![]() There are 6,348 registered voters in town. He said he is waiting to hear the Board of Health’s recommendation. “I am supporting everything so far except the hazardous waste,” Chenelle said. The state is required to reimburse the town 75 percent of its payments but that would not come until next year, he said. There are five veterans or their widows on the rolls now but in recent years there were one or two at most, Barnes said. “Now, obviously, with the economy being in as poor shape as it is, more people are seeking the benefits and meeting the threshold to qualify,” he said. Residents would have to vote to raise and appropriate the funds, Barnes said. In a sign of the economic times, article 4 requests $9,850 to supplement the Veterans Benefit Account, which is used to pay benefits to low-income veterans. The Board of Health may deliver its recommendation on whether to support the new collection facility during the Town Meeting tonight, Chenelle said. “It does create a question what town residents would do with their hazardous waste,” he said. Townsend residents normally take household hazardous waste to a semi-annual drop-off in Lunenburg, which is committed to the new facility, Chenelle said. Rejecting the proposal could create a problem for the town, said Board of Selectmen Chairman David R. “The big cost obviously is the one-time (capital) cost,” Barnes said. The new program proposes more frequent access to disposal. The town takes part in the North Central Solid Waste Collaborative, which has collections for household hazardous waste twice a year in Lunenburg. “That having been said, most of the concessions were kept in place,” Barnes said.Īrticle 12 requests $12,816 for the town’s share in funding capital costs to open a proposed Devens Regional Hazardous Products Collection Facility Program and another $2,649 for the first year’s operating cost.
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