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00:00:00 Call to Order/Agenda
00:01:00 Public Comment Period
00:01:26 Consent Agenda
00:02:37 Diversion Report
00:29:30 Materials Recovery Facility - Bond Vote Update
00:38:19 Executive Session - Contract Negotiations
00:40:13 Administrative Office Lease
00:41:40 Other Business
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A
Good
evening,
everyone
today
is
Wednesday
October
26
2022.
We
do
have
a
quorum
present,
so
I'd
like
to
call
to
order
this
regularly
scheduled
hybrid
meeting
of
the
chitton
and
solid
waste
District
Board
of
commissions
before
we
begin
with
the
agenda.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
our
executive
director,
Sarah
Reeves,
is
on
vacation
tonight
will
not
be
present
for
the
meeting,
but
the
staff
is
here
and
I'm,
confident
they'll
be
able
to
capably
answer
any
questions
and
address
any
issues
that
come
up
at
tonight's
meeting.
A
A
I'm
hearing
none
in
this
room
and
I'm,
seeing
none
on
Zoom,
so
the
agenda
will
be
accepted
as
presented.
Second
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
public
comment
period?
There
are
no
members
of
the
public
present
here
in
the
Williston
town
office.
Are
there
any
members
of
the
public
on
Zoom
or
on
the
phone
who
would
like
to
address
the
board.
A
I
am
hearing
none,
so
we
will
close
the
public
comment
period
and
move
on
to
the
consent
agenda,
which
is
item
three
on
the
agenda.
The
consent
agenda
consists
of
the
minutes
of
the
September
28
2022
board
meeting
program
updates.
The
executive
director
update
where
she
pointed
out
specifically
some
issues
that
we
will
be
addressing
as
we
develop
our
budget
for
next
year.
Just
wanted
to
make
sure
all
the
Commissioners
were
aware
of
that.
A
The
standard
Finance
report
also
the
fourth
quarter,
financials
wrapping
up
our
last
fiscal
year,
I
believe
we'll
be
going
into
our
fourth,
our
fiscal
year,
22
financials
in
Greater
detail
next
month.
Our
financial
director
Nola
is
not
with
us
tonight
as
well,
but
that's
part
of
the
packet
of
the
consent
agenda
and
then,
finally,
the
motion
to
authorize
the
executive
director
to
enter
into
a
contract
for
resurfacing
the
odf
there
any
requests
to
remove
any
of
the
items
from
the
consent
agenda.
A
B
See
it
here
at
home,
okay,
great
thanks
again
Paul
tonight.
I
just
would
like
to
give
you
a
provided
with
an
overview
of
the
metrics
that
we
use
to
Aid
in
the
evaluation
of
our
programs
and
then
take
a
look
at
the
20
2021
diversion
and
Disposal
data.
As
a
comparison,
2020
I
want
to
make
a
shout
out
to
Nancy
Plunkett,
who
retired
December.
She
mentored
me
through
the
process
of
developing
this
report
and
with
a
great
help
and
the
hard
act
to
follow
up.
B
C
B
A
D
B
Odd
played
into
the
lead
into
the
screen:
okay,
okay,
so
the
purpose
of
the
diversion
report
is
to
help
us
evaluate
how
well
our
members
in
the
district
are
utilizing
cswd
and
private
sectors,
facilities,
programs
and
in
order
to
reduce
their
waste
by
way
of
diversion,
it
also
helps
well
it
also
fulfills
our
state
reporting
requirements
and
allows
us
to
provide
more
information
to
the
general
public
media
into
their
communities
and
organizations
who
interface
with
the
district.
This
report
only
includes
materials
that
has
been
generated
within
Chittenden
County.
B
Okay,
great
yeah
I
just
have
to
speak
up,
I
am
often
quiet
and
quietly
stroking,
the
metrics
that
are
covered
in
our
Solid
Waste
diversion
report
are
the
diversion
rates,
disposal
rate
recovery
rate
and
the
environmental
impact
of
diversion
itself.
The
diversion
rate
actually
would
first
calculated
by
Nancy
in
1993,
and
that
is
essentially
all
material
diverted
over
what
had
been
generated
in
the
account
and
he
will
hasn't
generated
at
the
county.
The
disposal
rate
was
added
later,
that
is
a
per
capita
per
day.
Calculation.
