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BRAZOS VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
1:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 7, 1997
Bryan Utilities Building
Conference Room
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lonnie Stabler; Tom Brymer, College Station
Assistant City Manager; Mike Conduff, Bryan City
g Manager; Rick Conner, Bryan Public Works Director; Skip
Noe, College Station City Manager.
OTHERS PRESENT: Bill Angelo, BVSWMA Executive Director; Joy Leighman,
BVSWMA Staff Assistant; Roxanne Nemcik, College
Station Interim City Attorney; Ashley Scott, BVSWMA
Environmental Compliance Officer.
AGENDA ITEM 1: Call to Order.
Mayor Stabler called the meeting to order at 1:50 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM 2: Consider the minutes of the December 13, 1996 Board Meeting.
Mr. Noe made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Conner seconded the motion. The
Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 3: Approval of a policy relating to the acceptance of hazardous waste from
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQG)/commercial
entities in conjunction with the Household Hazardous Waste Event.
Mr. Angelo briefed the Board on the item and then turned it over to Ashley Scott. Ms.
Scott gave a short report on the item.
Mr. Conner made a motion to approve the policy. Mr. Brymer seconded the motion.
Mr. Noe suggested BVSWMA use the B -CS Chamber of Commerce in the future as a
means of communicating the event to small businesses.
The Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 4: Receive a report and consider further action on the Fill Sector 14
Development Project.
After a brief report on the item by Mr. Angelo, Mr. Noe made a motion to approve
proceeding with the Fill Sector 14 Development Project as an in-house construction
project. Mr. Conner seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 5: Consider authorization to proceed with Phase II of the HDR Contract for
engineering services related to the Fill Sector 14 Development Project.
After a brief report and question and answer period, Mr. Noe made a motion to approve
proceeding with Phase II of the HDR Contract. Mr. Brymer seconded the motion. The
Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 6: Receive a report on the Waste Characterization Study performed at the
Rock Prairie Road Landfill during November and December, 1996.
Ms. Scott gave a brief summary on the report findings.
After a brief question and answer period, the Board moved to Item 7.
AGENDA ITEM 7: Consider authorizing the issuance of a purchase order in the amount of
$450,000 for engineering services related to the design and permitting of a
new landfill site.
Mr. Angelo briefly reported on the item. Mr. Conner made a motion to approve issuance
of the purchase order. Mr. Noe seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved
the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 8: Consider authorizing the Executive Director to execute a grant agreement
with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) in
the amount of $13,066 for the establishment of a Used Oil Recycle Center
at the Rock Prairie Road Landfill.
The Board decided this item was under the Executive Director's purview and no action
was necessary.
AGENDA ITEM 9: Board Member Comments.
Mr. Conner expressed his appreciation for Mr. Angelo's thoroughness in compiling the
Agenda materials and suggested that a informational section be added to future agendas
in place of action items for those items under Mr. Angelo's purview.
Mayor Stabler further complimented Mr. Angelo's thoroughness and voiced his
agreement with Mr. Conner's suggestion.
AGENDA ITEM 10: Director's Report.
• Mr. Angelo informed the Board that BVSWMA's revenues were currently ahead of
projections by approximately $100,000.
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• Mr. Angelo updated the Board on Jerry King's condition.
• Mr. Angelo briefed the Board on the City of Brenham's situation with regard to their
decision to use the BVSWMA landfill. Mr. Conduff suggested that Mr. Angelo
try to negotiate a deal in which the City of Brenham would pay not less than what
the two Cities are paying and as close to TAMU's rate as possible.
AGENDA ITEM 11: EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The Executive Session is pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meeting
�. Law, Chapter 551 Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated.
A. Property Acquisition.
The Board adjourned to Executive Session at 2:30 p.m.
The Board resumed Open Session at 3:09 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM 12: Possible Action on Executive Session, if necessary.
No action was taken on the Executive Session.
AGENDA ITEM 13: Adjourn.
The Board adjourned at 3:10 p.m.
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