Resident fined and suspended from transfer station after after-hours dumping, official says

Town staff told the commission they issued a $125 fine to a resident who entered the transfer station after closing, dumped material and later contested the citation. The director said the incident was captured on video and that staff followed standard enforcement steps: “We sent a policeman after her,” the director said during the meeting.

After the resident complained and threatened to involve an attorney, staff responded that the fine would not be rescinded and that the resident’s privilege to use the transfer station was suspended until payment. Commissioners said such enforcement steps are rare but necessary to deter after-hours dumping and contamination.