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COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
WEBEX MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY 3:30 P.M DECEMBER 14, 2020
Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith & Vice-Chairman
Laura Osiadacz. Excused Commissioner Cory Wright.
Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Patti
Johnson, Solid Waste Director/Project Manager/Interim Maintenance
Director; Suzanne Noble & April Sheeley: Presenters with the
Ellensburg Glass Recycling Cooperative Venture (EGRCV); and 8
members of the public.
SPECIAL MEETING GLASS RECYCLING PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS
At 3:30 p.m. Chairman Wachsmith opened a Special Meeting to receive
a presentation from Suzanne Noble and April Sheeley.
Ms. Noble & Ms. Sheeley stated that they created the cooperative due
to an out-cry from residents wanting glass recycling back in the
County. They discussed how the glass can be ground down to sand that
can be used by the Public Works Department for winter traction (as
other municipalities are doing), playgrounds, back-fill, beach sand,
pipe underlay and general landscaping, Additionally, if they got
their product certified & if they can procure state of the art glass
crushing technology, they could also market it to be used for
potting soil and sandbags. She discussed the work they are doing to
obtain funding to get the crusher. She stated that they would like
the Board’s help in bringing this to the County and begin the
feasibility study. She stated she believes this is the wave of the
future. She reviewed areas in the County that would work as a host
for the facility as well as funding opportunities they could take
advantage of. She applauded Patti Johnson’s efforts with multi-
stream recycling. April Sheeley discussed a pilot project they are
working on for glass recycling for polarized glass that can be given
away, as well as the tracking they will be doing and reviewed how
this ties into House Bill 1543. She stated only clean glass will be
accepted and they would like a work-group created. Patti Johnson,
Solid Waste Director/Project Manager/Interim Maintenance Director
reviewed what they are already working on and stated she is excited
to hear more from Ms. Noble. Commissioner Wachsmith questioned if
this Work-Group Ms. Noble & Ms. Sheeley requested would be a sub-
group of the County’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC). Ms.
Johnson agreed that it would.
They thanked the Board for their time today and stated they are
looking forward to future opportunities in working with them.
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Meeting adjourned at 3:58 p.m.
KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD II KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mandy Buchholz Brett Wachsmith, Chairman