Finance director receives clean audit for 14th year
Erica Wright, Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste District finance director, has received a clean audit for 14 years in a row. The announcement was made at the Sept. 6 JSW Board of Directors meeting. The JSW district was presented the award by Jen Drlik, East regional liaison from the Auditor of State's Office. The audit results were timely filing in compliance with standards, with no findings for recovery or material deficiencies and no significant management letter comments.
Wayne County commissioner David McMillen was welcomed to the STW board during the meeting. He was a former building trades instructor at Ashland County-Western Holmes County Career Center. McMillen also served as a Wayne County Plain Township trustee. He was appointed to fill the vacancy of Wayne County commissioner Sue Smail, who resigned.
The board also did the following:
—Heard the yard waste program will give 2024 grant awards totaling $164,241. In 2025 the award will be $58,536. The yard waste program will cease at the end of 2025.
—Learned the tipping revenue is down 4.01% or about $70,000 in 2024 from through June 2023. An estimated revenue for tipping fees in 2024 is $3.3 million.
—Amended the records retention schedule to include a standardized retention period when possible, removed obsolete/duplicate record listing, and added listings for new records and previously combined record listings.
—Approved site improvements and bin upgrades. The 6-yard bins have been increased to 8-yard bins, gravel has been spread at nongovernment host sites, bins have been painted and refurbished, and the camera systems received maintenance.
—Heard the recycling newsletters have been delivered to 267,000 households, the master recycler program has 12 participating from Aug. 6 to Sept. 24, and the website was updated in 2024.
—Heard special waste collection programs, year to date, were as follows: Canton Recycling Center, year round collected 2,923 items; Wayne County Health, 176 household hazardous waste from the event and 230 tires; Tuscarawas County Health, 209 from the HHW event and 230 tires; Massillon Garage, 205 tires; and New Philadelphia Health Department, 200 tires.
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Canal Fulton River cleanup removed 194 tires.
The board canceled the Sept. 20 policy committee meeting due to lack of an agenda. The next policy committee meeting will be held Jan. 17 at 9:30 a.m. in the district office.
The next board meeting will be held Nov. 1 at 9:30 a.m. at 9918 Wilkshire Blvd. NE in Bolivar.
