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Select Board raises transfer station fees after staff review
Summary
After a staff presentation, the Select Board approved modest increases to transfer station fees (residential permit $25→$30; additional permit $10→$15; rolled bags $25→$30; scale rate $.10/lb→$.15/lb) while removing an automatic future-increase provision.
Pattie Potter told the board the Transfer Station has not raised rates in six to seven years and recommended modest fee increases to cover rising costs for purple bags and scale-hauler charges. Potter said bag costs rose from about $2,000 to $3,100 and the proposed changes were not intended to generate significant revenue but to cover pay-as-you-throw expenses. The board discussed the proposal and Noah Schmidt asked to remove language allowing future automatic increases; the board approved the revised proposal with that section struck.
Board members framed the adjustment as an inflation-bridging step rather than a revenue grab. George Tucker, Jr. said the change "meets inflation increases and not extra," and the motion to approve the revised fee schedule passed unanimously. No dollar revenue estimates or effective dates beyond a general implementation were specified at the meeting.
