That's what That's what I was told. Couldn't be here today. Wow. Yeah, he's official. You don't have tacos and tequila. So you we don't have any guesses. Was it posted
that we're on Zoom or Y? Okay. Okay. All right. No question. Suspense is going to kill you. Good afternoon. So we have four members
here. Peter is Peter. Oh Barbara Peter. Okay. Okay. Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Everyone knows everyone ready for business. I I don't have any note but as I understand the process based upon our life the process is moving forward for
us to be eligible for grant is that correct y and the deadline is beginning of June the deadline to apply is beginning of June June 2nd at 11:59 p.m. Right. Please do not wait that night.
11 the latest. Yeah. Yeah. I've actually had that. So I and I waited up and I checked the email. So please get that go to bed. I think it was left that I was going to do the application I
believe. Was there any other input before we move on the agenda on this chair and that doesn't put in place because they don't vote on that until later this year? I believe December they vote on that. So we got we got the rest of the year to work out the actual
location and stuff like that. tenative location because we don't know if we're going to get approved. Most likely. Yeah. But yeah, you have time to to do all that planning. Hope we don't get the finances. We're not going to go forward. You could for that
stipulation. I think we should. Well, you know, I'm going back to what you said at the very beginning of all this thing about trying to save uh stuff out of the refuge flow. They were hoping that would be beneficial if
we had something like this. So if we don't have it, we don't get that benefit. Is that what you're telling me? That would be one benefit that we don't enjoy. Right. I I convince in your own mind that we can't do this on our own. We we can do a hybrid also.
This this is um just for the structure of the shipping container. All right. Right. So we can still consider it throughout the year if appropriate. All right. Anyone else?
Okay. Compost bins. That one's a missing one. Okay. Uh you want to bring a couple, wouldn't you? Yes. Well, I didn't know. I was talking to Bob and we have the couch festival and I thought of maybe
getting a table to advertise this compost bin because any other way to get information out to the public would be social media. And maybe if we had something to display and say, okay, and you got to come up with
what are we charging and what are we paying because the thing is we need so the other reason I'm kind of pushing the compost bins is because it also helps you with the grant. You would get a point for the grant. So that actually helps fund it and then some. Right. It doesn't matter if there's 100 or 30.
Exactly. Right. Exactly. It's right now it's that you're offering them um and that it'll be ideal. There's a selection on there says how many have you sold? It' be nice if you could at least one there on there. So getting it out there
right now and then getting a model, you know, is later on, but most most towns don't. They just put it on their social media. This is what it looks like. There are videos that we can put on there as well of what it looks like. Um if you want to have one in town hall or whatever, you can get that as well.
Wow. Just kind of getting it out there. When is 30? It's always a weekend after. No, we we had that discussion. Um and uh certainly it's a way to inform any
number of people plus I think kind of get a feel for it. So do you think do you think you'd be interested in doing this? Yes. I want to know when you kind of get a feel too for uh uh the level of interest. I think it'll be
crude, would it still be an idea? So, the reality is is that I haven't seen any town where it's been no interest. It's not going to be like hundreds of people are going to say you're going to probably get five people a year who want these kind of things, but it's just kind of slow and it's out there and other
towns offer it and then it kind of builds and grows on itself. So to be honest like spending a lot of time and all this stuff really well no I'm talking you know in terms of the the couch at festival people we have a table
people come by and it yeah when is when is the event it's always the weekend after day three weeks away okay you have so days and everything. Um, at the gates, they don't register, but everyone knows where
Memorial Day is. Okay. No, I don't. I know this. It's always Memorial Day is always the best money. So, by putting together a fly, it would be nice to have the price of these things. Yeah. So, that's You need to You need to have the price
item before I can put a flyer up. So, I was just in Fall River now. I can very easily get you a downhole one. Um, my town even sells them through, so I can get one of those. Let me let me talk. I could I could
probably Your town's better than that. No, actually, I'm not saying that at all. Your town has a recycling center. Mine does not. Which do I prefer? A recycling center. Um, okay. So, it would be um the
weekend after May, the Memorial Day. So, the 31st. Yes. Okay, you got it. Yeah, I got it. Okay. So, um yeah. So, I mean if tableabling would be really good for that kind of thing. Exactly. I'm sorry. I understand that. Do you have a larger
version? Um I think Liz created that. Did you? No. No. That was on the um the one that you sent me that was a picture of it was really pretty. No, I didn't use it. I use that. So, the
festival is actually three days long. The savvy is the busiest. Okay. So, actually looks like there's three different things on there. I'm not sure where this came from. So, yeah, I thought that Okay. Okay. So, he he just wants a bigger Well, just if you know, so we hand something out to people or
they want to pick something, you know, a pickup kind of thing. This is a little difficult to read. If we could make it a little bit larger. Oh, yeah. two extra. I can I can see if I can blow up. So, what you could do is like maybe make a full size picture of this and then have
a QR code on it. Ah, and then residents can, you know, scan the QR code, take them because I hate to say a lot of events, people take the paper and QR code is the way to go. Yeah. that someone wants to take this to
Carrie, she can use the platter. She and it turns out that electronically pl you want. So for the table display, this could be a lot bigger and this font would show up. Yeah. Unless unless she loses the pixels.
