Facilities Management: More research needed on single-stream

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Dennis Grant, supervisor of recycling and the University of Maine Depot Recycling and Redemption Center with Facilities Management, said Tuesday that the proposal for single-stream recycling has not been studied enough to warrant his approval. Grant was at General Student Senate to answer questions from senators about the proposal.

Gregory Edwards, Green Team president, spoke to senate in support of the recycling system at the Feb. 2 GSS meeting.

“I’ve talked with Greg Edwards,” Grant said. “We had some points we agreed with, and some we didn’t.”

After Edwards’ presentation earlier this month, some senators had concerns about how campus jobs would be affected if single-stream were implemented.

Grant said he couldn’t guess what jobs, if any, would be affected if the system were implemented, but that it would most likely affect the 10-12 part-time student jobs.

“That’s why we’re fighting it,” Grant said.

“Facilities Management has always done the recycling program,” Grant said. “We’ve been in business for 20 years. Recently, Properties Management started their own program, and have gone in a different direction than we’re going.”

Gordon Nelson, who heads the department of Properties Management, was scheduled to speak at senate as well but did not attend. Edwards said he had been working with Properties Management to establish the single-stream pilot program that will be implemented in the Hilltop complex during spring break.

In other GSS business:

• Senate Parliamentarian Ryan Gavin gave a presentation on parliamentary procedure and the rules and structure of Student Government Inc. “If we don’t follow the rules, employees can sue us. We could lose university funding, and then everything we work for is gone. So it’s important to follow the rules,” Gavin said.

• Sen. Caleb Rosser moved to allocate $1,610 to Nordic Ski Team. The motion passed without objection.

• Sen. Ben Goodman moved to instruct Vice President Nyssa Gatcombe to purchase an American flag for display during senate meetings. Sen. Zachary Knox amended the motion to instruct Gatcombe also to purchase a Maine state flag. Sen. Gavin amended the motion to include gold tassels on the Maine flag. The amended motion passed without objection.

• After a recess for parliamentary inquiry, Sen. Christopher Knoblock introduced a motion to allocate $720 to Alpine Ski club for race fees. The motion passed without objection.

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