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Jones County Solid Waste Commission approves minutes, expenditures, software purchase and job posting
Summary
At its May 5, 2026 meeting, the Jones County Solid Waste Management Commission approved the April 7 minutes, accepted the accounts payable and financial report totaling $64,986.50, authorized purchase of Trash Flow software and approved a scale-operator job description to be advertised.
The Jones County Solid Waste Management Commission convened at 5:00 p.m. May 5, 2026, at the Jones County Transfer Station in Scotch Grove and completed several routine and operational actions.
John Schlarmann moved to approve the April 7, 2026 meeting minutes; Jeff Swisher seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Later in the meeting Jeff Swisher moved to approve expenditures and the financial report; Dave Goedken seconded and the Commission voted unanimously to accept the accounts payable listing, which shows a total of $64,986.50 in the packet.
The Commission also approved the purchase of a Trash Flow software license (two-user license, technical support, cloud service) and approved a scale operator job description and advertisement for hiring. A discussion about residential recycling fees took place but no action was recorded. The meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
The actions recorded in the minutes were procedural votes and operational approvals rather than new policy adoptions; items such as the residential recycling fee discussion were left for future consideration.
