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Select board approves bid requests for Tamworth transfer-station recycling building equipment; USDA grant could offset costs
Summary
The select board on Sept. 23 authorized requests for bids for two balers, a skid steer or mini loader and four storage containers to support a proposed recycling building at the Tamworth transfer station, and heard that a USDA program could reimburse about 35% of eligible equipment costs.
The select board on Sept. 23 authorized requests for bids for equipment tied to a proposed recycling building at the Tamworth transfer station and received an update on the building design and project timeline.
Richard, the meeting presenter, showed an early site plan and building sketches for a roughly 60-by-24-foot structure to replace the current brush pile area and to house recycling bays and balers. The design was revised from three very large garage doors to two large doors plus a smaller bay to increase structural stability; interior bays were sized to match the volume required for baling, with number-2 plastics needing the most floor space.
Richard described how the public would use the building—drive up, deposit sorted materials into tilt carts or bays, and staff would perform initial…
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