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Feasibility study for transfer station wins approval; petition to buy electric compactor fails
Summary
Voters approved a $6,500 feasibility and suitability study for the town transfer station and separately approved funding for a hazardous-waste collection; a petitioner’s warrant to purchase a stationary electric compactor and pad failed after debate over site constraints and air-quality concerns.
Voters approved a $6,500 withdrawal from the transfer station capital-reserve fund to pay for a feasibility and suitability engineering study of the town transfer station and also approved funding for a hazardous-waste collection; a citizen petition to replace the packer truck with a stationary electric compactor (Article 17) failed.
Why it matters: The engineering study will determine whether the current transfer-station site can be renovated and what work would be required. The failed petition highlighted worker and resident concerns about…
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