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Mr. Dickey coming in. 00:00:01
Hey there. 00:00:03
Is that a good time? Yeah, perfect timing. 00:00:04
You don't even have to sit. 00:00:07
Good afternoon, everybody. It's December 16th. We're going to call to order this Floyd County Solid Waste Management District 00:00:14
Board of Directors. 00:00:18
If you would rise and join me for the pledge. 00:00:21
Pledge allegiance to the flag. 00:00:24
Over the United States of America. 00:00:26
To the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God. 00:00:29
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:33
OK, it looks like all members here except. 00:00:42
Mr. Hope and Mr. Gahan. 00:00:46
Looking for approval of the November 18th minutes. 00:00:51
So moved. 00:00:54
OK, I got a motion. 00:00:56
Commissioner Loop in a second by Councilman Bagshaw. 00:00:58
Any further discussion? 00:01:01
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:03
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:04
That cares. 00:01:06
Approval of the December claims. 00:01:09
So move. 00:01:15
2nd. 00:01:16
Got a motion by Councilman Bagshawn, a second by Commissioner Luton. 00:01:17
Any further discussion? 00:01:20
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:24
Aye, opposed. 00:01:26
That carries director's report. 00:01:27
Here's your list. 00:01:34
Thank you. 00:01:37
Good evening. 00:01:46
OK. I'll get right right to it. 00:01:50
We got a lot to talk about tonight. 00:01:52
Let me see. 00:01:54
I know I've texted. 00:02:01
Some of you guys. 00:02:03
When we were closed due to the weather. 00:02:05
In the last couple weeks. 00:02:07
We're actually coming into our busiest time of the year. 00:02:12
So when we close the day, it just. 00:02:16
The next day. 00:02:19
So, OK, marketing communications. 00:02:21
Looks like our Facebook has. 00:02:23
About a 1.1. 00:02:26
Percent increase. 00:02:28
And followers. 00:02:29
Moving on to year-to-day comparisons. 00:02:32
Highlights. 00:02:35
So you today we've had about 7.8% increase in total. 00:02:37
Recycled product. 00:02:41
About a 3% increase in traffic volume count. 00:02:43
15% increase in cardboard volume. 00:02:46
Around about a 4 1/2 percent. 00:02:50
Increase in our service income. 00:02:52
Of the year. 00:02:54
Fleet and fleet repairs and maintenance. 00:02:58
Very little there. 00:03:00
We fixed a couple trucks this month. We've had some maintenance that we've had to do to. 00:03:02
Set of tires on one. 00:03:08
And training that we're working on. 00:03:10
And we're also going to get some gravel for our next lot because it's. 00:03:12
When it gets to time of the year it just turns into a mud hole up there. 00:03:16
So that actually was picked up yesterday, so. 00:03:20
Spreading. 00:03:25
HW and e-waste. 00:03:27
December 20th is the last day. 00:03:30
That we're going to be taking. 00:03:32
CRT TV. 00:03:34
Light bulbs and batteries. 00:03:36
Because that's going to give us the rest of the year to get everything. 00:03:38
Cleaned out. I'd like to start the new year, you know, with nothing on the on site. 00:03:41
All of the HSW as far as paint. 00:03:46
Has already been. It's already gone. 00:03:48
It's already been picked up. 00:03:50
To solve the problem. 00:03:51
So we have nothing in our HHW. 00:03:52
So he wastes what I'm talking about. 00:03:56
We still have one more. 00:03:58
Pick up for CRT TV's before the end of the year. 00:04:02
And probably a pickup for a lighting resources. 00:04:05
In Indy. 00:04:08
Other than that, we're pretty clean. 00:04:10
On site. 00:04:12
Cardboard routes. 00:04:15
Ended December 11th. 00:04:17
Due to our cardboard. 00:04:20
Route drivers, they found. 00:04:22
Positions and left us. 00:04:25
So and I have one more. 00:04:26
Driver. That's our lead driver, probably the lead guy. 00:04:29
That I. 00:04:33
Leaned on when I was not there. 00:04:34
He's found another position also and we'll be leaving. 00:04:36
At the first of the year. 00:04:39
Then we had one gentleman that. 00:04:41
Quit a couple weeks ago. 00:04:43
Don't know why and just you just won't come. 00:04:45
But anyway, so we're down to. 00:04:50
A very light group. 00:04:53
We have. 00:04:54
We're down to 8 employees right now. 00:04:55
So with that being said, we have one service volunteer that's been working with us. 00:04:57
Off and on all summer, he's an outstanding. 00:05:01
Worker. It's an outstanding person. 00:05:05
And I know Christy when we had our meeting. 00:05:08
Couple weeks ago you said I could bring one person. 00:05:12
Policy bringing person in so maybe we could bring. 00:05:15
This person on board? 00:05:17
As an employee. 00:05:19
I would like to try to do that tonight because we are really. 00:05:21
At a point where there. 00:05:24
If I can't staff, I'm going to be closed. 00:05:25
More this year. 00:05:28
And again, this is the busy time of the year. 00:05:30
When people are getting rid of their. 00:05:33
Christmas. 00:05:34
Boxes. 00:05:35
And then after Christmas, we will get. 00:05:36
Run over pretty hard. 00:05:39
So I really need. 00:05:40
This one person. 00:05:42
To help us make it through the. 00:05:44
Holidays. And the good thing about this gentleman is. 00:05:46
He actually works for Churchill Downs. 00:05:50
Which is down right now. 00:05:53
So in March. 00:05:55
He will go back to work for Churchill Lands. 00:05:57
So potentially this is not a long term. 00:05:59
Employment. 00:06:02
Right, he's just looking to have something to do. 00:06:04
Unfortunately, he's there for. 00:06:06
For corrections. 00:06:08
But umm. 00:06:10
He he's a good person, hard worker. 00:06:11
