Members thank Miller for service

Although he was unable to attend his last meeting, members of the Jay County Solid Waste Management District Board thanked their outgoing member.
The board at its Monday meeting voiced appreciation for member Milo Miller Jr., who was absent because of an illness. He will no longer serve on the board after losing his bid for a seventh term as a Jay County Commissioner to Doug Inman in the Republican primary in May.
The board also made several transfers to cover year-end spending.
Jim Zimmerman thanked his fellow commissioner for his efforts over the last two-plus decades of service. He has been a member of the JCSWMD board since it was created in 2002, and also served on the three-county board that preceded it.
“Milo has really done a good job,” said Zimmerman, with others chiming in with their agreement. “He put a lot of time in when it was a joint district, and he was instrumental in getting that separated so we had our own. That’s really worked out well.”
Jeannie Houchins, Jay County Council’s representative on the board, also said she’s enjoyed her time serving. She noted that she’s not sure if she will return as council may restructure its assignments for 2015.
“I really enjoyed this,” she said. “I didn’t really know a lot about this party … and it’s really been interesting.”
Board members Bill Gibson, Dan Watson, Faron Parr, Randy Geesaman, Houchins and Zimmerman also approved year-end transfers of $42.50 from repairs and maintenance, $15.78 from office supplies, $17.36 from educational supplies and $35.24 from advertising to telephone; $609.52 from gas, oil and lube, $666.99 from postage, $636 from hazardous waste, $1,254.93 from contractual recycling, $2,913.79 from Best Way, $200 from office equipment, $500 from computers and printers and $315.34 from software to Waste Management pulls; $750 from hazardous waste to educator; $1,000 from hazardous waste to financial manager; $5,000 from City of Portland grant to equipment; and $106.26 from miscellaneous services to utilities.
In other business, the board:
•Heard from district educator Bettie Jacobs that she will be visiting local schools to schedule workshops for the second semester.
•Paid claims totaling $17,692.13. The district brought in landfill tipping fees of $23,795 and has a balance of $390,191.16.