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1.3] (Adjourned Session - Annual Town Meeting - April 15, 1987, cont.) (Adjourned Session - 1987 Annual Town Meeting - April 15, 1987, cont.) Leo McSweeney, Board of Selectmen, believed an excellent job was being done but would like to see better use made of the buses. 8:50 p.m. Daniel Lucas, Pr. 2, questioned the safety of the bus stop in Depot Square, with cars going the wrong way, and asked for better police protection in the whole area. 8:51 p.m. Mr. Eddison, stated both marking and policing would be pursued. 8:51 p.m. Paul Hamburger, Pr. 5, served Notice of Reconsideration on Article 37. 8:51 p.m. Fred Rosenberg, Pr. 9, praised the operation of Lex-press. 8:53 p.m. The Moderator declared a unanimous vote. 8:54 p.m. John Eddison, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, proposed that all the financial articles be completed. 8:45 p.m. The Moderator declared a formal recess until after the in- formational presentation by the Planning Board on Article 43, at which time the Town Meeting would come back in session and resume with Article 39. 8:55 p.m. Paul Hamburger, Pr. 5, served Notice of Reconsideration on Article 38. 8:55 p.m. The meeting was called back to order by Moderator Margery M. Battin at 10:32 p.m., in Cary Memorial Hall. The Moderator asked for a moment of silence to note the death of George P. Wadsworth, a Town Meeting Member for many years, a member of the School Committee and former Chairman of the Board of Appeals and Appropriation Committee.. 10:33 p.m. ARTICLE 39. HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION MOTION: That the sum of $30,000 be appropriated for a contract with a (passed- licensed hazardous wastes transport, storage and disposal company or see by other methods to collect and dispose of residential hazardous wastes; Page that such amount be raised in the tax levy; and that the Selectmen be 132) authorized to select the contractor and to set user fees and take all other steps necessary to carry out this project. Presented by Jacquelyn R. Smith, Board of Selectmen. 10:34 p.m. Mrs. Smith stated that what is planned for this coming fiscal year is quite different from what has been done in the past. Susan Adler, Assistant to the Town Manager, Judith Marshall, a Town Meeting Member and President of the League of Women Voters and George Smith, Director of Public Health were recognized for their efforts thru the years. Mrs. Smith spoke on the history of the past five years one day household hazardous waste collection. There was a list of the household materials collected. It was noted that the League of Women Voters publicized the event, which included a townwide mailing which helped contribute to a large turnout. Also, there was a cooperative venture with the Town of Lincoln, which in the end did not mean a saving to each town of the hourly fee of the contractor, because of the longer time it took to process the number of participants. Mrs. Smith noted the reasons for the escalating costs of collection, and also that collection was needed. The Department of Environmental Management agreed with the Town for a more cost effective program. A Waste Management Task Force would be formed. A new house- hold hazardous waste collection program would be designed for fiscal year 1988. 10:41 p.m.