Yes. Okay. So we still need to come up with a price. Yeah. So what do they cost? I'm sorry. What is the cost? What is it called? What is the cost? Oh, so I think
um it depends on how many you order, but I think it's about $67 each. Um most you have the option of selling it at cost, selling it low. Nobody gives them away free in there because the price has gone up, but I would be honest the sweet spot
would probably be around $30, $35. um you're losing money on it, but the the reality is you want to get residents to start using these things because it reduces the tonnage of your trash. So it's you know that's the biggest weight
in that trash now is food. Yes. So this would actually the storm water's already got a table. This would actually fit with the storm water but you can get your own table. Exactly. Yeah. There is room, but it makes sense
to be on one town table. Has anybody won the numbers on this? Do we know? Is there a breaking point where it becomes beneficial for the town? What if we don't get a lot of people joining the program? Then you just keep you keep the bins on hand and then next year there'll be another one. It's it's
something that you always have the residence out there. You do always need to kind of promote it and stuff. Um it to be honest I even had one community where you know they've said they haven't sold anything throughout the year. Um like I said they might not be selling a
lot but people are still interested in them. So it's very rare. Good actual point. Um the the these units these bins cost 30 or $35 approximately. You said that's a sweet spot. So the bins cost 67. Cost Okay. So they cost 67
res about $30. Yeah. So, I'm saying the sweet spot for residents to buy them from the town is about 30 $35. I wouldn't in the old days when the prices were cheaper, towns used to give them away for free. Um, no. The only reason I
asked is because we we're having little discussion uh regarding, you know, the benefits and uh D's point even if you lost money on this, ultimately you're going to break even in
the gain just by virtue of less weight. So, I mean, as opposed to charging the full price. Yeah. Yeah. Um and then the other thing is is you can purchase these and offset that you know the cost um
subsidizing through your RDP grant. Oh, so this is not coming out of the town budget or anything like that. Um and then what some towns do and I encourage them for smaller towns is to work with someone else and maybe split the order.
you know, like if you're both really small and you only sell two or three a year, split it with um you know, think who's nearby. Um yeah, thank you. You know, about about doing that. What's the minimum purchase? Sure. Every everyone's
different. So, it's you'd be buying them off of state contract, but I think it's like 20. It used to be much higher, but it's like 20 and it's it's not bad. Do we have somewhere to store them? Do we have somewhere to store them? Yeah. Yeah. So, how there's how they come is
because it's one a big sheet of really heavy duty outward plastic more or less is it rolls up into itself and it's maybe about this big, maybe this tall. Um, so you can lie them down. They're
not really that big. But if it is, it is a consideration. Um, like I said, I could probably get Fall River to just sell you like five or 10 of them. If you want to see like how they go kind of because Fall River over orderered a few years
ago, so a lot. That's good. Good place. That's a good place to do it too because they're close. They overordered, right? You mentioned another town. Yeah. Before also. Yeah, exactly. So, yeah. So that's kind of, you know, one of the things where um but
would you be able to obtain one or two as we discussed earlier for our table? Oh yeah, here it is. Yeah. So like I said, if we wanted to go with five, we'd have one for the table and then you know sometimes people want to buy things immediately. So if they're there and they go, "Oh yeah, I really I've always
wanted one of these." Then you'll have something to sell somebody. Um so I would suggest having a few extra. So you're saying that so how how we buy where is that money now? Where do we get the money from the RDP grant? When where where oh you you
already have like 18,000 in your if your town already has it, right? Okay. I mean this is this is money that you've been accumulating uh over the years. So is that something Serena has? And I got Yeah, Serena would have it. Yeah. Yeah. She would be a
dedicated. you have to shave and helmet to get it out. Yeah. Okay. And then the other thing that you can do to help promote it is I highly recommend like any say nonprofit in town or schools like if they have a little fundraiser,
you could give the one to the schools to like use as a raffle item. You're getting a lot of press from all those parents and stuff that are into it. And you know, it's a good educational thing. So it's again another way to get the
press free public information out there. Can you get them to It has to be before our next meeting because So we rounded it up to $70 each time 5 is 350 so we can entertain a vote for that
so we can she's authorized to get the money. for it's already in the town's office from that from the work that we've done previously when we do these kind of work we get some grants so we already have
the money to come from we get 18,000 on hand and what it's also doing it's getting you an extra grant money um which is can't remember what it's worth right now sorry it's getting it's it's more you're
let me put this that 350 is going to be more than covered by the grant money you're getting for earning that point. So if you want the five with that gives us one to display we use
$350 $350 grant money to purchase by recycled composting bins. That's phrased correctly. Second. Any further
discussion? All in favor? Any should also uh determine sale price in case any are sold that day. Yep. That's since we're not going to meet before again.
