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LETTER: Greenwich Tipping Fee Truth

By: greenwichfreepress | August 26, 2020

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Letter to the Editor
Opinion
Mark Fichtel
municipal solid waste
PAYT
Scott Kalb
Stevlana Wasserman
tipping fees

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Letter to the Editor
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Mark Fichtel
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Scott Kalb

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Rink MI for Modified "Flip" Skates Through RTM over Objections of Referrers
"What does Byram get out of this $50 or maybe $60 million project? We get an access road that will split the park in half." - Alex Popp "Eugene Morlot park will be truly accessible to people of all abilities and ages, creating POCD guiding principle #1 an even greater sense of place." – Steph Cowie
RTM Votes to Implement Tipping Fees at Town Dump; Kills Pay As You Throw
FICHTEL: Now is not the time for RTM to reconsider PAYT

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KALB & MOSS: More Increases to Your Trash Bill, with Little to Show for It
"The bottom line – to get people to reduce the amount of trash they are throwing away we must appeal to their self-interest. We need a metered service for trash, just as we have a metered service for electricity, water, and gas. People don’t waste these services because they are charged by the kilowatt hour, the liter, or the cubic meter." – Scott Kalb and Cheryl Moss
Commercial Hauler Tonnage Down Nearly a Third Since Tipping Fees; Triple Anticipated Residential Permits Sold
Board of Selectmen Discuss Tipping Fee Sunset Clause, Ways for Fees to Be Equitable

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RTM Votes to Implement Tipping Fees at Town Dump; Kills Pay As You Throw
Town administration will determine the timing for implementation of tipping fees. Residential and commercial customers can expect the rates local haulers charge to increase.
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RTM Mulls Tipping Fees During Four Hour Zoom Meeting

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The statue was proposed to be located in a circle outside the entrance to the Havemeyer building where today there is a tree. After a motion to postpone indefinitely was unsuccessful, a motion on the substitute resolution to accept the statute gift failed: 81 yes, 110 no, 5 abstentions.
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