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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20111219CRCMinutes.docxCOMMUNITY RESOURCE COMMITTEE Minutes: December 19, 2011 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lisa Callahan, Don Ernst, Rusty Fleetwood, Shelly Krueger, Sandy Major, Judy Miller, Freda Rutherford, Brad Sherman, Paul Wolff MEMBERS ABSENT: Libby Bacon, Jim Burke, Frank Kelly, Karen Kelly, Tommy Linstroth, Pat Locklear, Mallory Pearce GUEST(S): Bill O’Brien CALL TO ORDER: Rusty called the meeting to order at 4:30pm. MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER MEETING: Don made a motion to approve the November 21 minutes. Judy seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. REPORT FROM NOMINATING COMMITTEE / ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Rusty asked for a motion to elect officers. No one made a nomination for chairman and Rusty confirmed it will be discussed at the next meeting. He stated long range leadership is necessary and he will serve until a new chairman is elected. Judy made a motion to nominate Freda as the vice chair. Lisa seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Discussion about the secretary position ensued. Rusty commented that Chantel would benefit the committee by being a member since she serves on the Green Team. Sandy made a motion to nominate Shelly as Secretary. Freda seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Rusty made the motion to nominate Don as the Treasurer. Lisa seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Freda made a motion that Rusty request Chantel be appointed as the liaison of the Green Team to the committee. Rusty requested an additional council member join the committee. Paul confirmed the Mayor appoints council members to city committees. Rusty will speak with the Mayor based on suggestions from current committee members. Don will send Bill the committee by-laws and goals for his consideration of joining the committee. Rusty confirmed the agenda request deadline is January 4 for the January 12 council meeting. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Water & Energy Fair – Judy Judy confirmed she has the banner to have hung at the Pier & Pavilion as it was last year. Don and Brad agreed to hang the banner and take it down. Judy will let them know the date it can go up. Judy confirmed three speakers have signed up to speak at the Fair. Paul will contact Pat Prokop if Judy cannot reach him. Eleven nonprofits have signed up and a few more will later. Five vendors have signed up and more will be coming. Don confirmed he will start sending out press releases next week. Judy requested volunteers sign up for shifts especially at the entrance to welcome people and help with registration / collect contact information. Chantel suggested using the “green” footprints on a sticker that people could receive when they arrive. Freda confirmed Andy is going to help her at the Community Resource Committee table. They are developing the clothesline concept. Paul and Don confirmed they will be at the Fair all day and can help. Rusty inquired about wind or solar energy displays. Savannah Shredding will have their shredder available. The Tybee Charter School might sell hot dogs. Don commented Judy may want to contact the health department. Energy Committee Data Collection and Reporting Freda recommended, per her conversation with the mayor, the Green Team committee collect the Memorial Park data. She commented that currently, Brad, Lisa and perhaps the Green Team is collecting data. Brad stated that part of the work his company is doing on the project is putting together a data collection process and equipment. They are pulling the data from the same source as Lisa. David is also involved. Lisa expressed her discomfort with accessing the data. Chantel explained the process of how the city’s Green Team formed in association with Sustainable Georgia and working on modules the members choose. Chantel, Freda, Lisa, and Brad will meet to review Memorial Park data collecting process. Brad requested January 3 as the meeting date. Solid Waste Proposals – Rusty reported that at the last Council meeting there was a presentation for the proposal of solid waste disposal for the city. A hard copy of the proposal was available to committee members at the meeting. Rusty confirmed that the city manager tried to incorporate individual requests. Rusty suggested that the committee comment at City Council regarding their input and make recommendations. Rusty feels that pickup needs to be two times/week especially with the number of vacation rentals on the island. The rollout recycling carts every other week will be beneficial. Discussion ensued about the need for one pickup versus two pickups/week. Paul stated that data shows with larger recycling carts, recycling volume increases by 50% and trash decreases. Sandy inquired about seasonal pickup. Eight months could have two pickups / week and the other four months would be one pickup /week. Paul confirmed he will continue to work on this option. Brian suggested that most can do once a week pickup. Paul explained the proposal is from Waste Pro. The contract is being extended with the potential amendments. The RFP will go out if their contract is not extended for two years. NEW BUSINESS: CRC Goals Workshop The workshop will be delayed until next meeting. OLD BUSINESS: N/A ADJOURN: Don made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Brad seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.