JAY — Selectpersons on Monday voted 4-1 to have the Solid Waste Committee draft bid specifications for collecting trash at curbside and collecting trash and recyclables at curbside. If only trash was collected at curbside, residents would have to bring their recyclables to the Transfer Station. Selectperson Judy Diaz opposed the vote while Selectpersons Chairman […]
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Jay voters approve raising money for curbside collection
JAY — Residents voted 159-117 Monday night to raise and appropriate $120,000 to bring back curbside trash and recyclables collection during a special town meeting. The meeting that was supposed to start at 6 p.m. did not get underway until about 6:40 p.m. to accommodate a long line of residents waiting to register to vote. […]
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Jay voters to consider curbside pickup options
JAY — Voters will be asked Tuesday, Nov. 3, to consider whether they want a company to pick up trash and recyclables curbside or have the town service eliminated. The vote is advisory to selectpersons. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Building at Spruce Mountain Middle School. The […]
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Jay opts to go with advisory vote on curbside pickup
JAY — After consultation with legal counsel, town officials have decided to move forward with an advisory vote to the select board on Nov. 3 that will offer voters two choices on curbside trash and recyclables collection: to privatize or to eliminate. “The reason I think we should do this is several people came away […]
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Jay voters face November ballot question on curbside collection
JAY — A referendum on the town’s trash and recyclable curbside pickup service will be on the Nov. 3 ballot, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. The article was being drafted Tuesday. A public hearing is expected at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Spruce Mountain High School library. About 40 people attended Monday’s […]