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MINUTES February 4, 1999 3 BOARD OF HEALTH supports that type of service." "The latter being very important." "The two-page handout shows the extent the research will be." Mr. Leveille added, "A major concern is that the cost of trash disposal in Mashpee is becoming astronomical as they .are everywhere." "How can we respectively reduce the cost and still improve service to the members of the community." "In my opinion an option would be curbside pickup and how to make it cost effective." "The pay as you throw has to be specifically geared to every community, every section and cannot be something that's taken lightly." "It is a more creative way of approaching waste disposal than what we have now." "I am not for the status quo where prices keeping going up and we keep struggling along." "The main reason we are here is because we are concerned about the cost, trying to improve service to the citizens, and most of all let's find something new and different approaches." "Some documentation we have seen about curbside, pay as you throw pickup, however implemented, it seems to be quite successful." Mr. Ball asked, "Could pay as you throw be at the transfer station instead of curbside pickup"? Mr. Leveille answered, "Actually the initial thought was that could be a first step." "We would have to develop a really thorough plan and work with the community and various organizations." "The next step would be curbside pickup and that may not be a good approach." "I don't have any answers but I am looking for a cooperative effort where a group of creative people could come up with a long-term plan." "It's pretty obvious when you look at the figures something has to be done." Mr. Cram asked, "Would not some of the figures under current solid waste costs be implemented under curbside." Mr. Whritenour stated, "Yes, that is a good point." "On page 2 is a hypothetical scenario whereby beginning last July FY99, if we had curbside operations based on the rough estimates we received, what that would look like in the budget versus the existing one" "We figured out over this year's budget, if we were at curbside, the overall gross cost would probably be $75K more." "The other thing that really should be looked at is that the individual resident does not know what is really involved with solid waste." "They don't know that they pay $150.00 a year to bring their trash to the transfer station; they think it's only$35.00 and don't realize the rest comes out of their property taxes." Mr. Doherty noted, "The whole issue of solid waste is as David said, not an overnight thing, but a process because people in this country have it that we are a throw a way society." "Packaging and a lot of other things are insufficient and we have all this waste and trash to get rid of." "Changing people's habits and reducing the waste strain is a high priority, unfortunately it's one that takes an investment in time and education." "Perhaps we can form a partnership with the