9/21/2015 WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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Survey Results... (continued) • Andrew McKelvey said every comment tells a story. He counted and 218 comments were to keep system in Town as-is; 80 comments would endorse PAYT. He said people very enthusiastic about recycling and spoke well of Catherine Laurent. Andrew said what he doesn't like is making people do things they don't want to do. He said people don't want to change the system. Kalliope said with PAYT they don't have to change; they can continue as they do now,but would have to pay to do that, • Kalliope said she's here to talk about recycling;solid waste; composting. She said financially the Town has fiduciary responsibility. • Andrew said the Town voted twice; and if thinking is they want PAYT put on ballot as a binding vote. • Tom Murphy referred to the financial side, He said New Bedford Waste developing at their new site a system to separate all waste and will charge us for all waste. If price of tonnage and transportation goes up then Town going to be responsible for subsidizing the process. Does Town have responsibility to provide the service? Tom Murphy said towns have looked for ways to save money for town overall. FinCom looks to see impact on tax rate. He said by not subsidizing where else can you save $200,000 from the budget in one swoop. Catherine Laurent said with enterprise system you would pull entire Transfer Station budget of$800,000 out. Tom Murphy said there is another opportunity to let residents know the financial side and that might change people's attitude. • Tom O'Hara said the way the Transfer Station currently operates there are a lot of services that are for free---for example: recycling; grass clippings; leaves;brush; able to bring bulk waste for basic fee cost for the item; able to pick up loam or bark mulch in the Spring. A lot of free services to the residents. Right now our taxes pay for the operational costs of the Transfer Station. With enterprise system you do lose services. • Richard Elrick said nothing is free;everything costs. He said trash is a commodity like water and electricity. You pay what you use for commodities; shouldn't we pay for not recycling? • Richard Elrick said the goal of the Committee is to reduce trash;educate people; hear from people who have PAYT. Towns with PAYT are paying less than before. Enterprise funded approach is the way to go--most effective way to handle solid waste. • Kalliope mentioned DEP says you have to recycle. They are hiring more inspectors. Tom O'Hara asked Catherine if we were ever inspected. Catherine said we have been exempt from inspections because we offer a strong recycling program. • Tom Murphy asked Catherine if she had knowledge of how New Bedford Waste new facility will process the waste collected. She said they will process and make into briquettes to be used as a fuel product. Catherine said currently these briquettes not permitted to be used in Massachusetts but will be used by businesses in other states that now use coal. Discussion Glenn Santos said according to the responses, if we limit the number of bags per visit we won't be impacting many users. Glenn said it would be necessary to have enforcement so we need somebody at recycling and somebody in the building. Rodney Collins said the Committee goals set back in March-2015 were(1)Obtain compliance with some type of accountability;(2)Provide equity for the users; and(3)Reduce trash and increase recycling. Chief Collins suggested placing cameras at attendant's gate and in the building to ensure compliance. He said it is short money to ensure person has sticker and get to read plate. If issue arises, report it. Once consequences attached,that will act as deterrent. Rodney Collins suggested in setting bag limit, define size as well. Catherine Laurent asked Committee: Are you also going to limit the number of trips? 3