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Commission approves buying reusable bags for Flower & Garden Festival while planning booths, games and outreach
Summary
The commission discussed logistics for the upcoming Flower and Garden Festival, outreach materials (compost and recycling posters), volunteer shifts and a motion to purchase reusable, recycled-content tote bags for distribution; quantities and bag options were reviewed but final purchasing details were not fully specified in the transcript.
The commission spent substantial time preparing for the town—s Flower and Garden Festival, finalizing outreach materials, volunteer shifts and a proposed purchase of reusable tote bags to hand out at the event.
Commission staff presented three bag options with differing price and availability numbers: an option with recycled content that would allow the commission to buy approximately 1,400 units at the current price on sale; an insulated tote option that staff said would purchase roughly 690 units with the available allotment; and a mid-range option with non-recycled content and different quantity. Staff recommended the recycled-content Kelly-green bag as the preferred choice and moved to purchase it.
A commissioner made a motion to purchase the recycled-content Kelly green bags; the transcript records the motion but does not include a formal roll-call tally in the excerpt. Staff noted visitor numbers from previous years and recommended quantities that would cover several thousand festival visitors; commissioners discussed and asked staff to reserve the majority of available funding for bags while keeping a small contingency for flyers, stickers for children and printed posters promoting the town compost program and the Recycle Coach app.
Festival logistics discussed included booth location (staff said a mapping allocation will be provided about two to three weeks prior), how many tables and tents the town can supply, setup and teardown staffing, recommended volunteer shift coverage, and the physical containers to use for a recycling/sorting game. Commissioners asked for labeled boxes or bins to make the interactive recycling exhibits clear to visitors.
Staff also described outreach materials to be printed: three posters (recycling top items, town compost program, and Recycle Coach onboarding) and a small run of stickers for children. Staff said they could reprint a compost poster and that Liberty Lodge holds tent/table assets the commission may borrow.
No specific budget line-item was read into the record during the discussion excerpt and final vendor selection details and order quantities were left for follow up. Staff said they would print materials and finalize volunteer shift signups before the next meeting.
