Recycling and Renewable Energy Committee
Minutes from 3 Oct. 07, Town Hall,
Attending: Mike Leger, Ghee
Patrick, Lee Bartell, Jim Denietolis, Amy Germain, Conny Hatch
Minutes: Approved as written
Beautifying the Transfer Station:
Ghee will follow up with Barbara Rushmore about planting trees.
Sandy told Lee that 36 was too many arrows, so Lee will work a new number out
with her. We all agree that adding some color to the drive up the hill
can only help bring smiles to people, and maybe they'll talk to others, and
that's good.
The Banner: Lee will talk with
Sally Rose, publisher, about a weekly paragraph, box, something about
recycling, maybe "Did you know that. .
.?" Each week, it could be another fact about the town and its
recycling success. Conny, who used to work at the Banner, said that
"fillers" are short paragraphs that fill in a column here and there,
and that perhaps we could do something like that. She also said that
whatever we do, we need to keep it happy, clear, upbeat,
no guilt trips about not recycling enough, etc. Lee will also ask
about getting an article with photo for the Certificate presentation.
Cape Paper Recycling Campaign:
Edith DeMello, from MA DEP, is having a meeting in Yarmouth on the 18th, to
help coordinate the Nov. 15th Campaign; Jim will attend, Mike maybe.
Lee wants to know if there's any mention of using the other side of paper, so
that both sides are used, or if a side is blank, cut it for using as
notepads.
Municipal Sustainable Grant:
It was submitted. Now we wait and see what we get.
The Green Team: Mike met with the
Supt. of Schools, Jessica Waugh, to discuss recycling, and see how the school
may implement the Green Team's info. She passed the info onto John
Hamlon, Science teacher. Jim mentioned how someone from the school system
recently came to the Transfer Station to get 50 recycling bins.
Cool. Mike said that John Hamlon said that he'd get back in touch with
Mike soon, so Mike will report back to us what happens. www.thegreenteam.org
Please solicit recycling forms from other places:
Then bring them to our meetings.
Certificates of Merit:
Amy wants to see the Selectboard give them out, thinking that there'll be more
clout with them doing it. Ghee mentioned that with the Beautification
Committee, their photo in the paper was great publicity, so she feels that we
could do it with a press contingent present. Mike will talk to Pam
Parmakian about getting this onto the Selectboard's calendar for a Monday
meeting.
Town Hall: More recycling bins,
for paper, are needed. Ideally, one next to each trash can.
Paperless in Town Hall:
The idea is that more and more committee meetings, minutes, applications,
issues, documentations, licenses, etc., can all be online. Both Brian Carlson, Health, and Matt Mulvey, Building Comm.,
want to go this route. Amy would still like to pursue this, after hours,
so she'll see if she can arrange a meeting after she gets back to town around
Conny is joining us: Amy went and got her
an application, so now it's just a matter of a little time and swearing
in. Welcome Conny!
Transfer Station: The wood dumpster
costs us to get rid of it, and we pay a mileage cost. For the scrap metal, we get a few cents each ton. Daniels picks up
both of these.
Swap Shop: Volunteers run it, senior citizens get a tax abatement if they work
there. We desperately want to spruce it up. Lee will find out if
the items that are donated can be left there for a longer time, before being
dumped into the hopper. When the shelves are nearly bare, it's not
inviting. They need to look full, or at least, fuller. Lee will also check with Ruthie's, to see if they'll pass on to us
any housewares, etc. Maybe John Hamlon or Lisa Fox, the Art
teacher, may bring kids over to give us ideas for fixing it up.
Monthly Meeting Times:
We decided to make our meetings be the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Since
we had this meeting the first Wednesday, our next meeting will NOT be next
week, rather in 5 weeks.
Next Meeting Topics: Windmill sites, long
and short term goals, any ideas, other recycling info, you-get-it.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, 14 Nov. 07, Town Hall,
Minutes
submitted by Lee
Lee
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