8:00 and $12,000. 00:04:43
For HSW and e-waste for the rest of the year. 00:04:46
Staffing. 00:04:50
We're currently we're down to 12 employees. 00:04:52
12 very dedicated employees. 00:04:55
So I mean, I know. 00:04:58
The schedule. 00:05:00
You know, we had to close, start closing on Friday afternoons. 00:05:02
Which really hasn't. 00:05:05
In fact, it's a whole lot because we didn't have a large turn out from 2:00 to 5:00. 00:05:06
But you know, hats off to the other employees that are stepping up. 00:05:11
And filling in. 00:05:14
So I don't really foresee. 00:05:15
Any. 00:05:17
Open dates. 00:05:19
That we would need to be closed for the rest of the year, right? 00:05:20
We do have one. 00:05:26
Community Corrections. A volunteer. 00:05:27
Who has? 00:05:29
Been working during the week for us. He's a very very hard worker. Good guy. 00:05:30
And that has helped us. 00:05:35
You know, to keep her schedule going also. 00:05:36
So special projects again. The neighborhood project has has ended in August. 00:05:39
I've got a lot of them there for the item. Direction is still pending. 00:05:47
Regarding the equipment. 00:05:51
And that was purchased through the grants. 00:05:53
I think I sent out an e-mail. 00:05:55
Earlier this afternoon. That outlines what they are. 00:05:58
Giving us directions to do if we. 00:06:03
Solved. If you haven't seen it again, I just sent that out. 00:06:06
Maybe at 2:00. 00:06:09
2:30 or something like. 00:06:11
Yeah, OK. 00:06:12
OK, Budget financial. 00:06:14
So we have the SBOA audit. 00:06:17
That's next week, and Jason will be. 00:06:20
Part of that. 00:06:22
We have the 26 budget. 00:06:25
Completed. 00:06:27
I don't. I'm not sure how we're going to do that tonight or you want to go over that. 00:06:29
Line item, a line item or you want to just look at it at your own leisure. Yeah, just submit it and what everybody's looks at it. 00:06:32
OK, so that has been. 00:06:36
That has been submitted. 00:06:41
OK, so. 00:06:42
Budget versus actual. 00:06:44
Month end of August, our total expenses. 00:06:46
Are for these. 00:06:49
Month of August is under budget by about 35.7%. 00:06:51
Budget versus actual for year to date. 00:06:57
We're at 66% of target. 00:07:00
Total expenses year to date were under budget by 59%. 00:07:02
Salaries and wages. 00:07:07
Under about 56. 00:07:09
Operator salaries on target. 00:07:11
Transporter salary. 00:07:14
Is under budget by 58%. 00:07:16
Directors is slightly over. 00:07:18
Gasoline is under budget by. 00:07:22
49%. 00:07:23
Office supplies. 00:07:25
124%. 00:07:28
Total repairs and maintenance that's under budget by 45%. 00:07:30
Recycling services, It is on target. 00:07:34
At about 64%, utility services is over budget by 83. 00:07:37
And equipment and building. 00:07:42
Budget was over. 00:07:45
By the 10,009 we didn't. 00:07:46
Have anything budgeted for that this year? 00:07:48
But the forklift that we bought earlier in the year. 00:07:50
Kind of fell into that, but it will all. 00:07:53
Even out toward the end of the year. 00:07:56
So. 00:08:00
That's it for the director's report, I know. 00:08:02
That I'd sent out an e-mail earlier this week. 00:08:05
With some questions. 00:08:08
I don't know if any of that is up for discussion tonight. 00:08:10
Or not. 00:08:13
You know how you responded to the e-mail? Well, I responded, I think, yes. 00:08:15
I mean you read my response. 00:08:18
That e-mail that came out? 00:08:22
Earlier this afternoon, I just have quite and maybe I'm maybe I missed this or maybe it wasn't in there, but. 00:08:24
Is there a period of time after which? 00:08:29
You don't have any obligation with regards to that. 00:08:34
It's a depreciating asset, so I just didn't know. 00:08:38
Let's say the year 2035 rolls around. 00:08:40
And yeah. 00:08:44
And. 00:08:45
And the board is dissolved. I mean at that point in time, do you still, are you still? 00:08:48
Because it said you'd have to pay 50%. 00:08:52
Of the. 00:08:54
Purchase price back, but I don't know how they would do that if it was five years from now. 00:08:55
I I don't know that either. So it wasn't then there's some questions that need to be answered. 00:08:59
Within that. 00:09:04
Yeah, I think. 00:09:05
Yeah, yeah. And we can get those. 00:09:06
Well, I think it would be prudent of us to involve. 00:09:08
You know Mr. Fox or Mrs. Fox? 00:09:11
Back in Stan. 00:09:14
Both in the audit and. 00:09:16
Yeah, any of the closing blood. 00:09:17
Issues that might come up so. 00:09:20
That way. 00:09:22
Everybody's uh. 00:09:23
On par And then with regards to my response, I don't know whether. 00:09:24
You had a chance to look at that or not, but. 00:09:28
Since we're in the middle of that, I think. 00:09:30
Close to dead in the middle of that 180 days. 00:09:33
I don't know how much we can or we've explored different options as it continues to be a discussion, but we don't have any 00:09:37
concrete answers at the moment with regards to how things are going to be resolved or wrapped up. We still have a public hearing 00:09:41
that we're obligated to have at the end of that 180 days. 00:09:46
And so. 00:09:51
That's where I am. I don't, I don't know that there's much that we can. We took a quick glance at the e-mail. I didn't look at the 00:09:54
attachments that were there. 00:09:58
Which I think provided some of the specifics the attachment, I'm sorry the the e-mail itself. 00:10:03
Laid out some options with regards to what you were going to do with the equipment. 00:10:10
Whether you're gonna keep it, whether or not. 00:10:15
And give it to another county or whether or not you know. 00:10:17
Depending upon what you do with equipment. 00:10:20
Determines. 00:10:22
What, if anything, you have to pay back? 00:10:24
I think the way I read that was if you. 00:10:26
If you sign it over to another county, that's. 00:10:29
That needs the equipment. That's the end of it. It's a wash. Yeah, but we had two emails we were talking about, just to clarify 00:10:31
for folks, we had one that came out this afternoon that. 00:10:35
Detailed equipment and. 00:10:39
Disposition of that. 00:10:42
If we. 00:10:44
Shut things down and the other one was yesterday. Mr. Masco had numerous questions about. 00:10:45