I've been about 20. 00:06:13
So again, I don't know what we have. 00:06:15
Due to potentially bring this one person on board. 00:06:18
So I can. 00:06:23
You know, survive the holidays and start next year. 00:06:23
Without shutting down. 00:06:26
Anyone have any discussion for? 00:06:33
The hiring freeze at this point. 00:06:35
Can you hire just with a 90 day contingency or something like that? 00:06:37
Can we just do a 90 day contract? 00:06:41
I mean, that's up to you all how you want to structure that contract. 00:06:43
Would track. 00:06:46
Lights back up April. 00:06:49
I don't know what he does over there. 00:06:52
Yeah. So that would follow that in. 00:06:55
To that, yeah, I mean I'd be in favor if it's, it sounds like you still have money in the budget to do to like that. I would just 00:06:58
do a 90 day contract. 00:07:02
No benefits are affiliated with it, right? Just the pay itself. I assume it's a part time employee. Part time, yeah, he would, he 00:07:06
would work. 00:07:10
He would work no more than 29. 00:07:14
Hours and not would not think we would even get close to that. 00:07:16
Are all of your even your part time employees just at will? 00:07:20
You don't enter into any contracts with any of them. 00:07:24
All of them are 29 hours. We don't have any problem. 00:07:26
Yeah, isn't that well guy, if you got the money. 00:07:30
You may just want to let him know up front that the intent. 00:07:35
That's temporary. That's fine. We've had that discussion already that. 00:07:38
All right then. I mean I would formally move to. 00:07:43
For part-time employment. 00:07:46
At will since we don't have a contract structure, but let him know that the intent is for the 90 days, then we. 00:07:48
Need OK. 00:07:53
Can pick back up over there. 00:07:55
Only for this one employee, just to be clear. 00:07:57
Yeah. 00:08:00
You know, for some reason or find other jobs. 00:08:03
Situation changes, yeah, then. 00:08:06
So second. 00:08:08
All right, I got a motion and a second. 00:08:10
Any further discussion? 00:08:12
All right, all in favor, signify by saying aye. 00:08:16
Aye. 00:08:19
Any opposed? 00:08:19
That carries. 00:08:21
Before uh. 00:08:22
We move on. 00:08:23
I just. 00:08:25
The draft liability, I think. 00:08:27
Met everybody's needs, correct? 00:08:29
Yes, for volunteers. I mean, I've heard during this discussion that people are willing to volunteer more, so we want to. 00:08:31
Use that liability waiver quite a bit, right. So that's been approved. 00:08:36
Do you guys approve that? Haven't approved it. I had recommend you guys actually put your blessing on here in the meeting, but the 00:08:40
clean version should be in everybody's inbox. 00:08:45
So OK. 00:08:51
Do it now or drop back and do it after the report. It may already be on the agenda. It's right there under the Yeah, it's right 00:08:52
there, just. 00:08:56
Right under under the hiring freeze. 00:09:00
And then? 00:09:02
That's fine, we did that. 00:09:04
One more. 00:09:06
When you and I spoke. 00:09:08
Back in the fall, I think. 00:09:09
Year to date. 00:09:11
We were running like $20,000 loss on the. 00:09:13
Cardboard pickup, right? 00:09:16
That's correct. So that carry out another 2000 per month for November and December or? 00:09:18
I guess if we just ended it, we probably ended with 22,000 in the red on that, correct? 00:09:23
Right. Roughly. Roughly. 00:09:28
OK, so ending that, yeah, so that that will not. 00:09:30
We've already let the. 00:09:33
The schools and the. 00:09:36
You know, we get into the next year, we decide what we're going to. 00:09:38
So when you told the school you weren't going to pick up their cardboard, did they offer any? 00:09:47
Thing in return or did they just say OK? 00:09:52
They're very disappointed. 00:09:55
But pretty much, you know, they say they have to. 00:09:58
With a dumpster now to. 00:10:00
To fill that. 00:10:03
Cardboard and their. 00:10:04
Single strip products. 00:10:05
So the problem. 00:10:07
With cardboard and dumpsters is. 00:10:09
You don't get much cardboard at a dumpster because they don't break it down in the. 00:10:11
Doesn't take much to fill it up, so that's going to get rather expensive. 00:10:16
For them as well as. 00:10:19
You know the city like State Bush. 00:10:21
I mean he. 00:10:24
Produces about. 00:10:25
25. 00:10:26
Yards of cardboard wheat. 00:10:28
I don't know what he's. 00:10:30
It may end up being a future opportunity. 00:10:33
Again, during transition, if we come back and. 00:10:35
And can actually cover our expenses on that that's fine. And that's you know, that's that's that's the whole idea behind a lot of 00:10:38
this. So if we come back and. 00:10:42
Actually, umm. 00:10:47
Current expenses and maybe make a little bit of. 00:10:48
But back into the program. 00:10:50
I just wondered if the school offered any assistance. 00:10:52
Towards us, they felt so strongly about it that they would offer to. 00:10:56
Throw some dollars this way. 00:11:02
But apparently not. 00:11:05
That was not discussed, no. 00:11:06
I'm finding that throughout. 00:11:08
Everybody's conversation. 00:11:10
They want it, but they don't want to pay for it. 00:11:11
OK, budget. 00:11:15
And well, special projects I mean. 00:11:18
I have to mention hope, because we've. 00:11:21
Probably contributed over £700 of. 00:11:23
Non perishable foods to them this year. 00:11:26
Which they appreciated. 00:11:29
Budget financials. 00:11:32
So we have the true ups. 00:11:33
Ready to? 00:11:35
Go through if you'd like for me to do that tonight. 00:11:37
Well, we kind of blew right past the the waiver, but. 00:11:39
If we want to go ahead. 00:11:43
