Milton Board of Health Approves $62,524 Warrant, Sets Hauler Regulation Hearing for May

MILTON -- April 13, 2026, Milton Board of Health approves $62,524 warrant and advances draft hauler regulation overhaul. The board voted unanimously April 13 to approve a total invoice warrant of $62,524.20 covering G.W. Shaw's hauling bill of $56,394.90, mattress removals of $891, Earth Day expenses, electronics recycling, and 20 Orbis compost bins at $1,300 total. Town accountant Elizabeth Barth briefed the board on a solid waste enterprise fund projected at roughly positive $26,000 after April, a thin margin that led board members to note the program needs approximately $35,000 in net revenues over the final three months of fiscal year 2026 to avoid a deficit. The board also heard from sanitarian Rick on a draft set of hauler regulations modeled on rules adopted in Ashburnham, which would mandate bundled trash-and-recycling service from all eight licensed haulers and require annual tonnage reporting; Rick recommended extending the permit-application review window from 15 days to 30 days and giving haulers lead time before any effective date. A tentative public hearing is set for May 11, with a revised draft to be circulated by week's end. The board also unanimously approved Jeffrey F. Moon as Recycling Center Attendant 1 at a target start date of May 2.