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The DPW continues to offer free recycling bins to residents at the DPW garage at 350 Meetinghouse Report of the Road. Over 3,500 bins have been distributed in the Town Clerk past four years in an effort to make recycling more convenient for residents. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and The The DPW also continues, with the assistance of Citizens of the Town of Mashpee SEMASS, its program to remove mercury from the waste stream. Mercury is a toxic element that has var- It is once again my pleasure to submit to you my annual report for 2005. ious adverse health effects on humans,particularly the elderly, pregnant women, and children. The DPW First, I would like to begin by thanking my staff offers a free mercury fever thermometer exchange as — Meg, Vicki; and Janice for all of their assistance; well as an exchange of mercury thermostats. Over 250 without them I would not be able to offer you the level mercury thermometers have been turned in replace- of services that you receive. ment by digital thermometers since the program began. Through the thermostat exchange program, Once again the Town was able to offer the residents are given two one-dollar ($2 total) coupons property Tax Voucher Program that was beneficial for for Dunkin Donuts for each mercury thermostat turned both the Town Clerk's Office and Mashpee Seniors: in for recycling. Anne O'Hare, Julius Rosales, Gloria Dimarco, and Janet Bousquet all worked the Sticker Office under This year, the DPW began a new program col- this Program and did an absolutely fabulous job. lecting medical sharps (needles and syringes). The purpose of the program,currently coordinated and par- Every year I consider myself very fortunate to Bally funded by the Barnstable County Extension acquire more and more friendships with the residents' Service, is to remove sharps from household waste of Mashpee; however, each year it also gets harder to where they pose a threat to solid waste employees and say good-bye to so many wonderful soles. My staff properly dispose of them as medical waste. Residents and I wish to convey our deepest sympathies to you may obtain containers at the DPW for their personal and yours if you lost a loved one last year. They will use in collecting sharps. The full containers are then all be remembered in our hearts and our minds. returned to the DPW for disposal. In 2005 the Mashpee TRIAD came to my aid and Cemetery began the enormous task of inspecting each and every house in Mashpee to ensure that should an emergency In 2005, fourteen (14) plots were sold at Great call come through, the public safety personnel can Neck Woods Cemetery. Since the cemetery's opening locate your house easily and quickly. � in 2002, this brings the total sales to sixty nine (69) plots. In addition, two (2) niches in the columbarium May you all have a safe, healthy, and happy were sold. 2006. My staff and I shall always continue to serve you, the residents of Mashpee, with a smile. During 2005, twenty-six (26) interments were t held in Mashpee, nine (9) at Great Neck Woods Respectfully submitted, ; Cemetery and seventeen (17) at Indian Meetinghouse Deborah Dami Cemetery. Town Clerk The Department of Public Works would also like to acknowledge the retirement in 2005 of two long- term employees. Raymond Martini retired in April after 30 years with the Town. Larry Dove retired in August after 29 years with the Town. The DPW wishes both all the best in their retirement. 41