CHARLESTON Lincoln County’s solid waste authority is among the agencies set to receive grant funding announced recently.
Thirty local Solid Waste Authorities (SWAs) will receive grants totaling $300,000 as a result of action taken by the Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB) at their meeting held in Charleston, WV, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
The SWMB Grant Program is designed to assist local SWAs in the job of properly managing solid waste within their perspective counties or regions.
Following are the names of the local SWAs receiving grants, the amounts and designated projects:
Barbour County - $11,500 - for fuel, equipment repairs and wages.
Berkeley County - $10,000 - contracting to grind brush.
Brooke County - $18,380 - for transportation of recyclables, equipment maintenance, floor scale and wages.
Calhoun County - $9,544 - for BRIM insurance, workers comp. costs, equipment inspections, tires for forklift and wages.
Greenbrier County - $9,752.61 - for shredder cutter head.
Hancock County - $10,500 - for transportation of recyclables.
Jackson County - $9,127.30 - for insurance and storage containers.
Jefferson County - $3,915 - for installation of security doors on e-cycling containers and recycling informational brochures.
Kanawha County - $10,000 - for mechanical repairs to forklifts, and replacement of tires for roll off truck and skidsteer.
Lincoln County - $16,000 - for transportation of recyclables and wages.
Mason County - $6,700 - for fuel, maintenance costs and educational conference expenses.
McDowell County - $9,700 - for financial review, educational conference expenses and educational/promotional expenses.
Monroe County - $4,540.06 - for recycling vehicle fuel.
Morgan County - $12,000 - for transportation of recyclables, BRIM insurance and wages.
Ohio County - $14,594 - for a roll-off container.
Pleasants County - $16,644.03 - for educational conference expenses, fuel, financial review, equipment maintenance, recycling handbooks and wages.
Pocahontas County - $5,576 - for two cage trailers and recycling informational pamphlets.
Preston County - $5,600 - for a five ton truck.
Putnam County - $1,000 - for one litter vacuum for the SWA.
Region 8 - $20,000 - for scale systems software for transfer stations and three computers.
Ritchie County - $15,600 - for equipment, informational brochures and lettering for truck, trailers and the recycling center.
Tucker County - $7,500 - for scale house electronics.
Tyler County - $10,500 - for fuel, equipment maintenance, wages and insurance.
Upshur County - $4,157.50 - for utilities, insurance, educational conference expenses, Shred Day event and school trips.
Wayne County - $16,349.50 - for insurance, fuel, utilities and wages.
Webster County - $9,300 - for a recycling trailer and wages.
Wetzel County - $10,500 - for fuel, insurance, maintenance and wages.
Wirt County - $11,250 - for educational conference expenses, wages and audits.
Wood County - $6,770 - for recycling containers and related supplies.
Wyoming County - $3,000 - for audits.