Tippecanoe Co. Local Environmental Finance Board

TIPPECANOE COUNTY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FINANCING BOARD April 26, 2016 The Tippecanoe County Local Environmental Response Financing Board met on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Lafayette City Hall. Present were: John Dennis, Lon Heide, Tony Roswarski and Zach Beasley Absent: David Byers and Kevin Underwood Tony Benton, Attorney from Stuart & Branigin, was also present. MINUTES Mr. Beasley moved to approve the minutes of the January 26, 2016 meeting as submitted. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried. READING AND SIGNING OF CLAIMS The following Claims (all with attached documentation) were presented to the Board for payment:  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $9,499.65. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $21,902.61. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $20,982.33. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Keramida Environmental for consulting services in the amount of $15,872.64. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $2,592.00. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $2,542.50. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Stuart & Branigin for services provided in the amount of $4,950.00. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion carried.  A claim from Waste Management for services provided in the amount of $14,435.00. Mr. Roswarski moved for approval. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion carried. REPORTS Keramida Vicki Keramida thanked both Mayor Roswarski and Mayor Dennis for attending the Purdue Design class when all the groups gave their presentations. Mrs. Keramida stated that everything is going well with the landfill with the exception of a noise complaint from the correctional facility across 9th Street. The EPA project manager seems to have a lot of health problems recently but the whole process seems to be on track. EPA is still expecting to have everything go to Public Notice in the summer. The EPA also expects to have things finished with the Public Notice by the end of June and the signature obtained by the end of July. Mrs. Keramida stated that they are on track and the timeline has not changed. Keramida, EPA and IDEM are still having monthly phone conversations which have been great and keep everyone moving in the right direction and accountable. Mrs. Keramida stated that the Purdue Design class has been something spectacular and knew it was going to be really hard to give out the three (3) awards from the Board. Mrs. Keramida explained to the class that their goal is to do something that will benefit the community but also something that will generate some money. Mrs. Keramida explained to the Board some of the limitations and parameters that the students would be facing during the project. Mrs. Keramida stated that the Board would award 3 prizes: 1st Place=$3,000 2nd Place=$2,000 and 3rd Place =$1,000 for the best overall design concept and engineering excellence. Mrs. Keramida stated that she was so impressed with their work that Keramida is going to give monetary prizes as well. Mrs. Keramida stated that she announced all of the awards today from the Board and from Keramida. Keramidas awards went to innovation and creativity with awards for 1st Place=$3,000 2nd Place=$2,000 and 3rd Place =$1,000. Mrs. Keramida spoke about some of the concepts that the students came up with. Mrs. Keramida stated that if the Board takes elements from each of the designs and out them together, there is not another facility like that in the country. Mayor Dennis commented that all of the presentations where solid and polished. Mrs. Keramida stated that the Board has benefited a lot from the presentations. Mrs. Keramida stated that the Board will need to approve the awards, in the amount totaling $6,000, which the Board is giving to the top three (3) groups. Mr. Benton stated that the Board will want to earmark the money to come from the penalty that Jerry Schlossberg paid and will not come out of tax money. Mr. Roswarski moved for authorization/approval for Keramida to pay the monetary prizes to the three (3) top winning groups in the amount of $6,000.00. Mr. Beasley seconded. Motion Carried. Discussion endued regarding design concepts that won some of the awards. Legal Mr. Benton stated that he had been in contact with the Federal Courts so when the time comes they will be able to find the file, which has not been touched in 15 years. Mr. Benton stated that IDEM will probably have to move the Consent Decree modification because they filed the original complaint. Discussion ensued. OLD BUSINESS There was none. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Beasley stated that there was a tree that fell on the fence by the Railroad track on the landfill property. Mr. Benton has been working with CSX on other unrelated projects however Mr. Beasley used that contact to try and find another contact for getting the tree removed and the fence repaired. Mr. Benton stated that he has not heard back from his new contact with the maintenance crew. Sara Guss, Project Manager with Keramida, stated that Keramida pulled off what they could and pushed the tree over into the fence line away from the tracks and off the fence, Mrs. Guss stated that at some point the tree will need to be taken care of. PUBLIC COMMENT There was none. Time Being: 1:43p.m. Mrs. Keramida announced that the Purdue Students will be giving their presentations to the Board. Groups gave their presentations to the Board from 1:55pm-3:15pm. ADJOURN With no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Roswarski moved to adjourn. Mr. Heide seconded. Motion carried. The time being 3:15 p.m. John Dennis T.E.R.F. Board Secretary Minutes written by Mindy Miller, 1st Deputy Clerk, City of Lafayette A digital audio recording of this meeting is available in the Lafayette City Clerk’s Office.