Address that real quick. We can get that done moving to the true up so. 00:11:44
Christy, I think, said everybody the. 00:11:48
Go ahead, Chris, how let you talk? 00:11:51
No, you're OK. A draft waiver was sent to me for volunteers to be able to sign off. 00:11:53
To be able to volunteer their services and or their time. 00:11:59
For the solid waste district and so I've made a few changes to that and circulated that back out along with at the request of. 00:12:03
Dave a clean coffee. 00:12:10
So that everybody has. 00:12:12
Happy to answer any questions. 00:12:13
I move to accept that waiver as submitted or. 00:12:16
Presented tonight, yeah. 00:12:19
I got a motion mile, can I get a second second? 00:12:21
Second by. 00:12:24
Dale. 00:12:26
Any further discussion? 00:12:27
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:12:29
Aye. 00:12:32
That cares. 00:12:33
OK, so I will. 00:12:34
Rundown through the the true UPS for this year. 00:12:37
So this we had to estimate. 00:12:41
The payer of the remain. 00:12:45
Here but I think. 00:12:46
Will still be in good shape regardless. 00:12:47
So the first overreach was. 00:12:49
Our health. 00:12:55
Health insurance, you know that. 00:13:00
That was not calculated correctly last year in the budget, so overlooked. 00:13:01
So we were able to. 00:13:06
From. 00:13:08
One of his car on that. 00:13:10
The longevity. 00:13:13
Payment we were under on that. 00:13:15
Or over on that $100 and we pulled that from. 00:13:18
The. 00:13:23
Unemployment. 00:13:25
And then down to the. 00:13:28
Positioning, we're over by 300. 00:13:30
And $16.00 and. 00:13:32
That we pulled from. 00:13:34
Operations Manager, which we never did. 00:13:37
Higher. So at the beginning of the year, if you remember there were two people that were kind of under that directors. 00:13:40
That's why it's so. 00:13:46
We kind of evened out throughout the year. 00:13:49
Office supplies, we were over. 00:13:51
$566 and we pulled that from. 00:13:53
Or gas budget. 00:13:56
Our insurance. 00:13:59
Budget was over by. 00:14:03
$21159. 00:14:06
Because we had some planes last year, so. 00:14:08
Our insurance went out last year. 00:14:11
And we did not. 00:14:13
Account for that early in the year. 00:14:14
So we pulled that from training and advertising. 00:14:16
Exciting services involved about $1700 and we pulled that from the the River Wink. 00:14:19
Budget. 00:14:26
With all that being said, our budget for. 00:14:27
2025 was five 15976. 00:14:30
And we? 00:14:34
Ran this year all about. 00:14:36
280-3123. 00:14:37
So the the. 00:14:40
Surplus will be around $232,000. 00:14:42
And so. 00:14:46
I say we did a pretty good job with what we had. 00:14:48
So that's the true us. 00:14:57
I've talked about employees. 00:15:03
And just kind of the end of the financials year to date? 00:15:07
We should be at a 92% target. 00:15:10
Salaries and wages were at 73. 00:15:15
Percent recycling operators worth 83. 00:15:18
Transporters is at 80%. 00:15:23
So we're under gasoline was under budget 62%. 00:15:25
And repairs and maintenance was under 48. 00:15:30
Percent. 00:15:35
Slightly over our utility. 00:15:36
And that's kind of, I guess that's probably all. 00:15:41
Talk about and again on that last of the. 00:15:44
We also. 00:15:46
Gave you guys the. 00:15:48
Checking account balance. 00:15:49
In the money market. 00:15:51
Balances there. 00:15:54
I believe so. 00:15:58
What was that? Yeah, we're going to have to vote on the true episode. 00:16:00
I want to take a motion for that. 00:16:03
Motion to approve. 00:16:05
Motion by Miss Vicki. 00:16:07
Second, Mr. Backshaw, any further discussion? 00:16:08
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:16:13
Aye, opposed. 00:16:15
I'm curious. 00:16:16
That's our. 00:16:19
Right, good point. Where there was a bullet point here. This is do we need the January meeting? Yeah, I was just looking at that 00:16:33
my answer. 00:16:36
But yes, you know until such time that. 00:16:41
We have a shift in how we're managing. 00:16:45
Then we continue as. 00:16:47
As yes, so. 00:16:49
Also, the salary ordinance was. 00:16:51
Passed over. 00:16:53
The salary ordinance for 2025 and 2026 need to be addressed, yes. 00:16:54
You want to touch on that? 00:16:59
Yes. 00:17:05
All right, so part of the. 00:17:07
State Board of Accounts findings that they found is that there wasn't a Sally ordinance that was passed for 2025. 00:17:10
And we need to go ahead and do one for 2026, so. 00:17:17
Christy prepares one and. 00:17:20
It's the distributed itself loving them. 00:17:21
Motion to approve. 00:17:24
So moved. That was unanimous approval, sorry. 00:17:27
It's fine. I'm sorry. I have a unanimous. 00:17:30
Approval on the. 00:17:33
Salary makes a motion to approve the salary earnest for 2025. 00:17:34
Unanimous consent. 00:17:39
Got a motion by the. 00:17:41
Commissioner Ruby, second by Councilman Bagshaw. 00:17:43
Any further discussion? 00:17:46
All right, all in favor, signify by saying aye, aye. 00:17:48
Any opposed? 00:17:51
That carries. 00:17:53
And. 00:17:54
Is there one for 2026 as well or there is yes. 00:17:55
I think each the salaries did increase slightly based on the spreadsheet that I received from the salt waste district. 00:17:58
All right, so look for a motion. 00:18:06
As well. 00:18:10
I'll make a motion to approve. 00:18:12
Salary ordinance for 20. 00:18:14
26. 00:18:17
By unanimous consent. 00:18:18
All right, second. 00:18:21
I have a motion by Commissioner Luther and second by Councilman Bagshaw. Any further discussion? 00:18:22
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:18:28
Aye. 00:18:30
Any opposed? 00:18:31
That carries. 00:18:32
