4/5 Health and Rec mtg

I attended the Health and Rec meeting on Tues 4/5 and here's what I saw.

Correct members. We were without Joe as a new member of the Committee. Joe will replace Denice. Welcome Joe - this Committee does important work like Trash and Mowing. Both are a big deal...

We need to get consistent on Trash in Public Works, its rightful place. Last year H&R took it up. And this was tolerable since Committee membership was the same. No more this year.

Credit card over the Internet is now easy and cheap. We should do this now. Let's remove the manual touches that add costs.

Pool and tennis fees should remain flat this year. Only increase is babysitter which will now be simpler w fewer price points.

I support a red sticker applied by a trash guy/girl saying you're in violation. May/should involve refusing pickup. This is an ok short term fix. Many, many people are out of compliance. Overfull cans, too large cans, etc. We need to reign this in.

Longer term, we should look at reapplying Fayetteville Arkansas' City owned multican program so we can discontinue stickers. Pay for what you throw away is right and fair. But stickers are a pain for everyone. Multi can size accomplishes same goal more simply. Also would like us to crank up our recycling via bigger bins. I can pay For this via front curb service. Would lead to cost savings I believe, and we would pass this on to the residents. This is a controversial idea for sure, so I would like us to do some market research this Summer. If strongly opposed, then stickers while flawed are manageable.

Cortney