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MINUTES
BRAZOS VALLEY SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT AGENCY
1:30 p.m., October 17, 1995
City of Bryan
Training Room
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lonnie Stabler; Rick Conner, Bryan Public Works
Director; Hugh Walker, Bryan Assistant to City Manager;
Skip Noe, College Station City Manager.
OTHERS PRESENT: Bill Angelo, BVSWMA Executive Director; Joy Leighman,
BVSWMA Staff Assistant; Glenn Schroeder, College
Station Executive Director of Fiscal/Human Resources;
Mark Smith, College Station Director of Public Services.
AGENDA ITEM 1: Call to Order.
Mayor Stabler called the meeting to order at 1:38 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM 2: Consider the minutes of the September 22, 1995 Board Meeting.
Mr. Walker made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Noe seconded the motion. The
Board unanimously approved the minutes..
AGENDA ITEM 3: Receive a report and consider further action on Closure/Post Closure
Maintenance Expense Financial Assurance Options.
Mr. Angelo gave brief, introductory comments on the item.
After an extensive question and answer session, Mr. Noe made a motion to approve the
staff recommendation to select the "corporate guarantee" option. Mr. Conner seconded
the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 4: Consider expanding the scope of the Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Event schedule for November 11, 1995.
Mr. Angelo gave a brief presentation on the item.
Mr. Noe suggested that BVSWMA invite it's larger customer cities to participate in the
November 11, 1995 event and, in addition, staff should brief the Board after the
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November 11th collection event on the event expenditures and the possibility of adding
two additional collection events this fiscal year.
After additional discussion by the Board, Mr. Conner made a motion to expand the scope
of the November 11, 1995 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event to include
BVSWMA's larger customer cities, to update the Board after the November 11, 1995
event)and plot a strategy at that time to include two additional Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Events this fiscal year.
Mr. Noe seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the motion.
AGENDA ITEM 5: Receive a report and consider further action on Mitigation Options for
Landfill Gas Migration Control.
Mr. Angelo gave a brief presentation on this item.
Mr. Noe made a motion to approve staff's recommendation to proceed with the passive
vent option. Mr. Conner seconded the motion. The Board unanimously approved the
motion.
AGENDA ITEM 6: Board Member Comments.
Here followed an extensive discussion regarding the potential of cardboard recycling, it's
possible impact on the community and BVSWMA, and the anticipated date of closing the
existing landfill.
AGENDA ITEM 7: Director's Report.
• Mr. Angelo informed the Board of the possibility of Brenham re -opening their landfill.
He also informed them that Ron Schmidt and himself will be visiting the City of
Brenham in the near future to ascertain the validity of the rumor.
• Mr. Angelo briefed the Board on the Lick Creek Relocation Project.
• Mr. Angelo updated the Board on the Cluff Construction Project.
• Mr. Angelo informed the Board the TNRCC's new procedure for handling grant
money. All grant money will be distributed through the local Council of
Governments, in our case the Brazos Valley Development Council. Mr. Angelo
further informed the Board that he does not believe BVSWMA will fare very well
in this new process as a result of the competition we will encounter from the
numerous rural communities in the county.
AGENDA ITEM 8: EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The Executive Session is pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meeting
Law, Chapter 551 Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated.
The Board went into closed session at 2:50 p.m.
A. Personnel.
B. Land Acquisition.
AGENDA ITEM 9: Possible Action on Closed Session, if necessary.
The Board resumed open session at 3:10 p.m.
No action was taken on the closed session.
AGENDA ITEM 10: Adjourn.
Mayor Stabler adjourned the Board meeting at 3:10 p.m.
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