What we're going to be doing in timelines on closing and my response was yesterday was well we're in this 180 day waiting period 00:10:49
and. 00:10:53
We really don't have a finite. 00:10:56
Calendar where we're. 00:10:59
Saying, hey, we're. 00:11:00
This all ends at a certain date. In my mind. We have 180 days where we're still collecting information, looking at options. We 00:11:02
have a public hearing that has to happen after that. 00:11:06
And only after that would have final determination. 00:11:12
To be made. And so with that being said. 00:11:14
I mean, you know we have that's by 1 singular opinion, right? That's not a legal opinion other than opinion. If we go into the 00:11:17
first of the year, which is the 180 days the way. 00:11:22
Again, I've never been given a date. 00:11:26
Start so. 00:11:28
It was it started when? When the Council had their vote. 00:11:30
Affirming the commissioners vote. So when does that? What does that understand? 00:11:35
I don't have that off top of my head because everyone is on January, yeah. 00:11:39
So that's mid January, so. 00:11:42
Do we? 00:11:45
I mean we have cardboard routes. 00:11:46
That, you know, we don't really have contracts for, but. 00:11:48
We it's a year to, you know, a year to year. 00:11:51
What they, what they've signed up for. 00:11:55
So do we stop that at years in? 00:11:57
Or do we approach them for another fee for? 00:11:59
Going into 2026. 00:12:03
Well, I wouldn't see the wisdom and asking for more fee if you don't know if it's going to be here, I would probably put it on 00:12:07
call. I would put, I would say no and put it on pause until the final determination has been made. 00:12:12
OK, Yeah. 00:12:17
So we halt everything at the end of the year. 00:12:20
Yes, everything the the routes the mid January, right. 00:12:23
Afterward. 00:12:29
That's the minimum time required before we. 00:12:30
Could have that public. 00:12:33
Right. But if that's the minimum time at which a decision could be made and? 00:12:34
Again, I'm one person. I would. 00:12:38
I would say if that vote carries through. 00:12:41
My opinion then. 00:12:43
We give a reasonable time for things to be shut down. 00:12:45
45 days, 60 days or whatever and. 00:12:49
So we will have to some have some form of a budget. 00:12:52
To run. 00:12:56
I believe the council had a provisional budget of 2026 in there, $400,000. It's in your own budget. 00:12:57
OK, yeah, but but you, you reviewed our. 00:13:04
Yeah, yeah. It's under advisement probably. 00:13:07
Yeah, yeah, there's a line in the commissioner's budget. 00:13:10
400,000 I guess in a nutshell, we're just trying to. 00:13:13
You know the public ask every day. 00:13:17
You know, do you guys know what's what's going to happen? 00:13:19
And our answer is, we don't know. We really haven't been told. 00:13:22
Well, I get. 00:13:26
The same inquiries and I tell them what I just. 00:13:26
Expressed here publicly, which is that we're. 00:13:29
In the middle of this 180 day day that was. 00:13:32
OK, that 108 days was not our idea. That was. 00:13:34
Mandatory tutorial then we had to do that and we will be having another public hearing on that and after that then. 00:13:38
In the meantime, we're exploring. 00:13:43
Different options. Mr. Fox is putting together RFP's for us, for some. 00:13:45
Service types, but we probably won't even. 00:13:50
Put the RFPs out till later in this year given. 00:13:53
The timeline that we're working with on. So we're business as usual until this happens, even if it runs into next year. 00:13:56
In my mind, yes. I don't know how other people feel about that. I agree. You know, I think that there's a misunderstanding that. 00:14:03
We have this. 00:14:09
Big plan. 00:14:12
That we can tell you what day we're doing what. 00:14:13
And that's not. 00:14:16
The way it is, we are still exploring our options. 00:14:17
And we had to follow the statute. 00:14:21
To follow the 180 days. 00:14:24
So. 00:14:27
We really don't. 00:14:28
Have on this day this is gonna happen. 00:14:29
We we don't have it. 00:14:33
But we can tell you this and I'm. 00:14:35
I'll speak for all of us because I know everybody here. 00:14:38
We have the character that as soon as we know. 00:14:42
You will know. 00:14:45
OK. 00:14:47
I mean, this is fair as we can be about it. 00:14:48
And I have those same inquiries from the public. 00:14:52
And I tell them the same thing, that. 00:14:57
Doctor Knabel just did and I tell him we are exploring our options. 00:14:59
And trying to make the best decision possible for. 00:15:04
The tax dollars and the taxpayers. 00:15:09
I guess I was under the understanding right that at the end of the year we were done. 00:15:12
That was my understanding when the stuff. 00:15:17
We want you to keep doing what you're doing the best you can, and you will be the first person. Once this body makes a decision, 00:15:19
you'll be that first person to know. 00:15:24
You're done all right. 00:15:29
And then that's that's all I have, unless you have any other questions and. 00:15:33
I don't have anything. 00:15:37
Bye us. 00:15:39
No, that's the that's the commissioners job. 00:15:44
Commissioners a vote on. 00:15:47
How about the store date? 00:15:50
Call my $450 budget. 00:15:51
It has to be submitted to the council anyhow and they've already got it and taken under advisement. 00:15:56
I don't believe so, do we, Rick. 00:16:04
They've already got it. 00:16:06
The County Council, What's the County Council rule on that? 00:16:08
Well, all I know is I don't. I'm not sure we got received that. 00:16:12
All. 00:16:16
I'm talking about the County Council. 00:16:18
Frank said that standard. We submit that with our with the commissioners budget. 00:16:21
I think it was a provisional line item and there's a provisional line item of $400,000 for a 2026. 00:16:28
Yes that that is correct. However, Solid Waste does submit their own form 3. 00:16:34
Through Gateway. 00:16:40
For approval, but they do bring it as a binding unit to the Council for approval on adoption day. 00:16:41
So you'll be presented that as the Council. 00:16:47
I think all we've ever done as a board was. 00:16:51
Approve it as a recommendation to that's right to carry forward or whatever. That was my understanding. So is she. 00:16:54
Stan, is she submitting the form 3? 00:17:00
