Delaware County sustainability staff used the commission meeting to summarize ongoing office projects and upcoming public volunteer opportunities.

Staff said the county is consolidating existing site‑level waste‑process information and preparing a single report and methodology for a countywide waste audit; people who signed a volunteer survey will be contacted to help develop the methodology. The office also described development of an “EIC hub,” a web repository of model ordinances, educational resources and geospatial maps to support environmental advisory councils, shade tree commissions, municipal staff and other local sustainability actors; the county’s GIS team is building an interactive component for the hub.

Two volunteer opportunities were announced. First, the county will hold a campaign‑sign recycling event after the upcoming election (the Friday and Saturday following Election Day) at Rose Tree Park; organizers said all community signs are welcome, including yard sale and school fundraiser signs, because these materials cannot be recycled in normal curbside pickup. Second, the county is participating in a fall snapshot sampling with the Straub Water Research Center (Avondale, Pa.) to study long‑term salt impacts in local creeks. The sampling window runs Oct. 1–15 and the county sought volunteers to collect creek water samples at designated drop‑off points.

Staff also briefly noted the county will provide the EIC hub survey to municipal staff, environmental advisory councils and shade tree commissions to collect resources for the hub’s launch. Contact information for staff was displayed on meeting slides.

A short energy subcommittee update was given by a commissioner who said the local energy group had not met recently and is investigating building‑code stretch options adopted elsewhere to improve efficiency; the commissioner described possible next steps as research and departmental conversations. The energy discussion at the meeting was informal and no formal action was taken.