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Rhinebeck approves village composting partnership; town to receive 100 of 600 grant-purchased buckets
Summary
The town approved an agreement with the village to join a grant-funded food-scrap composting program. The program purchased 600 buckets through the grant; Rhinebeck will distribute 100 buckets to registered residents via the town clerk. The contract term with the local farm is seven years.
The Rhinebeck Town Board unanimously approved a memorandum/contract to join a village-run food‑scrap composting program, authorizing the town to accept and distribute composting buckets purchased through a grant. The motion (recorded in materials as 2025-127) passed with no recorded opposition.
Vanessa Bertosie, identified as a village board member, described the program: the grant purchased 600 buckets in total for participating communities, and Rhinebeck’s share will include 100 buckets to distribute to residents who register. The program’s operations are grant-funded for the current term; the town was told the local farm partner’s contract runs seven years and that compensation arrangements would be reassessed when the seven‑year term ends.
Registration will be handled through an online form managed by the village clerk; the village will share the registration spreadsheet with the town clerk so the town clerk can distribute buckets to registered Rhinebeck residents. The board discussed whether additional pickup dates could be added, and the village representative said that schedule adjustments and annual reassessment are part of the agreement.
Board members thanked the village for including Rhinebeck and voted to approve the agreement by consensus.
