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Meeting Minutes - June 12, 2002 - RK
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Members Present: Keith Becker, Bob Brown, Mary Ellen Becker, Susan GiacW 0 ~L~Jq`a l 12. 0 S
Hoyt
Staff Liaison: Ted McIntire
Guest: John Merritt
1. Meeting called to order at 7:35Mary Ellen Becker was appointed recorder. Minutes of the
April and May meetings were corrected and approved.
2. Ted's report - The MRIP (Municipal Recycling Incentive Program) Phase 11 goal was met and
Reading received $10,626. Only 6 to 7 other communities in Massachusetts received that kind of
money. Thank you Mike for your. hard work. MRIP is looking into including business recycling in
the program.
The compost hour reduction information has been distributed to people using the compost site
via a flier. Ted has received two complaints. Pam Brown, the Director of Elder Services has been
trying to find Senior Tax Workers to allow the compost site to open on Mondays. So far Rio, one
has stepped forward so the site will not be opened on Mondays un a1'egp -tom
Household Hazardous Materials Collection was held on May 18. It was a very rainy day but the
event went well. Clean Harbors was the company that ran event.
3a John Merritt gave a presentation. He will be proposing a program for Reading to use to
increase business and multifamily recycling. He discussed an outline of his plan and the specifics
of how Solid Waste can contribute. See sheet.
3b The Garden Club hosted a composting seminar. Ann McGovern gave a presentation. A
composting bin was donated by DPW and was won by a Reading resident. There was a good
turnout.
3c We have three vacancies on the SWAC and no prospects. A discussion followed about how to
attract prospects. The qualifications include being a Reading resident and 18 years of age.
Upcoming events - Bob listed several.
June 20 Household Hazardous Waste sponsored by Safety Clean
June 25 Ipswich River Planning Forum in Wilmington
June 27-28 Recycling forum in Manchester NH
July 9 Recycling at Fort Devens
Good-bye This was Joan Hoyt's last meeting. Her term expired and she chose not to renew.
Joan has been a very valuable member and she will be sorely missed. We all wish Joan well in
the future.
4 The next meeting is on July 10. Because of the size of the committee now if any one of us is
not going to be able to attend the meeting will not be held. It is important now to be sure to make
that call to Mike.
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5. The meeting adjourned at 9:00. Y