Floyd Mitchell Chickasaw Solid Waste Management Agency
Special Meeting Board Minutes
March 2nd 2021
On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in the Meeting Room at the Floyd Mitchell Chickasaw landfill at 5:30 p.m. the regular meeting of the Executive Board, of the Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Solid Waste Management Agency was held in person and by Zoom due to COVID-19.
Chairman, Tim Zoll, was in the Chair and Executive Board Members, Al Anhorn, Steve Smolik, Rick Bodensteiner, Trevis O’Connell, Jerry Joerger were in the Board Room and Doug Kamm and Cindy Lantow were present by Zoom. Absent: Bobby Schwickerath.
Employees Present were Christian Fox and Joel Voaklander, Director.
Guests Present – Lauri Reetz
A motion was made by Trevis O’Connell second by Jerry Joerger to approve the consent agenda as presented. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
Citizen Forum – Nothing at this time.
Discussion was held on getting Christian a cell phone dedicated for landfill use, an email address, computer and to get the office set up for a space for him. All of this will be worked on and will get in place as needed.
Old Business – none
There being no further items requiring board action, the meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m. with a motion by Jerry Joerger second by Rick Bodensteiner. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
March minutes will be published in the New Hampton Tribune. A copy of these minutes can be also found on our websitefmclandfill.org.
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Chairman, Tim Zoll, was in the Chair and Executive Board Members, Al Anhorn, Steve Smolik, Rick Bodensteiner, Trevis O’Connell, Jerry Joerger were in the Board Room and Doug Kamm and Cindy Lantow were present by Zoom. Absent: Bobby Schwickerath.
Employees Present were Christian Fox and Joel Voaklander, Director.
Guests Present – Lauri Reetz
A motion was made by Trevis O’Connell second by Jerry Joerger to approve the consent agenda as presented. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
Citizen Forum – Nothing at this time.
- Discussion / Decision on hiring of a director & assistant director – Joel explained that the HR committee had met and went over the 7 applications that we had received and discovered that 2 of our current employees applied. After the HR committee had reviewed each applicant, the HR committee felt that the 2 current employees would be the most qualified for consideration. The HR committee presented their suggestions to the Executive Board as follows – Hire Christian Fox as Director and Tyler Wright as Assistant Director. After discussion, a motion was made by Rick Bodensteiner second by Steve Smolik to approve Christian Fox as Director and Tyler Wright as Assistant Director. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
- Discussion / Decision on salary & benefits of new director & assistant director – A motion was made by Jerry Joerger second by Al Anhorn to pay Christian Fox as director, a salary of $58,000 per year and pay Tyler Wright, as Assistant Director $24.04 / per hour which equals $50,000 per year and that if needed Tyler still qualifies for overtime / comp time. All members present voting aye, motion carried. A motion by Rick Bodensteiner second by Al Anhorn that this will all start on March 8, 2021. All members present voting aye. A motion was made by Jerry Joerger second by Al Anhorn that Christian Fox receive 15 days of vacation per year. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
- Addition of Director onto the finance committee and being able to sign for all banks. – A motion was made by Jerry Joerger second by Trevis O’Connell to approve that Christian Fox be on the Finance Committee, has the authority to sign checks and to sign documents for all banks. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
- Discussion / Decision director taking over positions of Secretary / Treasurer as per 28E agreement – A motion was made by Jerry Joerger second by Trevis O’Connell that as of March 8, 2021, Christian Fox, will take over the positions of Secretary / Treasurer for the FMC Landfill per the 28E agreement. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
- Discussion / Decision on Joel as consultant after contract is complete – A motion was made by Jerry Joerger second by Steve Smolik that Joel stays on as a consultant for 3 months (March, April, May). All members present voting aye, motion carried.
Discussion was held on getting Christian a cell phone dedicated for landfill use, an email address, computer and to get the office set up for a space for him. All of this will be worked on and will get in place as needed.
Old Business – none
There being no further items requiring board action, the meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m. with a motion by Jerry Joerger second by Rick Bodensteiner. All members present voting aye, motion carried.
March minutes will be published in the New Hampton Tribune. A copy of these minutes can be also found on our websitefmclandfill.org.
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