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Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District’s Education Outreach and Marketing Coordinator Leslie Williams has resigned.
At the district’s board meeting Monday, Executive Director Tom Ganser announced that Williams was resigning to become a stay-at-home parent. Ganser said he would advertise the position online and would keep the board up to date.
The board also heard from Mike Lewis, former owner of Lewis Salvage. Lewis offered his time as a volunteer and inquired about $1.4 million being held in reserve.
District Board President Brad Jackson explained the funds were collected at the minimum rate and that the board wanted to keep a minimum of 18 months’ worth of cash reserves.
Ganser added the example that if drop-off recycling locations were kept, at a cost of $500,000 a year, they would use up the reserve funds in three years. Jackson said the funds could be used for doing upkeep to the recycling depot.
The board also discussed recycling tires and a question over why the Kosciusko County Recycling Depot doesn’t accept them. Ganser reported that the recycling depot tries to avoid competing with the private sector. He added that most tire stores in the county will recycle tires for a fee, similar to if the recycling depot accepted them.
The board’s next meeting will be 11 a.m. June 18 at the Kosciusko County Recycling Depot.