Public comment First, we have signed up as David Isaacs. 00:18:34
Just give your name and address for the record please. 00:18:40
I apologize that you're not having my hearing aids you all. They had talked about some of this. 00:18:43
But here we go. 00:18:48
The last meeting that you guys had? 00:18:50
There was the discussion that took place about the. 00:18:53
Bringing the district back into control. Under control. 00:18:56
I took that to dedicate. 00:19:01
That you felt. 00:19:03
That it was you had more say in what was taking place if it was actually part of the county government. 00:19:04
I cannot see how you could expect much more control. 00:19:11
Exerted over the. 00:19:15
The way this has been run. 00:19:18
As far as the. 00:19:20
The solid waste is good. 00:19:22
Than what we've had right now the the last year, last two years at least. 00:19:23
They're doing a good job. 00:19:29
And I don't see that you could do much better. 00:19:31
What concerns me is. 00:19:34
That people ask me, oh, I hear they're doing away with the recycling. I said well. 00:19:36
They're doing away with the district. 00:19:44
But nobody seems to want to really assume that districts. 00:19:46
Duties What the? 00:19:50
District did. 00:19:52
Commissioner Enable talked about in an interview. 00:19:53
That he felt like this service that was provided as far as recycling is not something the county should pay for. 00:19:56
I think that if you do not. 00:20:03
Put something in place. 00:20:05
To take care of that function. 00:20:08
We're going to pay a penalty. We're going to have more garbage. 00:20:11
More stuff in the landfill. 00:20:15
More garbage just lying around because people don't want to take. 00:20:17
The time to take it back and recycle it. 00:20:21
I know that. 00:20:25
It's probably too late for you to make any decision. It's now in the hands, I guess basically, of the Council. 00:20:27
But you guys started that. 00:20:35
In place. 00:20:37
And I think. 00:20:38
Anything you can do to? 00:20:40
Supply us with a an alternative. 00:20:41
After whatever takes place, takes place. 00:20:45
Will be appreciated by many, many people in the Council in the. 00:20:48
Thank you. 00:20:54
Thank you, Mr. E. 00:20:54
Floyd County Library, Patrick. 00:20:59
I'm sorry I can't make up the last names. 00:21:02
Yes, Sir. 00:21:05
If you want to just give your name and address for the record please. 00:21:06
Patrick Russo, 180 W Spring Street. 00:21:10
Hello, my name is Patrick Russo. I'm the Central Library leader with the New Albany County Public Library. 00:21:15
On behalf of the library system, I would like to say the one year provision in the memorandum was added by the county, but we 00:21:20
would gladly renew the renew that indefinitely. 00:21:24
Thank you. 00:21:29
Point of order, I want to run that by our attorney because I do not believe that's an accurate statement. 00:21:32
Sorry, the statement that the. 00:21:42
Library board once the county added that that is to the sales agreement. 00:21:44
So throughout that process. 00:21:49
We requested. 00:21:53
The. 00:21:54
Umm, facilitate the. 00:21:55
Recycling facility to be able to stay out there and we were given. 00:21:57
Different. 00:22:02
From they need to be removed immediately upon the sale. 00:22:04
To a shorter time period, we negotiated to get the 12 months that we got. 00:22:07
It says answer your question. 00:22:13
Yes, I mean, we did not. 00:22:15
It was not. 00:22:17
Impetus. 00:22:20
To put that in the contract. 00:22:22
I mean, when we got a sales contract back to us, the attorney. 00:22:24
For the Galena library. 00:22:27
Say, oh, I guess it was the board. 00:22:30
Itself came back not once, but twice, possibly 1/3 time, stating that that time I. 00:22:32
Had to be, you know. 00:22:37
Honored on our part for removal. 00:22:38
Yeah. I mean, ultimately we sold the property, right? 00:22:40
When you don't own a property anymore, you vacate properly. 00:22:43
Property, generally speaking the day it's sold. 00:22:46
So again, we had to negotiate to be able to stay on that property. 00:22:49
And ultimately we were able to get. 00:22:53
12 months to remain on that property. 00:22:55
Yeah, so it wasn't even really a discussion about. 00:22:57
Whether recycling is going to exist out there or not, it was a transaction of the property and as part of that we were told to. 00:23:00
As you said, vacate our equipment. 00:23:05
My recommendation would be is if there is an interest. 00:23:07
From the library board to have. 00:23:11
Any sort of? 00:23:13
Recycling equipment out there, then I think we should have a letter. 00:23:14
From the board in its entirety, signed off on by its attorney. 00:23:18
Stating that they would like to enter into an interlocal agreement with us with regards to that. 00:23:22
And ultimately we could do another interlocal with. 00:23:27
Additional time for that facility to stay out there. 00:23:30
But at this point in time, it is a 12 month period based on the negotiation. 00:23:33
During that process of that sale. 00:23:37
But everybody needs to be clear. 00:23:40
It has to be an interlocal if we're going to do an agreement. 00:23:43
Correct. That is, we can't do handshake. 00:23:46
And we no longer own that property. 00:23:49
Right, that is correct. 00:23:51
All right. 00:23:56
Any further public comment that didn't sign up by chance? 00:23:59
All right. Any closing comments from the board? 00:24:04
Merry Christmas. 00:24:07
All right. With that, I'll look for a motion to adjourn. 00:24:10
All right. I think that was unanimous as well. 00:24:13
Thank you everyone. 00:24:18
That's that's young Bob Cratchit, son said that. 00:24:24

