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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017
OCHS
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Bailey continued, “As the
department head, she is pretty
busy and there are other
lawyers available in most
cases, so having her involved
is a good thing.”
The ODJ, and specifically
Grant, the Senior Assistant
Attorney General for the ODJ,
has sent a letter to Kristin
Recycle
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County
Transfer
and
Recycling is owned by the
one of the nation’s largest
companies in the trash
removal and recycling field,
Waste Management Company.
The larger scale of the com-
pany has allowed County
Transfer and Recycling to
implement the recycling
changes more gradually, mov-
ing towards a complete enact-
ment of the new rules by the
end of the year.
Central Coast Disposal is
locally owned and was first to
implement the changes, which
have been in effect at the
company for the past two
weeks.
The family-operated com-
pany wanted to start preparing
for the future as soon as pos-
Denmark, attorney at the legal
firm of Thorp, Purdy, Jewett,
Urness & Wilkinson in
Springfield, Ore., which rep-
resents OCHS.
The six-page letter from the
ODJ details the department’s
concerns with the governance
of the local charitable organi-
zation, which gives the ODJ
oversight responsibility in the
matter.
It also requests a number of
documents that ODJ feels are
needed to clarify unanswered
questions in the case involv-
ing OCHS and generally to
further the department’s
inquiry.
The ODJ letter cites rele-
vant statutes (ORS 65) that
apply, especially regarding
membership rights and privi-
leges.
Another major area of
interest for the ODJ is asset
management, particularly in
the area of large donations
and testamentary gifts.
According to a copy of
the the letter obtained by
Siuslaw News, the ODJ is
requesting numerous financial
documents and additional
information related to the
status of current probate
actions and other financial sit-
uations the non-profit is
engaged in.
“The department is interest-
ed in ensuring that OCHS
has appropriate procedures
in place to manage its
finances,
including
any
restricted funds or anticipated
large gifts,” Grant’s letter
states. “Accordingly, we are
requesting financial docu-
ments in addition to docu-
ments relevant to membership
issues.”
The ODJ letter also
includes requests for all bank
statements
and
general
ledgers from 2012 to present,
all newsletters sent by OCHS
to its members from January
2009 to present, and all board
minutes, agendas, resolutions
and other documentation of
board actions taken from
January 2008 to present.
OCHS has until Nov. 17 to
provide the requested docu-
ments to the ODJ.
sible and sent out notices to
all of its customers to notify
them of the changes.
Dave Twombly, owner of
Central Coast Disposal, says
the new protocols seem to be
taking hold.
“The word has gotten out
there rather quickly,” he said.
“Approximately 95 percent of
our commercial accounts are
already doing it and I’d say
about 85 percent of our resi-
dential customers are, too. I
think it’s because they know
that if they are putting plastics
in their recycling, they are
creating more waste, not less
waste.
“Every time you try to
sneak some plastic in there,
even clean plastic, that is not
supposed to be there, you are
actually causing more to go in
the landfill.”
However, there is another
option available to consumers
who want to continue to recy-
cle plastic bags and plastic
soda bottles; bottles can be
returned to grocery stores for
a refund, which is now 10
cents per container, and most
grocery stores have bins or
barrels available on site to
collect unneeded plastic bags.
Smaller, community-based
recycling or reuse efforts may
be underway as well.
Both the county and private
haulers feel the key to dispos-
ing of food containers proper-
ly is to thoroughly wash the
item before depositing it in
the appropriate bin at the
landfill.
Twombly believes he can-
not over emphasize the impor-
tance of cleaning all contain-
ers, regardless of the materi-
als contained therein.
“Everything has got to be
clean, clean, clean. People
don’t rinse out the old sham-
poo container and they don’t
clean out the mayonnaise or
the salad dressing containers.
And as soon as the item gets
crushed, (what’s inside) goes
all over everything. The paper
and fiber that is all around the
food that was squished out
and into the rest of the materi-
als, has to be taken out and
put in the landfill,” Twombly
said.
There is no charge for drop-
ping off accepted recyclable
materials at the Florence
Transfer
Station,
2820
Rhododendron Drive.
Residents should keep in
mind that there is a Lane
County labor strike currently
under way, and the Florence
Transfer Station is operating
under reduced hours.
The station is presently open
Monday through Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The
County
Waste
Management website also has
information for consumers to
use when deciding what to
recycle and where it can be
dropped off.
For more information on
county disposal options, call
541-682-4120.
County
Transfer
and
Recycling can be reached at
541-997-8233 and Central
Coast Disposal’s phone num-
ber is 541-902-7554.
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