HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrash/Recycling Comm. 04/27/2020Trash & Recycling Task Force Ad Hoe Committee
April 27, 2020 Virtual Meeting -
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Kathy Aguiar, Finance Committee
Lee Azinheira, DPW Director
Christina Collins, DPW Office Manager
Mike Ahern, Public Buildings/Special Projects Manager
Steve Schoonveld, Select Board Member
Neil Rhein, Select Board Clerk
Amy Donovan -Palmer, Health Agent
Graham Wilson, Board of Health
Kevin Dumas, Town Manager
1. Call to Order —Kathy calls the meeting to order
2. Approval of Minutes
No minutes to approve at this meeting; will be approved at next meeting.
3. Grant Initiatives
Discussions about various grants and such that the Town may be eligible for; currently we are
not eligible for the ReUse Reduce Recycle Grant as we currently get dividends for various
recycling that the Town currently does
Christina will be attending a recycling webinar in the next week to see what other grants the
Town may be eligible to participate in and will talk with Kathy Mirza regarding same to see if
the Town get about recycling dividends and grants to see if the Town receive more; she will put
together a summary of same after she attends the recycling webinar
4. Mansfield Green Updates
Lee provides update about contracting company to look into short term and long term
improvements at the Mansfield Green;
Also looking into how to get the Recycle Park open with the current situation in the State;
looking into running water so that washing hands and such is readily available to the workers;
also lowering bins so that people can socially distance and drop stuff off themselves; also only
letting two or three cars at a time into Green; Lee is talking with Mike Ahern and the Town
Manager and will present something once a plan is in place so that the Green can safely open
Compost area is currently open two days a week and is being staffed by DPW workers; has been
a continuous stream into the compost area with little illegal dumping;
Also discussion about maybe changing Tuesday mornings to Sunday mornings so that more
people can use the Green;
Discussion about upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Day; kudos to Amy for getting it to
work in these social distancing times; Amy gives a run down on how the Hazardous Waste Day
will run on Saturday, May 2°d;
5. Goals & Objectives
Still working on the Green issues and how the Green can be improved short and long term;
Christina informs committee that the work with Jessica has been put on hold due to the current
Covid-19 pandemic;
Christina/Lee will circulate information from the Recycling Webinar and committee can discuss
applying for any new grants;
6. Items Not Known 48 Hours Prior to Meeting
Discussion about next meeting and holding off on having Republic representative come in til the
meeting is held in person again;
Lee/Christina are tracking trash and recycling numbers with regard to more people being home
and how that is effecting the trash and recycling numbers currently in the Town and will provide
those figures at next meeting; Christina does state that the solid waste is up since this time last
year; and the tag lists are currently shorter maybe indicating that the recycling good be cleaner;
Lee informs the group that Simple Recycling has reached out to the Town and will start to pick-
up the pink bags again;
Neil asks Lee to look into contacting the State with regard to the clean-up of the intersections on
Route 140 where they have left chunks of asphalt; spray paint cans; trash; disconnected wires;
and such was hoping maybe someone could come and finish the clean-up work; Mike did inform
that committee that he did see a crew out there working today; Lee will follow-up and take a ride
to check it out;
7. Future Meeting Date
Lee will ask Nancy about setting up a May meeting on the 18"i;
8. Adjournment
Schoonveld made motion to adjourn; Mike Ahern 2" d the motion;
Neil — Yes
Steve- Yes
Amy- Yes
Christina -Yes
Kevin -Yes
Lee -Yes
Graham -Yes
Mike -Yes
Respectfully submitted,
Lee Azinheira
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