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Event transcript
Mr. Dickey coming in. 00:00:01
Hey there. 00:00:03
Is that a good time? Yeah, perfect timing. 00:00:04
You don't even have to sit. 00:00:07
Good afternoon, everybody. It's December 16th. We're going to call to order this Floyd County Solid Waste Management District 00:00:14
Board of Directors. 00:00:18
If you would rise and join me for the pledge. 00:00:21
Pledge allegiance to the flag. 00:00:24
Over the United States of America. 00:00:26
To the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God. 00:00:29
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:33
OK, it looks like all members here except. 00:00:42
Mr. Hope and Mr. Gahan. 00:00:46
Looking for approval of the November 18th minutes. 00:00:51
So moved. 00:00:54
OK, I got a motion. 00:00:56
Commissioner Loop in a second by Councilman Bagshaw. 00:00:58
Any further discussion? 00:01:01
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:03
Aye, any opposed? 00:01:04
That cares. 00:01:06
Approval of the December claims. 00:01:09
So move. 00:01:15
2nd. 00:01:16
Got a motion by Councilman Bagshawn, a second by Commissioner Luton. 00:01:17
Any further discussion? 00:01:20
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:01:24
Aye, opposed. 00:01:26
That carries director's report. 00:01:27
Here's your list. 00:01:34
Thank you. 00:01:37
Good evening. 00:01:46
OK. I'll get right right to it. 00:01:50
We got a lot to talk about tonight. 00:01:52
Let me see. 00:01:54
I know I've texted. 00:02:01
Some of you guys. 00:02:03
When we were closed due to the weather. 00:02:05
In the last couple weeks. 00:02:07
We're actually coming into our busiest time of the year. 00:02:12
So when we close the day, it just. 00:02:16
The next day. 00:02:19
So, OK, marketing communications. 00:02:21
Looks like our Facebook has. 00:02:23
About a 1.1. 00:02:26
Percent increase. 00:02:28
And followers. 00:02:29
Moving on to year-to-day comparisons. 00:02:32
Highlights. 00:02:35
So you today we've had about 7.8% increase in total. 00:02:37
Recycled product. 00:02:41
About a 3% increase in traffic volume count. 00:02:43
15% increase in cardboard volume. 00:02:46
Around about a 4 1/2 percent. 00:02:50
Increase in our service income. 00:02:52
Of the year. 00:02:54
Fleet and fleet repairs and maintenance. 00:02:58
Very little there. 00:03:00
We fixed a couple trucks this month. We've had some maintenance that we've had to do to. 00:03:02
Set of tires on one. 00:03:08
And training that we're working on. 00:03:10
And we're also going to get some gravel for our next lot because it's. 00:03:12
When it gets to time of the year it just turns into a mud hole up there. 00:03:16
So that actually was picked up yesterday, so. 00:03:20
Spreading. 00:03:25
HW and e-waste. 00:03:27
December 20th is the last day. 00:03:30
That we're going to be taking. 00:03:32
CRT TV. 00:03:34
Light bulbs and batteries. 00:03:36
Because that's going to give us the rest of the year to get everything. 00:03:38
Cleaned out. I'd like to start the new year, you know, with nothing on the on site. 00:03:41
All of the HSW as far as paint. 00:03:46
Has already been. It's already gone. 00:03:48
It's already been picked up. 00:03:50
To solve the problem. 00:03:51
So we have nothing in our HHW. 00:03:52
So he wastes what I'm talking about. 00:03:56
We still have one more. 00:03:58
Pick up for CRT TV's before the end of the year. 00:04:02
And probably a pickup for a lighting resources. 00:04:05
In Indy. 00:04:08
Other than that, we're pretty clean. 00:04:10
On site. 00:04:12
Cardboard routes. 00:04:15
Ended December 11th. 00:04:17
Due to our cardboard. 00:04:20
Route drivers, they found. 00:04:22
Positions and left us. 00:04:25
So and I have one more. 00:04:26
Driver. That's our lead driver, probably the lead guy. 00:04:29
That I. 00:04:33
Leaned on when I was not there. 00:04:34
He's found another position also and we'll be leaving. 00:04:36
At the first of the year. 00:04:39
Then we had one gentleman that. 00:04:41
Quit a couple weeks ago. 00:04:43
Don't know why and just you just won't come. 00:04:45
But anyway, so we're down to. 00:04:50
A very light group. 00:04:53
We have. 00:04:54
We're down to 8 employees right now. 00:04:55
So with that being said, we have one service volunteer that's been working with us. 00:04:57
Off and on all summer, he's an outstanding. 00:05:01
Worker. It's an outstanding person. 00:05:05
And I know Christy when we had our meeting. 00:05:08
Couple weeks ago you said I could bring one person. 00:05:12
Policy bringing person in so maybe we could bring. 00:05:15
This person on board? 00:05:17
As an employee. 00:05:19
I would like to try to do that tonight because we are really. 00:05:21
At a point where there. 00:05:24
If I can't staff, I'm going to be closed. 00:05:25
More this year. 00:05:28
And again, this is the busy time of the year. 00:05:30
When people are getting rid of their. 00:05:33
Christmas. 00:05:34
Boxes. 00:05:35
And then after Christmas, we will get. 00:05:36
Run over pretty hard. 00:05:39
So I really need. 00:05:40
This one person. 00:05:42
To help us make it through the. 00:05:44
Holidays. And the good thing about this gentleman is. 00:05:46
He actually works for Churchill Downs. 00:05:50
Which is down right now. 00:05:53
So in March. 00:05:55
He will go back to work for Churchill Lands. 00:05:57
So potentially this is not a long term. 00:05:59
Employment. 00:06:02
Right, he's just looking to have something to do. 00:06:04
Unfortunately, he's there for. 00:06:06
For corrections. 00:06:08
But umm. 00:06:10
He he's a good person, hard worker. 00:06:11
