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Georgetown transfer station updates: metals pickup, Conex cleanup, trail bypass and sticker-check proposal
Summary
Committee received routine operations updates: NorthCoast metal pickup and invoice approval, Conex container cleaned for potential Goodwill storage, a teacher raised student safety crossing the Transfer Station and Dave Polito will check with the Conservation Committee about a bypass trail, and a ‘sticker check day’ was proposed to ease traffic.
The Georgetown Solid Waste Management Committee heard a series of routine operational updates on Oct. 9, 2025, including a metals pickup, cleanup of a Conex storage container, a proposed trail bypass for student safety and a suggestion to hold permit sticker-check events.
Jim Coombs reported that NorthCoast completed a metals pickup and that he reviewed and approved the related invoice. David Polito said he had cleaned out a Conex container so it could be used for Goodwill storage and tools, and that he had jacked up a corner of the Hazardous Household Waste building.
Marcy Look, a teacher, alerted the committee that students were walking through the Transfer Station as a shortcut to the Round the Cove Trail. David Polito said he had scouted a potential bypass trail and would check with the Conservation Committee to confirm who is responsible for the land before proceeding.
Bronwen Tudor proposed a sticker-check day (or days) and suggested opening the Town Office on a Saturday so residents could obtain Transfer Station permit stickers without waiting in line; ideas included holding one event in winter and another in summer or reserving a half-day for residents over 65 to reduce peak traffic. The committee discussed whether opening only for a specific group on those days was feasible and agreed the approach could spread traffic volume.
Committee members also noted the Hazardous Household Waste collection scheduled Oct. 25 in Brunswick; Alison Freeman volunteered to transport several items from the Transfer Station to that event.
These operations updates were recorded as routine business and will inform staff follow-up on trail access, sticker-check logistics and HHW item transport.
