6/17/2015 WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Dual Pay Ontion Discussion There was a lengthy discussion on the need to inform and educate residents as to services available at the Transfer Station; costs of waste management; and benefits of recycling insofar as costs and environment. Highlights of the discussion included the following: • Richard Elrick said that even with education people have to be motivated to recycle. • Glenn Santos said Town employees should work at the Transfer Station since that makes it easier to hold people accountable. Joyce said budget proposal was presented to Board of Selectmen for both Town vs.contractor,but Board felt at that time that contractor was the choice, • Tom O'Hara would like to see Transfer Station run as an enterprise system...perhaps raise costs for some of the services to support the Transfer Station, • Glenn Santos said it would be interesting to see how many trash bags people bring to the Transfer Station. • Andrew McKelvey suggested stopping unlimited dumping—that is, limit number of bags per visit. • Catherine Laurent said trash is double the cost of recycling. Richard Elrick said New Bedford takes all their recyclables for no cost. Richard Elrick said he hoped this Committee would go to the ballot, but have informed electorate. He said he is very disappointed Committee hasn't explored PAYT. He said we should listen to what other communities do. Joyce said she agrees with Richard; she said look at all systems and have public forums. Andrew McKelvey said it would be nice to understand the proposals and how it affects people. Richard said Wayne BevAcqua's dual system proposal could allow for a more equitable result for people who recycle...How do we increase recycling;how do we make the system work? Richard said don't be afraid to look at all issues,whether dual pay or PAYT. Glenn Santos noted that whether dual pay or PAYT there will be up-front costs, including manpower to monitor PAYT. Once you get going for 2-3 years, then you can cut back on monitoring. Conducting a Surya • Richard offered to provide Catherine with some questions to include in the survey. He said Barnstable did mail-in and on-line survey that was limited to sticker holders. Barnstable population is 45,000. • Joyce suggested considering mailing survey to sticker holders and also do Survey Monkey on-line for all residents—sticker holders and non-sticker holders. • Torn Murphy suggested making the survey available for a specified timeframe—perhaps a 3-month span. • Andrew McKelvey asked whether people would include their name and address on the survey—Joyce explained that would be optional. The Committee agreed to do on-line Survey Monkey;and Joyce will check on mailing list of Transfer station sticker holders. 2