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1/25/1985 - Meeting Minutes Mg5 eCt SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC WORKS 114 City & County Building Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 PALMER DEPAULIS Tel: (801) 535-7775 TED L. WILSON PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MAYOR March 19, 1985 / - APPRQVID ,f� � ; j APR 2 19�5 �� Ted L. Wilson " Salt Lake City Corporation City & County Building G Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 R�RD� RE: Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council Actions ` Dear Mayor Wilson: In accordance with the terms set forth in Section 9 of our Landfill Interlocal Cooperative Agreement, your ratification is respectfully requested in regards to the attached minutes indicating actions taken at the January 25, 1985 meeting of the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council. No actions were taken which require subsequent endorsement by our City Council. It would be very much appreciated if your response could be forwarded to the City Recorder's Office. We will, in turn, notify the County of this action. Sin erely, 4/ 1 // /! Palmer DePaulis Director Public Works PD/dal Attachment I have reviewed the minutes of the abov -meeting of the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council and ratify modify • or veto , the actions taken. / -. - Ted L. Wilson Mayor DATE: M 3S- b MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Meeting was held January 25, 1985 at 10:00 A.M. , in the County Commission Board Room in Salt Lake City, Utah Attendees: - Palmer DePaulis - Salt Lake City Public Works - William Davis - City/County Health Department - Norm Jones - Utah State University - Almon Nelson - Trans-Jordan Landfill Others in Attendance: - John Rosenthal - Director of City/County Landfill - Dan Bauer - Landfill Manager - Bonnie Esplin - Salt Lake County Attorney's Office - Lee Ritzman - Salt Lake City Public Works - Don Piepgrass - Salt Lake City Public Works - Michael O'Hara - E.T. Technologies, Inc. - Frank Boutwell - E. T. Technologies, Inc. - Rod Olson - Project Turn - Jack Flinton - Tribune - Larry Birrell - Salt Lake County Public Works - Mark Lundskog - Salt Lake County Public Works BUSINESS ITEMS: 1. Approval of Minutes Norm Jones motioned and William Davis seconded to have the minutes approved as written. The voting was unanimous. 2. Election of Officers Norm Jones motioned to have Mayor Wilson as Chairman, Almon Nelson seconded the motion. Then Norm Jones motioned and William Davis seconded to have Commissioner Barker as Vice Chairman, and Almon Nelson as Second Vice Chairman. The voting was unanimous. 3. Free Dumping - Project - TURN Rod Olson of Project TURN explained the purpose of their organization and asked to have their tipping fees waived. Project TURN works exclusively with the mentally retarded or mentally disabled who have been previous offenders of the law. Its purpose is to help with job readiness skills which help those individuals find gainfull employment. They accomplish this through offering residential yard care to private citizens for a fee. Their request is to dump a stake bed truck, with overflow, material from their dumpster, 2 or 3 times a week for free. John Rosenthal pointed out that this had been discussed previously with other organizations with an exception given to 4 organizations. Lee Ritzman recalled that there were specific requirements that must be met in order to warrant free dumping. Lee thought the requirements included (1) an organization must be taking in materials which would normally be in the main refuse stream of the landfill, (2) they must be non-profit, (3) and they are not in competition with anyone else. Lee felt that Project TURN would be in direct competition with others which is inconsistant with the already existing policy. Bonnie Esplin proposed that we obtain a copy of the policy before voting. It was decided to table any further discussion until the next meeting. Dau Bauer recommended that we add to the previous policy a clause that allows for an annual or semi-annual check on those organizations with free dumping to ensure that they still fall within the guidelines set up in the policy. The Council was in favor of this. 4. Interlocal Agreement - Interest Payment City/County Larry Birrell brought it to the attention of the Board that the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement states that the landfill will pay back the monies borrowed from the City and County within a ten year period (by 1889). Larry further explained that to his knowledge these monies have not yet been paid. The amount owed are $333,323 to the City and $422,521 to the County. Last year the Board decided to give a fifty cent per ton rebate to both parties. However, since the amount rebated last year did not pay the interest it was proposed that the rebate be accelerated to $2.00 per ton in order that the deadline would be met. There were some concerns expressed in regards to how this would be monitored. Some questioned the fact that a portion had already been paid to the County to even the amounts owed. Palmer felt as though he would like to research the agreement a little more to make sure that the money rebate to the City is going to the proper place and in the proper manner. Palmer would also like to run it by the City Attorney. Larry explained that they would run a monthly balance to make sure there is not an overpayment. Larry also assured the Council that if any previous payments were found, that they would immediately reduce the balance by these amounts. It was decided to wait until the next meeting to finalize this. This would allow for the necessary research to clear up the concerns stated. DISCUSSION 1. Update on Traffic Signal John Rosenthal explained that the cement had been poured for the post and was now curing. The County plans to have the signal in and functioning by • February 15th. Palmer Depaulis reported that Norm Barnett had finished the drawing for acceleration and deceleration lanes. Palmer also has signed all of the necessary agreements. John requested a copy of the drawings so that he might begin to work out the property purchases needed to widen the road. . 2. Update - E. T. Technologies Mike O'Hara reported that they are trying to get into operation the newly acquired 100 acres. This should help in two ways. (1) road accessibility would improve and allow E.T. to handle sump waste in a more efficient manner. John Rosenthal felt this would also help the landfill because the top soil offered by E. T. will be closer to its destination. John mentioned that it would be important to include the 100 new acres as part of the landfill this year when they seek a permit. Mike also reported that contract with_.South Valley Reclamation has not changed. It doesn' t look like it will be finalized until May or June. 3. Sealed Containers This was carried over from last meeting. Palmer DePaulis suggested that we wait until next meeting to make a final decision when all board members could be present on such an important decision. There was a brief discussion which included the recent mishap of the power company disposing of some containers used in transporting PCB to the landfill. John explained that as soon as the power company' s management found out about the mistake, they made every effort to recover the containers. Dan pointed out that the Trans-Jordan Landfill doesn' t receive any sealed containers. Palmer thought it would be a good idea to collect as much information as possible and then make a final decision next meeting. 4. Free Dump Periods - Eliminate Sundays The proposal is to have the free dump periods be for the months of April and October, and to eliminate any Sundays as an operational day. In the past the landfill has only been opened on Sunday during the month of April. Dan had collected data which showed that it cost much more to operate the landfill on Sundays then it was worth. Palmer had only one concern and that was the littering that may happen as a result of the closure. Palmer felt that he would like to run it by the City Council members. William Davis made a recommendation that this be run by appropriate City and County Officials first. Norm seconded this motion. 5. Update - Tire Disposal John reported that he had talked to Dale Johnson who is working with Big 0. Tires. They are working on a shredder to cut up tires into 2" squares which in turn will be sold to Kennecott or others interested. John said V • S that they are waiting on a conveyor belt and then they should be ready to show their facility in the near future. 6. Update - Wasatch Front John had talked with Mick Crandall who indicated that the project will be implemented. They still have some procedures that must be met for the bond monies. There is also a law suit filed by some residents for damages trying to stop construction. The attorneys for Wasatch Front do not see that as a problem and have given the green light. 7. Next Meeting The next meeting is scheduled for February 22, 1985 to be held at 10:00 A.M. , in the County Commission Board Room. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 A.M.