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*DRAFT* BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES 12-2-2019* 6 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> December 2, 2019 <br /> Discussion and A roval of Year Two of the Followin Annual Contracts: continued) <br /> Trash/RecyclingServices- Cavossa-Dis osal: <br /> Portable Toilets--P ina S a''e Sanitation: <br /> Motion made by Selectman Sherman to extend the annual contracts with Cavossa <br /> Disposal for Trash/Recycling Services and Pina Sajje Sanitation for the Rental of Portable <br /> Toilets as recommended for FY2020. <br /> Motion seconded by.Selectman O'Hara. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 5-0. <br /> Roil Call Vote. <br /> Selectman Gottlieb,yes Selectman Cotton,yes Selectman O'Hara,yes <br /> Selectman Sherman,yes Selectman weeden,yes. Opposed, none . <br /> Follow Lip Discussion on New Bedford waste Services Contract; Town Mana er Rodne <br /> Collins: <br /> Town p <br /> Manager Rodney C. Collins updated.the Board of Selectmen on the matter of New <br /> g y <br /> Bedford waste Services (NBWS) requesting to amend the existing waste Disposal Agreement <br /> to increase the tip fee to $93.75 per ton for CY20. <br /> The current tip fee is $59.23 per ton. In August of 2019 the Town received a letter from NBWS <br /> stating-the tip fee would increase to $75 per ton effective October 1, 2019. Mike Camera, the <br /> . g p <br /> General Manager of NBWS.attended the Board's November 4, 2019 meeting and 'indicated the <br /> fee,would be $60.60 per ton,not$75 per ton. <br /> After discussing the reasoning behind the increase due to the recycling markets and lack of <br /> . g g <br /> disposal sal options,tions,the Board requested the Town Manager work With the DPW and NBWS to <br /> p <br /> determine a reasonable solution. -Mr. Camera indicated the$93.75 increase was necessary to <br /> continue the viability of NBWS. Fees would compensate for expenses incurred for handling, <br /> y <br /> transportation and disposal. The fee is proposed for one-year only: There was no negotiation <br /> regarding the$93.75 price., <br /> Manager Rodney C. Collins strongly recommended the Board of Selectmen reject the tip <br /> . Town g y g y <br /> fee increase of$93.75 per ton and authorize the Town Manager to address this matter with the <br /> guidance of Town Counsel and seek additional options for disposal. <br /> t this time SEMAS S Covanta and the Bourne Inte rated Solid waste Management facility <br /> A g <br /> may have the capacity to accept MS W from Mashpee. There may be other facilities'that could <br /> provide out of state disposal, including transportation by rail.. <br />