C
B
The
environmental
impacts
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
is
simply
a
calculation
of
the
CO2
equivalent
tons
that
are
saved
from
our
diversion
activities
and
that
is
calculated
using
the
EPA
worm
model
here
with
that
all
right.
So
some
of
the
highlights
of
our
report
I
would
call
this
the
rebound
year.
Post
pandemic,
I
wouldn't
call
it
exactly
recovery,
but
maybe
a
climatization
total
Solid
Waste
generation
was
up
12.5
percent
from
the
prior
year.
Tons
of
suppose
increased
slightly,
however,
times
diverted
increased
significantly.
B
C
and
D
tons
disposed
increased
to
the
highest
level
since
2013
and
times
diverted
remained
lower
than
usual,
but
about
25
higher
than
2020.
the
MSW
diversion
rate
remained
high
at
53.
We
actually
crossed
the
50
marker
for
the
first
time
last
year,
tennis
to
the
point
of
comparison
in
1990.,
three
I
believe
it
was
around
31.
So
definitely
we've
made
strides
over
the
years
and
as
well.
Our
recovery
rates
for
mandatory
recyclable
decreased
very
slightly
in
that
one
year
period.
B
There's
been
significant
increases
in
paper,
clean
wood
and
food
residual
is
diluted.
There
was
a
significant
Rebound
in
the
amount
of
electronics
divers
and
a
large
increase
in
diverted
textiles.
Why
that
was
well.
As
Nancy
had
mentioned.
A
year
ago,
we
had
a
large
infant,
steady
inventory
about
clean
wood
at
the
bunker
near
the
McNeil
Generating
Station,
so
that
was
taken
in
accounted
for
about
63
of
our
clean
wood
recovered
and
utilized
there.
We
actually
take
now
all
of
the
clean
wood
from
our
cswd
facilities.
B
That's
about
27
from
this
year
and
utilize
that
at
the
Organics
diversion
visual
facility
and
the
processing
of
composts
increases
in
paper
and
food
residuals
are
like
likely,
due
to,
as
I
mentioned,
a
return
to
normalcy
or
near
normalcy.
And
of
course,
last
year
was
the
first
full
year
of
Food
Van
instituted
by
x148.
So
we
saw
an
update
in
Organics
being
diverted
as
well
increased
textiles.
B
A
diversion
rate
is
calculated
as
total
material
diverted
from
our
MSW
stream
over
what
is
generated.
This
is
increased
by
three
percent
over
the
last
year.
I'm,
not
sure
if
it'll
continue
to
see
such
increases,
but
certainly
a
nice
rebound
that
I
have
to
see
and
also
to
be
able
to
maintain
that
for
that
proportion
over
50
percent.
B
How
does
this
compare
to
the
equation
as
a
whole?
Well,
the
latest
data,
the
most
recent
data
we
have
from
the
U.S
EPA,
is
that
the
diversion
rate
2018
was
about
32
percent
from
Vermont.
We
know
the
state
reported
about
36
percent
in
2019
and
if
we
were
to
look
at
other
high
performing
communities
across
the
country
such
as
Seattle
or
San
Francisco
were
in
League
with
their
programs,
so
that
also
great
news
and
similar
to
what
we've
seen
in
the
past.
B
Hitting
the
wrong
buttons
there
we
go.
Okay,
the
maximum
diversion
rate
is
a
slightly
different
calculation,
that
is
the
time
diverted
from
the
waste
stream,
the
municipal,
Solid,
Waste
stream,
plus
hunts
and
suppose
that
are
currently
divertible
over
all
generations.
So
this
is
what
we
think,
given
our
current
programs
and
policies
is
the
maximum
amount
of
material.
We
can
divert
from
the
waste
stream.
B
B
B
B
And
so
we
are
actually
doing
pretty
well
in
that
regard.
As
as
it
is,
our
maximum
diversion
rate
calculated
for
c
and
d.
That
would
be.
The
ideal
in
2021
would
be
about
80
percent
and
we're
at
71.9
percent.
Now
that
is
up
from
69
in
2020,
so
hopefully
reasonably
good
piece
of
news
for
those
of
you
who
aren't
familiar
with
alternative
daily
cover.
B
This
is
a
material
that
is
used
in
normal
operations
in
the
lab.