What day is couch? When is that? starts the 30th and goes to June 1st. Oh, I was it was the weekend after the memorial. It is. Oh, okay. The celebration. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's that's why I would always get messed up like all
right before that. Okay. So, I'll get five bins from River. I've heard 30 30 35 $40 get back point. Uh, I don't want to get the money back. Even though the town even
though the town already did the work to get the money we have on here, I don't think we should give them away. Totally free. No, no, not at all. No, I'm just saying that I like the idea at least half. Yeah. And that, like I said, that seems to be the sweet spot, especially for something that's new like the 40. I
mean, it's, you know, squabbling, but it's it's that seems to be the sweet spot for most of my towns where they're offering them, unless they have the program for the town paid the majority. Like, if it was 30 37, it would be more
appealing to residents like we're paying the most of it, but we're doing the 37, you probably the 30. I think we'd get more interest. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. And the thing is, so you're you're paying three $375 for the five. You're getting
half of that, which is whatever around six years, whatever. And then on top of it, you're getting um you're getting $420 for that grant point for offering these to the town. So, you know, you're making money right
there. I mean, $30. Yeah. I mean, it's almost like uh going to uh Ocean State and getting a crazy deal. Yeah. Exact Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. You know. Yeah. I'm I'm good with
30 to 35. I don't like 37. No. No. It's just weird. 30 or 35? I like Well, why don't you start out with an introductory price and then after six months or something like that price go up to 35. Yeah.
I mean, you could exactly exactly that. You know, I mean, it doesn't have to be you could leave it for a couple years because the reality is you're the town is going to make money on it. Reduce trash and you're always getting the graphic point for it. So, what do you He
likes 35. Well, I'm going to make a motion to 30. Then going to get a second and we can have a further discussion. Second. Would you be a second? an incredible discussion. Well, thank God for some. It
can't be that easy. I think we had the discussion to be after the vote. It's before the before the after the motion. Before the Okay. Well, we're setting the
price for you. Sure. Yeah. I mean, at the Cal, we want to generate interest $30. We can use We can Yeah, I I sense where you're going with it, but we can use this current price as an introductory price.
I use that word. Yeah. I think that's what I do. And the other thing is I mean, put that word there. So that way they they kind of know it's probably going to change, right? Yeah. And it could be in a year like, you know, whatever. But finding out what it And the other thing
is well you can in sales people like zeros like the five thing just kind of like shifts it a little more. So it's you know like 29.99 you know so it just you know shifts it. So the 30 and it gives you wiggle room because the other thing is there's another thing that if
you want to add on at another time called the kitchen countertop scrap bucket and that's five bucks. So, you know, if you want to like throw that in later or whatever. But, well, I I think we're we are where we want to be right now. The table the introductory offer.
Yeah. Keyword introductory. I I think we are where we want to be. and and um also asking people if they come up to the table, would you be interested in something like this after an explanation of reviewing this to get a feel for how
viable, you know, the program may be in the future? I I think we're in a good spot right now. And like I said, this is a grant where the state really is focusing on reducing food waste in the trash. So, this is not going to be a program that's going to go
away. It's going to be something that's around for a while. Any other discussion? So, Elizabeth, I should have you and Fall River um figure the pricing and all that
stuff. So, yeah, I think the last person they did this with Fall River, they never sent anything the bill. So, if administrator town administrative, I can actually pick him up or he's just going to coordinate it. Yeah. Well, the thing is I I'm going to be doing the technical assistance like I'm doing with you at
Fall River. So, I just came from there. So, I'm not sure they'll all fit in your buggy. I'm sorry. I'm not sure they all fit in your car. Five. Five. Well, yeah. Okay. Yeah, because they lie down flat. They're round. So, I think before I've gotten
three and no problem. Okay. Just Okay. So, or you guys are Yeah. So, I could do that as well. I any oppose? I I do have to ask Missy. So, you alluded to the countertop thing. I'm
sure I'm sure that's probably something to cover. Say that again. You said part of the bin is countertop container. Oh, so the No, the countertop uh scrap bucket is something separate that you would buy. It's just a little um bucket
um with a lid on it and people would put it on the counter and take it out there, right? They don't have enough to give you on that one. That is something that I could probably get from other towns that Oh, can I just ask the cost? Yeah. So, I think they're
about five five or six dollars. Yeah. Other towns I use them. I haven't seen that be used. They're not. And I am encouraging them because I'm a backyard composter myself and to be honest, it's a it's it's a godsend. like you go, "Oh man, I should have gotten one of those
years earlier." So, I I'm sorry, the counter. Yeah. So, it's it's so it's just a scrap bucket. So, like, you know, you know, I was on garden supply the other night. Oh, you can go for 60 and it's gorgeous. And stainless steel. If you're just trying out composting for
the first time, a $5 plastic bucket keeps the insects in, keep out, keeps the smells in, it works fine. I don't I don't have an expensive boring gray, you know, just pop them in your dishwasher, you know, and if you don't like it at the end, you can water
your plants with it or whatever. So, and maybe we'll entertain that after you get some type of tally on whether we tell people like it or we want to entertain acquiring them to offer it with it. Um small
steps right now just offering um one at a time. Yeah. The bin I I I think you need to plant the seed. Compost the seed first and then once that starts to grow then you say by the