Are you or me or who the Form 3 has already been entered in the gateway. It's already in there confirmed I talked to Topping. We 00:17:03
know that that's actually been. 00:17:07
Submitted. 00:17:12
In lockdown so. 00:17:13
Yeah, we're good then. 00:17:15
All right. Thank you. 00:17:17
All right, public comment. I have two people who have signed up. 00:17:19
The first is. 00:17:23
Rebecca Lee. 00:17:25
Imagine stating your address, your name and everything for the record please yes. Rebecca Lee 113209 Chip away court and Floyd 00:17:30
Knobs, Indiana. 00:17:34
OK, I so as a Floyd County resident, I just, I guess I don't understand why we feel the need to explore other options for the 00:17:38
recycling program. I've heard so many wonderful reasons to continue it. 00:17:43
And I have not heard any that justify dissolving it. 00:17:49
Or any viable alternatives at this point? 00:17:52
So here are the reasons I listed that we should support the current program. 00:17:55
Councilwoman Conkle showed a $13.6 million surplus leftover from the 2024 property tax increase. 00:18:00
That could be used to fund our program. 00:18:07
And Senate Bill 1 is not set. 00:18:10
Yet to take effect until 2028. 00:18:12
Leaving plenty of time to figure out a budget. 00:18:14
To include recycling. 00:18:17
Flake County Solid Waste presented you with a reduced budget, even though they project taking in a greater amount of recyclable 00:18:19
materials next year. 00:18:23
This projected increase in recycling will also generate. 00:18:28
More than the $74,000 in revenue earned the previous year. 00:18:31
For things such as cardboard e-waste and scrap metal. 00:18:35
Caldwell, the place where Floyd County delivers their e-waste, commended us for being the most streamlined, efficient group they 00:18:39
deal with in the whole state. 00:18:43
Floyd County recycling takes time to dismantle computer towers, which generates more revenue than delivering the computer tower to 00:18:47
them in one piece. 00:18:51
I called the Clark Floyd landfill. They have enough airspace for trash until 2030. 00:18:56
Only 4 1/2 short years from now, after which they have to start the expense of expanding their landfill. 00:19:00
So if their cycling program is dissolved, they will have to take on an additional 900 tons or more waste each year. 00:19:07
Which is sure to use up that space more quickly. 00:19:13
Flake County Solid Waste also serves underprivileged members of the community by collecting canned goods at their drop off 00:19:16
locations for Hope for Southern Indiana. 00:19:20
They make special trips to several facilities to serve our community and pick up recycling. 00:19:25
500 to 600 cars visit the Galena site every Wednesday alone, showing a great interest in desire for this service in our community. 00:19:30
Indiana Code 13-20-205-1 states. 00:19:39
The goal of the State of Indiana is to recycle 50% of its municipal waste. 00:19:43
Another reason is I want to create a better, cleaner world for my son, my students and future generations. Recycling is a great 00:19:48
way to help that goal. 00:19:52
And last meeting I went to, Mr. Sharp mentioned. 00:19:56
Royal Oak Recycling as an alternative, but they are a commercial business recycler and can't accept things from residents. 00:19:59
Bluegrass Recycling is located in Jeffersonville, which was another place may mention. 00:20:06
But they can only recycle limited amounts of e-waste and do not accept many of the items that we can recycle at our Floyd County 00:20:11
location. 00:20:14
Many nearby cities and counties have residential requirements to use the recycle centers. 00:20:19
So there's no other place like Floyd County Recycling available to our community. 00:20:24
So many people mentioned that their constituents have spoken, called and written to you about this issue more than any other issue 00:20:28
they can remember. Mr. Miley said he wished the community would be involved like this all the time. 00:20:35
But the question remains, as our input truly welcomed, our minds already made-up to disregard it. 00:20:41
I do not consider privatizing recycling to be viable solution that will probably not allow citizens to recycle many of the things 00:20:47
such as glass and plastic and cardboard the way we currently can. 00:20:52
So I would just like to hear an explanation why. 00:20:58
We feel eliminating a recycling program or privatizing is a necessary step. 00:21:01
And a viable solution if so. 00:21:06
And if you cannot do that, then please do not eliminate. 00:21:08
Thank you. 00:21:12
Thank you. 00:21:14
Susan Lawford. 00:21:16
I'm Susan Lockhart, 7009 Jennifer Dr. Georgetown IN. 00:21:25
And. 00:21:31
Guys all know me, I'm up here every week. 00:21:32
Talking about this or every other week. 00:21:35
And. 00:21:38
As the people of Floyd County. 00:21:39
We're the voices that need to be listened to. 00:21:41
We've made it. 00:21:44
B right there, yeah. 00:21:47
We've made our wants and needs concerning A robust and included. 00:21:49
Inclusive recycling. 00:21:54
Program made known. 00:21:55
We want to keep our county healthy. 00:21:58
And clean. We want to work to make our environment the best it can be. 00:22:01
If we don't have this recycling program. 00:22:06
What we have? 00:22:10
Is going to go into the landfill. 00:22:11
When you run out of room in the landfill. 00:22:13
You have to purchase more land. 00:22:16
And that's more trash going on to the landfills. 00:22:18
Going into our water systems. 00:22:22
Into the land. 00:22:24
Very unhealthy situation. 00:22:25
There were more phone calls. 00:22:28
More people here. 00:22:30
More hubbub. 00:22:32
Surrounding. 00:22:34
The closing, the shutting down. 00:22:35
Of our recycling program. 00:22:37
Floyd County Solid Waste Management made concessions. 00:22:40
To hold their prices down. 00:22:44
There's $100,000 grant. 00:22:46
That no one knew about. 00:22:50
That's $100,000 coming from the state. 00:22:52
To the county. 00:22:55
To help pay for our recycling. 00:22:57
The recycling right now, if it's done by. 00:23:00
One of the garbage companies. 00:23:04
They only take the things that make money. 00:23:07
They're out for a profit. 00:23:09
That's what businesses do. 00:23:11
But although they're going to take are things that can make them money. 00:23:13
