Mendon Board of Health approves prior minutes, discusses trash rates
Mendon Board of Health approved prior minutes and heard waste program updates. The board voted unanimously (3-0 on roll call) to approve June 10 and July 8, 2026 meeting minutes. Chairman Alan Greenberg, Vice-Chairman Tom Fichtner, and Member Joyce Gilmore discussed rising costs in the subscriber
Board of Health · Meeting of August 12, 2026
Mendon Board of Health approved prior minutes and heard waste program updates. The board voted unanimously (3-0 on roll call) to approve June 10 and July 8, 2026 meeting minutes. Chairman Alan Greenberg, Vice-Chairman Tom Fichtner, and Member Joyce Gilmore discussed rising costs in the subscriber curbside trash program driven by increasing senior-rate participation; waste contractor Mike Szczepan of EL Harvey presented options including potential Pay-As-You-Throw restructuring.
The board also received Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection approval for reducing landfill gas monitoring from every four months to every six months, generating approximately $3,900 in savings, and announced that all five PurpleAir air-quality sensors are now operational across town.
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Source: the Board of Health meeting of August 12, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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