StopWaste Recycling Board Seeks New Member
Applicants Must Represent a Recycling Operation-
Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling (Recycling Board) anticipates a vacancy on its Board in September. The Recycling Program Operations seat is currently occupied by David Krueger. Although Recycling Board members cannot be appointed for more than two (2-year) terms, they can carry over in their positions until a replacement is found. In July, Daniel O’Donnell of the Tri-City Ecology Center (a citizens group located in Fremont) was appointed to the Environmental Organization seat on the Recycling Board. It had been vacant since December, 2011.
Applicants for the Recycling Program Operations seat must be a resident of Alameda County and “a representative of an organization engaged primarily in operating recycling programs within Alameda County,” according to the announcement. The deadline for applicants is September 21, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. (Stopwaste announcement )
The Recycling Board consists of 6 representatives from particular constituencies (specified by its enabling statute Measure D) and 5 members of the Board of Directors of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors selects the 6 constituent representatives, while the Board of Directors of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority selects 5 of its board members. The recent Grand Jury report found the fact that no Recycling Board seats are elected directly by the voters resulted in a lack of accountability (page 112).
The Recycling Board levies an $8.23/ton landfill disposal surcharge (tipping fee), which provides about $8 million in funding for StopWaste programs (half directly and half through restricted grants to local jurisdictions). The Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board and the Alameda County Waste Management Authority operate jointly as one public agency under the name StopWaste.Org.
Piedmont Councilmember Garrett Keating is on the Board of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority.
