THE December
BARC
REPORTER
2014
Inside This Issue Staff Spotlight P. 2 Soupfest! P. 3 Holiday Schedule P. 3 Holiday Craft P. 3 Capital Campaign P. 3 Dear Reba P. 4 Road Safety P. 2
BARC’s New Baler - Better, Faster, Stronger
November
WINNER IS: Luis Gutierrez in SE!
The Recycling Division just added a large new piece of equipment to its lineup of machinery! What is it? It’s called a double ram baler that compresses material like cardboard and plastic into a dense rectangles that weighs in at approximately 1,500 pounds each. This new baler will help us move over 7 million pounds of material through our facility each month with ease. We are currently processing and moving mission to “build a stronger community.” about 4 million pounds of material per month. “It is really great to see this project finally come to fruition after three long years of By adding this new baler, three new jobs planning,” said Mike Grover, Senior VP/ have been created. More important, it COO. “The Clients, Staff and Community was paid for by the City and County will all benefit from our latest addition.” through a grant called the Community Development Block Grant. These are monies The crew photographed above have been that are sent from the Federal Governtrained by a team from Sierra, who is the ment through the States to Counties and manufacturer of the baler. Included in the Cities to improve infrastructure. In this team are: Sergio Figueroa, Adrian Gomez, case, it improves our community’s ability Frank Baltazar, Andres Lopez, Augie Zavala, to divert recyclable material from the Lucy Rios, Ray Creekbaum, Andres Baltazar landfill, so we stay true to our and Maria Hernandez.