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Yarmouth Board of Health approves recycling‑area hours, minutes and new meeting time
Summary
At its Nov. 4 meeting the board authorized existing hours for the Yarmouth Disposal & Recycling Area and approved routine minutes; it also voted to move future Board of Health meetings from 5:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Yarmouth Board of Health took several procedural votes at its Nov. 4 meeting.
Hours and signatory authorization: The board voted to confirm the current operating hours for the Yarmouth Disposal & Recycling Area — 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., seven days a week — and authorized the director of health (through staff) to sign the documentation required for the town’s authorization‑to‑operate permit to be filed with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Jay presented background on a prior change and asked the board to formalize the hours.
Motion and amendment: A board member moved to accept the proposed schedule “as written”; another member seconded. The board also agreed that staff (Jay) should be authorized to sign the document that will accompany the DEP permit application. The motion carried by voice vote; the chair declared it carried.
Minutes: The board moved to accept the Oct. 21 meeting minutes; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Meeting time: Members voted to reschedule future Board of Health meetings from 5:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A board member moved the change, which was seconded and approved; staff indicated no operational objection.
Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made and approved by voice vote.
No roll‑call tallies with member names were recorded in the audio-transcript; votes were announced by voice and the chair called each motion carried.