I've been about 20. 00:06:13
So again, I don't know what we have. 00:06:15
Due to potentially bring this one person on board. 00:06:18
So I can. 00:06:23
You know, survive the holidays and start next year. 00:06:23
Without shutting down. 00:06:26
Anyone have any discussion for? 00:06:33
The hiring freeze at this point. 00:06:35
Can you hire just with a 90 day contingency or something like that? 00:06:37
Can we just do a 90 day contract? 00:06:41
I mean, that's up to you all how you want to structure that contract. 00:06:43
Would track. 00:06:46
Lights back up April. 00:06:49
I don't know what he does over there. 00:06:52
Yeah. So that would follow that in. 00:06:55
To that, yeah, I mean I'd be in favor if it's, it sounds like you still have money in the budget to do to like that. I would just 00:06:58
do a 90 day contract. 00:07:02
No benefits are affiliated with it, right? Just the pay itself. I assume it's a part time employee. Part time, yeah, he would, he 00:07:06
would work. 00:07:10
He would work no more than 29. 00:07:14
Hours and not would not think we would even get close to that. 00:07:16
Are all of your even your part time employees just at will? 00:07:20
You don't enter into any contracts with any of them. 00:07:24
All of them are 29 hours. We don't have any problem. 00:07:26
Yeah, isn't that well guy, if you got the money. 00:07:30
You may just want to let him know up front that the intent. 00:07:35
That's temporary. That's fine. We've had that discussion already that. 00:07:38
All right then. I mean I would formally move to. 00:07:43
For part-time employment. 00:07:46
At will since we don't have a contract structure, but let him know that the intent is for the 90 days, then we. 00:07:48
Need OK. 00:07:53
Can pick back up over there. 00:07:55
Only for this one employee, just to be clear. 00:07:57
Yeah. 00:08:00
You know, for some reason or find other jobs. 00:08:03
Situation changes, yeah, then. 00:08:06
So second. 00:08:08
All right, I got a motion and a second. 00:08:10
Any further discussion? 00:08:12
All right, all in favor, signify by saying aye. 00:08:16
Aye. 00:08:19
Any opposed? 00:08:19
That carries. 00:08:21
Before uh. 00:08:22
We move on. 00:08:23
I just. 00:08:25
The draft liability, I think. 00:08:27
Met everybody's needs, correct? 00:08:29
Yes, for volunteers. I mean, I've heard during this discussion that people are willing to volunteer more, so we want to. 00:08:31
Use that liability waiver quite a bit, right. So that's been approved. 00:08:36
Do you guys approve that? Haven't approved it. I had recommend you guys actually put your blessing on here in the meeting, but the 00:08:40
clean version should be in everybody's inbox. 00:08:45
So OK. 00:08:51
Do it now or drop back and do it after the report. It may already be on the agenda. It's right there under the Yeah, it's right 00:08:52
there, just. 00:08:56
Right under under the hiring freeze. 00:09:00
And then? 00:09:02
That's fine, we did that. 00:09:04
One more. 00:09:06
When you and I spoke. 00:09:08
Back in the fall, I think. 00:09:09
Year to date. 00:09:11
We were running like $20,000 loss on the. 00:09:13
Cardboard pickup, right? 00:09:16
That's correct. So that carry out another 2000 per month for November and December or? 00:09:18
I guess if we just ended it, we probably ended with 22,000 in the red on that, correct? 00:09:23
Right. Roughly. Roughly. 00:09:28
OK, so ending that, yeah, so that that will not. 00:09:30
We've already let the. 00:09:33
The schools and the. 00:09:36
You know, we get into the next year, we decide what we're going to. 00:09:38
So when you told the school you weren't going to pick up their cardboard, did they offer any? 00:09:47
Thing in return or did they just say OK? 00:09:52
They're very disappointed. 00:09:55
But pretty much, you know, they say they have to. 00:09:58
With a dumpster now to. 00:10:00
To fill that. 00:10:03
Cardboard and their. 00:10:04
Single strip products. 00:10:05
So the problem. 00:10:07
With cardboard and dumpsters is. 00:10:09
You don't get much cardboard at a dumpster because they don't break it down in the. 00:10:11
Doesn't take much to fill it up, so that's going to get rather expensive. 00:10:16
For them as well as. 00:10:19
You know the city like State Bush. 00:10:21
I mean he. 00:10:24
Produces about. 00:10:25
25. 00:10:26
Yards of cardboard wheat. 00:10:28
I don't know what he's. 00:10:30
It may end up being a future opportunity. 00:10:33
Again, during transition, if we come back and. 00:10:35
And can actually cover our expenses on that that's fine. And that's you know, that's that's that's the whole idea behind a lot of 00:10:38
this. So if we come back and. 00:10:42
Actually, umm. 00:10:47
Current expenses and maybe make a little bit of. 00:10:48
But back into the program. 00:10:50
I just wondered if the school offered any assistance. 00:10:52
Towards us, they felt so strongly about it that they would offer to. 00:10:56
Throw some dollars this way. 00:11:02
But apparently not. 00:11:05
That was not discussed, no. 00:11:06
I'm finding that throughout. 00:11:08
Everybody's conversation. 00:11:10
They want it, but they don't want to pay for it. 00:11:11
OK, budget. 00:11:15
And well, special projects I mean. 00:11:18
I have to mention hope, because we've. 00:11:21
Probably contributed over £700 of. 00:11:23
Non perishable foods to them this year. 00:11:26
Which they appreciated. 00:11:29
Budget financials. 00:11:32
So we have the true ups. 00:11:33
Ready to? 00:11:35
Go through if you'd like for me to do that tonight. 00:11:37
Well, we kind of blew right past the the waiver, but. 00:11:39
If we want to go ahead. 00:11:43
