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Residents urge action on commercial trash; one asks Select Board member to recuse
Summary
During public comment, residents raised issues with the municipal commercial trash collection; Ed Brackett asked that Select Board member Charles Rage recuse himself from votes on commercial trash due to a perceived conflict of interest, and Phil Bean said he plans to submit a citizens' warrant article to continue the service.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the June 8 Select Board meeting to press for attention to the town’s municipal commercial trash collection plan and to raise a potential conflict of interest.
Joe Bamforth of 1 Ice House Lane, speaking for the Hampton Citizens Alliance and other residents, outlined concerns with the municipal commercial trash collection program and asked the board to consider those issues in upcoming decisions. Ed Brackett of 9 Fellows Avenue requested that Select Board member Charles Rage recuse himself from any policy decision regarding commercial trash, citing a perceived conflict of interest; the transcript records Brackett’s request but does not include a board response on the record. Phil Bean, a taxpayer and business owner in Hampton, said he intends to submit a citizens’ warrant article at the next town meeting to continue the commercial trash service.
The board did not take immediate action or hold a discussion on recusal during the public comment period; Town Manager James Sullivan later noted that finance staff are compiling data on trash collection and expects information within a month. No formal motion or vote on the recusal or on commercial trash policy occurred at the meeting.