way there's some other options we have here. First going to be compost. Yeah that's people. Oh man. Right. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. We can give them information about using the big folders, you know, and it would be nice to have a bucket inside so you're
not constantly having to go outside every day to fill your compost and you have inside box you fill out every few days you take it outside. Yeah. So, it would kind of be nice to have both. want them to develop that. Yeah, you know, I'll go cheap. I'll sp
But I think uh yeah, let's get people used to first. Okay, let's see what the the feel is. Because the other thing is what what I want you to do is in the fall push it
really hard again like promoting these because that is really the best time to start composting is because the most biggest item you need in your bin are the brown leaves and so it's really the time when we really want people and then so we can come back and revisit ordering
you know the scrap bins and then also the cost of it. So, you know, then it'll be $35, but they get But wait, you get the price. You know, it's been, you know, so yeah, baby steps. All right. So, we're not going to create a flyer. We're just
going to have something with a QR code. I I think I I will take this over Carrie. I can get you the actual one. That's just me. I used the snippet and pasted it there. I sgest I suggest go to Carrie to get a bigger one. Yeah. And
that's not the handout. It's just taste for people to read on the table and that way they get an idea. Right now it it's difficult. Yeah. But that is a tinier version of it. So I'm going to get you the Okay, great. Yeah, that'd be great. That's just a snippet. He's saving paper
for us right now. Okay. I'll get you the the actual one. And then I have So this is why I wanted to know about if you wanted me to come to the event because I do have a lot of um information on composting. Like I have big poster size laminated things about how to compost
and so we can have a conversation about it and you know that kind of thing. So go big or go home you know. Yeah you have but and but it's stuff that's actually going to be on the website. So just kind
of want to say oh it's on the website and then I'll go and look. So correct. Right. The next two things I next three things on agenda are really missies but let's do D and E together and do technical assistance by itself. So next
two is the grant opportunities and the RDP grant the curbside both see I guess we can mention it it's not really for this committee but yeah just it's next week
I put it on there because I wanted um to let you know that they're not we're not getting much um Oh that's right you and me just I'm excited about that but not we're not I have Maybe two pieces of
paper fell out. Not much. Oh, that's must be like 60 stops then. No, probably like 10. Wow. Well, that's a good thing. Missy doesn't like to hear that. No, but my brain is running. Okay, where's the phone?
Well, it might be because we changed a few things subtly last year and they're just taking stuff to transfer station. They find out it's very expensive to go to 44 now. So they are coming to watch. Okay. And it's the the $15 fee. Why not
just pay 30 and have it for the entire year, right? Like I said, it's not really for this committee, but yeah, it doesn't doesn't hurt to mention it this meeting. So that's actually great. Which uh so
Thursday you're going to email me Monday's pickup and then you'll do it every uh Monday for Tuesday next week and all that. It's not much. So it sounds like just two guys in one truck or trailer, I think. Yeah. Yeah.
When I say two pages, it's cuz one person has like seven things to get rid of. So not my Okay. So the grant opportunities and grant I'm going to turn it over to Missy. I'm assuming this worksheet is part of the grant
opportunities. So with that the one particular RO drop off grant um you can only pick one thing. So um you have your interest in the spot. So there are other items on
oh gosh cardboard compactor you know um and then um paint shed um food drop off and then something else. So anyway, so I knew so I'm like, "Okay, this is what so the swap shit." Um again, um uh so Tom,
I'm going to have you kind of fill it out because it'll ask certain things like where's it going to go, what size you want, and a little more technical questions and probably Liz or unless you have Liz fill out and you know give her the information, but it's just a little bit more. Is it too soon today to have a
discussion about where it's going to go? So it so this form all it is is is um yes so mass DP just wants to make sure you've thought about this because believe it or not a lot of times people just go yeah we want this in the past and then they get them they go dang we
never thought about where we're going to put it. Um, so they just want us to think about, you know, some possible sites where it doesn't mean it's definitely going to go there, but, you know, it might go at the, you know, recycling center or it might go at the DPW office. You have a couple of spots
that you have in mind for and that's what you would fill out on the form. You know, we don't have a definite, but you know, we're in the process of looking at the re these three sites for and again, it doesn't have to be there. We just want to like make sure you have a thought process that you've actually
given us some thought. Um so if it turns out to be you know some place you never mentioned that's fine but as we just want to make sure up front we'd have to go to one of two spots either the highway garage or the transportation. I can't unless you're thinking another
place to pick that up. Is the operating hours going to be same as the transfer station? Say that again, please. The operating hours, is it going to be the same as the transfer station at this time? To be determined. Yes,
both. It's a lot of issues involved in answering that question because if you put it someplace else, do we have volunteers to hand it? That's just one of many issues. Right now, you got kind of a crossover. If it's while it's open at the transport
station, you got someone there. They might need a volunteer, but at least you have some of that has to be there. Yeah. And that that's a big deal. Yeah. So, so yeah, ideally you want it somewhere where there will be volunteers to man it to lock it up to make sure there's no
dumping and that kind of thing. Um on aging sometimes. So it it it does there is some good merit to that discussion today at the location because it needs to be on the application. Yes.
