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Town manager reports on waste-flow control, PFAS risk, well-testing kits and grant opportunities
Summary
Town Manager Paula Scott briefed the council on municipal solid-waste flow-control enforcement, PFAS compliance risk for drinking water, distribution of well-testing kits (18 distributed so far), and pursuit of CDS funding for a Sunset Avenue sewer-separation project.
Town Manager Paula Scott delivered a manager’s report summarizing several operational items and grant opportunities. Scott told the council that enforcement action and follow-up with North Star Waste restored expected municipal waste flows after the company diverted tonnage to a southern Maine facility, and she said the town will propose an ordinance update to keep the waste-flow-control language current.
Scott highlighted PFAS as a regulatory and fiscal risk and recommended a proactive approach to drinking-water infrastructure, noting an EPA compliance timeline and urging long-term planning. She also reported 18 well-testing kits had been distributed so far and additional kits were on order; samples are already being returned to the lab. Scott said staff submitted a CDS funding application for FY27 for a Sunset Avenue sewer-separation project and will work on a demographic-tracking policy required for federal CDS funds. Other notes covered an insurance walk-through and the arrival of a trommel at the regional municipal waste plant, which will increase processing capacity.
