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Resident urges caution on proposed plasticware rules, citing impact on nonresident workers
Summary
Steven Beyer told the Newberg Borough council during public comment that proposed restrictions on single-use plasticware could unfairly burden nonresident construction and landscaping workers who eat on the job and may not know local rules.
Steven Beyer, of 71 Matthews Avenue in New Britain, told the Newberg Borough council during public comment that the committee reviewing proposed plastic-bag/plasticware rules should consider how enforcement would affect nonresident workers who eat on the job.
Beyer said landscapers and construction workers who do not live in the borough “wouldn't know the rules” and warned that a rule requiring customers to request utensils or prohibiting certain disposable items could leave workers without cutlery. “If it were me, and I hate to use the word, but I'd be really pissed off,” he said.
Beyer asked the committee considering the proposal to factor in the needs of people who travel between towns for work and who “are not going to know that they have to ask” for utensils or alternatives. He suggested the committee discuss practical accommodations for workers who take meals in their vehicles or at job sites.
The comment came during the meeting’s public-comment period; the transcript records the appeal but does not indicate any immediate response from council members or a formal motion to change the draft policy. The committee charged with reviewing the proposed plasticware/plastic-bag restrictions is expected to meet before council takes a final vote, though no date or formal action was recorded in the transcript.
