Environment and Recycling — Charleston, WV
Date: 2021-04-07
Time: 17:30

CITY OF CHARLESTON
 WEST VIRGINIA

 Council Member – AT­LARGE

John Kennedy Bailey Environment and Recycling Committee, Chair
PO Box 2505 Ordinance and Rules Committee
Charleston, WV 25329
Telephone: 304‐346‐5646
jkbailey@jkbailey.com



TO: Environment and Recycling Committee
FROM: John Kennedy Bailey, Chair
RE: Committee Meeting

A meeting of the Council Committee on Environment and Recycling will be held on Wednesday,
 April 7, 2021. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 PM.
 UNTIL FURTER NOTICE, MEETINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA ZOOM

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 Agenda

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

 1. 3‐3‐2021

DISCUSSION OF LAST GREEN TEAM MEETING

DISCUSSION OF TREE PLANTING/REPLANTING PROCEDURE

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY FOR CHARLESTON/KANAWHA
COUNTY




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CITY OF CHARLESTON
 WEST VIRGINIA

 Council Member – AT­LARGE

John Kennedy Bailey Environment and Recycling Committee, Chair
PO Box 2505 Ordinance and Rules Committee
Charleston, WV 25329
Telephone: 304‐346‐5646
jkbailey@jkbailey.com



TO: Environment and Recycling Committee
FROM: John Kennedy Bailey, Chair
RE: Committee Meeting

A meeting of the Council Committee on Environment and Recycling will be held on Wednesday,
 April 7, 2021. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 PM.
 UNTIL FURTER NOTICE, MEETINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA ZOOM

*Join via internet:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89443055554?pwd=V1p3ZmJreDdTOVFkS3dOa3VGZ0l3UT09
Passcode: 947122
*Join via Telephone: (312) 626‐6799 or (929) 436‐2866
Webinar ID: 894 4305 5554
 Agenda

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

 1. 3‐3‐2021

DISCUSSION OF LAST GREEN TEAM MEETING

DISCUSSION OF TREE PLANTING/REPLANTING PROCEDURE

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY FOR CHARLESTON/KANAWHA
COUNTY




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 MINUTES
 ENVIRONMENT & RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
 MARCH 3, 2021 – 5:30 PM- VIA REMOTE

Committee Members Present: John Kennedy Bailey, Chair – Bruce King, Vice Chair
 Bobby Haas- Naomi Bays -Ben Adams – Will Laird

Others Present: Brent Webster-Jered Lanham-Mackensie Spencer-
Green Team Members: Rod Watkins-Linda Frame-Emmett Pepper

John Kennedy Bailey, Chairman called the meeting to order. He entertained a motion to
dispense with the reading of and approval of previous meeting minutes. Ben Adams made
motion-Naomi Bays seconded. Minutes approved as written.

Introduction of Green Team Members: The Chairman welcomed the Green Team Members
present and asked they introduce themselves and provide a little bit about themselves.

Rod Watkins- Retired ZMM Architect and Engineer and former member of the Solid Waste
Authority and has had an interest in recycling for many years which he hopes can add something
to this committee.
Linda Frame- President of WV Environmental Council and has worked on Recycling issues at
The legislature for the last several years. Looking forward to working with this committee to
promote recycling as well as any other ideas that will be generated.
Emmett Pepper- works for Energy Efficient WV- private attorney and Mountain State Justice
He believes and hopes that his that energy efficient work background will be beneficial as a
member of this Committee.

Next Agenda Item: Discussion of Recycling Recommendations:
 The Chairman stated that post the recycling study would like to pick out a couple of items that
the committee can focus on in the coming months and wanted to get some thoughts and views
from the committee on recommendations from the report. He stated that most interesting to him
was the idea of having a mini MRF or city owned facility in or near Charleston in cooperation
with other municipalities, looking at possible sites, funding and working with the city
administration. Ben Adams stated that one of the take aways from the study was talk about
doing a rate study to determine what or what is not feasible and other options we might have.
Rod Watkins stated he felt that many things in the report had been discussed 10 years ago with
KSWA and agrees that transportation is driving up costs and that the current rate increase in thru
the roof. He mentioned a facility downtown whose owners may be interested in leasing for
recycling. The Chairman stated he would be interested in learning more about it. Naomi Bays
stated she thought the report lacked a comprehensive survey of households. She also felt that
with population downsizing the best way to go would be to combine other municipalities and
county as a way to share the costs as a way to make it more attractive for grants and other
funding options. Jered Lanham remarked the report was what he expected and agreed a
household study would be needed to gauge what equipment and or manpower might be needed.
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challenging. He also agreed that rates are an important piece and how it interplays with litter and
waste in general. Rod Watkins stated that the PSC & State SWA have rules that inhibits
competition, in that the certificate of need is held by Waste Management and whereby no other
private/public entity can pick up recyclables baring a lengthy legal process.
Added that Waste Management, as we know, is not operating a recycling program in West
Virginia. The Chairman then asked Jered Lanham or Brent Webster about their thoughts on the
semi-automation aspect of the report. Jered responded that there would need to be heavy
reliance on the citizen to exclusively use the bins and that the tipper would be considerably
slower than manually bringing to the truck. Additionally, there would be a lot of hydraulics
involved, which would necessitate some specialized mechanic training to order to maintain the
equipment. The Chairman stated that a good follow-up discussion would be looking at costs of
recycling carts or bins and the equipment necessary to handle them. He added that he hopes to
have that conversation with Brent Webster and or /Jered Lanham prior to the next meeting. The
Chairman then asked if any committee member would be interested in looking more into the
mini MRF aspects, i.e who makes, the costs, etc. Naomi Bays said she, along with assistance
could investigate that.
Ben Adams agreed that he would assist. Linda Frame remarked that there some City touring of
the Parkersburg facility and asked if there could be some input from them as to their costs and
what systems they have in place for curbside pickup. Will Laird remarked that there was no
mention of recycling glass which can be used for aggregate. The Chairman added that there were
at least a couple places within the city that use aggregate.
 Rod Watkins mentioned that several years ago there had been several attempts at recycling
crushed glass but found the amount of glass needed far exceed the amount being produced. The
Chairman stated he would investigate the possibility of ordinance changes with the
administration that would require a certain amount of aggregate to be used in any city paving
subject to availability, standards, etc.
The Chairman also stated that he would like, as a goal in the future, to meet with members of
other municipalities currently involved in the SWA, and perhaps a Kan. County Commissioner
and members of Green Team to discuss about how we could all work together.

There being no further comments or concerns, the Chairman entertained a motion to adjourn.
Naomi Bays made motion. Ben Adams seconded.
Meeting was adjourned.




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