Committee weighs Quonset-hut repairs and covered storage to protect recycling revenue

The transfer-station and recycling storage came up as a distinct topic when DPW noted that wet cardboard and aluminum cans reduce recycling revenue. Staff proposed concrete-block walls with a simple metal roof to separate and protect cardboard and can storage; an earlier Quonset-hut estimate of roughly $90,000 was mentioned and flagged as possibly high.

"The cardboard is gonna be under cover because it can't be wet because they take money off for the weight," a DPW speaker said when explaining the revenue impact of wet recyclables (Agency official, SEG 2523–2525). Committee members discussed a phased approach—building separate covered areas for aluminum and cardboard—using existing pad and blocks to keep costs down. Members asked staff to return with updated quotes and a list of potential funding sources (CRF, general fund) and to identify immediate low-cost fixes that would preserve current commodity revenue.