2/19/2003 RECYCLING COMMITTEE Minutes

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i Recycling Committee Meeting Minutes February 1 ,2003 Members present: Charlie Gasior,Nikki Descoteau , � Others: Catherine Laurent, Mary Keleher The meeting began at 4:00 P.M. The meeting minutes of the January 15, 2003 meeting were approved. C. Laurent informed the Committee that the Selectmen decided to resume discussion regarding re-bidding or renewing for a fifth year the transfer station contract until the next scheduled Selectmen's meeting. The concern of the Selectmen being that it's an unknown figure. The Town has no idea what the numbers will cone in at. N. Descoteau asked if there's a.way to get a feeling for the amount by comparing ith other commumhes. C. Laurent is in the process of comparing the figures with three other communities in southeastern Massachusetts that u e a private contractor to operate their transfer station. N. Descoteaux proposed the Town of M shpee operate the transfer station. C. Gasior doesn't think it would be cost efficient for the Town to operate the transfer station. He questioned why the Town thinks any new bids would be such a big price increase. C. Laurent explained the thought is the current operator under bid the contract. C. Gasior thinks the town should go out to bid. That way they'll have a number to compare to and if they don't like it they can go with the option of renewing. C. Laurent informed the Committee that the School Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month. She suggested a,letter be sent requesting to be pout on the agenda to discuss recycling, the savings they are seeing now from the current recycling program and that if they increase the recycling program they will see additional savings. C. Laurent sent a memo to the Board of Health regarding their regulations for the private trash haulers, one of the items brought up was the hauler's recycling. In the Board of Health's regulations they require that the haulers offer recycling services but it's not mandatory. C. Laurent suggested checking with other Cape towns to see if they have a mandatory recycling by-law and if they do how is it enforced. C. Gasior questioned whether or not anyone checks the solid waste at the transfer station for recycled iters. C. Laurent explained that the operator is supposed to keep an eye on things but because the Town of 1lashpee is so small it is not required by the state to do bag inspections. C. Laurent suggested the Committee come yup with some sort of presentation on recycling and go to the Selectmen then local organizations to show thein the cost savings when residents recycle. I . Decotax will get in touch with the Environmental Coalition. C. Gasior will get in touch with Lee Jean Pierre before the next meeting. The next recycling committee meeting will be held March 19, 2003. The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.