July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
District joins recycling group (12/20/05)
Jay County Solid Waste Management District
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
Need some cleaning supplies? Craft supplies? Or how about a generator?
If your organization is not-for-profit, these goods might be available to you for only the cost of shipping and handling through the Jay County Solid Waste Management District.
The waste district’s board of directors Monday afternoon agreed to join the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR).
The one-time fee of $500 will be split with Three Rivers Solid Waste District which includes Henry and Fayette counties, Kay Hayes, waste district director told the board.
“This would be the year to do it because we’ll split the cost,” Hayes said.
Stephen Sommerfield, technology education teacher at East and West Jay Middle schools, praised the waste district’s decision to join the program.
“You can put in for whatever you want,” Sommerfield explained. “You may not get it, but you’re not out anything.”
He told the board the resource center, located in Galesburg, Ill., collects items from businesses and industries who discontinue items, go out of business, or from companies who have resources they don’t want any more. Most of the items are new.
“They gather the stuff,” Sommerfield added, “but (distribution is) restricted to non-profits.” Sommerfield explained how he uses such items in his classroom teaching. “You’ve made me a happy man,” he said following the board’s decision.
Organizations in Jay County will be able to order from a catalog NAEIR distributes and some items could be picked up at a New Castle location, Hayes told the board.
Sommerfield said members of qualified not-for-profits wishing to make the extended trip to Galesburg could haul home whatever they wanted.
Hayes added that some storage at district headquarters might be required for some materials.
“We’ve wasted more than $250 before,” board president Milo Miller Jr. said about the fee to join.
Additionally Monday, Hayes updated the board about ongoing projects. She said recycling in Redkey continues to increase as other organizations begin to take part.
A second trailer was added to the Redkey schedule earlier this year, and continues to see significant use.
“Tonnage is going up over there,” she said.
The board also agreed to three percent increase in salaries for Hayes as well as administrative assistant, Jill Cochran, for 2006. Hayes will be paid $31,930 plus heath insurance costs, and Cochran will earn $21,630 plus health insurance.
After paying claims of $19,536.86 in November, the district has a checking account balance of $109,763.14. As of Dec. 19 the district has total income for 2005 of $239,978.64.
A total of 19,183 tons of solid waste was dumped in the Jay County Landfill during November, including 17,134 tons subject to the $1.25 per-ton district tipping fee. Income for the district was $21,204.[[In-content Ad]]
If your organization is not-for-profit, these goods might be available to you for only the cost of shipping and handling through the Jay County Solid Waste Management District.
The waste district’s board of directors Monday afternoon agreed to join the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR).
The one-time fee of $500 will be split with Three Rivers Solid Waste District which includes Henry and Fayette counties, Kay Hayes, waste district director told the board.
“This would be the year to do it because we’ll split the cost,” Hayes said.
Stephen Sommerfield, technology education teacher at East and West Jay Middle schools, praised the waste district’s decision to join the program.
“You can put in for whatever you want,” Sommerfield explained. “You may not get it, but you’re not out anything.”
He told the board the resource center, located in Galesburg, Ill., collects items from businesses and industries who discontinue items, go out of business, or from companies who have resources they don’t want any more. Most of the items are new.
“They gather the stuff,” Sommerfield added, “but (distribution is) restricted to non-profits.” Sommerfield explained how he uses such items in his classroom teaching. “You’ve made me a happy man,” he said following the board’s decision.
Organizations in Jay County will be able to order from a catalog NAEIR distributes and some items could be picked up at a New Castle location, Hayes told the board.
Sommerfield said members of qualified not-for-profits wishing to make the extended trip to Galesburg could haul home whatever they wanted.
Hayes added that some storage at district headquarters might be required for some materials.
“We’ve wasted more than $250 before,” board president Milo Miller Jr. said about the fee to join.
Additionally Monday, Hayes updated the board about ongoing projects. She said recycling in Redkey continues to increase as other organizations begin to take part.
A second trailer was added to the Redkey schedule earlier this year, and continues to see significant use.
“Tonnage is going up over there,” she said.
The board also agreed to three percent increase in salaries for Hayes as well as administrative assistant, Jill Cochran, for 2006. Hayes will be paid $31,930 plus heath insurance costs, and Cochran will earn $21,630 plus health insurance.
After paying claims of $19,536.86 in November, the district has a checking account balance of $109,763.14. As of Dec. 19 the district has total income for 2005 of $239,978.64.
A total of 19,183 tons of solid waste was dumped in the Jay County Landfill during November, including 17,134 tons subject to the $1.25 per-ton district tipping fee. Income for the district was $21,204.[[In-content Ad]]
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