Which is going to mean. 00:23:18
Everything else. 00:23:19
Back in the landfill. 00:23:20
I think we made it abundantly. 00:23:22
Well known that we want to keep this program. 00:23:25
Concessions were made. 00:23:29
There's money there. 00:23:31
There's money left in the budget. 00:23:32
There were millions of dollars spent on recycling equipment. 00:23:34
That. 00:23:39
You know. 00:23:41
Nobody knows where that's going to go. 00:23:42
And I think as the people of Floyd County. 00:23:45
We need to be the driving force behind this. 00:23:49
We want this, we want our recycling, we want it kept. 00:23:53
The way it is. 00:23:57
And I don't see how you as commissioners. 00:23:59
Can have so many people so interested in keeping something. 00:24:02
And allow it to go away. 00:24:07
I've talked to a lot of people. 00:24:10
And that's how they feel. 00:24:12
We're not being listened to. 00:24:15
We've already said. 00:24:17
This is what we want. 00:24:18
And I think it's a great program. 00:24:20
And I think it keeps Floyd County clean. 00:24:22
And healthy. And it's a way to help our environment. 00:24:25
And all of us in Floyd County. 00:24:29
To to commit ourselves to do what's right. 00:24:31
For ourselves and our planet. 00:24:35
Thank you. 00:24:38
Is there any boss who I like to speak, they didn't have an opportunity to speak? 00:24:41
Would you mind? 00:24:44
Although I know who you are, it's. 00:24:53
I'm Christy McDaniel, live at 4713 Wilford Dr. and Floyd Johnson, Indiana. 00:25:31
And I don't have any stats or anything but. 00:25:36
Actually work for a garbage company. 00:25:39
So when I started recycling through our program. 00:25:41
At home. 00:25:44
2015 years ago. I don't know how long it's been, but. 00:25:46
I can't stop. It's like. 00:25:49
I can't throw my plastic bottle in the trash can. So in my company that I work for does not pick up recycling in southern Indiana. 00:25:51
So because it's it's not cost effective for us to do that. 00:25:59
So I want to keep our recycling program in the community. 00:26:02
I like the fact that you're still weighing all your options because working for a private hauler we may be able to work with the 00:26:06
county. 00:26:09
To facilitate that. 00:26:14
But. 00:26:15
I'm here as a resident and as a taxpayer. 00:26:16
And I feel like. 00:26:19
The the increases in our property taxes. 00:26:21
The money that we're going to be getting. 00:26:24
From the state. 00:26:26
From the Township trustees now. 00:26:27
That's going to be going, you know. 00:26:29
We talked about that the other day, Frank, but. 00:26:32
There's got to be money somewhere that we can find to keep this going. 00:26:34
And our other surrounding communities have figured out a way to make it work, so I feel like if. 00:26:39
We can, maybe. 00:26:44
Take their best practices and figure out a way to make it work. That's what we need to do. 00:26:46
And I don't know if we need to form a. 00:26:50
A-Team of people who can make that happen. 00:26:52
I'll volunteer like. 00:26:56
That's all I got. 00:26:58
Thank you. 00:27:00
Anymore comment? 00:27:04
Yeah, if you don't mind. 00:27:10
That's OK. 00:27:24
You just say your name and address for the. 00:27:34
Record please. 00:27:36
Can Martinez? I do live in Louisville, KY 2207 Lancashire Ave. 00:27:38
Here representing actually Smurfit W Rock and we actually receive. 00:27:43
A cardboard material and the residential commingled recycling that comes from the FPL service. 00:27:48
I've seen such a huge improvement. 00:27:53
In the last year and a half with the Floyd County Recycling. 00:27:55
The cardboard is up about 80 tons a month. 00:27:59
The residential recycling is up. 00:28:01
I'll be honest with you, I'm committed to going back to my company to see if there's anything we can financially do to crunch our 00:28:04
numbers anymore to help save the program too. 00:28:08
We we think it's important. 00:28:12
It creates jobs. 00:28:14
It creates sustainable living within your community and we beg you to consider. 00:28:16
Keeping the program. 00:28:20
Thank you. 00:28:23
Any board comments? 00:28:27
Nope, no. 00:28:29
Look for a motion adjourn. 00:28:32
Move to adjourn. 00:28:33
Great day. 00:28:37
We got some stuff here to sign real quick. 00:28:43
Go. 00:28:46
Nice to have that. 00:29:06

Transcript

Event transcript
Good afternoon. It's 4:30. We're going to be called work. 00:00:01
County Solid Waste Management District. 00:00:04
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:00:11
And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:15
Thank you for everyone for being here. Looks like we have Mr. Hope. 00:00:27
Mr. Gahan. 00:00:31
And Mr. Dickie, who are absent today, Mr. Dickey did want to add that he is unfortunately out of town for work conference and 00:00:33
that's why he couldn't be here today. So he wanted that in the record. 00:00:38
Let's see here approval of the June 17th minutes. 00:00:45
It's almost got a motion by Mr. Bagshaw. 00:00:49
2nd and 2nd by Mr. Luke. 00:00:52
Any discussion? 00:00:55
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:00:57
Aye, any opposed? 00:00:59
That carries. 00:01:01
Approval of July provisional claims. 00:01:04
It's almost I got a motion by Mr. Bagshaw. 00:01:07
For the record, who revealed those? So those are those are there are done by Mr. Bagshaw myself. 00:01:11
That was the. 00:01:16
Emails that we referenced. 00:01:18
Yeah, I saw the emails in there. That's OK. Yeah. 00:01:19
Yeah, and the the claims themselves, I just. 00:01:22
I have no problem seconding it if if. 00:01:26
No, I can second. OK, that's fine. 00:01:28
Then we got a second by Mr. Knavel. Any further discussion? 00:01:31
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:34
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:36
And that carries. 00:01:38
Approval of August. 00:01:41
Provisional claims. 00:01:43
Some of I got a motion by Mr. Backshall. Can I get a second? 00:01:44
Second. Second by Mr. Mabel. 00:01:48
Any further discussion? 00:01:51
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:53
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:55
That carries. 00:01:58
And approval the September 20th. 00:01:59
So move. 00:02:02
Motion by Mr. 00:02:04
You know, I'll second. I was second by Mr. Knabel. Is there any further discussion? 00:02:05
