Tuesday 7 June 2011

Voters talked trash at Pembroke special town meeting - the Patriot Ledger

Trash talk dominated city special session of Pembroke's Tuesday night.


The emerging issue was how to reduce what pays the city, drawn to your Recycle Bin - more than $100 per tonne, one of the highest rates in the State to up-to-date various proposals much debate stirred.


Resident James McCollum suggested several plans relating to the recycling; the answer was gemischt.Sein. proposal for a recycling Committee advise Selectmen would easily pass.


Selectmen took over the waste and recycling programs from the Board of health about a year ago, but not everyone is satisfied with the results.


McCollum's proposal for a $60,000 trash compactor station rejected wurde.Er argued that three times the amount of waste for the same price could provide the city, if it had a compactor.Selectmen, but said it would be a stupid, make more money as voters November 2 ballot question that check for the State sales tax slashing calls.


That "60,000 US US dollar will cash in a few weeks look if question 3 passes," said City Council Arthur Boyle.


Selectmen's proposal to renew and expand the trash-drag city contract with Covanta Energy, formerly the SEMASS partnership inspired larger questions garbage.


Selectmen said by the Treaty to extend five years, to negotiate lower prices from its current end date of June 2014 würde.Diese offers savings figure in a larger plan to introduce single stream curbside recycling and cap of the town landfill.


But recycling supporters like McCollum, argues that the city should limit its options by locking a contract running until 2019.McCollum said there are more affordable options, the promise to come in the future online: for example, a waste to ethanol work built in Taunton, providing a rate of $50 per tonne.


Selectmen's proposal to the Treaty passed with 31 vote to verlängern.Selectmen which were able to support the Crown Jewel to get your plan: borrowing $2.8 million landfill Cap.


"We have tried this site since the 1980s Cap....Jetzt is the time" City Council Daniel Trabuco sagte.Er didn't act the city in legal difficulties and risk six charges could put.


Limit the landfill will be paid with a low-interest loan, repaid over 20 years with revenue from solid waste fees würde.Dank which Tuesday night can almost unanimous consent Pembroke will now submit a final plan on the State of December and put out the project up to the spring to offer.


The special session of the city is Thursday at Pembroke high resume 7: 30 pm school.


Jennifer man can be reached at jmann@ledger.com.


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