Environmental Resources/ Solid Waste Committee


DATE: JULY 19, 2006

CALL TO ORDER

A special meeting of the Environmental Resources Committee - Solid Waste Management Department was called to order at 8:15 a.m. in the County Board Room of the Sauk County West Square Building. Secretary Wheeler certified compliance with the open meetings law in that the meeting was properly posted and all parties duly notified.

ATTENDANCE

Member present: Cassity, Haugen, Wheeler

Members absent: Huffaker, Zowin

Also present: Carroll, Schauf

AGENDA

Motion was made by Haugen and seconded by Cassity to adopt the agenda .
Motion carried.

MINUTES

Motion was made Cassity and seconded by Haugen to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as written.
Motion carried.

BILLS:

Following a review of the mothly invoices, motion was made by Haugen and seconded by Cassity to approve payment of the invoices presented in the amount of $25,794.30.
Motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comments were heard.

COMMUNICATIONS

Supervisor Cassity reported that the Town of Excelsior had expressed an interest in being kept apprised of developments concerning the landfill site final use plan. Committee members also discussed the status of delinquent account collections, and urged the solid waste manager to facilitate timely collection actions against all outstanding accounts, particularly Gauger Sanitation.

LANDFILL ACTION PLAN

The solid waste manager distributed copies of the draft landfill action plan, which was updated with comments and suggestions from the previous meeting. The plan was briefly reviewed and discussed by the Committee.

PRELIMINARY 2007 BUDGET & 5 YR PROJECTION

The solid waste manager distributed copies of a preliminary budget projection. The solid waste manager reported that the projection was constructed taking into account the recommendations of the Committee over the past several weeks. The Committee completed a line item review of the projection discussed assumptions made in the 5 year projection.

2007 BUDGET - FORM 1

The solid waste manager distributed and reviewed copies of a revised version of 2007 Budget Form 1, which was revised in accordance with recent Committee actions pertaining to contruction of mission & vision statements, and intentions for services in 2007. Following review of the document, Committee members expressed a desire for more time to review & provide comments and or suggested changes to the document. Timetable for the 2007 budget process was discussed.

NEXT MEETING/ADJOURNMENT

The next meeting was set for Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 8:15 am. Motion was made by Haugen and seconded by Cassity to adjourn.
Motion carried.