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Rhinebeck board approves more compost buckets, community mailer using grant funds
Summary
The village approved purchases under a composting grant including 300 household compost buckets and a community mailer to promote the program; costs and remaining grant balances were discussed.
The Village of Rhinebeck board voted to approve additional purchases and outreach expenditures tied to a state/local composting grant, including 300 household compost buckets and a community mailer.
Board members said the purchases are intended to spend down grant funds before the program deadline in October and to support wider adoption of the village composting program. The board approved an initial equipment purchase of $3,850 from Jenkins (motion approved) and later approved buying 300 additional SureClones-style buckets at $6.65 each, a total the board recorded as $1,995. The board also approved a mailer to the whole Rhinebeck community estimated at about $2,600 to promote the program. Members said outreach would be by ZIP code and would include the village.
Why it matters: board members said the grant must be spent before October and they want to use remaining funds to set up equipment and outreach that will support the program for the next several years. A board member noted the village agreement says the town would need to purchase its own replacement buckets if the village later ran out of grant money.
Board discussion and spending details: during the discussion a member clarified that the bucket unit price is $6.65 and that 300 buckets would bring the program inventory to 550 buckets. A presenter said the bucket purchase will include the same labels used previously. Another board member asked how ongoing replacement purchases would be handled once grant funding is exhausted; the response was that the existing agreement with the town requires the town to purchase its own buckets for future rounds.
Grant balances and other restrictions: a participant reported approximately $15,000 remains in the grant for marketing/equipment and another roughly $15,000 is earmarked for construction or machinery; those figures were discussed as the basis for approving outreach and equipment purchases.
Votes and outcome: motions to approve the Jenkins purchase, the 300-bucket purchase, and the Rhinebeck-wide mailer were each put to a voice vote and passed with “aye” votes recorded. The motions did not include roll-call tallies in the transcript.
Ending: board members said the purchases and outreach are intended to expand the village composting program before the grant deadline and to anticipate replacement needs over the next five years.