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:02:11
Aye. 00:02:14
Like there's. 00:02:15
All right, Director's report. 00:02:18
Oh, thank you so much. 00:02:25
September director's report. 00:02:37
Marketing Communications. 00:02:40
We've added like 1000 active users. 00:02:44
940 of new. 00:02:47
Text alerts are just. 00:02:50
Our text alert subscription will be cancelled as of this month because. 00:02:51
We no longer needed the neighborhood. 00:02:55
Outreach program has been completed. 00:02:57
So that's behind us now. 00:03:00
Facebook. 00:03:04
Facebook and Instagram accounts have a combined 338 followers. 00:03:04
Which is an increase of 324 from last month. 00:03:09
OK, operation and initiatives. 00:03:14
Total traffic count for August is. 00:03:17
4950, which is a slight. 00:03:20
Decrease from last month. 00:03:23
But year to date? 00:03:26
We've had a 4.7 increase from last year. 00:03:28
And again, this was the last month for the neighborhoods. 00:03:33
Total recycle volume from August. 00:03:36
Is up 81 tons. 00:03:38
Which is up from 78 tons. 00:03:41
The last month. 00:03:43
9 tons more than August of 2024. 00:03:45
OK. Year to date comparisons 2025 to 24. 00:03:49
You've had a 13 point. 00:03:53
Want to increase in the year to date? 00:03:55
Total recycle. 00:03:57
Product volume. 00:03:58
A 10% increase in traffic count volume. 00:04:00
25% increase in cardboard volume. 00:04:04
Which is huge for us. 00:04:07
A slight increase in single stream volume. 00:04:09
And for year to date revenue? 00:04:14
That's up about 13.38%. 00:04:17
We've had a few maintenance and repairs, nothing major. 00:04:22
Nothing really to talk about. 00:04:25
HW. 00:04:28
We just finished. 00:04:28
The September HW we have one more. 00:04:30
Weekend left for the year. 00:04:33
I have kind of a projection. 00:04:36
That's not in here, but I have a projection. 00:04:38
For what we're going to spend for the rest of the year. 00:04:40
Should be between 8:00 and $12,000. 00:04:43
For HSW and e-waste for the rest of the year. 00:04:46
Staffing. 00:04:50
We're currently we're down to 12 employees. 00:04:52
12 very dedicated employees. 00:04:55
So I mean, I know. 00:04:58
The schedule. 00:05:00
You know, we had to close, start closing on Friday afternoons. 00:05:02
Which really hasn't. 00:05:05
In fact, it's a whole lot because we didn't have a large turn out from 2:00 to 5:00. 00:05:06
But you know, hats off to the other employees that are stepping up. 00:05:11
And filling in. 00:05:14
So I don't really foresee. 00:05:15
Any. 00:05:17
Open dates. 00:05:19
That we would need to be closed for the rest of the year, right? 00:05:20
We do have one. 00:05:26
Community Corrections. A volunteer. 00:05:27
Who has? 00:05:29
Been working during the week for us. He's a very very hard worker. Good guy. 00:05:30
And that has helped us. 00:05:35
You know, to keep her schedule going also. 00:05:36
So special projects again. The neighborhood project has has ended in August. 00:05:39
I've got a lot of them there for the item. Direction is still pending. 00:05:47
Regarding the equipment. 00:05:51
And that was purchased through the grants. 00:05:53
I think I sent out an e-mail. 00:05:55
Earlier this afternoon. That outlines what they are. 00:05:58
Giving us directions to do if we. 00:06:03
Solved. If you haven't seen it again, I just sent that out. 00:06:06
Maybe at 2:00. 00:06:09
2:30 or something like. 00:06:11
Yeah, OK. 00:06:12
OK, Budget financial. 00:06:14
So we have the SBOA audit. 00:06:17
That's next week, and Jason will be. 00:06:20
Part of that. 00:06:22
We have the 26 budget. 00:06:25
Completed. 00:06:27
I don't. I'm not sure how we're going to do that tonight or you want to go over that. 00:06:29
Line item, a line item or you want to just look at it at your own leisure. Yeah, just submit it and what everybody's looks at it. 00:06:32
OK, so that has been. 00:06:36
That has been submitted. 00:06:41
OK, so. 00:06:42
Budget versus actual. 00:06:44
Month end of August, our total expenses. 00:06:46
Are for these. 00:06:49
Month of August is under budget by about 35.7%. 00:06:51
Budget versus actual for year to date. 00:06:57
We're at 66% of target. 00:07:00
Total expenses year to date were under budget by 59%. 00:07:02
Salaries and wages. 00:07:07
Under about 56. 00:07:09
Operator salaries on target. 00:07:11
Transporter salary. 00:07:14
Is under budget by 58%. 00:07:16
Directors is slightly over. 00:07:18
Gasoline is under budget by. 00:07:22
49%. 00:07:23
Office supplies. 00:07:25
124%. 00:07:28
Total repairs and maintenance that's under budget by 45%. 00:07:30
Recycling services, It is on target. 00:07:34
At about 64%, utility services is over budget by 83. 00:07:37
And equipment and building. 00:07:42
Budget was over. 00:07:45
By the 10,009 we didn't. 00:07:46
Have anything budgeted for that this year? 00:07:48
But the forklift that we bought earlier in the year. 00:07:50
Kind of fell into that, but it will all. 00:07:53
Even out toward the end of the year. 00:07:56
So. 00:08:00
That's it for the director's report, I know. 00:08:02
That I'd sent out an e-mail earlier this week. 00:08:05
With some questions. 00:08:08
I don't know if any of that is up for discussion tonight. 00:08:10
Or not. 00:08:13
You know how you responded to the e-mail? Well, I responded, I think, yes. 00:08:15
I mean you read my response. 00:08:18
That e-mail that came out? 00:08:22
Earlier this afternoon, I just have quite and maybe I'm maybe I missed this or maybe it wasn't in there, but. 00:08:24
Is there a period of time after which? 00:08:29
You don't have any obligation with regards to that. 00:08:34
It's a depreciating asset, so I just didn't know. 00:08:38
Let's say the year 2035 rolls around. 00:08:40
And yeah. 00:08:44
And. 00:08:45
And the board is dissolved. I mean at that point in time, do you still, are you still? 00:08:48
Because it said you'd have to pay 50%. 00:08:52
Of the. 00:08:54
Purchase price back, but I don't know how they would do that if it was five years from now. 00:08:55
I I don't know that either. So it wasn't then there's some questions that need to be answered. 00:08:59
Within that. 00:09:04
Yeah, I think. 00:09:05
Yeah, yeah. And we can get those. 00:09:06
Well, I think it would be prudent of us to involve. 00:09:08