So
if
I
used
to
cover
the
operating
face
at
the
end
of
a
day
to
avoid
problems
with
vectors
or
fires
or
blowing
litter,
and
that
sort
of
thing
in
Vermont
alternative
daily
cover
is,
it
consists
primarily
of
contaminated
soil,
but
not
hazardous
oil,
and
it
has
to
be
approved
by
the
state
that
was
up
58.6
of
2020..
Of
course,
it's
entirely
dependent
on
a
number
of
types
of
projects
for
any
given
year,
so
this
can
vary
tremendously.
E
B
We
started
our
business
reporting
requirements
at
that
point,
so
we
were
actually
Gathering
more
information
from
companies
who
are
sending
material
to
other
facilities.
This
is
I'm
sorry.
This
is
in
regards
to
MSW
diverted.
Let
me
back
up
there,
and
so
we
started
to
collect
more
information
on
how
material
might
be
leading
the
county.
That
is
also
diverted
in
that
house
increase
our
diversion
rate
to
some
extent
again.
The
diversion
rate
also
increased
ever
so
slightly
over
the
last
few
years
because
of
the
full
implementation
of
act
148.
B
The
green
line
shows
a
dramatic
jump
in
2015
and
16,
and
that
is
when
we
had
too
many
recycling
facilities
come
online
that
leveled
out
from
2016
to
2017.
We
had
one
of
the
facilities
close
on
Redmond
Road
at
that
point,
and
then
you
can
of
course
see
the
drop
in
C
diversion
during
the
pandemic.
It's
rebound
to
2021
and
DND
disposal
in
and
of
itself
has
been,
although
declining
for
a
10-year
period,
it
has
steadily
increased
from
2015
to
2021..
B
Our
disposal
rates,
that
is
the
per
capita
per
pound
system,
have
decreased
as
well
over
the
last
10
years,
we're
currently
at
about
14
and
less
or
lower
MSW
Distillery
per
cap,
as
we
were
in
2011
and
for
CNB.
We
are
also
down
a
bit
but
again
showing
that
drift
at
the
last
five
or
so
years.
The
slight
upward
Trend
there.
B
B
Msw
diversion
has
increased
about
8.4
points
of
2011,
so
it's
about
a
15
or
a
18
increase
and
C
D
has
increased
almost
10
points
over
that
same
10
year
period,
our
recovery
rates
for
specific
targeted
materials.
First,
we
look
at
Blue,
then
recyclable
that
has
remained
steady
over
the
last
year,
it's
up
from
about
79
in
2019.
B
So
what
that
is
is
of
course,
the
amount
of
blue
been
recyclables
that
we
do
recover
over
what
we
think
could
be
recovered,
so
certain
certain
increment
that
is
ultimately
suppose
when
ways
to
be
recovered
and
MSW
recyclables
and
Organics
combined
increased
almost
three
three
or
four
percent
that
that
I
think
showing
you
the
impact
of
the
full
implementation
of
act.
148
and
again,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
good
points
of
comparison
for
these
data
points.
C
B
B
B
Overall,
our
diversion
of
social
data
I
think
provides
some
good
and
encouraging
news
specially
related
to
How
the
amount
of
materials
our
residents
and
business
like
diverting
from
the
school.
That's
over
170
000
tons
diverted
as
compared
to
120
000
approximately
times
disposed
still.
We
know
that,
there's
a
large
portion
of
material
going
to
the
landfill
and
without
any
major
interventions
to
our
solid
waste
system.
We
can
expect
that
that
is
sort
of
a
major
recessions,
at
least
Solid
Waste
generation
and
Disposal
will
continue
to
increase,
but
I'm
optimistic.
A
A
I
actually
have
I
I
have
a
few
comments,
but
I
don't
want
to
steal
the
steal.
The
show
here
to
take
the
floor,
but
I'll
take
a
first
crack
at
it.
My
first
question
is:
are
there
similar
statistics?
Are
there
statistics
like
this
that
are
published
by
other
Solid
Waste
districts
in
Vermont?
If
so,
have
you
looked
at
them
and
how
do
we
compare
to
those
in
in
in
detail?
F
G
A
A
On
the
other
hand,
I'm
personally
disappointed
to
still
see
that
50
of
material
that
goes
to
the
landfill
could
theoretically
be
diverted,
and
that's
that's
just
a
an
existential
disappointment.
I
know
it's
never
going
to
be
achievable,
but
I
wish
it
could
be
better
and
I
know
we're
doing
a
good
job.
All
of
us
in
the
in
the
in
the
county
are
doing
a
good
job,
but
I
wish
that
would
better.
