Kent County is definitely a larger county. However, we switched from an appointment based system last year to "open hours". Not only is it easier for us and them but we had an increase in participation. The downfall is that for your first event you have no working knowledge of what to expect participation wise. We also hold Saturday collection events within the rural communities each year. This year we have 6 in various parts of the county. These have always been open hour based (no appointments). Whomever can definitely get a hold me if they would like to discuss further. Megan Kretz Resource Recovery Specialist 616.632.7941 direct 616.644.3116 cell 616.632.7925 fax -----Original Message----- From: list-manager@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com [mailto:list-manager@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Mike Krecek Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 5:05 PM To: <hhwroundtable@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com> Subject: Re: Very Small Population, First HHW: Take Appointments? At Midland, we do take appts as it helps with staffing and sizing the resources needed by our HHW vendor. It is a bit of a clerical hassle although we now have a software appl that allows self-scheduling on our website. Mike Krecek On Apr 11, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Jon Tulman <tulmanj@ewashtenaw.org<mailto:tulmanj@ewashtenaw.org>> wrote: While we are admittedly not a rural county, Washtenaw goes by appointments only during weekdays - we can control the number of customers to fit our staffing schedule. On our Saturday drop-offs where we can have as many as 100 cars an hour, I can't imagine going by appointments. I previously worked for two counties in WI, one which was relatively rural - we had appointments for the VSQG business and farm components only. They had to pre-register and give us the specific quantities they were bringing in so we could again control our work flow. But for our general public collections, no way you could go by appointments. Jon Tulman Solid Waste Specialist Washtenaw County 734-222-3810 From: list-manager@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com<mailto:list-manager@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com> [mailto:list-manager@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Kate Melby Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 10:33 AM To: hhwroundtable@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com<mailto:hhwroundtable@kalcountyeh.simplelists.com> Cc: Frank Krist Subject: Very Small Population, First HHW: Take Appointments? I am writing on behalf of one of our recycling partner counties: Presque Isle, population roughly 13,050. They are planning their first HHW event (in at least a decade) for this summer and trying to decide whether to take appointments or not. We have always taken appointments, so I don't have much perspective to offer them in this regard. If you represent a rural community that runs HHW events without appointments and you would be available to talk with them about your experience, please contact me. Katherine Melby, Communications Coordinator Emmet County DPW/Recycling 200 Division Street, Suite G-76, Petoskey MI 49770 231-348-0640 kmelby@emmetcounty.org<mailto:kmelby@emmetcounty.org> www.EmmetRecycling.org<http://www.EmmetRecycling.org> [FaceBook Icon]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmet-County-Recycling/58990567841?ref=hl> [7in7EmailSignature - right sized]<http://www.emmetrecycling.org/what-can-i-do-with/1548-2/> Click on the following link to unsubscribe from the HHW Roundtable listserv: http://archives.simplelists.com Click on the following link to unsubscribe from the HHW Roundtable listserv: http://archives.simplelists.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the originator of this message. This email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority states them to be the views of Midland County. Click on the following link to unsubscribe from the HHW Roundtable listserv: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=a61XrFl2hCl3X4DO5FSwxCXttZHAKPhT
