Minutes of April 8, 2010

Attendance: Ken Curley, Barbara Desautels, Doug Chamberlain, Margaret Walker
 
1. Call to order 7pm by Ken Curley
2. Minutes: Motion to accept as written MW/DC unanimous.
3. Review of meeting with Selectmen:

Municipal Composting project-Selectmen voiced concerns and related that Dave Docko will remove the existing pile. They requested we focus on household composting education.  Barbara will write for free composters. Committee consensus to provide community education with a demonstration project on household composting at the Transfer station with volunteer committee members at the Transfer station to show citizens examples.  Margaret will contact Gary Garnett who offered to do a video on composting. The plan would be for Margaret to do a short video from her yard on methods of composting and ask Viena Dow if she would also do a video demonstration.  Ken will speak to Dave and Pete regarding a link on the town website where we can have a "What to do with this" site to answer citizen recycling questions.
 
Scales-Selectmen are not convinced that purchasing scales will be cost effective. They wish to see what the return on investment would be. Selectmen would prefer that we recommend readjusting fees that reflect what surrounding towns are charging.
 
Aluminum cans: Ken reports that Steve is reviewing options to determine if we could make additional revenues if we did this with facility staff.
 
Lamprey Haul questions: Ken reports that the new register should provide the dates of hauls and Steve will communicate with Lamprey to obtain haul data.
 
4. Motion/ Nominate Ken for Chair of Committee MW, 2nd BD. Unanimous. Congratulations Ken!
 
5. Margaret reported that Town Meeting composter display was well received during the meeting and many order forms were taken.
 
6. Discussion of purpose of the committee:
    Promote recycling
    Follow principals of cost avoidance for the facility
    Citizen education on recycling

7. Transfer station roadway: Ken will ask Jim when dip in the road will be fixed.
 
Next meeting: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @7pm.

Please note the change from the first Thursday as members have had scheduling conflicts. We will await Lucy's ability to attend first Tuesday and adjust as needed.
 
Meeting adjourn 8:05pm

Respectfully submitted,
   Margaret Walker

Approved May 18, 2010