You know Mr. Fox or Mrs. Fox? 00:09:11
Back in Stan. 00:09:14
Both in the audit and. 00:09:16
Yeah, any of the closing blood. 00:09:17
Issues that might come up so. 00:09:20
That way. 00:09:22
Everybody's uh. 00:09:23
On par And then with regards to my response, I don't know whether. 00:09:24
You had a chance to look at that or not, but. 00:09:28
Since we're in the middle of that, I think. 00:09:30
Close to dead in the middle of that 180 days. 00:09:33
I don't know how much we can or we've explored different options as it continues to be a discussion, but we don't have any 00:09:37
concrete answers at the moment with regards to how things are going to be resolved or wrapped up. We still have a public hearing 00:09:41
that we're obligated to have at the end of that 180 days. 00:09:46
And so. 00:09:51
That's where I am. I don't, I don't know that there's much that we can. We took a quick glance at the e-mail. I didn't look at the 00:09:54
attachments that were there. 00:09:58
Which I think provided some of the specifics the attachment, I'm sorry the the e-mail itself. 00:10:03
Laid out some options with regards to what you were going to do with the equipment. 00:10:10
Whether you're gonna keep it, whether or not. 00:10:15
And give it to another county or whether or not you know. 00:10:17
Depending upon what you do with equipment. 00:10:20
Determines. 00:10:22
What, if anything, you have to pay back? 00:10:24
I think the way I read that was if you. 00:10:26
If you sign it over to another county, that's. 00:10:29
That needs the equipment. That's the end of it. It's a wash. Yeah, but we had two emails we were talking about, just to clarify 00:10:31
for folks, we had one that came out this afternoon that. 00:10:35
Detailed equipment and. 00:10:39
Disposition of that. 00:10:42
If we. 00:10:44
Shut things down and the other one was yesterday. Mr. Masco had numerous questions about. 00:10:45
What we're going to be doing in timelines on closing and my response was yesterday was well we're in this 180 day waiting period 00:10:49
and. 00:10:53
We really don't have a finite. 00:10:56
Calendar where we're. 00:10:59
Saying, hey, we're. 00:11:00
This all ends at a certain date. In my mind. We have 180 days where we're still collecting information, looking at options. We 00:11:02
have a public hearing that has to happen after that. 00:11:06
And only after that would have final determination. 00:11:12
To be made. And so with that being said. 00:11:14
I mean, you know we have that's by 1 singular opinion, right? That's not a legal opinion other than opinion. If we go into the 00:11:17
first of the year, which is the 180 days the way. 00:11:22
Again, I've never been given a date. 00:11:26
Start so. 00:11:28
It was it started when? When the Council had their vote. 00:11:30
Affirming the commissioners vote. So when does that? What does that understand? 00:11:35
I don't have that off top of my head because everyone is on January, yeah. 00:11:39
So that's mid January, so. 00:11:42
Do we? 00:11:45
I mean we have cardboard routes. 00:11:46
That, you know, we don't really have contracts for, but. 00:11:48
We it's a year to, you know, a year to year. 00:11:51
What they, what they've signed up for. 00:11:55
So do we stop that at years in? 00:11:57
Or do we approach them for another fee for? 00:11:59
Going into 2026. 00:12:03
Well, I wouldn't see the wisdom and asking for more fee if you don't know if it's going to be here, I would probably put it on 00:12:07
call. I would put, I would say no and put it on pause until the final determination has been made. 00:12:12
OK, Yeah. 00:12:17
So we halt everything at the end of the year. 00:12:20
Yes, everything the the routes the mid January, right. 00:12:23
Afterward. 00:12:29
That's the minimum time required before we. 00:12:30
Could have that public. 00:12:33
Right. But if that's the minimum time at which a decision could be made and? 00:12:34
Again, I'm one person. I would. 00:12:38
I would say if that vote carries through. 00:12:41
My opinion then. 00:12:43
We give a reasonable time for things to be shut down. 00:12:45
45 days, 60 days or whatever and. 00:12:49
So we will have to some have some form of a budget. 00:12:52
To run. 00:12:56
I believe the council had a provisional budget of 2026 in there, $400,000. It's in your own budget. 00:12:57
OK, yeah, but but you, you reviewed our. 00:13:04
Yeah, yeah. It's under advisement probably. 00:13:07
Yeah, yeah, there's a line in the commissioner's budget. 00:13:10
400,000 I guess in a nutshell, we're just trying to. 00:13:13
You know the public ask every day. 00:13:17
You know, do you guys know what's what's going to happen? 00:13:19
And our answer is, we don't know. We really haven't been told. 00:13:22
Well, I get. 00:13:26
The same inquiries and I tell them what I just. 00:13:26
Expressed here publicly, which is that we're. 00:13:29
In the middle of this 180 day day that was. 00:13:32
OK, that 108 days was not our idea. That was. 00:13:34
Mandatory tutorial then we had to do that and we will be having another public hearing on that and after that then. 00:13:38
In the meantime, we're exploring. 00:13:43
Different options. Mr. Fox is putting together RFP's for us, for some. 00:13:45
Service types, but we probably won't even. 00:13:50
Put the RFPs out till later in this year given. 00:13:53
The timeline that we're working with on. So we're business as usual until this happens, even if it runs into next year. 00:13:56
In my mind, yes. I don't know how other people feel about that. I agree. You know, I think that there's a misunderstanding that. 00:14:03
We have this. 00:14:09
Big plan. 00:14:12
That we can tell you what day we're doing what. 00:14:13
And that's not. 00:14:16
The way it is, we are still exploring our options. 00:14:17
And we had to follow the statute. 00:14:21
To follow the 180 days. 00:14:24
So. 00:14:27
We really don't. 00:14:28
Have on this day this is gonna happen. 00:14:29
We we don't have it. 00:14:33
But we can tell you this and I'm. 00:14:35
I'll speak for all of us because I know everybody here. 00:14:38
We have the character that as soon as we know. 00:14:42
You will know. 00:14:45
OK. 00:14:47
I mean, this is fair as we can be about it. 00:14:48
And I have those same inquiries from the public. 00:14:52
