SABATTUS – The local transfer station is preparing to move to a new voucher system to help limit hazardous waste material disposal.
Station Manager Jerry Sabins presented a proposal to selectmen this week showing various hazardous materials and how much it would cost townspeople to dispose of them.
The plan calls for the town to pay half the cost of the $25 voucher. Residents who wish to use the station would pay the other half. Sabins said there is enough in his budget to cover the town’s side of the voucher payment.
Sabins also recommends that townspeople be allowed to drop off, at no charge, up to five gallons of chemicals such as antifreeze and up to five fluorescent bulbs per visit. Local businesses would have to pay $2 per gallon and $1 per bulb.
If approved, vouchers could be obtained and paid for at the transfer station during operating hours.
In other business, people who live on Williams Road asked the town to help prevent vehicles from using their private right-of-way as a through road.
Andrew and Karen Holbrook said numerous vehicles are using their private access road as a connecting road to get from Bens Hill Road to the intersection of Maxwell and Marsh Road.
“We’ve posted numerous signs and have even talked to the drivers,” Andrew said. “I even moved boulders there once and they came out with vehicles and moved them.”
Selectmen had reservations about whether they should spend taxpayer money for an official town sign on a private road. The board will seek advice from the Maine Municipal Association.
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