minutes for 9/24 meeting

Thursday September 24, 2009
Town Hall, 343 Highland Road

Members present: Steve Berlucci, Richard Hart, Richard Joslin, Steven Rys, Jack Fernandes, Don Wilbur, Jay Lambert, Rachel Melo
Members Absent: Cheri Olf, Deborah Dupont
Public: none
1. S. Rys called the meeting to order at 6:30
2. Minutes of the 8/27 meeting approved
3. Mr.Berlucci notified committee that since NO BIN NO BARREL was approved residents have purchased over 900 recycling bins.
4. It was also noted by Mr. Berlucci that Patriot Disposal the Town contracted solid waste hauler was responsible for printing and mailing cost of the yellow notification post cards that were sent to each residence, which amounted to $1700 dollars.
5. Councilor Lambert passed out a rough draft of the proposal for PAYT for committee review. The committee discussed and approved a number of changes and agreed to pass the proposal to town council for review. It was noted that as each month passes the town loses 60k in potential revenue by delaying implementation of this program.
6. Mr. Hart began discussion on the possibility of the town developing a transfer station for future trash needs. He would like the town to look into the cost of privatizing of the transfer station. After some discussion, the committee agreed to table the matter to a future date.