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Todd Storti

Friday, September 6, 2019 9:01 AM

Why are you interested in the Regional Waste Authority Director position with Merced County
Association of Governments? Tell me a bit about what you know about the Association.

A little bit about the Association - it's a management authority - solid waste management - covers 3 or 4
different cities down there. Atwater. It handles the solid waste activities and the disposal activities for
those areas. It doesn't cover some of the franchise recycling activities. Prior planning commissioner,
understand how government works, completing large projects for municipalities. There's a long path
ahead but I think it is a unique opportunity to provide my unique experience and know-how.

Please describe your most recent position and day-to-day responsibilities.

Currently the Deputy Director for Butte County - a division within the public works department. I am
responsible for the fully integrated management planning, reporting, water board reporting, in addition to
that budgeting, working through daily operations, a 600 ton per day landfill - that generates 200
megawatts of power. In addition to that the full facilities there for stormwater - manage three franchise
agreements for the collection of solid waste and greenwaste - for jurisdictions that are under their full
service agreement. Work through airspace challenges. Try to provide some strategic planning to meet
SB 1383 - the mechanisms that need to be worked through with regulations and franchise regulations to
meet those goals. Deals with local jurisdictions - City of Chico, Paradise, Oroville. It services about
240,000.

Deputy Director - report to the Director of Public Works and local AB 939 taskforce. Department in Butte
is about 30 people and I have about 6 direct reports.

Recycling logistics - is my own consulting company - it is the mechanism that people use to find me and
hire me to do what I do. I have a unique background for this industry. Citing new facilities. Profit and loss
evaluation. I have been able to use those skills over the years to be fairly successful and to be able to
stay within this industry and stay abreast of new technology.

Please provide any insights you might have managing solid waste divisions within the public-
sector.

One, being able to work through public processes. It adds time and expense compared to private
operations. But it is something that is definitely doable and achievable - being able to work through both
the private and the public sector - developmental services, planning, and for large projects - for landfill
development and then in addition working with regulators and other agencies to develop various
programs, both curbside programs and in vessel and aerated static piles. I have worked airation
facilities. With regard to being able to be nimble - with a number of these technologies. Other insights I
will have is the SB1423 meetings for the organics - especially for the smaller more rural facilities - there
are units involved that allows them to expense and offset the cost of the facility and keep the payor's
rates somewhat inline. It's a portion of the waste stream that is a goo. There's a lot to discuss for each
community and a lot to vet and understand how each area would like to proceed forward. For this
system - a high priority is going to be the development a new facility.

Please describe your experience in evaluating technology and operational procedure utilized
in a department and your approach to implementing change, if needed.

I have been hired to review eff their MRF efficiencies. My understanding of technology required that we
had to take a look at what the waste streams were with Mariposa County. We looked outside of the
community. We were able to work with the community and take one of their endlife materials and be able
to take that and bring it into the in vessel facility and turn it into a beautiful compost after their
devastating fires.