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District staff report contamination concerns, equipment delays; reject one vendor load at 23.32% contamination
Summary
Operations staff told the Warrick County Solid Waste Management District that contamination remains just under 5% overall, a vendor load tested at 23.32% contamination was rejected, baler and electrical-panel deliveries were delayed, and CenterPoint utility coordination is holding up final wiring.
District operations staff reported several operational challenges and schedule delays during the April 16 meeting.
Staff said overall contamination rates remain just under 5 percent and that sites handled more than 26,000 vehicles in the first three months of the year. Shipments currently average about seven loads per month, and staff said constrained storage space is limiting throughput.
The district’s new baler delivery slipped from April 20 to April 27, and the electrical panel needed for the upgrade was pushed back from April 20 to May 5, staff said. Marathon, the vendor handling the baler installation, is running behind schedule.
Staff described a single recent load from Green Metals/Toyota of Princeton that registered a 23.32% contamination rate. Staff photographed the load and said they would contact the vendor and decline the risk of accepting weekly deliveries: according to the transcript, "their contamination rate was 23.32%." Staff also said a portion of that load included roughly 50 to 60 DEF containers with spilled fluid and instructed crews to use gloves for safety.
Board members and staff discussed that completion of the electrical phase-two upgrade also depends on coordination with CenterPoint, the utility responsible for transformer work. Staff said contractor contact Travis is at a standstill until CenterPoint schedules the required work, and the board asked staff and a designated point of contact (Jenna) to continue follow-up with the utility and contractor.
The meeting ended after routine business; staff will return with updates on equipment delivery, CenterPoint coordination, and the Voice Systems contract review at future meetings.
