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Solid Waste Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes - June %3 2004
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Members Present: Mary Ellen Becker, Bob Brown, Susan Giacalone, Lois MacElhiney,
Michael O'Halloran (Staff Liaison), Greg Russo, Dave Williams
Bob Brown formally informed committee he is not re-enlisting as a member.
Bob had informed Ted he would attend upcoming Covanta meeting with
Ted's approval. May minutes were discussed and corrected for further
accuracy. Minutes were accepted as amended by Mary Ellen and seconded by
Dave.
2. Michael O'Halloran distributed stats on rubbish tonnage.
3. The committee will be electing new officers at the next meeting.
4, September meeting is to be changed to a tentative date of September 29 due to
Conflict of Interest in Open Meeting Seminar being held.
5. Old Business: School Recycling - Lois will make up a prototype and contact
Solid Waste person in schools as well as the Superintendent. Possibly
November will be the month to go into schools to do informational sessions
on recycling at the Kindergarten level and do presentation. Will try to include
reward of some kind. Someone will try to contact our hauler about education
on this. It is not yet decided who this will be.
6. There is been no update to report on Trash Rules & Regulations revisions.
7. Dave contacted Assessor's office about the apartment complexes and the
number of units they have. Apartment/Condos with one, two, or three units
are picked up.
8. PAYT Workshops - Bob recommends the attendance of these workshops, as
they are very informational should the town ever be facing implementation of
a PAYT program in the future.
9. Upcoming event: Folk Festival - Lowell - Good family event that actually
recycles trashed items. This year the head of State of Pennsylvania Recycling
Efforts will monitor these efforts at the fair.
10. Dave informed us of a Vendor Fair on October 26. Staples also as electric
recycling program but ends on July 11.
11. Next meeting held on July 28. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
12. Minutes prepared by Susan Giacalone.