Address that real quick. We can get that done moving to the true up so. 00:11:44
Christy, I think, said everybody the. 00:11:48
Go ahead, Chris, how let you talk? 00:11:51
No, you're OK. A draft waiver was sent to me for volunteers to be able to sign off. 00:11:53
To be able to volunteer their services and or their time. 00:11:59
For the solid waste district and so I've made a few changes to that and circulated that back out along with at the request of. 00:12:03
Dave a clean coffee. 00:12:10
So that everybody has. 00:12:12
Happy to answer any questions. 00:12:13
I move to accept that waiver as submitted or. 00:12:16
Presented tonight, yeah. 00:12:19
I got a motion mile, can I get a second second? 00:12:21
Second by. 00:12:24
Dale. 00:12:26
Any further discussion? 00:12:27
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:12:29
Aye. 00:12:32
That cares. 00:12:33
OK, so I will. 00:12:34
Rundown through the the true UPS for this year. 00:12:37
So this we had to estimate. 00:12:41
The payer of the remain. 00:12:45
Here but I think. 00:12:46
Will still be in good shape regardless. 00:12:47
So the first overreach was. 00:12:49
Our health. 00:12:55
Health insurance, you know that. 00:13:00
That was not calculated correctly last year in the budget, so overlooked. 00:13:01
So we were able to. 00:13:06
From. 00:13:08
One of his car on that. 00:13:10
The longevity. 00:13:13
Payment we were under on that. 00:13:15
Or over on that $100 and we pulled that from. 00:13:18
The. 00:13:23
Unemployment. 00:13:25
And then down to the. 00:13:28
Positioning, we're over by 300. 00:13:30
And $16.00 and. 00:13:32
That we pulled from. 00:13:34
Operations Manager, which we never did. 00:13:37
Higher. So at the beginning of the year, if you remember there were two people that were kind of under that directors. 00:13:40
That's why it's so. 00:13:46
We kind of evened out throughout the year. 00:13:49
Office supplies, we were over. 00:13:51
$566 and we pulled that from. 00:13:53
Or gas budget. 00:13:56
Our insurance. 00:13:59
Budget was over by. 00:14:03
$21159. 00:14:06
Because we had some planes last year, so. 00:14:08
Our insurance went out last year. 00:14:11
And we did not. 00:14:13
Account for that early in the year. 00:14:14
So we pulled that from training and advertising. 00:14:16
Exciting services involved about $1700 and we pulled that from the the River Wink. 00:14:19
Budget. 00:14:26
With all that being said, our budget for. 00:14:27
2025 was five 15976. 00:14:30
And we? 00:14:34
Ran this year all about. 00:14:36
280-3123. 00:14:37
So the the. 00:14:40
Surplus will be around $232,000. 00:14:42
And so. 00:14:46
I say we did a pretty good job with what we had. 00:14:48
So that's the true us. 00:14:57
I've talked about employees. 00:15:03
And just kind of the end of the financials year to date? 00:15:07
We should be at a 92% target. 00:15:10
Salaries and wages were at 73. 00:15:15
Percent recycling operators worth 83. 00:15:18
Transporters is at 80%. 00:15:23
So we're under gasoline was under budget 62%. 00:15:25
And repairs and maintenance was under 48. 00:15:30
Percent. 00:15:35
Slightly over our utility. 00:15:36
And that's kind of, I guess that's probably all. 00:15:41
Talk about and again on that last of the. 00:15:44
We also. 00:15:46
Gave you guys the. 00:15:48
Checking account balance. 00:15:49
In the money market. 00:15:51
Balances there. 00:15:54
I believe so. 00:15:58
What was that? Yeah, we're going to have to vote on the true episode. 00:16:00
I want to take a motion for that. 00:16:03
Motion to approve. 00:16:05
Motion by Miss Vicki. 00:16:07
Second, Mr. Backshaw, any further discussion? 00:16:08
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:16:13
Aye, opposed. 00:16:15
I'm curious. 00:16:16
That's our. 00:16:19
Right, good point. Where there was a bullet point here. This is do we need the January meeting? Yeah, I was just looking at that 00:16:33
my answer. 00:16:36
But yes, you know until such time that. 00:16:41
We have a shift in how we're managing. 00:16:45
Then we continue as. 00:16:47
As yes, so. 00:16:49
Also, the salary ordinance was. 00:16:51
Passed over. 00:16:53
The salary ordinance for 2025 and 2026 need to be addressed, yes. 00:16:54
You want to touch on that? 00:16:59
Yes. 00:17:05
All right, so part of the. 00:17:07
State Board of Accounts findings that they found is that there wasn't a Sally ordinance that was passed for 2025. 00:17:10
And we need to go ahead and do one for 2026, so. 00:17:17
Christy prepares one and. 00:17:20
It's the distributed itself loving them. 00:17:21
Motion to approve. 00:17:24
So moved. That was unanimous approval, sorry. 00:17:27
It's fine. I'm sorry. I have a unanimous. 00:17:30
Approval on the. 00:17:33
Salary makes a motion to approve the salary earnest for 2025. 00:17:34
Unanimous consent. 00:17:39
Got a motion by the. 00:17:41
Commissioner Ruby, second by Councilman Bagshaw. 00:17:43
Any further discussion? 00:17:46
All right, all in favor, signify by saying aye, aye. 00:17:48
Any opposed? 00:17:51
That carries. 00:17:53
And. 00:17:54
Is there one for 2026 as well or there is yes. 00:17:55
I think each the salaries did increase slightly based on the spreadsheet that I received from the salt waste district. 00:17:58
All right, so look for a motion. 00:18:06
As well. 00:18:10
I'll make a motion to approve. 00:18:12
Salary ordinance for 20. 00:18:14
26. 00:18:17
By unanimous consent. 00:18:18
All right, second. 00:18:21
I have a motion by Commissioner Luther and second by Councilman Bagshaw. Any further discussion? 00:18:22
All in favor signify by saying aye. 00:18:28
Aye. 00:18:30
Any opposed? 00:18:31
That carries. 00:18:32
