Council authorizes acting transfer‑station director and allows Wakefield General Services limited access with certificate

The Lincoln Town Council appointed George Burns as acting transfer‑station director and voted to authorize Wakefield General Services to begin hauling Lincoln resident trash to the town transfer station under a temporary certificate or transfer‑station sticker.

Councilors expressed concern about nonresident contractors bringing outside waste into Lincoln and recommended manifest tracking of origins. Legal counsel John Pottle advised the council that a short‑term certificate of authorization with record‑keeping would address the council’s concerns while a licensing or solid‑waste ordinance could be developed.

Wakefield General Services representatives said they already provide household trash transport in nearby towns and would supply a regularly updated list of customers to the transfer station. One councilor moved to suspend the rules so Wakefield could begin operations quickly; that suspension passed 6–0. Council then approved language that would issue a transfer‑station sticker/certificate for Wakefield with an expectation of a manifest or list and record keeping; the vote on final language was recorded as unanimous in the transcript.

Separately, councilors discussed the transfer‑station director duties and made a motion to appoint George Burns of Athens as acting transfer station director; that motion carried on a voice vote recorded in the transcript as in favor.

Council asked town staff and the transfer station director to work with stakeholders to draft a clear ordinance or policy on commercial access and penalties for bringing non‑Lincoln waste to the transfer station.