And I tell them the same thing, that. 00:14:57
Doctor Knabel just did and I tell him we are exploring our options. 00:14:59
And trying to make the best decision possible for. 00:15:04
The tax dollars and the taxpayers. 00:15:09
I guess I was under the understanding right that at the end of the year we were done. 00:15:12
That was my understanding when the stuff. 00:15:17
We want you to keep doing what you're doing the best you can, and you will be the first person. Once this body makes a decision, 00:15:19
you'll be that first person to know. 00:15:24
You're done all right. 00:15:29
And then that's that's all I have, unless you have any other questions and. 00:15:33
I don't have anything. 00:15:37
Bye us. 00:15:39
No, that's the that's the commissioners job. 00:15:44
Commissioners a vote on. 00:15:47
How about the store date? 00:15:50
Call my $450 budget. 00:15:51
It has to be submitted to the council anyhow and they've already got it and taken under advisement. 00:15:56
I don't believe so, do we, Rick. 00:16:04
They've already got it. 00:16:06
The County Council, What's the County Council rule on that? 00:16:08
Well, all I know is I don't. I'm not sure we got received that. 00:16:12
All. 00:16:16
I'm talking about the County Council. 00:16:18
Frank said that standard. We submit that with our with the commissioners budget. 00:16:21
I think it was a provisional line item and there's a provisional line item of $400,000 for a 2026. 00:16:28
Yes that that is correct. However, Solid Waste does submit their own form 3. 00:16:34
Through Gateway. 00:16:40
For approval, but they do bring it as a binding unit to the Council for approval on adoption day. 00:16:41
So you'll be presented that as the Council. 00:16:47
I think all we've ever done as a board was. 00:16:51
Approve it as a recommendation to that's right to carry forward or whatever. That was my understanding. So is she. 00:16:54
Stan, is she submitting the form 3? 00:17:00
Are you or me or who the Form 3 has already been entered in the gateway. It's already in there confirmed I talked to Topping. We 00:17:03
know that that's actually been. 00:17:07
Submitted. 00:17:12
In lockdown so. 00:17:13
Yeah, we're good then. 00:17:15
All right. Thank you. 00:17:17
All right, public comment. I have two people who have signed up. 00:17:19
The first is. 00:17:23
Rebecca Lee. 00:17:25
Imagine stating your address, your name and everything for the record please yes. Rebecca Lee 113209 Chip away court and Floyd 00:17:30
Knobs, Indiana. 00:17:34
OK, I so as a Floyd County resident, I just, I guess I don't understand why we feel the need to explore other options for the 00:17:38
recycling program. I've heard so many wonderful reasons to continue it. 00:17:43
And I have not heard any that justify dissolving it. 00:17:49
Or any viable alternatives at this point? 00:17:52
So here are the reasons I listed that we should support the current program. 00:17:55
Councilwoman Conkle showed a $13.6 million surplus leftover from the 2024 property tax increase. 00:18:00
That could be used to fund our program. 00:18:07
And Senate Bill 1 is not set. 00:18:10
Yet to take effect until 2028. 00:18:12
Leaving plenty of time to figure out a budget. 00:18:14
To include recycling. 00:18:17
Flake County Solid Waste presented you with a reduced budget, even though they project taking in a greater amount of recyclable 00:18:19
materials next year. 00:18:23
This projected increase in recycling will also generate. 00:18:28
More than the $74,000 in revenue earned the previous year. 00:18:31
For things such as cardboard e-waste and scrap metal. 00:18:35
Caldwell, the place where Floyd County delivers their e-waste, commended us for being the most streamlined, efficient group they 00:18:39
deal with in the whole state. 00:18:43
Floyd County recycling takes time to dismantle computer towers, which generates more revenue than delivering the computer tower to 00:18:47
them in one piece. 00:18:51
I called the Clark Floyd landfill. They have enough airspace for trash until 2030. 00:18:56
Only 4 1/2 short years from now, after which they have to start the expense of expanding their landfill. 00:19:00
So if their cycling program is dissolved, they will have to take on an additional 900 tons or more waste each year. 00:19:07
Which is sure to use up that space more quickly. 00:19:13
Flake County Solid Waste also serves underprivileged members of the community by collecting canned goods at their drop off 00:19:16
locations for Hope for Southern Indiana. 00:19:20
They make special trips to several facilities to serve our community and pick up recycling. 00:19:25
500 to 600 cars visit the Galena site every Wednesday alone, showing a great interest in desire for this service in our community. 00:19:30
Indiana Code 13-20-205-1 states. 00:19:39
The goal of the State of Indiana is to recycle 50% of its municipal waste. 00:19:43
Another reason is I want to create a better, cleaner world for my son, my students and future generations. Recycling is a great 00:19:48
way to help that goal. 00:19:52
And last meeting I went to, Mr. Sharp mentioned. 00:19:56
Royal Oak Recycling as an alternative, but they are a commercial business recycler and can't accept things from residents. 00:19:59
Bluegrass Recycling is located in Jeffersonville, which was another place may mention. 00:20:06
But they can only recycle limited amounts of e-waste and do not accept many of the items that we can recycle at our Floyd County 00:20:11
location. 00:20:14
Many nearby cities and counties have residential requirements to use the recycle centers. 00:20:19
So there's no other place like Floyd County Recycling available to our community. 00:20:24
So many people mentioned that their constituents have spoken, called and written to you about this issue more than any other issue 00:20:28
they can remember. Mr. Miley said he wished the community would be involved like this all the time. 00:20:35
But the question remains, as our input truly welcomed, our minds already made-up to disregard it. 00:20:41
I do not consider privatizing recycling to be viable solution that will probably not allow citizens to recycle many of the things 00:20:47
such as glass and plastic and cardboard the way we currently can. 00:20:52
