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Health/Safety
Cotuit Fire Commissioner’s Meeting Today
Today is Drug Take Back Day
April 29, 2017 – 10AM to 2PM
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe,
convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs,
while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse and medications.
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Cleaning Up the Bays
TONIGHT!
FIRE WARNING Prescribed Burn TODAY!
Hi,
Just to keep you informed. I have met with the burn boss and things are going well.
Looking at burning 10 acres. There might be a little shift in wind sending some smoke landward,
but things look good.
Darcy Karle
CROCKER NECK CONSERVATION AREA
PRESCRIBED BURN SCHEDULED
* WEATHER PERMITTING* FRIDAY APRIL 14, 2017
When: Scheduled from 8:00AM to 4:00PM
PLEASE KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM BURN AREA
WHERE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING
Why: This type of controlled prescribed fire management promotes fresh growth of new plants, provides habitat and foraging opportunities for local wildlife, and also serves as wildfire prevention and refuge for people caught in between a wildfire event. Surrounding neighborhoods are protected by reducing the chance of wildfire in Crocker Neck by conducting these low burning controlled fires on a regular basis.
Darcy Karle, Conservation Administrator
darcy.karle@town.barnstable.ma.us P 508-862-4093
Cotuit Fire Department will be issuing a reverse 911 notice!
Food Waste Composting Program Begins
Town of Barnstable begins new Food Waste Collection/Composting Program at Marstons Mills Transfer Station and Recycling Center
From kitchen scraps to black gold!
The Office of the Town Manager and the Department of Public Works is pleased to announce the start of a new Food Waste Collection/Composting program at the Transfer Station and Recycling Center, 45 Flint St., Marstons Mills.
The goal of the program is to reduce the amount of food waste that gets thrown away with the trash, thereby reducing trash disposal costs for Transfer Station customers. According to the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), as much as 25% of household trash is food waste that could be diverted from landfills and incinerators, and composted.
Residents with a current Trash Disposal or Recycling Only sticker may now drop off their household kitchen scraps and food waste for composting at no additional cost. The collection barrels are located in one of the sheds used to contain recycled materials.
The town is partnering with Watts Family Farms, located in Forestdale, which will pick up the kitchen waste on a weekly basis, transporting it to their facility, where it will be turned into high quality compost.
Residents are advised that while most kitchen scraps may be composted, including meat and bones, and paper towels and napkins, such items as kitty litter, plastics, cardboard, and Styrofoam are excluded, and may not be disposed of for composting.
The Barnstable Food Waste Composting program is, in part, being funding through a grant from MassDEP.
For further information, please call P.J. Kelliher, Solid Waste Division Supervisor (508-420-2258).
Hazardous Pick Up Day is Tomorrow!
Next Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Saturday June 24, 9-12
Barnstable Transfer Station
45 Flint St., Marstons Mills
Cotuit Fire District Public Meetings
Residents of the Cotuit Fire District will notice on the first line of the tax summary of your tax bill it reads “COTRES” meaning Cotuit Residents. This assessment is collected by the Cotuit Fire District to maintain the public water system, provide emergency ambulance and fire services, maintain & manage Freedom Hall and provide streetlights throughout the District.
Monthly meetings of the Prudential, Water and Fire Commissions are held at Freedom Hall. The Annual election for Commissioners and Clerk take place on the fourth Tuesday in May, 4-8pm Freedom Hall. The Annual District Meeting is held on the following Wednesday in May, 7pm Freedom Hall. Eligible voters are encouraged to attend to help decide how the Cotuit Fire District tax revenues are spent.
As a service to residents of the Cotuit Fire District below are links to Fire, Water and Prudential Committee meetings to keep you up to date and informed.
Fire Commissioners – Agendas & Minutes
Water Commissioners – Agendas & Minutes
Prudential, ByLaws & Policy Advisory Committees – Agendas & Minutes
Attention Cotuit Water District Households!
Cotuit Water District’s Proposed Solar Farm
Contract for Proposed Leased Project Solar 1 & Solar 2 awarded to Borrega Solar by the Cotuit Prudential Committee dated September 29, 2016.
Information to be Submitted to MassDEP for Proposed Wind and Solar Energy Projects on Lands Owned or Controlled By Public Water Systems for Drinking Water Purposes See Guideline Bureau of Resource Protection Drinking Water Program BRP 2011-1
National Heritage of Endangered Species Response_16-36131
National Resource Inventory of 2 Leased Parcels
Cotuit Water District Well Distribution System Map 2010
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