Gravitating towards the transfer station. Where it is in the transfer station doesn't matter. We looked at what four or five different places in town. We went out that day, right? And we wound up at the landfill and and you know I listened to him make a presentation and sound pretty good.
It wasn't really a presentation. I was just letting you know stuff. Whatever. Yeah, I got the facts and I I would I would vote for that. I think that's Yeah, that's good. I
don't I don't know. Do Do we need to vote on the location? I do I do need to know where you guys are thinking it's going. Yeah, we should have a vote. I I agree with your point about somebody that has to be there a staff
member town that that has to be there perhaps assisted by a volunteer. But I I think it's much more viable if if someone that has to be there has oversight of it. So I think yeah either the transfer station I think that would
be number one or highway garage taking explosives. to volunteer. That's this one. Well, I don't think he would appreciate it being at the department.
I think I didn't think of that. But yeah, there's a staff member of four days a week. She would appreciate or would more natural at the trans. Yeah, I agree. People are bringing this stuff in a way. And the other thing is what you can use and what we're seeing this with
towns who have dwindling attendance at their transfer station. Giving them more fun, more exciting options makes them more like oh no. So, so Medfield, um, yeah, Midfield, they have a drop off program
and for their trash. They don't have any curbside whatsoever. But what I've we've noticed is that more of the residents are starting to get private pickup, but their transfer station sticker um sales are not going down. It's because they
have a a swap area that is on steroids. I mean, it is mindblowing. and residents come there just for that kind of thing. It's insane. So would would it be an appropriate motion to say
uh we have two viable sites in mind transfer and highway garage to be development or you just boom pick one? I'm I'm talking in terms of the application. I would say pick one for the application. Okay. If it if it's strong enough reason to move it
somewhere else and I'm sure we can amend it somewhere. Oh yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I would entertain a motion for the 865 Sherman Street. So move second. Any further discussion?
All in favor? Any oppose? Next. Oh, next is any other grant. We just went through that list. So I grant is the next on the B. So um that's Elizabeth thing is that
what is that? So Liz and I will be working on that one. So Liz and I just have them scheduled time and just make sure we're on E and the bills are just finished. Let me know when they're free. Okay. Y you don't need nothing from the
committee on E. Um, we really don't know. So, that's something Liz and I are going to work on together and meet as Yeah. Not going to meet a June deadline. No, no, no. I'm gonna after this meeting, she and I are going to look at my calendar and we're
going to schedule a time. But does that is that due by early June? That be Oh, it'll be due by June. She has Yes, we have to have it done by June 2nd. So, so we're not meeting before then. Oh, we're meeting that day. Yeah. It's on Monday. if you need any
from the committee. I'm saying, do you visualize? I'm not getting the grant stuff. It's just going to be basic information of what what your programming already is. Um, actually, there might be um some little things like getting
certain things on your website, but I don't know if that's under okay here. Just put something on the website. We don't need any votes to put something on the website. I I don't think so. No. Yeah. Because we won't be starting any programs or anything like that. I can
just send out an email and say if everybody's in agreement, I'm going to post this. I'm good with that. That's fine. I mean actually the only actually the only one I can think of and I never bring your survey list
um for DEI points um you would have to have like multilingual um recycling guide on our website. You would have to have the multilingual um poster at the transfer station and then cheap and quick and
easy is is send multilingual and English recycling guides as well to the schools. So, um it's pretty easy. Okay. Before are we off? Wait, we haven't tested half yet. Okay.
Okay. I I'd like to circle back to something when when we finish the list. Okay. So, technical assistant grant. So, I um chatted with um Ralph. My original technical assistance was for uh
contracting and pricing and stuff for for um your previous contract. So that's still ongoing. So my grant can still continue because that has not been resolved. Technical assistant, I'm sorry, the technical assistant contract or the traffic
both. So, my technical assistance grant was for helping you with your contract and the pricing issues you had with the bags and the and all that stuff. And since it has not been resolved yet, that means my grant can stay open because
it's still ongoing. They say 80 hours, but they don't we don't really keep track. So, I'm sure sometimes don't take advantage of it at some point. Yeah, they might in the future, but So you guys can talk. You guys talk.
Okay. Yeah. All right. Good. Good. I'd like to circle back to the compost bins. I think we need to address the logistics of how the table is going to happen for couch.
