Dive summary:
- A Charleston, W. Va. Solid Waste Authority board member, Greg Sayre, turned in a three-page resignation letter last Thursday after the council decided to privatize the city's recycling services.
- Sayre says the board acted too hastily and questions the qualifications of the company appointed to handle the recycling, West Virginia Recycling Services.
- Sayre found reports of West Virginia Recycling Services paying its workers through an out-of-state company owned by the same person, not paying into the West Virginia workers’ compensation system and reports of the building not being safe for workers.
From the article:
Sayre also has publicly questioned the terms of the lease agreement with Hunyadi. He said he wonders if board members did their homework before turning Slack Street over to the businessman.
Sayre said the solid waste board made a mistake in privatizing the county's recycling program. He also wrote that the Authority held no public hearings on privatizing the recycling facility, but should have.
"I disagree with the decision to privatize our county's recycling operation," he wrote. "The building was determined to be unsafe to work in last March and it is still unsafe. ...
