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Resident urges in-house hemlock treatments; commissioners promote recycling and composting options
Summary
At the Sept. 12 public forum, Mr. Joe Standaert urged the town to use in-house arborists to treat hemlock trees for woolly adelgid rather than hiring contractors; Commissioner Kitty Fouche outlined new recycling options (printer cartridges and batteries via Staples) and asked residents for input on potential composting programs; Lowe’s recycling for plastic garden containers was also noted.
Mr. Joe Standaert raised concerns about hemlock health along town rights-of-way and suggested the town’s Public Works arborists could purchase treatment chemicals and do in-house spraying instead of hiring an outside contractor. The board’s minutes record the suggestion but no decision or directive to staff is recorded.
Commissioner Kitty Fouche said she and Commissioner Jane Alexander have discussed ways to improve recycling to reduce trash volume and potentially diminish bear problems. The town will accept printer cartridges and batteries for recycling; those items will be delivered to Staples, and the town will receive credit toward office-supply purchases. Commissioners noted Staples lists additional recyclable items. The board also discussed possible food-waste composting and asked residents to send composting ideas to Commissioners Fouche or Alexander. Dr. Mary Standaert added that Lowe’s will take back plastic garden containers for recycling.
No budget figures or implementation timelines for in-house tree treatment or composting programs are recorded in the minutes.
