SAUGUS Vol. 27, No.2 Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe Here! C TE D O AT CAT -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, January 10, 2025 AN ASH ARGUMENT “We all need to cooperate” Board of Health chair calls on Win Waste innovations representatives to join in discussions of ash landfi ll closure By Mark E. Vogler B oard of Health Chair Maria Tamagna urged representatives of WIN Waste Innovations to participate in the proceedings of the Ash Landfi ll Closure Committee instead of avoiding discussion about a situation that’s inevitable. “I don’t think this would be a bad thing to be involved in,” Tamagna said at Monday’s Board of Health meeting after members of the committee presented their fi - nal report. “I think that the only way we could get anything done productively and in a good way is to have cooperation,” she said. “We all know that this is goDonald Musial, director of ash monofi lls for WIN Waste Innovations (left) listens to Peter Manoogian, chair of the Ash Landfi ll Closure Committee, explain why the company and town need to work together in planning future uses of the ash landfi ll near WIN Waste’s trash-to-energy plant on Route 107. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) ing to come to an end at some point, and we all need to cooperate. It’s not a witch hunt. We know this is going to happen. WIN knows it’s going to happen. It’s going to have to close,” she said. WIN declined to accept an invitation by the committee to participate as a nonvoting member in all four meetings that focused on the future closure of the ash landfi ll located near the company’s trash-to-energy plant on Route 107. Last year’s Annual Town Meeting created the committee with hopes that WIN would be involved in the discussions about the future of the ash landfi ll. A state Department of Environmental Health offi cial estimated last November that the landfi ll could last another four to fi ve more years. WIN offi cials have repeatedly refused to participate in discussions about the future of the ash landfi ll, maintaining that the committee has no right to suggest future plans for the use of their private property. Meanwhile WIN Waste offi - cials continue to point to an unoffi cial 3-2 vote by selectmen two years ago supporting a host community agreement that would allow the company to continue to use the ash landfi ll for 20 years in return for $20 million. “That vote means nothing,” Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta told the Board of Health at Monday’s meeting. “It doesn’t belong with the COOPERATE | SEE PAGE 2 MARCHETTI CORP. 46 Years of Excellence!! 1978-2024 aded $2.839 Reg $2 2 839 MidUnleaded $3.379 Super $3.479 Diesel Fuel $3.359 Hours: Monday thru Friday 6 AM to 7 PM / Saturdays 7 AM to 5 PM / Sundays 9 AM to 5 PM Kerosene Available! HEATING O L IL ULS $4.759 $3.24 9 DEF Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! 24-Hour Burner Service Open an account and order online at: FLEET Prices subject to change
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