A
And
then
my
last
question
is:
are
there
any
red
flags
from
staff?
You
know
you
people
live
in
and
are
in
on
this
business
all
day
long
every
day
of
the
week
or
five
days
a
week
at
least,
are
there
any
flat
red
flags
or
concerns
that
you
would
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
board
things
that
we
ought
to
be
aware
of
that?
That
might
need
the
attention
that
we
could
help
Focus
Improvement
on.
B
I
think
the
one
thing
that
a
you
know,
we've
learned
over
the
last
few
years
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
economic
factors
that
are
beyond
our
control,
so
the
pandemic
was
a
lesson
that
we
also
saw
that
disposal
and
diversion
seems
to
be
fairly
resilient
in
the
county.
We're
trying
to
seem
to
be
fairly
constant,
so
I
think
we're
headed
in
the
right
direction.
A
H
A
A
F
F
We
have
some
letters
to
the
editor,
editor
and
op-eds
that
have
gone
out
and
been
published,
and
then
we've
had
some
media
mentions
front.
Porch
Forum
that
we've
posted
last
week,
I
believe
informing
voters
about
the
the
opportunity
to
vote
and
how
to
get
their
ballots
and
then
also
we
will
be
posting
next
week
again
in
front
porch
forum.
F
We've
we've
increased
our
tours
last
month
and
this
month
with
school
groups
and
businesses
in
the
general
public
at
the
Murph.
We
also
have
this
week,
I've
I've
been
interviewed
by
and
gave
a
tour
to
seven
day,
a
seven
days
reporter
that
will
be
coming
out
next
Wednesday
I
think
that
will
be
quite
extensive.
Given
his
his
questions
that
keep
keep
having,
which
is
great
I,
you
know
more
people
will
be
informed
at
that
point.
F
As
well,
I
also
was
interviewed
by
a
reporter
for
the
Shelburne
news,
citizen
and
the
other
paper,
so
there
should
be
something
coming
up
on
that
soon.
I've
seen
a
couple
of
postings
from
Commissioners
on
front
porch
Forum.
We
do
appreciate
that
very
much
and
I've
contacted
the
town
clerks
last
week
to
check
in
and
just
see
how
it
was
going
with
the
the
requests
for
ballots
and
last
week
they
I
had
11
of
the
Townsville
Court
back
Burlington
was
missing
from
that
11.
F
So
I
think
you
know
the
the
number
when
you
look
at
the
population
or
the
I
should
say
registered
voters
when
you're,
comparing
that
it's
it's
it's
only
about
five
percent.
At
this
point,
obviously
in
person
it's
going
to
really
increase
that
percentage,
given
the
the
difficulty
this
year
with
the
combination
of
the
general
election
ballot
being
mailed
to
all
voters
in
Vermont.
F
F
Thank
you,
Paul
I,
just
want
to
say
for
the
record,
for
for
the
public
that
is,
is
watching
or
or
does
watch
this,
that
numbers
that
are
put
out
there
about
Plastics
recycling
reflect
all
plastic
generally
reflective
EPA
uses
all
Plastics
available.
So
when
they're
talking
about
Plastics
they're
talking
about
durable
goods
as
well
as
single-use
Plastics
as
well
as
you
know,
blue
bin
recyclables,
so
it's
a
very
large
large.
F
F
You
know
I'm
not
saying
that
it's
not
a
problem,
but
in
terms
of
blue
bin
recycling,
as
John
dorwerp
pointed
out,
we
in
Trenton
County
are
doing
exceptional
in
terms
of
diversion
diverting
plastic
out
of
the
waste
stream.
Titan
county
is
doing
great
participating
in
that
program
in
the
blue
bin
program
and
I
assure
that
the
Plastics
that
we
ship
out
are
being
recycled.
C
A
Jen
I
have
a
question
that
I
don't
know
if
you
have
I'm
going
to
have
the
answer,
but
how
much
more
time
is
is
available
to
voters
who
request
an
absentee
ballot
either
through
this,
their
my
voter
page,
but
essentially
through
the
my
voter
page
to
make
that
request
to
get
the
ballot
mailed
back
to
them
in
their
hands
in
time
for
them
to
vote
and
either
mail.
The
ballot
back
to
their
Town
officer
drop
it
off
at
their
office.