I I'm willing to take a day, you know, and stand there and be the representative, but but let's get the logistics of this thing done. Talk about a table. How's that? How's it going to get set up? Uh, etc. That's so if the
lions know you want a table, there's no charge. They provide a table, one of the lines table, and a spot. I just suggested the share of storm water because there'll be someone from town in storm water. But you can have your own table, especially if you got a whole bench. And the storm water table's going
to be underneath that big hole, right? When you first come in that south entrance, so you you know you're guaranteed shape, right? So you don't take that table. You're going to be in the sun close to the lion's setup in the back of the town hall. Okay. I have a tent. So you you're still going to have
like you're going to have foot traffic, but you're not going to have where all the concession stands are. You're going to have the people looking for a drink or just seeing what's out there. So, storm water has ttor storm water like a piece of the table because if NY's here, she'll take
up the whole table. We're We could actually ideally take up the whole table. I have enough information on how to compost and all that kind of thing. And you want to have something robust. You don't want to make it look like we're just crammed in. So, I want to make that happen. I I would suggest you
go and talk to her and you say, "You know who I am." Who is her? No, you. No, no, no. Who is her? Nancy. Nancy. Okay. I I don't mind saying who I am. Well, would be able to set up under the oak
tree also. How How do we I don't think so because the two kitty rides are right there. They're kind of between them. Yeah. She gets she gets plenty of foot traffic and people just coming right into the carnival and people are just grabbing stuff because that's what people do, right? And they they already
know they're going to get something somewhat useful from storm water because they get a new bag and they use that bag for the rest of the carnival. Okay. So they're after her. Yeah. Okay. So again, she up a
little bit come adjacent to that or is it too close to the rise? I I think it's going to make it too tight there. Okay. From the rides because we want to have a conversation with detail. Okay. So, what happen? Yeah. How do again, how do we make who
makes that happen? I don't have a table. Okay. So, who how you have a table? Okay. Who's going to make that happen? I will make sure the table. Okay. Um, so we we've got a
table. I need to bring along my own canopy. That's not a problem. Stay out of the sun. U we're going to have um some bins to display. Well, you won't need a canopy. He said it'll be under the tree. Oh, okay. Um we're going to have
information. No. Okay. uh and I will take a day stand there and just you know verbalize it and I I won't speak out of line for the committee you
know I won't make it but I will say u this is you know basically what this is about and the purpose of this committee is to try to reduce waste and this is one methodology we follow to do go any further than that. Is is that
okay? What about the other days? Saturday is the busiest day. I mean, I'll take Saturday. Most most of the nonprofits like this just do the Saturday. Yeah. Okay. All right. Like I said, I that's not a problem. Saturday is the best. You know, you just just
keep keep me in the shade and keep me for a coffee. We're good. What are the hours? The hours that you start start at 3ish on Friday. Friday. Friday's a little later than 3,
but Saturday be 3 in the afternoon. No. Well, guess so. It's 3 on Friday. Saturday be definitely warm. Yeah. Saturday and Sunday 12. Saturday's 12 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday's 12 to 5. Saturday is
12. 12 to 5 on Sunday. 12 to 10 days. 12 to 10. Okay. So, I can do part of I mean Saturday I can do part of the 12 to 10. Yeah, Saturday would be the best.
I want to be there Saturday. So, figure out some time. Yeah. You know, do we get any points if we purchase like swag or anything? I mean, swag's not a bad idea. You might want to think about
some swag. Can we use RDP funds for swag? I'm sorry. Can we use RDP funds for swag? We um I'm sorry, I didn't hear that. Um um you can use it for educational
materials. So it's kind of open to interpretation. Things like a magnet is not bad. Like with recycle smart on it, like what can be recycled, um that's actually pretty good swag other people want it or not. Um, there is another really cool swag that I think could be
um is it's it's a little tool like and it has like five little tools on there and a flashlight and a bunch of other stuff. Um because that will be promoting the idea of fixing things and reusing them which is one of those things that we're going to be kind of doing at some point anyway. Um, so something like
that, you know, water bottles. A watermark today. So I was just resolving a problem that overlooked right now. Sorry, I wasn't fully tented here. Sunday. Did you guys decide on just a
Saturday or Sunday too? Yeah. I'm sorry. Was that I was preoccupied for a few moments here. What did you guys have on the Saturday or Sunday? Saturday 12 to 10. Sunday is a little less crowd, but it's more
dining oriented. Just night because it's they got a deal on the for kids. Yeah. So there's a lot of parents just waiting for the kids to finish their rides. Yeah. So that's a possibility. There's also a fire must first fire that day
also. Just throwing that out there. I can only do I think Saturday is the best bet. We should probably promote the swap shed, too. Well, coming soon. Yeah, I I think I
think so. Yeah, exactly. Coming soon. This has been discussed. This is, you know, the key bullets of how this thing will work, the philosophy behind it, etc. And blah blah blah. It's uh potential, very high potential for
state grant. Would that be fair to say it that way? Okay. You know, I agree. Yeah, we go live also. Yeah. I I just had a question. If you're there doing your thing and somebody asked you to locate that one, what are you how are we going to answer them? We're going to
have a few to sell. What's a few? She's giving us five. We We just That's the number five. What do we tell somebody when they're available? Place that take or if we get eight
people say arguing. I want them. We could probably sell five or I would only sell four and keep one available. Just say, you know, I'll put your name, address, phone number or whatever email and uh we could obtain some more and then we'll email you or whatever and
then go from there. I mean, you can even have pre-order or whatever whatever however you want. I I would I would think you just take an order because you're not taking cash. No, it would have to be a check or an order. No, I say we could if there's interest there, we'll we'll invite we'll
take an order by virtue of giving you this information. We take an order. You can still get the introductory price and when they come in, come on down. Would that work? Yeah. But uh
for taking cash on you have somebody go that far, but mostly somebody have to be you have to be blinded. You're supposed to do turn in before the end of the week, which is a Saturday. Yeah, it would have to be me. I would just take the O. Take the O. Can
you send me the material you have for advertisement so I don't duplicate anything? Yep. Yep. Um, just send me some pictures of like your billboards or your bullets, whatever you have. Yeah. I I was just actually in the process of starting to
look. So, why would we be meeting up this dead horse? So, say we got order for seven or nine. Obviously, five is not enough. Do we need another vote to make other purchases or do we just complete
the order? You know, just buy them from four of them. Does this community need to vote to get the other ones that are needed? How many people to extend funds from the Yeah.
