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DPW: Wheelabrator contract, transfer-station economics and multi-year road plan top Select Board update
Summary
DPW Superintendent updated the Select Board on the upcoming Wheelabrator contract expiration in 2028, a plan to update a 2020 transfer-station economics review, and a proposed multi-year pavement plan that would require increased annual investment to improve the town's average road condition.
The Town of Southborough Department of Public Works told the Select Board on Tuesday that the town's contract with Wheelabrator (the regional waste energy/processing company named in the meeting record) will expire in 2028 and that the town needs to update prior transfer-station and solid-waste economics before negotiating a new long-term contract.
DPW Superintendent Bill (presenting) and volunteer John Butler said they plan to refresh a 2020 analysis of regional disposal options and transfer-station finances to position the town for the next contract negotiation cycle. Butler has volunteered to help update the work he produced in 2020, when the town analyzed pay-as-you-throw and other transfer-station options. DPW officials said the regional consortium of communities that use the Millbury facility is organizing…
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