
Attendees: James, Eddie, George, Clark, Jenna, Amanda, Engle, Ramona, Charles, Brock, Elizabeth, Taylor, Allegra
I. Welcome
II. Committees
a. Marketing Report – Jenna Bailey
i. Merchandise
ii. Events
iii. Outreach
iv. Earth Month 2023 – move to January meeting
b. Litter Report – Jenna Bailey
i. Trash Bowl 2022
● 8 schools participated
● 18,370 lbs total collected
● 3x more than last year collected lbs
● 1st Place: TJCA with 6,090lbs
● 2nd Place: R-S Central with 2,660lbs
● 3rd Place: Chase with 2,340lbs
● 4th Place: Trinity with 2,000lbs
● 5th Place: East with 1,860lbs
● 6th Place: LLCA with 1,500lbs
● 7th Place: ROC with 0 (1,108lbs weighed, but stated by the
school there was no student participation)
● 375 HS participants
● 86 citizen participants
● 5,190lbs picked up by Rutherford County Waste Management
● 13,180lbs picked up by Republic Services
● Pizza parties from Fly Boy for all school participants: 80 pizzas
● WCAB ran 8-10x Clark’s bit
Keep America Beautiful Packet was reviewed including bylaws and board members.
on accepted items. This was voted on by the Litter Committee.
● Questions for Next Year
a. How to handle big items?
b. How do we communicate better which items are
accepted?
c. Is there a way to recycle any of the litter?
ii. Facility Tours
iii. Paid Pickup
iv. Tarp Your Load
● Tarps to keep trash from blowing out onto road: could there be
policy change at the dump regarding tipping fees; charge more
for those who do not Tarp their Load, helping with
revenue/budget
● Republic Services does RC Waste removal, outsources a
hauling service. Currently the price for the hauling service is up
6%, at $4.76/ton. That’s $250,000/year extra
● Convenience centers shut down Wednesday - communicate
why
● Hopefully Republic can get a cheaper hauling rate
● Possibly give tarp to people saying “I Did My Part”
● Are there county ordinances regarding tarping different than
failure to secure
● potential future discussion to follow
c. Keep America Beautiful
i. Affiliation Packet-
● Packet will be emailed to members
● 6 Board Members
● Chairperson will only vote if a tie (should not be a tie because
there are 5 other remaining members)
● Afternoons are better for Don for meetings
● Amendment process of bylaws needs to be addressed
● Chair: manages board
● Executive Director: oversees the totality of the program, serves
as the speaker
● Litter scoring will take place again in March - same roads
● Add to packet - Does the library have a Recycled Day?
Kidsenses Garden
● Are there compost areas/opportunities? Add to packet
● 50% of the landfill is food waste
ii. Next Steps, Needs
iii. Service Project
KEEP America Beautiful Packet was reviewed including bylaws and board members.
Motion to accept bylaws as stated
1st: Clark
2nd: James
Motion passed
Motion to accept board members as presented
1st: Amanda
2nd: George
Motion Passed
Motion to state in bylaws that chairperson only votes in the event of a tie.
1st: Clark
2: George
Motion Passed
Meeting adjourned at 3:17pm.
III. Next meetings
a. Marketing – December 6th, 2022 @12pm, Mi Pueblito - Rutherfordton
b. Litter – December 15th, 2022 @ 10am, Spindale House
c. Tour of the Dump – January 18th, 2023 @ 1pm
d. Keep America Beautiful Training – January 17th @ 12pm, Woodrow Jones Building
e. Full Committee – January 17th, 2023 @ 2pm, Woodrow Jones Building
f. Asheville facility tour (recycling, curbside management) to be scheduled in February: 4 people, 2 hrs (9:30am-11:30am)
g. January 18th - 1pm tour of facility
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