So I would just like to hear an explanation why. 00:20:58
We feel eliminating a recycling program or privatizing is a necessary step. 00:21:01
And a viable solution if so. 00:21:06
And if you cannot do that, then please do not eliminate. 00:21:08
Thank you. 00:21:12
Thank you. 00:21:14
Susan Lawford. 00:21:16
I'm Susan Lockhart, 7009 Jennifer Dr. Georgetown IN. 00:21:25
And. 00:21:31
Guys all know me, I'm up here every week. 00:21:32
Talking about this or every other week. 00:21:35
And. 00:21:38
As the people of Floyd County. 00:21:39
We're the voices that need to be listened to. 00:21:41
We've made it. 00:21:44
B right there, yeah. 00:21:47
We've made our wants and needs concerning A robust and included. 00:21:49
Inclusive recycling. 00:21:54
Program made known. 00:21:55
We want to keep our county healthy. 00:21:58
And clean. We want to work to make our environment the best it can be. 00:22:01
If we don't have this recycling program. 00:22:06
What we have? 00:22:10
Is going to go into the landfill. 00:22:11
When you run out of room in the landfill. 00:22:13
You have to purchase more land. 00:22:16
And that's more trash going on to the landfills. 00:22:18
Going into our water systems. 00:22:22
Into the land. 00:22:24
Very unhealthy situation. 00:22:25
There were more phone calls. 00:22:28
More people here. 00:22:30
More hubbub. 00:22:32
Surrounding. 00:22:34
The closing, the shutting down. 00:22:35
Of our recycling program. 00:22:37
Floyd County Solid Waste Management made concessions. 00:22:40
To hold their prices down. 00:22:44
There's $100,000 grant. 00:22:46
That no one knew about. 00:22:50
That's $100,000 coming from the state. 00:22:52
To the county. 00:22:55
To help pay for our recycling. 00:22:57
The recycling right now, if it's done by. 00:23:00
One of the garbage companies. 00:23:04
They only take the things that make money. 00:23:07
They're out for a profit. 00:23:09
That's what businesses do. 00:23:11
But although they're going to take are things that can make them money. 00:23:13
Which is going to mean. 00:23:18
Everything else. 00:23:19
Back in the landfill. 00:23:20
I think we made it abundantly. 00:23:22
Well known that we want to keep this program. 00:23:25
Concessions were made. 00:23:29
There's money there. 00:23:31
There's money left in the budget. 00:23:32
There were millions of dollars spent on recycling equipment. 00:23:34
That. 00:23:39
You know. 00:23:41
Nobody knows where that's going to go. 00:23:42
And I think as the people of Floyd County. 00:23:45
We need to be the driving force behind this. 00:23:49
We want this, we want our recycling, we want it kept. 00:23:53
The way it is. 00:23:57
And I don't see how you as commissioners. 00:23:59
Can have so many people so interested in keeping something. 00:24:02
And allow it to go away. 00:24:07
I've talked to a lot of people. 00:24:10
And that's how they feel. 00:24:12
We're not being listened to. 00:24:15
We've already said. 00:24:17
This is what we want. 00:24:18
And I think it's a great program. 00:24:20
And I think it keeps Floyd County clean. 00:24:22
And healthy. And it's a way to help our environment. 00:24:25
And all of us in Floyd County. 00:24:29
To to commit ourselves to do what's right. 00:24:31
For ourselves and our planet. 00:24:35
Thank you. 00:24:38
Is there any boss who I like to speak, they didn't have an opportunity to speak? 00:24:41
Would you mind? 00:24:44
Although I know who you are, it's. 00:24:53
I'm Christy McDaniel, live at 4713 Wilford Dr. and Floyd Johnson, Indiana. 00:25:31
And I don't have any stats or anything but. 00:25:36
Actually work for a garbage company. 00:25:39
So when I started recycling through our program. 00:25:41
At home. 00:25:44
2015 years ago. I don't know how long it's been, but. 00:25:46
I can't stop. It's like. 00:25:49
I can't throw my plastic bottle in the trash can. So in my company that I work for does not pick up recycling in southern Indiana. 00:25:51
So because it's it's not cost effective for us to do that. 00:25:59
So I want to keep our recycling program in the community. 00:26:02
I like the fact that you're still weighing all your options because working for a private hauler we may be able to work with the 00:26:06
county. 00:26:09
To facilitate that. 00:26:14
But. 00:26:15
I'm here as a resident and as a taxpayer. 00:26:16
And I feel like. 00:26:19
The the increases in our property taxes. 00:26:21
The money that we're going to be getting. 00:26:24
From the state. 00:26:26
From the Township trustees now. 00:26:27
That's going to be going, you know. 00:26:29
We talked about that the other day, Frank, but. 00:26:32
There's got to be money somewhere that we can find to keep this going. 00:26:34
And our other surrounding communities have figured out a way to make it work, so I feel like if. 00:26:39
We can, maybe. 00:26:44
Take their best practices and figure out a way to make it work. That's what we need to do. 00:26:46
And I don't know if we need to form a. 00:26:50
A-Team of people who can make that happen. 00:26:52
I'll volunteer like. 00:26:56
That's all I got. 00:26:58
Thank you. 00:27:00
Anymore comment? 00:27:04
Yeah, if you don't mind. 00:27:10
That's OK. 00:27:24
You just say your name and address for the. 00:27:34
Record please. 00:27:36
Can Martinez? I do live in Louisville, KY 2207 Lancashire Ave. 00:27:38
Here representing actually Smurfit W Rock and we actually receive. 00:27:43
A cardboard material and the residential commingled recycling that comes from the FPL service. 00:27:48
I've seen such a huge improvement. 00:27:53
In the last year and a half with the Floyd County Recycling. 00:27:55
The cardboard is up about 80 tons a month. 00:27:59
The residential recycling is up. 00:28:01
I'll be honest with you, I'm committed to going back to my company to see if there's anything we can financially do to crunch our 00:28:04
numbers anymore to help save the program too. 00:28:08
We we think it's important. 00:28:12
It creates jobs. 00:28:14
It creates sustainable living within your community and we beg you to consider. 00:28:16
Keeping the program. 00:28:20
Thank you. 00:28:23
Any board comments? 00:28:27
Nope, no. 00:28:29
Look for a motion adjourn. 00:28:32
Move to adjourn. 00:28:33
Great day. 00:28:37
We got some stuff here to sign real quick. 00:28:43
Go. 00:28:46
Nice to have that. 00:29:06