07/28/1994 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD OF HEALTH July 28, 1994 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Steven R. Ball, John T. Doherty and Robert F. Cram. THE TAPE IS NOT PART OF THE MEETING IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSCRIPTION ONLY. Mr. Steven R. Ball , Chairman 1. ) Warrants signed. 2 . ) Mr. Doherty motioned to accept the minutes of July 21 , 1994 , Mr. Cram seconded, all agreed. APPOINTMENT: Robert Whitcher - D.E.P. - Recycling Transfer Station Mr. Whitcher was in attendance for this scheduled ap- pointment. Mr. Whitcher relayed, "I am a consulting contractor with the State as a regional planner." "My focus is working with the business communities throughout the State helping them recycle." "I would like to discuss the possibility of re- gional recycling transfer stations which is a concept devel- oped by D.E.P. from funds which have been approved by the legislature through the "Clean Environment Fund" . " "What D.E.P. is doing now is trying to work with host communities on the Cape. " "We have been working with the Board of Manag- ers at Otis as we feel it is a good site for some kind of re- gional recycling transfer station. " "The site would be uti- lized for bulking or aggregating paper for transportation off Cape which would reduce transportation costs for communities on the Cape. " "We would like to create a transfer station which would have 100 yard transport trailers which will hold between 20 and 25 tons of loose papers." "Transportation costs would be reduced and it would allow a cooperative ef- fort in marketing the product. " Mr. Doherty questioned Mr. Whitcher as to whether other items could be recycled. Mr. Whitcher responded, "At this point we are not focus- ing on any other materials except for paper as it is 65% of the recyclable stream. " "The State does not want to compete with the private sector or put the private sector out of