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Farmington plans staffing and enforcement changes to speed transfer-station service
Summary
Town Administrator Jason Henry said sticker sales are up and staff have discovered reuse of stickers; the town is advertising for a third part-time worker and plans operational adjustments to reduce wait times while maintaining sticker enforcement.
Farmington officials told the Board of Selectmen they are taking steps to reduce wait times at the Transfer Station by adding staff and enforcing sticker rules after finding repeated misuse of stickers.
Town Administrator Jason Henry said the station’s current process — weighing vehicles and checking bags for town stickers — has slowed throughput but reduced misuse. "Some people were using 1 sticker for 4 or 5 bags," Henry said, noting sticker sales were "through the roof." He said the town is advertising the part-time position on NEOGOV, Indeed and Craigslist and will post laminated notices at the facility to inform users.
Henry said an operational change is planned once staffing is in place: a worker near the scale will screen incoming vehicles to divert recyclables and properly tagged bags so that only loads requiring weighing use the scale. That should reduce repeated scale crossings and speed service while maintaining enforcement of sticker and disposal rules.
The town also reported work with the Fire Department to burn brush piles and a plan to complete brush management and site cleanup before opening a new transfer-station building area; some electrical and safety work remains before the new building can open.
Next steps: Hire an additional part-time employee, post clearer signage at the Transfer Station and test a greeter/diverter role to reduce unnecessary scale usage.
