January 30, 2018 at 12:53 a.m.
Recycling bonuses approved
Jay County Solid Waste Management District
Recycling bonuses approved
Groups that work at recycling trailers on Saturdays will be getting an extra thank you for their efforts.
Jay County Solid Waste Management District’s board on Monday approved 1-cent bonuses per pound for each of the 24 groups that provide staffing at the recycling trailers.
The board also reviewed electronics recycling totals for the year, agreed to invest some of its cash on hand and elected new officers.
Board members Randy Geesaman, Chuck Huffman, Bill Gibson, Mike Leonhard and Gene Ritter, absent Barry Hudson and Bob Vance, approved the 1-cent bonuses, which total $11,548.80 for 2017. The largest of those — $1,017 — will go to West Jay Optimist Club, which was responsible for more than 100,000 pounds of recyclables collected.
Total recycling was up by more than 12,000 pounds to a total of 699,880 pounds. The trailer that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Jay County Sheriff’s Office saw collections increase by nearly 16,000 pounds at the sheriff’s office. The Dunkirk and Pennville sites had increases of about 14,000 and 11,000 pounds, respectively, while the Portland and Redkey sites each saw decreases.
District director Samantha Rhodehamel reported on the district’s electronics recycling totals for 2017, which totaled 65,789 pounds in televisions, computers and other items. That was up 22 percent over 2016.
Following up on a suggestion from the December meeting, board members decided on a 4-0 vote, with Huffman abstaining, to invest $100,000 into a certificate of deposit at MainSource Bank. The 12-month CD will have an interest rate of 1.99 percent, which was the highest among five quotes from local banks.
The board elected Geesaman as its president to replace Jeanne Houchins, who is no longer on the board after Jay County Council reorganized its assignments. (Vance is county council’s new representative on the board.)
Huffman was elected vice president, and Mike Leonhard was named to the personnel committee.
In other business, the board:
•Heard the education report from Bettie Jacobs, who noted that applications for recycling education grants are coming in and local middle school students are working on art for the district’s billboards. She is continuing to work with Head Start and local elementary schools, and has a rain barrel workshop scheduled for April 19.
•Reappointed Carter Leonard, Paula Confer, Cindy Denney, Justin Buster and Karen Gore to its citizens’ advisory committee.
•Learned that the Saturday recycling site in Redkey has been moved to the lot east of the post office on High Street. Board members agreed to monitor the site over the next several months to make sure it is working out well for residents and the service groups that staff the trailers.
•Paid claims totaling $48,842.90. The district brought in $28,180.17 in tipping fees on 16,265.61 tons dumped at Jay County Landfill in December. Its total balance is now $442,803.79.
Jay County Solid Waste Management District’s board on Monday approved 1-cent bonuses per pound for each of the 24 groups that provide staffing at the recycling trailers.
The board also reviewed electronics recycling totals for the year, agreed to invest some of its cash on hand and elected new officers.
Board members Randy Geesaman, Chuck Huffman, Bill Gibson, Mike Leonhard and Gene Ritter, absent Barry Hudson and Bob Vance, approved the 1-cent bonuses, which total $11,548.80 for 2017. The largest of those — $1,017 — will go to West Jay Optimist Club, which was responsible for more than 100,000 pounds of recyclables collected.
Total recycling was up by more than 12,000 pounds to a total of 699,880 pounds. The trailer that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Jay County Sheriff’s Office saw collections increase by nearly 16,000 pounds at the sheriff’s office. The Dunkirk and Pennville sites had increases of about 14,000 and 11,000 pounds, respectively, while the Portland and Redkey sites each saw decreases.
District director Samantha Rhodehamel reported on the district’s electronics recycling totals for 2017, which totaled 65,789 pounds in televisions, computers and other items. That was up 22 percent over 2016.
Following up on a suggestion from the December meeting, board members decided on a 4-0 vote, with Huffman abstaining, to invest $100,000 into a certificate of deposit at MainSource Bank. The 12-month CD will have an interest rate of 1.99 percent, which was the highest among five quotes from local banks.
The board elected Geesaman as its president to replace Jeanne Houchins, who is no longer on the board after Jay County Council reorganized its assignments. (Vance is county council’s new representative on the board.)
Huffman was elected vice president, and Mike Leonhard was named to the personnel committee.
In other business, the board:
•Heard the education report from Bettie Jacobs, who noted that applications for recycling education grants are coming in and local middle school students are working on art for the district’s billboards. She is continuing to work with Head Start and local elementary schools, and has a rain barrel workshop scheduled for April 19.
•Reappointed Carter Leonard, Paula Confer, Cindy Denney, Justin Buster and Karen Gore to its citizens’ advisory committee.
•Learned that the Saturday recycling site in Redkey has been moved to the lot east of the post office on High Street. Board members agreed to monitor the site over the next several months to make sure it is working out well for residents and the service groups that staff the trailers.
•Paid claims totaling $48,842.90. The district brought in $28,180.17 in tipping fees on 16,265.61 tons dumped at Jay County Landfill in December. Its total balance is now $442,803.79.
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