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Town of Lunenburg 
 
GREEN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE 
Lunenburg, MA 01462 
 
 
 
 
David Blatt, Chair  
David Passios, Vice Chair 
Kim Duffy, Clerk 
Matt Snyder, Member 
Chris Holden, Member 
 
Meeting Minutes 
GREEN COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE 
 Monday, August 19, 2024 6:30pm 
Zoom (Virtual) Meeting 
 
Attendance: 
 Members Present (Virtually via Zoom): David Blatt, David Passios, Kim Duffy, Chris Holden 
 
Call to Order: 6:33 pm 
Agenda Discussion 
Review and Approve 
Pending Meeting Minutes 
Meeting minutes from July 15, 2024 approved by 4-0 roll-call vote (David 
Passios, Chris Holden, Kim Duffy, David Blatt). 
 
Public Comment Tyler Proteau (84 Robbs Hill Road) presents Styrofoam improvement proposal 
plan via slide deck. Current recycling issues (provided by Harvey). Harvey 
separates waste, unknown final location of expanded polystyrene (styrofoam). 
35% of landfills are Styrofoam. Possible improvement (Federal, state, local 
funding possible, more research needed. 100k state funding likely eligible): 
Create styrofoam collection points to recycle styrofoam. Requires community 
education/outreach. 
 
David Blatt: What is the collection point? 
Tyler: Could be large bins, or a drop-off point at school, public safety building. 
Chris: Would we use the town trash bags for these? 
Tyler: Different bags, or just the materials 
David Blatt: Would we bring it to the recycling company, or would they pick it 
up? 
Tyler: Likely bring it, unless grant available 
Kim Duffy: Concerns include creating large enough scale for citizens to use, 
reliable company that ensures recycling. Home-compostable materials vs facility-
compostable materials for utensils, etc. 
Dave Passios: Where is the closest facility? 
Tyler: Worcester, MA or Leicester, MA 
Dave Blatt: Previously the town had a cardboard dumpster that kept the materials 
from blowing away. Also interested in large scale, pickup at a location for 
styrofoam recycling. 
Dave Passios: Recommends finding a successfully implemented styrofoam 
recycling plan in another town or contact Hannaford or other local business 
 
Fall Grant Process Pump stations have a ROI too long for incentives (>100 years) 
Refrigeration units (Elementary, High, Turkey Hill): < 3 year ROI, but only $11k  
2 Police Hybrid cruisers ($10k) 
Facilities Training ($10k) 
 
Chris Holden: Is there a committee that can require projects to retrieve funding if 
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eligible? 
Dave Passios: Capital Planning 
David Blatt: School Committee 
 
For heat pumps/mini splits for schools-- 
Needs: 
1. Decision/commitment from town on how we want the heat pumps to 
work (heating and cooling, just cooling?) If aligns with program, then 
Kelly from GCC can help. $225k possible. 
2. Company name that did energy assessment 
3. Weatherization assessment 
4. Energy savings data for heating 
5. Utility incentives (they might have control preferences) - they could 
have cooling and heating incentives 
 
Conclusion: Will apply for Fall grant program with smaller projects for 2024 
 
Kim to create an info sheet for what is needed for projects. Draft, review with 
Kelly. 
 
Outreach program to 
increase community 
awareness 
Green Communities Committee Facebook Page informational posts on-going. 
Committee background, streetlight background, sustainability events, MassSave 
programs, federal rebates. 
• July Posts: rain barrels [Post Reach: 114] 
• Upcoming posts: Energy Meter for energy pull and phantom power, 
Savings from LED lights project 
 
Timeline for next meeting To meet first Monday of each month. Next: Early September 2024 6:30pm 
 
 
Meeting called to adjourn by David Blatt, Dave Passios seconds. 
 
Meeting Adjourned: 7:39 pm