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NASWAC Meeting Minutes
December 12, 2006
DPW Conference Room
Attendees: Tina Klein, Chair, Bill Hmurciak, Steve Daly, Keith Alter, Karen Kline
Minutes recorded by Keith D. Alter
Yard Waste:
MassDEP released a draft copy of their Organics RFP Guidance document which was
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forwarded to Bill. The final version should be out in a couple months. When the town drafts a
Request for Proposal, the committee will review and provide feedback.
The two companies currently making proposals have specific interests, one for chipping
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and the other compost. Further discussion on the type of company that may best service the
town, and structure of the RFP needs to be done. Ultimately the large back log of chipping needs
to be done. This hopefully will be included in the final version.
Tina suggested that Bill review the current permits for the site. Once completed Sumner
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Martinson can be contacted to consult with for a site review.
Action:
Tina is also going to contact the city of Newton to QA them on their operation.
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School recycling technical assistance grant:
Leslie Young-Lemire will work with the committee on the schools recycling program.
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A draft Scope Document with MassDEP edits was reviewed. No additional changes
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were made by the committee other than to add a NASWAC member to the implementation team.
Bill signed the amended Scope Document Tina will hand deliver them to the MassDEP Grant
Manager.
Other contracts for solid waste:
Bill provided an update on the proposal from IPR; their counter-offer. It is likely the
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town will accept the IPR counter-offer and not go through a formal RFP for the Recyclables.
Action:
Tina will follow up with Town Manager, Mark Reese.
MassDEP’s RFP Template for services was reviewed by Keith and will be filed for
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possible future use on other services. The contract for curbside collection of trash expires June
30, 2007. A decision will hve to be made quickly as to whether a the contract with our current
waste hauler will be renegotiated or whether an RFP will be published. In addition to pricing
and other ancillary services i.e. public relations post cards, should be discussed.
‘Got Books?’:
Steve spoke with and got the approval from the superintendent of Schools for the
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information on this to go into the school newsletters. January/February will be targeted for the
announcement.
Action:
Steve to contact Town Managerrequesting permission to deposit proceeds from
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this effort into the Recycling revolving account.
Discussed possibility of sharing these revenues with the school’s library at some future
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point. We need to see what Mark says (above point) and how much revenue is generated.
Mass DEP Grant Award:
Bill itemized the list of products and services awarded to the town:
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10 Public Space containers
50 Rain Barrels
Technical Assistance
50 water conservation kits
Action:
At our next meeting we will need to plan the distribution of the public space
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containers and the rain barrels.
Aluminum Audit:
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Recycling assessment with the Boy Scouts is set for Jan 62007. Keith will contact
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them to see if we are a go. Also we need to review the capacity of the bins at this time.
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Next Meeting January 112007
Respectfully submitted,
Keith D. Alter