[EQAB-list] Sept. 4 EQAB Meeting

Wed Sep 3 10:32:15 EDT 2008

Good points. Note that the city manager is hoping that EQAB will make a recommendation on recycling. 

Regarding costs and benefits, I asked staff for information on (1)  information on how any changes in collection costs and costs of hauling to the landfill would or might affect  the cost of our contract with Waste Connections, (2) the amount that the city pays for disposal of its Roane County garbage and (3) the amount that Anderson County pays for disposal of garbage collected in the Anderson County part of the city. Waste Connections is projecting a 25% reduction in landfilled waste (that's the size of the reduction if waste diversion increases from 10% to 33%), so the costs to these government units for disposing of waste should decrease 25%. 

Staff did not provide quantitative answers to these questions. The city manager said: "We have discussed these questions and it is my understanding that there is very little financial benefits to the City or County in this effort." The public works director said: "All residential solid waste disposed at the Chestnut Ridge landfill, generated in Anderson County, is billed by the landfill operator, Waste Management, to the County.  Any reduction in tonnage to the landfill would be a direct cost reduction to the County.  The City has never had a way to share in any savings resulting from our recycling efforts.  It has always been seen as the environmentally proper thing to do.  The proposed Recycle Bank program is an incentive program to drive the diverted tonnage up."

-- Ellen

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From: "Robert G Kennedy III, PE" <robot at ultimax.com>
> I'll be there regardless of what day the meeting is.
> 
> I have two items to add to the agenda:
> (1a) a quick & dirty cost:benefit analysis regarding single-stream  
> recycling in Oak Ridge, per Joe's and Fred's comments at the last  
> meeting;
> (1b) proposing a motion to recommend the single-stream plan to Council;
> (2)  proposing a motion to reach out to the Plumbing Board, as a  
> preparatory step to implementing changes to the building code to make  
> irrigating with graywater legal. At some point, EQAB will have to  
> think about water, too.
> 
> Robert
> 
> -- 
> Robert G Kennedy III, PE
> www.ultimax.com
> 
> 
> Quoting Ellen Smith <smithellen at comcast.net>:
> 
> > Another potential conflict on Thursday is the ORHS parent open house.
> > Past history leads me to guess that Chuck Agle may want to attend that,
> > and our student members might have duties there. I don't know if any
> > other current members have kids in the high school right now.
> >
> > At any rate, I hope that people will check in with Pat Fain so she can
> > determine whether there will be a quorum -- or whether it would make
> > sense to postpone the meeting.
> >
> > Ellen
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 14:40 -0400, Pat Imperato wrote:
> >> It is my intention to attend but my only child who lives in OR is  
> >> having emergency surgery tomorrow (Wed) morning and I need to be  
> >> available for her and her family.? I'll stay in touch with Pat Fain.
> >>
> >>
> >> Pat Imperato
> >> 131 Whippoorwill Dr.
> >> Oak Ridge, TN 37830
> >>
> >> 865-272-3451 h
> >> 610-888-0456 c
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Groton, James P. Jr. <JAMES.P.GROTON.JR at saic.com>
> >> To: EQAB-list at discoveret.org
> >> Sent: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:14 pm
> >> Subject: [EQAB-list] Sept. 4 EQAB Meeting
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >> I wanted to remind you of our regularly scehduled EQAB meeting on Thursday.
> >>
> >> I will be working out of town this week and I may not make it back  
> >> in time to
> >> attend. If I don't make it back, Pat Fain will chair the meeting.
> >>
> >> Also Athanasia has started her fall classes at UT and she will not be at
> >> Thursday's meeting. If the room is locked you can get someone at the Police
> >> Station to let you into the Civic Center, etc.
> >>
> >> Please let Pat Fain or me know whether or not you will be able to attend on
> >> Thursday.
> >>
> >> Thanks very much.
> >> Jimmy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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