February 12, 2019 Room 116, Capitol Bldg. REGULAR BOARD MEETING 9:00 AM 10:30 AM (Following legislative event 7 AM 9 AM) AGENDA

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1 Board Officers President Bill Rowland Landfill of North Iowa (641) Vice President John Foster Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency (563) Secretary Jennifer Frampton South Central Iowa Solid Waste Agency (641) Treasurer Lori Dicks Buena Vista County Solid Waste & Recycling (712) Past President Brian Seals Waste Commission of Scott County (563) Chapter Director Mary Wittry Carroll County Solid Waste (712) Board Members Dan Bacehowski Foth Infrastructure & Environment (515) Wade Hamm Great River Regional Waste (319) Yuta Naganuma Metro Waste Authority (515) February 12, 2019 Room 116, Capitol Bldg. REGULAR BOARD MEETING 9:00 AM 10:30 AM (Following legislative event 7 AM 9 AM) AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call/Introductions 3. Amend/approve agenda 4. Approve Meeting Minutes from January 4, Discuss/Approve Treasurer s Report and Bills due Credit Card Processing 6. New Business 7. Chapter Director s Report SWANA MOU Update 8. DNR Update 9. Committee Reports Audit Wade Hamm Legislative John Foster Technical Dan Bacehowski Nominating Committee Brian Seals Member Services Lauren Norland, Yuta Naganuma Recommendation - SWANApalooza sponsorship Programs & Arrangements Spring Conference - Mary Wittry, Christine Collier Fall Conference John Foster, Garrett Prestegard Awards Bill Rowland Scholarship Jennifer Frampton By-laws Garrett Prestegard Young Professionals Lauren Norland Safety Brian Seals 10. Other 11. Adjourn Join by phone (920) Conference ID: Lauren Norland Barker Lemar (515) lnelson@barkerlemar.com Garrett Prestegard Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency (319) gprestegard@solidwasteagency.org

2 Board Meeting Minutes UNAPPROVED January 4, 2019 ISOSWO Board of Directors meeting was held at Ola Babcock Miller Library, 1112 E Grand Ave Des Moines, IA Call to Order: President Rowland called the meeting to order at 10:06 AM. Roll Call: Rowland called roll. Present: Bill Rowland, John Foster, Jennifer Frampton, Lori Dicks, Brian Seals, Mary Wittry, Dan Bacehowski, Wade Hamm, Garrett Prestegard, Yuta Naganuma and Lauren Norland. Also present: Rick Hurt, Angela Ullman, Mike Smith, Kathy Morris, Dan Halbur, Jim Obradovich, and Hal Morton. Approve/Amend Agenda: Seals moved to approve the agenda. Second by Wittry. All ayes, motion carried. Approval of December 7, 2018 meeting minutes: Seals moved to approve the December 7, 2018 meeting minutes. Second by Foster. All ayes, motion carried. Approval of Treasurer s Report: Dicks presented the Treasurer s report. Discussion about reconciliation of the Scholarship account. Wittry moved to approve the Treasurer s Report. Second by Naganuma. All ayes, motion carried. New Business: Frampton presented board member comments to be shared in the 2018 SWANA Annual Chapter Report. Chapter Director Report: Wittry reported the new governance structure for SWANA was approved. 710 votes were cast out of over 10,000 members: 672 were a yes, 38 were opposed. Wittry summarized changes to SWANA Executive Board. The Minnesota chapter has approved the Region 10 MOU with two additions: opening the pool for the Regional Director position beyond AB representatives and that Chapters may withhold payment should the Regional Director be non-responsive to Chapters or the membership. SWANA has been notified and has extended the MOU deadline to February 28, expect a revised MOU to come back to ISOSWO for approval in February. Discussion regarding appointment of the Regional Director. DNR Update: Mike Smith provided an update on the DNR Visioning process, contractors are working on two items: review of Iowa s solid waste management policy and programs in comparison to other states as well as developing a process for stakeholder engagement. There will be an EQUIS demonstration at

3 the DNR building today. The Environmental Covenant template has been finalized with guidance and is available on the website. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Legislative: Foster will be sending out the invites for the IRA/ISOSWO Legislative Event soon. Obradovich reported on the department s omnibus bill which does include Chapter 455 and establishes a formal 60 day period for repeals. Foster reported on SWANA Advocacy committee activity, will be looking for funding to address infrastructure in the recycling industry. Technical: Bacehowski reported discussion with DNR on possibilities of using the EQUIS database for water reporting instead of hard copies. Discussion regarding EPA s consideration of proposed federal rule to revise criteria for MSW landfills to support advances in efficient liquids management. Iowa could have landfills that meet those revised parameters. This is advanced notice of proposal and very early in the process, comments will be accepted through March 26 th. TAC will continue to monitor the proposal and determine whether to submit comments as a committee. Programs and Arrangements: Spring Conference: Wittry reported on local committee activities, following up on topics, speakers and sponsorships. Also considering entertainment for Wednesday night before the conference. Fall Conference: Foster reported the kick off meeting for 2019 conference planning is coming up soon. The committee will be considering keynote speakers and would welcome suggestions. There was good feedback on the schedule changes and expect it to be similar to last year s. YP (Young Professionals): Norland reported on feedback from fall activities and will be working with the fall conference committee as they begin planning. Safety: Seals reported on Swanapalooza sponsorship activities. A conference call with ATS discussing Operator Training and improvements for the spring session has resulted in ATS providing the spring training at no charge. Preliminary discussions with MWA are pointing at late April/early May, MWA will be able to offer a compactor for training. Seals provided updates on additional committee activities including lightning policy examples and sharing safety training with ISOSWO members. Other: Discussion about records retention on the website. Consensus by the board to share meeting packet information online with members, the financials may or may not be included according to availability. Adjourned: Bacehowski made a motion to adjourn at 11:23. All ayes, motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Jennifer Frampton

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