So we get reboot to um up to a certain amount to cover that. So well our next meeting would be like oh it's not waiting it's but it's the
day after it's like two days after. I'm going to have to hang over. Well, do you want to go with what we've got now and then take orders and have that vote? No, good point. Um, we're going to have
to meet the day after. So, does the town have the ability for people to order something like pay a bill or whatever online like pay bills? Yes. I'm sorry. Pay bills. Yes. Yeah. Also, if somebody wants to buy it, could
it mean just my laptop there and they could? No. I mean, it's currently No. Okay. Transfer station. Yes. Yeah. You can buy stuff in a bit of it. Well, I mean, they're
going to have to come and pick up the bin anyway. So when you pick up pay, correct? So I don't think that's an issue paying. It's a good point. I think that in the
future, but we you set up like a POS system at the transfer station. It is somewhat mobile. You should. Yeah. Eventually, but transfer station will be open when you guys are selling here. So, if we sell them and they're stored at the transfer station, can we add it
to your system? Yeah, it could be purchased here. And that's how they get paid for them because it's in your Yeah, when the transfer station is open. Yes. Unless Heather wants to change her at the garage, she could because that's where
the device is stored is at the garage. Yeah. Just add it to the POS. We'll take you out. All right. So, we'll get together about the flyer and then put something together
for advertising the swap shed, too. Sure. Anything you have on either subject. So, yeah. I mean, I can bring in just general recycling information and it can be general recycling. Okay. So, anything else that was
unanticipated since was posted? Yes. You were just sitting here waiting for that. It's coming. Yeah. Um, as you know, we kind of discussed it last presentation selecting about the
enterprise fund or trash. So I just want this committee uh to be aware of it. Uh the cliff may have to make some decisions. What do they want to do moving forward? Once they and once the you know if they want to take it to town
meeting vote town meeting vote approves it then um then this committee board of health we start start just rough rough numbers enterprise fund right now our
trash our sanitation costs for the town are about $950,000 if we were to go to straight just charging, you know, um on the tax bill, that would be for the
2,630 households, the cost is uh what 360 a year, 90 90 bucks a quarter if we use bags and stickers. So keeping accountable bag cost that
it'll be 200 $200 for the year. So $50 a quarter. What was that? If we use bags and and the sticker increase the cost of the bags. No cost of just like
sticking. What did you say too? Yeah. Yeah. And then if we just do straight bags, the big bag would be seven bucks a bag, small bag 350 bag. Yeah, I'm just running numbers very very
quickly. So one of the options was increasing the transfer station fee. No, I Yeah. Yeah. I know it's like I haven't I'm trying to find out a model that that does it because I can say more.
Yeah. Curbside pickup. What do we do for the curbside pickup? How do we give that course? We put like a sticker on board just tomorrow. We have a special bin. We put a sticker on the bin. Okay. Yeah. It's it's right. So
there are towns that do like Yeah. the bin kind of thing. Yeah. Um, so what I can tell you is sticking with the page you throw bag that does help reduce your tonnage. Yeah. Data
across the board. So that is something that really you need to look at because it will go up if you do a bin system, right? And especially when you allow residents to pick out their own bin because some you know it might look like a 35gallon bin but it might be a 39, you
know, so there's a lot of slippery slope area there. Sorry. I mean, there's a lot of different things here, but when presentation making it on
Wednesday and before town meeting. So, what are the options? A fee and increase in the bag fees. annual fee, right? An annual fee. Okay. A fee plus current prices
increase. Okay. 14th is a presentation. This coming. No, it's going to be a council. Really? Yeah, because it's special. We we don't
have this. Yeah. So, you still meet the 14th regular meeting? Yes. Refreshment. No. So, actually looking at working with them. The last time was your cost of
already got off about 200,000 from the last time you did you pasted on I don't know I'm 500,000 not I don't know I'm trying to go back to the notes and see why it wasn't for what what time are you
going to be on 6 o' you start at six and that's pretty much the only thing that Those numbers were numbers that came from those are the actual
costs against the last year. Okay. How much? last year. I when when Mike did it, it was looking to raise of
like 487 which I think was just about side trash. I think The other part of the reason for 280 was to basically take that fun down
to zero but uh I mean and it was based upon those old well the numbers we had. Yeah. No 2018 raises it's supposed to raise 357,000. that neighborhood in that
neighborhood. So you brought this to this this committee. Did you need anything committee and just giving us a heads up? heads up with the select then I'll be bringing it to the committee. So here so we can look at it
what are the costs what do we want you know what do we want to charge what is the fee structure how do we want to send an email if you need any more specific information where like yeah way too much information
um what I can tell you just anecdotally is the the annual fee and the bag price increase are the most common. Yeah. Um, no, that that's Yeah, I think that's the most probable model, but I have to see
how it works with curbside. It should work for the same. Yeah. So, like depending on what your curbside increase is going to be, it should be. My my concern is we don't fully load it.
