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Full Agenda Packet Sustainable Janesville Committee Council Chambers, Municipal Building 18 N. Jackson St., Janesville, Wisconsin Tuesday December 15, 2009 6:30pm I. ROLL CALL II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES “C” III. PUBLIC COMMENT IV. NEW BUSINESS 1. Funding recycling bins for RAH program from SJC Budget (20 min) 2. Recycling Bin Grant Application (10 min) V. OLD BUSINESS 1. Date for SJC Study Session (20 min) VI. CITY STAFF UPDATE 1. Update on Green Team and Green Initiative merger VII. CITY COUNCIL UPDATE 1. RAH presentation comments 2. Support for land filling deer carcasses VIII. MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA IX. ADJOURNMENT “C” Indicates an item that the Committee will take up under Consent Agenda. Sustainable Janesville Committee Council Chambers, Municipal Building 18 N. Jackson St., Janesville, Wisconsin Tuesday December 1st, 2009 6:30pm I. ROLL CALL Members Present: Backenkeller, Cunningham, Hyzer, Mills, Perrotto, Swanson, Udell Members Absent: Peterson Staff Present: Hulick II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES “C” III. PUBLIC COMMENT Allison A. Rollette, 976 Industrial Court – Addressed the Committee regarding her proposed Chicken Ordinance that she hopes to bring before the City Council for review at a future meeting. Ms. Rollette provided the Committee with a copy of her proposal. IV. NEW BUSINESS 1. Study Session Proposal with City Council, City Administrative Staff and Sustainable Janesville Committee Members topics, “Sustainable Janesville Committee’s Future Expectations, Guidelines and Objectives” Chairperson Mills discussed the idea of having a joint study session with the Sustainable Janesville Committee and the City Council. Mills indicated that the idea came out of a conversation he had with the City Manager. The Committee expressed their support of this idea. Scheduling of the joint study session will be decided at a future meeting. V. OLD BUSINESS 1. Presenter Tim Lizotte, Area Wildlife Supervisor Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Tim Lizotte of WisDNR presented the DNR’s recommendation for landfilling deer carcasses at the Janesville Municipal Landfill. Mr. Lizotte was joined by Adam Hogan of WisDNR, Davin Lopez of WisDNR, and Dr. Joel Pederson from the University of Wisconsin. 2. Discussion and Recommendation on Disposal of Deer Carcasses in City Landfill After a lengthy discussion amongst Committee members and DNR representatives, Chairperson Mills made a motion, seconded by Committee member Backenkeller that: “The Sustainable Janesville Committee recommends the City of Janesville landfill shall not accept untested deer from the CWD Management Zone or deer testing positive for CWD as part of the CWD Operation. And the users of the City of Janesville Landfill shall not knowingly bring untested deer carcasses from the CWD Management Zone or deer testing positive for CWD to the landfill for disposal.” Mr. Lopez indicated that this may not be a viable approach because; not all deer at tested for CWD, there are additional costs to the private hunter to have a deer tested ($75-$90), and it can take up to a month before results from a CWD test to be received, and therefore the hunter would have to somehow store/preserve the carcass pending the test results. Councilmember Perrotto and Committee Member Swanson expressed their concerns with this motion and indicated that they would not be supporting the motion. The motion failed on a 3-4-0 vote. Committee member Swanson made a motion seconded by Committee Member Hyzer to “Move that the Sustainable Janesville Committee recommends to the City Council that they authorize the City Manager to enter into the proposed indemnification agreement with Wisconsin DNR, and that the City Landfill be required to operate in compliance with the WisDNR indemnification agreement, and further direct the City Manager to review the City’s position on accepting deer carcasses on an annual basis and make an annual recommendation to the City Council.” Committee member Udell asked that the motion be amended to include a provision that the indemnification be approved by the City Attorney. Hulick indicated that the indemnification agreement had already been approved by the City Attorney. Udell withdrew here amendment. Committee member Backenkeller asked for a friendly amendment to amend the motion to: require a fee that would cover the cost of disposal of deer carcasses in the landfill, that the carcasses only be accepted from a localized, defined geographical boundary, and that the City of Janesville implement a procedure to track where the deer carcass originated at through the deer tag number. Adam Hogan, of the DNR, indicated that tracking the location of the deer’s origin would be difficult and that the Committee should consult with City staff regarding the additional staff time and burden it would place on landfill staff to institute such a policy. The friendly amendment failed for lack of a second. The original motion passed on a 4-3-0 vote with Committee Members Swanson, Hyzer, and Udell and Councilmember Perrotto in support and Committee members Mills, Backenkeller and Cunningham opposed. VI. CITY STAFF UPDATE Hulick provided an update to the Committee regarding the City’s 25x25 Grant Application and the City’s Green Team effort. VII. CITY COUNCIL UPDATE Councilmember Perrotto provided the Committee an update of City Council items including the City’s budget adoption and landfill issues. Perrotto also indicated that the Committee was on the 12/14 agenda to discuss their Recycle Away From Home (RAH) proposal. VIII. MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA IX. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:35pm. “C” Indicates an item that the Committee will take up under Consent Agenda.