ACADIA DISPOSAL DISTRICT
Meeting of the Board of Directors
October 2, 2008 at Mount Desert Town Office
PRESENT: Robin Bennett (SWH), Ellen Brawley (clerk), Bob Kates (Trenton), Cynthia Lief (Cranberry Isles), Robert Roxby (Frenchboro), Tony Smith (Mount Desert), Elliott Spiker (Tremont)
VISITORS: Shawn Small (CES) Peter Rees (alternate, Trenton), Bev Wiegler (alternate, Frenchboro), Lee Worcester and Damaris Smith (EMR), Laurie Schreiber (BH Times), Sydney Roberts Rockefeller
CALL TO ORDER: 9:40 am.
MOTION: (Kates, Bennett) to approve the minutes of May 15, 2008. Carried 6-0.
Treasurer’s Report: Elliott reported that we have received the annual payments from each of the towns, as well as the prepayments for the HHW/UW collection. We need to approve payment of invoices of $ 1147.50 and $1080 from CES.
MOTION: (Smith, Bennett) to approve payment of the two CES invoices. Carried 6-0.
Elliott suggested that at our next meeting we should discuss the budget for the next 9 months and our priorities.
MOTION: (Smith, Lief) to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Carried 6-0.
Tony mentioned that we need official municipal appointments for the directors from SWH and Cranberry Isles.
The HHW/UW collection will take place on October 11th from 10-1 in the front parking lot of MDI High School. Tony reminded the directors to try to have volunteers available to help.
OTHER BUSINESS: Trenton has now placed two dumpsters for recycling at the town office. It is working well. They have collected more recyclables in one month than during the entire time they had far more costly curbside pickup.
Lee Worcester spoke of his experiment with single stream recycling. He is aligned with a recycler in Portland, and can send all recyclables (unsorted). Single stream recycling may be an option during the term of the contract now under negotiation.
NEXT MEETING: November 20, 2008 at 9:30 am, Somesville Fire House.
MOTION: (Smith, Spiker) to go into Executive Session pursuant to 1 MRSA Section 405.6.C: Discussion of EMR draft contract. Carried 6-0.
MOTION: (Smith, Spiker) to invite Beverly Wiegler to participate in the executive session.
RETURN from executive session: 11:35.
MOTION: (Smith, Spiker) to add Robin Bennett to the negotiating team. Carried 5-0.
MOTION: (Smith, Lief) to send towns a letter with the contract after references to Single Stream Recycling are removed, stating that we are comfortable with the contract except that the prices are 10-15% high, and that we are prepared to continue negotiations. Carried 5-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen T. Brawley
Clerk
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