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1 MINUTES Solid Waste Commission Meeting 0, 9 March 10, 1994 �99d Chair Marty McCleery called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m. COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Jeffrey Alexander, John Brynildson, Michael Haglund, Barbara Leary, Catherine Mackiewicz, Marty McCleery, Susan Smith, Shirley Chenoweth, staff representative (retired), and John Hustad, council liaison. COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT: Laura Kuettel. AMENDMENT OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 10, 1994: The minutes of the February meeting were dated February 8, 1994, but the meeting actually took place on February 10, 1994. Members present unanimously agreed that the date reflected in the minutes should be corrected. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 10, 1994: Jeffrey Alexander moved and Catherine Mackiewicz seconded the approval of the minutes of the February 10, 1994, meeting, as amended. WELCOME OF NEW MEMBER: The Solid Waste Commission welcomed its new student member, Catherine Mackiewicz. Introductions were exchanged. CONSIDERATION OF NEW MEMBER APPLICATION: The Commission has received an application from Mary Pat McGinnis, a city resident with experience in public relations and communications. Members agreed that her skills would be a welcome addition to the Commission. John Brynildson moved and Susan Smith seconded that the Commission recommend to the City Council that the McGinnis application be approved. COLLECTION OF USED CHILD CAR SEATS: The Commission discussed its proposed participation with Project Childsafe in the collection of used child car seats. This project is compatible with the Commission's function in that it promotes the proper disposal of unsafe car seats, a solid waste and hazardous waste issue, as well as the reuse /recycling of usable car seats which would otherwise enter the waste stream before the end of their useful lives. (At the County level, the project is also sponsored by the solid waste department.) The collection can be conducted as part of the ice cream social this summer. The City could approach the Lauderdale /Falcon Heights Lions Club for volunteers to collect the car seats and for funding of a $3 cash "bounty" as an incentive for residents to turn in their car seats rather than disposing of them improperly or selling /giving away unsafe car seats. The Commission discussed the possibility of City liability for seats distributed through the project which prove to be unsafe but determined that the risk of liability is low. Project Childsafe provides training of the volunteers who do the initial screening when the seats are