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Vermillion County Solid Waste reports nearly 1,000 residents served at 2025 cleanup events; traffic counter failed at one site
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Summary
Staff presented the 2025 cleanup and tire‑recycling report showing roughly 23 tons of metal recycled, 114 tons of general waste and about 1,000 residents served. The board approved $573 for high‑visibility sweatshirts for highway crews and discussed a failed traffic counter and double‑counting at another site.
Vermillion County Solid Waste Board staff told members the county’s 2025 cleanup program collected roughly 23 tons of metal, 6 tons of e‑waste (not counting a separate Indiana Department of Environmental Management collection), 114 tons of general waste, 5.5 tons of mattresses and 1.5 tons of recycling material across both cleanup events. Staff reported about 900 residents used the cleanup events and about 114 residents used the tire‑recycling day, for nearly 1,000 unique participants overall.
Board members heard that the numbers came from the consolidated 2025 program report distributed in the meeting packet. Staff noted the e‑waste total does not include a separate IDEM event at South Romaine for which a report was still outstanding at the time of the meeting.
The board also discussed operational items from this year’s events. Highway staff suggested trialing the fall cleanup as a single full Saturday (for example, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.) instead of a Friday/Saturday split so highway crews would not miss a regular workday; several members said such a trial could be considered in the fall when volumes are typically lower than in spring.
Staff reviewed fees and noted TV disposal pricing and mattress fees have not changed since 2019; the fees are collected to help offset program costs. The board approved a $573 quote from Thompson's T shirts of Perryville to purchase high‑visibility sweatshirts as thank‑you items for highway crews; the quote and purchase were presented and approved by motion.
Members reviewed results from traffic counters Drive West Central installed at Cayuga and Clinton for event counts. The Cayuga unit failed and produced no counts; Clinton produced roughly double the expected counts. Staff said the vendor did not provide a definitive cause for the Cayuga failure and offered no discount. Board members discussed using alternative sources (for example, loaner counters from LTAP at Purdue) and were reluctant to pay again if the service fails.
The meeting concluded with one public comment praising the board’s work.
