Trash Board Meeting Agenda (EVSWA)

ESTANCIA VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has called a regular meeting of the Board for November 15th at 3 PM. The meeting will be held at the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority main office, 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico.

AGENDA

I. Roll Call
II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of October 18, 2012; and Special Meeting of November 1, 2012

IV. Manager’s Report

V. Financial Report

VI. County contract sustainability planning

VII. Resolution 2012-10: By-Laws Amendment

VIII. Resolution 2012-11: FOIA document fee

IX. Public Requests: At the discretion of the presiding officer. For information only (no action can be taken). Comments are limited to two minutes or less per person.

X. Announcements & Meeting Schedule Executive Committee Meeting: December ___, 2012 Board Meeting Date: December 20, 2012

XI. Adjourn.

The public is invited to attend the meeting. Notice of the Public Meeting has been given in compliance with section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the EVSWA Office at 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico, 87016 (505) 384-4270 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the EVSWA Office if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

Procedure and application for agenda item requests are available from the EVSWA Office or at tcnm.org.

Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority - Agenda

ESTANCIA VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

DRAFT

Notice is hereby given that the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has called a regular meeting of the Board for October 18th at 3 PM. The meeting will be held at the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority main office, 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico.

AGENDA

I. Roll Call

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of September 20, 2012

IV. Audience participation

V. Discussion Item: Arthur DuCharme (10 minutes) Roles &responsibilities of board members.

VI. Manager’s Report

VII. First Quarter Financial Report

VIII. Bernalillo County Tipping Fee

IX. Resolution 2012-9: Adjusted FY13 Budget

X. Close Willard Collection Station

XI. Announcements & Meeting Schedule

Executive Committee Meeting: November ___, 2012

Board Meeting Date: November 15, 2012

XII. Adjourn.

 

The public is invited to attend the meeting. Notice of the Public Meeting has been given in compliance with section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the EVSWA Office at 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico, 87016 (505) 384-4270 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats.  Please contact the EVSWA Office if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

EVSWA Recycling Program - How's It Working So Far?

 After all of the years of waiting, the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has finally begun a viable recycling program that will save all of us money by reducing the amount of landfill space used, will help keep our national resources in good shape, will help keep our county clean, and will full fill a mandate placed on trash agencies throughout the state to participate in recycling.

The new program is just getting off the ground and with all things new, there is some confusion as to what ESVWA can take as recyclable items.  I have heard from a few people that items listed on the flyer's as acceptable were refused at the stations. 

Being such a new program for ESVWA, it would be a great idea to call their offices for clarification on what items are being accepted as well as for we the public to use a little common sense.

Perhaps EVSWA would consider creating and distributing an itemized list of what they can accept and manage.  In the past,  I served on a recycling committee (Treasure Traders) and remember that committee working very well together - there were so many great ideas and members of the committee provided their time, talents, and personal monies all to benefit the county.  Maybe EVSWA could put together another citizens committee to help define recyclable items and to help educate our county on the benefits and use of a viable recycling program. 

There is a huge interest in recycling in our county and it would be shame for folks to get frustrated and give up on it - should this fledgling program fail, we would have wasted a fantastic opportunity to benefit residents and our county as well as the tax dollars that have been granted for construction of the facilities. 

Let all get behind our recycling program and help EVSWA make this thing work!

Estancia Valley Solid Waste - Now Accepting Recyclables

Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority (ESVWA) is accepting recyclable materials.  Not all stations are ready to accept all items, they are still waiting for the storage bins to come in.  The flyer being distributed at the stations is not 100% accurate so please call the office  (505-384-4270) to find out what station is ready to accept the following items:

  Aluminum & Tin Cans
  Cardboard
  #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles
  Mixed Paper (junk mail, etc.)
  Scrap Metal
  Appliances with Freon
  **Tree Branches (Only at Moriarty & Mountainair)
  Electronics
  Rechargeable Batteries
  Auto Batteries
  Tires
  Auto Fluids

Please rinse out cans and plastic bottles.  Items can be separated on site but if you can split things out before taking them in it will speed up your trip and allow others to get in and out of the stations faster.

Happy Recycling!