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Selectmen review glass-crushing proposal to repurpose material for town roads and stockpile use
Summary
The town discussed a bid to crush glass and existing stone tailings on-site, with a $10,000 mobilization deposit and an expected per-ton value that could reduce future stone purchases for road work.
Town staff and selectmen discussed a contractor's bid to screen and crush glass and existing stone tailings at the highway yard, a project intended to repurpose material for road maintenance and reduce stone purchases.
A contractor proposed a mobilization deposit of $10,000, to be applied to the final balance, and an overall processing cost in the approximate range discussed in staff memos. The road agent and board members reviewed timing constraints, payment-processing timelines and how fast the contractor would be able to start. The contractor's equipment would also screen and crush the existing 6-inch-minus rock pile and the glass pile; crushed material would remain available for highway crews to load and use.
Selectmen clarified the procurement and payment schedule and confirmed staff's plan to process the deposit and invoice under their weekly manifest procedures. They asked to coordinate schedule details and noted the town would not necessarily need to encumber current fiscal-year funds because the work would begin after July 1.
The board agreed in principle to proceed and asked staff and the contractor to coordinate scheduling, documentation and final invoicing procedures; no formal vote was recorded in the minutes.
