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Town of Trenton
Solid Waste Committee
Meeting with Selectmen August 12, 2008
At the previous Solid Waste Committee (SWC) meeting
(August 6), Tom Sproule was
asked to speak to the Selectmen at their next meeting (August 12)
concerning obtaining the dumpsters for recycling paper and cardboard. The following points are the result of
that meeting:
The Bangor Hydro work which has delayed ordering of the
dumpsters is almost complete. Janet Muise has called Gott’s to get preparatory
information concerning the dumpsters.
Janet will call Gott’s again when we are definitely ready and
it is anticipated that two 6 cubic yard properly labeled dumpsters will be
delivered to our Town Office parking lot ‘by the end of next
week’ (~August 22) and placed in the previously agreed upon location
(east end of parking lot, near road).
Tom told the Selectmen of the need for covering tarps
and rope to hold down the tarps, as is used in Tremont,
and the Selectmen gave the go-ahead for someone on the Solid Waste
Committee to purchase the necessary supplies. Jim Cameron reminded Tom that the
purchaser should save the receipts for reimbursement (present to Janet?).
As previously agreed, the tops to the dumpsters will
normally be locked. A slot in the
side of each will be used for depositing paper or cardboard. The driver will have a key for unlocking
the lids when they need to be dumped.
Tom mentioned to the Selectmen the concern by some SWC members that
we may want key access to the dumpsters for clean up purposes if someone
deposits wrong materials. Jim
Cameron instructed Janet to see if we can get copies of the applicable keys
to keep in the town office.
Signage:
Tom told the Selectmen that SWC members were in the process of
considering signage which may be needed for the recycling dumpsters. Jim Cameron responded that the dumpsters
may already come adequately labeled.
We will see what they look like when they arrive, and then decide if
additional signage is necessary.
Letter to town residents: The first SWC mailing to town residents
was primarily to address the dumpsters and the website. The website is now active and the
dumpsters should be on site by August 22.
Any time after that we should be ready to make our first mailing. Perhaps the SWC should have as a goal the
approval of the final draft of the first letter at its September 3 meeting
(presuming the dumpsters are in place by then). Tom mentioned to the Selectmen that Judy
Sproule is preparing a school district consolidation update letter for town
residents, and Janet Muise’s proposal that the two letters go out in
the same mailing. We will try to
coordinate getting our final drafts to Janet at about the same time for a
combined mailing.
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