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Advocate urges permitting municipalities to destroy hazardous surplus property rather than resell
5572342 · July 15, 2025
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Summary
A witness asked the committee to allow municipalities, when public health risks exist, to destroy surplus property rather than donating or selling it, citing rodenticide, herbicide and other contamination concerns and ambiguity about aggregation of surplus for valuation under Chapter 30B.
A Woods Hole resident and town official told the committee that Chapter 30B — which governs municipal procurement and disposition of public property — should be amended to allow municipalities the option to destroy surplus property in lieu of sale or donation where…
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