GREETINGS FROM DES DIRECTOR SEN. BENTON (shocked he didnt include the Senator on this one) I took particular note of this line below, Our DES staff of scientists, engineers, technicians and outreach professionals [...] Note, managers are not mentioned. He wants you to believe that all the rest of the staff are sparkplug-changers and not dealership general manager material. Dear Green Neighbors, We have had many challenges since my appointment as Director of Environmental Services in May of 2013. Faced with the bankruptcy of our Clean Water Division and a five year old, potentially 30 million dollar law suit for not complying with the federal clean water law, we had to make swift and sometimes painful decisions. I requested mediation with the plaintiffs on the lawsuit and eventually settled it for $3.6 million. With the help of a good management team we reduced our expenses significantly and were able to avoid layoffs. Unfortunately, the clean water fee will need to be raised in order to fund full compliance with the law going forward and to pay the penalty for our past non-compliance. Even though these two challenges were disruptive to our day to day operations, all of our divisions were able to achieve significant successes in the past fourteen months. We hosted many household hazardous waste collection events, continued our efforts to eliminate Japanese knot weed, monitored our local streams and set up outreach displays at numerous community events. Our DES staff of scientists, engineers, technicians and outreach professionals continue to work hard in meeting the goals of the department, county and community in conserving and protecting our natural resources. The Recycled Arts Festival was a big success and it was so enjoyable to see so many of you over that weekend. As we look forward to continuing this good work into the future, we hope that you are having an enjoyable summer. Please keep in mind our goal of a 55% recycling rate and remember, plastic bags go in the trash, not recycling! Thanks for all you do to make our community a better place! benton headshot Sincerely, Don Benton Environmental Services Director This link hasnt been updated with the August message above, but archived messages are here: clarkgreenneighbors.org/Director/director-message.html
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:33:22 +0000
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