ORDER-2018-169 : AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING REVOLVING FUNDS IN THE CITY OF MELROSE

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▶ 1:31:44 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: on discussion all in favor aye aye any opposed that will be moved forward to the full budget thank you mr shenna and as a reminder to members of the committee uh orders number 2018-183 and 2018-169 are still combined we had joined these orders in an earlier uh meeting and they are still joined uh 169 involves the revolving accounts and this evening we have two revolving accounts um before us we'll start with number two six six nine the parks revolving account

▶ 1:32:23 Scott M. Forbes: are there questions comments alderman forbes thank you uh mr senator if you could just Just summarize the purpose of the revolving account, what it's needed for as you go through your year and how you address it as such.

▶ 1:32:33 Speaker 2: This is actually a revolving account that Public Works doesn't manage, but I'm very familiar with it. Joan Bell manages it. This is where user permit fees are deposited into. And she uses that fund for expenditures on equipment, netting, socket nets, extra barrels, and

▶ 1:33:00 Monica C. Medeiros: type of things thank you thank you madam chair auderman Medeiros thank you yes i i believe uh the parks revolving should be with the park commission budget uh perhaps but uh could you speak about the revolving account for recycling and waste management sure um so this is um this

▶ 1:33:20 Speaker 2: account assists in supporting a lot of our in-house recycling and composting programs and it's where we deposit funding from the sales associated with those programs the partner public works uses the account to fund as a household hazardous waste collection paint recycling collection of disposal of old tires and batteries, TV monitors, metal goods. We spend some money in advertising for weekend drop off events. We pay for some overtime related to that weekend drop off event for our full time DPW staff. So far in fiscal year 18, we've deposited just under 57,000 into this account.

▶ 1:34:16 Speaker 2: from all those sources that included a ten thousand four hundred dollar grant we got from from the state and we've expended to date I'm sorry this book the balance in that account right now is about four thousand dollars with the money we carried over this twenty six thousand dollars in the rep and the

▶ 1:34:42 Monica C. Medeiros: recycle what is the cap on that account and do you feel like this year where we're going to basically put this into our ordinance with the cap of 65,000 do

▶ 1:35:01 Speaker 2: you think that that is adequate yeah I feel very comfortable with that we were at we're at 56 with four weeks to go it's only one more drop-off event in four weeks of drop-off during the week and that included a ten thousand dollar grant we don't always get so i feel

▶ 1:35:18 Monica C. Medeiros: comfortable with the 65 000. and we can always amend it if we need to in the future thank you thank you so actually a motion to accept the recycling and waste management revolving account

▶ 1:35:35 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: 2657 so we have a motion by Alderman Medeiros to recommend passage of number 2657 revolving account for recycling and waste management second second by Alderman Boycelle any further discussion all in favor any opposed we still have

▶ 1:35:55 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: before us to 669 the it's you know the will of commit the committee we can keep it here and bring miss Bell back if people have further questions motion recommend we have a motion to recommend for passage by presidents work oh seconded by alderman tram and tozi any further discussion all in favor any