July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Hazardous waste day set for Sept. 18
Jay County Solid Waste District
Plans for an upcoming household hazardous waste collection day in Jay County include a new location.
The annual Tox-Away Day for the Jay County Solid Waste District is moving to the parking lot at East Jay Middle School in Portland.
The event, which has been held for several years at the Jay County Fairgrounds, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kay Hayes, director of the district, told members of her board Monday that conflicts with other events at the fairgrounds the past several years created the need to move to a new location.
Hayes said she has been working with the owner of NuGenesis Inc., the company contracted to collect and haul away the hazardous waste brought in by private citizens, on developing traffic flow and other issues regarding the collection day.
Board members were also asked to consider helping with staffing the event.
Also Monday, a committee of board members was appointed to finish work on new job descriptions for district personnel. Hayes announced earlier this summer she plans to resign her position this fall.
Board members agreed to reduce the number of full-time employees of the district to one. It appears likely that Jill Hall, who currently serves as the district financial assistant, will be retained as a director/financial administrator.
Hayes recommended that Sandy Doyle, who has worked part-time for the district for several years, be considered as the contract educator.
Board members Jim Zimmerman, Faron Parr, Milo Miller Jr., Bill Gibson and Dan Orr briefly discussed a job description for a contract educator as prepared by Hayes.
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Zimmerman noted at least one job function listed under the educator that he felt could be handled by the director/financial administrator.
He suggested Miller, the board’s longtime president, appoint a committee to work on the job descriptions.
Miller appointed Parr, Orr and Gibson to the committee, which plans to work on the descriptions sometime in mid-September.
In other business, the board:
•Approved claims totaling $14,397.20, leaving the district with a checking account balance of $20,537.41 and investments of $72,637.92. District income for July was $14,319 on 11,571.39 tons of trash deposited in the Jay County Landfill. The district’s new $1.75 per ton tipping fee began August 1, and Barry Ledbetter, a manager at the landfill, said he does have some concern the higher fee could cause a reduction in volume.
•Decided not to sell the district’s 2000 Ford F-150 pick-up truck at this time. Hayes said that there has been an issue with the odometer on the truck. Board members instructed her to get estimates on repairs. Several years ago the board considered replacing the truck with a front-wheel drive van but never did. The truck does not have four-wheel drive.[[In-content Ad]]
The annual Tox-Away Day for the Jay County Solid Waste District is moving to the parking lot at East Jay Middle School in Portland.
The event, which has been held for several years at the Jay County Fairgrounds, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kay Hayes, director of the district, told members of her board Monday that conflicts with other events at the fairgrounds the past several years created the need to move to a new location.
Hayes said she has been working with the owner of NuGenesis Inc., the company contracted to collect and haul away the hazardous waste brought in by private citizens, on developing traffic flow and other issues regarding the collection day.
Board members were also asked to consider helping with staffing the event.
Also Monday, a committee of board members was appointed to finish work on new job descriptions for district personnel. Hayes announced earlier this summer she plans to resign her position this fall.
Board members agreed to reduce the number of full-time employees of the district to one. It appears likely that Jill Hall, who currently serves as the district financial assistant, will be retained as a director/financial administrator.
Hayes recommended that Sandy Doyle, who has worked part-time for the district for several years, be considered as the contract educator.
Board members Jim Zimmerman, Faron Parr, Milo Miller Jr., Bill Gibson and Dan Orr briefly discussed a job description for a contract educator as prepared by Hayes.
See Set page 5
Zimmerman noted at least one job function listed under the educator that he felt could be handled by the director/financial administrator.
He suggested Miller, the board’s longtime president, appoint a committee to work on the job descriptions.
Miller appointed Parr, Orr and Gibson to the committee, which plans to work on the descriptions sometime in mid-September.
In other business, the board:
•Approved claims totaling $14,397.20, leaving the district with a checking account balance of $20,537.41 and investments of $72,637.92. District income for July was $14,319 on 11,571.39 tons of trash deposited in the Jay County Landfill. The district’s new $1.75 per ton tipping fee began August 1, and Barry Ledbetter, a manager at the landfill, said he does have some concern the higher fee could cause a reduction in volume.
•Decided not to sell the district’s 2000 Ford F-150 pick-up truck at this time. Hayes said that there has been an issue with the odometer on the truck. Board members instructed her to get estimates on repairs. Several years ago the board considered replacing the truck with a front-wheel drive van but never did. The truck does not have four-wheel drive.[[In-content Ad]]
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