Public comment First, we have signed up as David Isaacs. 00:18:34
Just give your name and address for the record please. 00:18:40
I apologize that you're not having my hearing aids you all. They had talked about some of this. 00:18:43
But here we go. 00:18:48
The last meeting that you guys had? 00:18:50
There was the discussion that took place about the. 00:18:53
Bringing the district back into control. Under control. 00:18:56
I took that to dedicate. 00:19:01
That you felt. 00:19:03
That it was you had more say in what was taking place if it was actually part of the county government. 00:19:04
I cannot see how you could expect much more control. 00:19:11
Exerted over the. 00:19:15
The way this has been run. 00:19:18
As far as the. 00:19:20
The solid waste is good. 00:19:22
Than what we've had right now the the last year, last two years at least. 00:19:23
They're doing a good job. 00:19:29
And I don't see that you could do much better. 00:19:31
What concerns me is. 00:19:34
That people ask me, oh, I hear they're doing away with the recycling. I said well. 00:19:36
They're doing away with the district. 00:19:44
But nobody seems to want to really assume that districts. 00:19:46
Duties What the? 00:19:50
District did. 00:19:52
Commissioner Enable talked about in an interview. 00:19:53
That he felt like this service that was provided as far as recycling is not something the county should pay for. 00:19:56
I think that if you do not. 00:20:03
Put something in place. 00:20:05
To take care of that function. 00:20:08
We're going to pay a penalty. We're going to have more garbage. 00:20:11
More stuff in the landfill. 00:20:15
More garbage just lying around because people don't want to take. 00:20:17
The time to take it back and recycle it. 00:20:21
I know that. 00:20:25
It's probably too late for you to make any decision. It's now in the hands, I guess basically, of the Council. 00:20:27
But you guys started that. 00:20:35
In place. 00:20:37
And I think. 00:20:38
Anything you can do to? 00:20:40
Supply us with a an alternative. 00:20:41
After whatever takes place, takes place. 00:20:45
Will be appreciated by many, many people in the Council in the. 00:20:48
Thank you. 00:20:54
Thank you, Mr. E. 00:20:54
Floyd County Library, Patrick. 00:20:59
I'm sorry I can't make up the last names. 00:21:02
Yes, Sir. 00:21:05
If you want to just give your name and address for the record please. 00:21:06
Patrick Russo, 180 W Spring Street. 00:21:10
Hello, my name is Patrick Russo. I'm the Central Library leader with the New Albany County Public Library. 00:21:15
On behalf of the library system, I would like to say the one year provision in the memorandum was added by the county, but we 00:21:20
would gladly renew the renew that indefinitely. 00:21:24
Thank you. 00:21:29
Point of order, I want to run that by our attorney because I do not believe that's an accurate statement. 00:21:32
Sorry, the statement that the. 00:21:42
Library board once the county added that that is to the sales agreement. 00:21:44
So throughout that process. 00:21:49
We requested. 00:21:53
The. 00:21:54
Umm, facilitate the. 00:21:55
Recycling facility to be able to stay out there and we were given. 00:21:57
Different. 00:22:02
From they need to be removed immediately upon the sale. 00:22:04
To a shorter time period, we negotiated to get the 12 months that we got. 00:22:07
It says answer your question. 00:22:13
Yes, I mean, we did not. 00:22:15
It was not. 00:22:17
Impetus. 00:22:20
To put that in the contract. 00:22:22
I mean, when we got a sales contract back to us, the attorney. 00:22:24
For the Galena library. 00:22:27
Say, oh, I guess it was the board. 00:22:30
Itself came back not once, but twice, possibly 1/3 time, stating that that time I. 00:22:32
Had to be, you know. 00:22:37
Honored on our part for removal. 00:22:38
Yeah. I mean, ultimately we sold the property, right? 00:22:40
When you don't own a property anymore, you vacate properly. 00:22:43
Property, generally speaking the day it's sold. 00:22:46
So again, we had to negotiate to be able to stay on that property. 00:22:49
And ultimately we were able to get. 00:22:53
12 months to remain on that property. 00:22:55
Yeah, so it wasn't even really a discussion about. 00:22:57
Whether recycling is going to exist out there or not, it was a transaction of the property and as part of that we were told to. 00:23:00
As you said, vacate our equipment. 00:23:05
My recommendation would be is if there is an interest. 00:23:07
From the library board to have. 00:23:11
Any sort of? 00:23:13
Recycling equipment out there, then I think we should have a letter. 00:23:14
From the board in its entirety, signed off on by its attorney. 00:23:18
Stating that they would like to enter into an interlocal agreement with us with regards to that. 00:23:22
And ultimately we could do another interlocal with. 00:23:27
Additional time for that facility to stay out there. 00:23:30
But at this point in time, it is a 12 month period based on the negotiation. 00:23:33
During that process of that sale. 00:23:37
But everybody needs to be clear. 00:23:40
It has to be an interlocal if we're going to do an agreement. 00:23:43
Correct. That is, we can't do handshake. 00:23:46
And we no longer own that property. 00:23:49
Right, that is correct. 00:23:51
All right. 00:23:56
Any further public comment that didn't sign up by chance? 00:23:59
All right. Any closing comments from the board? 00:24:04
Merry Christmas. 00:24:07
All right. With that, I'll look for a motion to adjourn. 00:24:10
All right. I think that was unanimous as well. 00:24:13
Thank you everyone. 00:24:18
That's that's young Bob Cratchit, son said that. 00:24:24