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Select Board approves transfer station budget; explores recycling and curbside alternatives
Summary
The board approved the town's $136,584 share of the transfer station budget (about 13.7–13.9% of the total), discussed a $220,000 estimate for a commercial curbside trash service and said conservation committee will explore recycling options used in nearby towns.
The Westport Island Select Board voted to approve the town's share of the transfer station budget for fiscal year 2026–27 at $136,584, noting an increase of roughly $10,000 from the prior year.
Chair moved that the board approve the transfer-station budget and read that Westport Island's share is about 13.7–13.9% of the total. Board members discussed alternatives and noted research showing that a hypothetical commercial curbside service for one day per week pickup of household trash would cost roughly $220,000 a year, a figure the board said would be substantially higher than the current transfer-station arrangement.
The conservation commission is pursuing options to encourage recycling and plans a site visit to a Whitefield program that board members said appears to be working. "If the town were to pick up the tab to use a commercial service for one day a week pickup... it would cost us 220,000 a year," a board member said during discussion.
Provenance: budget item introduced and discussed during the transfer-station segment.