So, so how do you um like categorize homes with annual fees that everybody gets the same fee or so a single person that's why that's why
we it's fee and bags. So yeah. So it's when so some examples. So when it's kind of fairly balanced out like that where a little bit of cost from the bags and from the fee, it seems to stabilize people. But when you have, let's say,
the town of Medway, super high fees because they didn't want to have the political blowback of increasing the bag costs. So their bag costs have not increased in like 10 years. Um, the fee is up to like I don't know, like close
to 400 now. and their trash kindergarten just gone up because there's no more incentive anymore. Then it doesn't matter. They're only you know 50 cent whatever there's some really cheap price. So they you know it's not working for them. But one of the things I would like
to stress is that and think about this how you word it is that let them know trash prices increase every year like whatever usually about 5% at least and the cost
structure has to you know think about it you're going to start losing money by year five. So letting them know or have a some thought process that the bag fee costs and the annual fee will need to be reviewed every couple year, you know,
whatever. It should be okay. Exactly. I'm trying to make it. Yeah. So, city of um Attboro does it every single year like precise to the penny like you know 10397 like you know
like whatever it is. sell it. So, so I don't mean to put you on the spot, but since you believe it should be done every year, what are you doing to make sure that it gets done every year? Well, here's the thing. We should have
and this is why the institute every year have an annual fee hearing. So everyone all the fees in pass should be reviewed every year and it should be usually counted in October. So next for the next
whatever so next year actual year of fiscal year it gets in. So every year every town sort of presents every department presents their fees and say now there's no fee changes. All right we see costs going up. This is what we want
to do. And then this blow on it. That's how it should go. Procedure by law. Are we able to get to that point? I want to say yeah, it's pretty simple. It's uh I have it come to my board. I have it written
on my whiteboard. So the water costs and the trash. It's all going up and it's going to in five years it's going to I called my insurance to add my son and they only do
six month policies because the fees change so long. Really? Yeah. Yep. Six months. But yeah, Dave, it's just a matter of getting it on schedule. It's not It doesn't take It doesn't take a
while. Just get it on schedule and we just do it every year. So when can we expect you to get it on the schedule? Well, let's I'm hoping this is my intention in October meeting. I'm going to set a date in October. Every October we should be
looking so for all the fees for all the fees. Yeah. All the fees not just not just this all all the it's fiscally responsible. This we're gonna have this we're gonna have to work out if it if it passes at
the June town meeting that will get everything worked out a special town meeting in case we have to fund the enterprise put starting money into the enterprise to get it going and we'll begin this your phone
set now. I'm all set. Next meeting. You already know it's ten June 2nd. Three bucks working over second. I didn't do minute. Can you postpone it for the next
meeting? I was going to do last night and I ended up in the ER with my mother-in-law this time. She got pneumonia and Follow to the next meeting. Just the minutes. First off, I made a motion for our next
meeting. Do we want Do you need a motion for the next motion? Okay. I withdraw. So, I will send for action items. I'll send Elizabeth some of the, you know, handouts and stuff that we'll need for the Lions
event and the flyer information as well. Um, and whether you know you want to bring them to 10, I can bring them to the table. You know, whatever. We'll figure out whatever. I have tables. You have a table. Yeah. And chairs.
Cheers. You have the wall right here. Sit on the wall. I'll one way the other. I've got it. Yeah. 10. Bring us do you give us food? The lines give us free food. We don't give. No. Give us a hot dog. So
you pick you picked my square for the couch. Imagine having There is There is one thing. Someone's gonna have to put the compost bin together. You cut them up. Put the compost bin together. Is it difficult? It's probably
just zip ties. It's what? Probably zip ties. Well, it it kind of is, but they're they're actually um like pegs like plastic pegs where it's, you know, wide around like arrows on the end kind of thing. You slide them in. Yeah, but
the thing is because it's big and it's in a roll like you kind of need two people because it wants to like roll itself back in. So, you need two people entertainment. It I saw a woman doing this, the woman that originally brought this whole
program together and I photos of her and it's all nothing but her butt because every time I go take the thing, she's bending over to do this or do that. So, there is a video that I can give you this to set it up, but no, I draw the line that's setting those things up.
Send the video. Yeah. Yeah. It's a two It's a twoperson job, but Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's not It's not hard. It's not like or anything. It's just we had that at some point. Yeah, but anyway, so I'll get five four from
five from I would grab one of those count I would grab a counter top one too if you get your hands on. Okay, so I'll get those from my tower. So we kind of bounced around here. So the next meeting is June 2nd
3:00. Elizabeth would like to table the minutes. Until then, we'll get caught up on all minutes by then. That I completed a motion for so motion made to table in the minutes April sec
7th. Need a second. Any further discussion? All in favor? I post. Okay. Second. Hi very much.