Decision on transfer station expected at Nov. 13 meeting


SALIBSURY — A committee charged with making a recommendation on a site for a new transfer station will likely issue its findings at its next meeting, Nov. 13.

Rod Lankler, who chairs the Luke-Fitting Advisory Committee, told members at an Oct. 30 meeting he would like to schedule an announcement of its recommendation to the Board of Selectmen next month.

First Selectman Curtis Rand signed two options Feb. 26 to purchase three parcels of land from the Luke and Fitting families on the western edge of town for possible use as a transfer station. The lease on the current site owned by The Hotchkiss School expires in 2020 and is not renewable.

The option to purchase the 17 acres of land and two homes cost $18,000 and gave the town the right-of-first-refusal to buy the properties for $2 million until Feb. 28, 2008.

In July, Rand signed another purchase option for another possible transfer station site. The nine-month option cost $500 for the right to buy about 25 acres of the nearby Lee property for $1.25 million. If the deal goes through, the Lees will donate almost 40 adjacent acres to the Salisbury Housing Trust for affordable housing.

The committee has spent the last several weeks discussing the pros and cons of both sites and reviewing engineering and environmental reports from Anchor Engineering, the firm hired to evaluate the two sites professionally.

The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Town Hall.

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