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Vol. 6 No.1
Medway Thanks Recyclers, Encourages Them to Fit Items in Bins
Millis to Hold Special Election February 23 Ballot Vote on Clyde Brown Feasibility Study Could Lead to Special Town Meeting March 9 By J.D. O’Gara
By J.D. O’Gara One thing is certain in Medway – recycling is up since the town implemented its single stream automated cart in July of 2014. “Over 4,000 carts were delivered,” says Tom Holder, Director of Public Services for the town. “We’re thrilled that our recycling has actually increased 6%. We’ve been tracking it.” The conversion from manual to automated recycling pickup, however, has come with a few bumps in the road. “People have been very responsive and favorable to this program,” says Holder, “but what we’re observing is that folks have not understood some of the procedures.” One issue, he says, is film plastic, or any sort of cellophane wrapping. “Primarily it’s grocery bags, any wrappings, anything that’s kind of bendable, pliable, cellophane. That film plastic can’t be
The town of Millis will hold a special election on February 23, 2015. Voters will decide on whether to approve a $1 million override for a feasibility study for renovations and repairs to the Clyde F. Brown School. Just over half of that cost (51%) would be reimbursed by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), which requires a vote by March 16. A Special Town Meeting on the issue is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on March 9, 2015. Photo by David O’Gara.
Gibbons explained that MSBA’s approval of Millis’ Statement of Interest (SOI) comes after four years of rejection. Initially, the 2013 SOI was denied, but because other approved towns failed to meet MSBA re-
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quirements, Millis was invited back into a 270-day process for its 2013 SOI, a process of meeting requirements that began on June 18, 2014.
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included in the recycling,” says Holder, because it gets stuck. He recommends taking those used plastic bags to the grocery store recycling bins. Another important issue is overflow. Some residents, used to the old way, he says, are finding that some of the recycling they’re putting out isn’t getting picked up. Holder explains the reasons for this. “With the old program, the guy got out of the truck and took anything recyclable. If it was in the bins, great, if it was stacked on the side of the bins, he took it. Part of his job was to take all of the recycling,” says Holder. Now, with the automated system, however, the driver does not get out of the vehicle. “There’s a claw that brings the bin up and dumps it in,” says Holder. “If there are recyclables outside the cart, he can’t handle
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On January 6, the Millis Board of Selectmen voted to hold both a special election on February 23, 2015 in order for the town of Millis to vote on a $1 million feasibility study for renovations and repairs to the Clyde F. Brown Elementary School, 51% of which would be reimbursed by the Massachusetts School Building Authority. A Special Town Meeting on March 9, 2015 on the feasibility study, one outlined in a 2013 grant proposal submitted to the MBSA, will also take place. The MSBA requires a decision on whether the town will fund a feasibility study by March 16, 2015. Steven Catalano and Denise Gibbons, of the Millis School Committee, presented information on the potential Clyde F, Brown MSBA Project at the January 6 Selectmen’s meeting, stressing that repairs to the school would be needed with or without MSBA funding.
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