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After heated public hearing, Wells Select Board keeps transfer-station sticker at $5
Summary
Following hours of debate and one public comment urging user-pay approaches, the Wells Select Board voted to maintain the transfer-station resident sticker at $5 rather than raise it to $20; staff had presented options to close a projected $127,000 recycling/tipping deficit including higher stickers, bag-price increases, or a combination approach.
The Wells Select Board held a lengthy public hearing and debate on Nov. 18 over three proposed options to offset a projected transfer-station deficit driven by higher tipping fees under a new 10-year contract with Casella.
Staff told the board that trash tipping rose by about $19.50 per ton and recycling fees jumped by roughly $71.50 per ton under the new contract, producing an anticipated budget gap near $127,000 for the current fiscal year if the town makes no changes. The solid-waste committee proposed three paths: (1) do nothing and absorb the cost through the tax rate (estimated at about 1.5¢ on the mill rate initially);…
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