F
A
A
F
A
A
G
Amy
that
could
be
read
into
the
record
sure
I
move
that
the
Board
of
Commissioners
of
the
Chittenden
Solid
Waste
District
go
into
executive
session
to
discuss
contract
negotiations
in
regards
to
a
lease
agreement
with
the
city
of
South
Burlington,
where
premature
general
public
knowledge
would
clearly
place
the
district,
its
member
municipalities
and
other
public
bodies
or
persons
involved
at
a
substantial
disadvantage
and
to
permit
authorized
staff
other
invited
interested
parties
and
the
solid
waste
district
attorney
to
be
present.
For
this
session.
A
H
A
A
A
A
A
A
D
Yep
I
just
want
to
give
everyone.
A
heads
up
wheels
for
warmth,
which
is
a
great
diversion
opportunity
for
tires,
is
tomorrow
from
two
to
six
as
well
as
Friday
from
two
to
six.
It's
always
open
to
the
public.
There's
a
drop-off
location
down
in
Rutland
there's
one
at
in
Wilson
at
220,
Avenue,
B
and
then
there's
a
tire
sale
on
Saturday
down
in
Berry
at
the
granite.
I
wish
I
knew
exactly
where
it
was.
D
It
moved
this
year,
but
great
opportunity
if
you're
looking
for
a
set
of
winter
tires
or
looking
to
get
rid
of
a
set
of
winter
tires
and
all
the
money
goes
to
help
Vermont
homes
in
the
winter.
So
it's
a
great
way
to
keep.
You
know
older
tires
that
still
have
life
left
in
them
out
of
the
landfill
and
give
give
other
monitors
some
good
use
and
keep
for
runners
homes
warm
during
the
winter.
So
if
you
want
more
information,
I
know
there's
a
lot
online
or
you
can
reach
out
to
me.
H
D
D
A
The
only
other
comment
I
want
to
share
is
that
the
November
that
we're
because
of
Thanksgiving
all
our
schedules
are
moved
earlier.
One
week
executive
board
is
would
be
the
second
Monday
of
the
month,
whatever
date
that
is,
and
the
full
board
meeting
would
be
the
third
Wednesday
of
the
month.
So
if
you
just
remember.
J
Now
two
items
I
know
there
is
an
open
house,
I
think
it's
the
8th
of
November
at
glaville,
which
is
the
glass
expansion,
firm
and
I
plan
on
attending,
just
to
figure
out
why
we
don't
participate
with
them.
From
their
point
of
view
and
the
the
other
item
that
I
have
a
question
on
is
today
is
the
first
day
that
I've
ever
taken
any
textiles
to
a
drop-off
center,
because
I
didn't
think
we
could
do
that
until
I
saw
a
big
pile
of
them
and
where
do
we?
I
Let's
go
through
a
program
called
helpsy:
they
are
actually
paying
you
know
for
paying
us
by
the
pound
to
bring
them
down.
They
process
them
and
run
them
in
Rutland
and
then
redistributed
them
as
they
seat
fit.
We
kind
of
rolled
out
a
soft
roll
out
this
month
to
get
the
the
acceptance
bins
in
place
and
work
through
some
of
the
Kinks,
because
we
feel
because
we
haven't
accepted
textiles
for
quite
some
time,
because
our
old
vendor
wasn't
able
to
service
us
with
the
frequency
we
needed.
I
F
I'll,
just
I'll
just
in
that
Josh
and
I
toured
last
winter,
this
past
winter,
and
it
was
really
a
great
tour.
It's
really
an
interesting
facility,
and
at
the
time
they
you
know,
they're
they're
importing
the
the
glass
that
they
need.
It's
very
different
than
what
we
produce
they
would.
It
would
have
to
be.
You
know,
processed
further
from
how
we
make
it
for
them
to
use
it,
but
they
indicated
that
they
were
interested
in
purchasing
the
equipment
to
do
so.
At
that
time,.
A
F
J
A
I
Under
their
existing
setup,
no,
they
need
a
significant
amount
of
screening
technology
to
meet
our
our.
You
know
to
meet
the
material
that
we
generate,
because
they
do
an
extremely
fine,
very
pure
glass
powder
and
that's
how
they
they
it's
a
it's
an
aggregate
expansion
process
that
they
they
have
it's
a
really
interesting
product,
but
our
material
because
of
the
fiber
content.
They
would
have
to
go
through
some
significant
screenings
before
it
could
be
usable
for
them.
That's.