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Town staff to redraft solid-waste ordinance; fees to be moved out of ordinance
Summary
Staff reported redline updates to remove embedded fee schedules, clarified preparation-of-recyclables language, and said the town has contracted a code consolidation vendor to standardize all ordinances; a redraft will be prepared for the board and likely a public hearing.
Staff presented proposed updates to the town's solid-waste management ordinance, saying the principal changes remove fee schedules from the ordinance text (to make fees an adjustable schedule), clarify preparation and posting requirements for recyclables, and eliminate outdated line items (for example, bundling and legacy peak-schedule language). A staff presenter explained that "the adjustments that we've talked about" are in the redline and that some items remain to be removed before the next draft.
The town has signed a contract with a code consolidation vendor to reformat and combine the town's ordinances into a single searchable code book; staff said the vendor will research and standardize all local ordinances and publish them online. Board members agreed staff should produce a clean redraft for the next meeting, after which the board will determine whether to schedule the ordinance for a public hearing and route it to the select board as required. Several board members asked staff to confirm removed items from the printout and to supply a version that is not redlined in color.
Staff said the redraft will be circulated by email prior to the next meeting and that the committee will review the adjustments at that time. The meeting record does not show a formal vote on the ordinance edits; staff will return with a revised draft for future consideration and a public hearing if required.
