Wayland Town Crier 4/13/11: Sudbury rejects plans to merge transfer station with Wayland. The Sudbury Board of Selectmen Tuesday determined that the minimal cost savings to merge the transfer station with Wayland would not be worth what Sudbury would lose in terms of quality. By a 2-0 vote, with Chairman John Drobinski absent, the board decided to end the eight-month experiment, effective July 1, and possibly sooner if Wayland agrees. Last September, Wayland and Sudbury instituted a joint pilot project, with the intent to save money, allowing residents from both towns to use the transfer station in either town on different days. The stations are located within a quarter of a mile of each other. There were some surprises. Wayland commingles its recycled items. In Sudbury, they must be sorted. Bulky waste also differed. Sudbury charges $32 per cubic yard for bulky waste for items such as carpeting, furniture, building debris, tires, and refrigerators. Wayland has a one-time fee of $40 for bulky items. Wayland residents also liked the quality of items they found at Sudbury’s Put & Take. Sudbury also gives a senior discount; Wayland does not.

Wayland Patch 3/31/11: Regional Dispatch Center Feasibility Study Moves Forward. The Sudbury Police Department this week announced that a Pennsylvania company has been unanimously chosen to finish a study on the feasibility of combining dispatch functions for Sudbury, Wayland, Weston, Acton, Boxborough, Concord and Lincoln.

Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Sudbury picks firm for multi-town dispatch center feasibility study. L.R. Kimball of Ebensburg, Pa., has been selected to complete the feasibility study for a regional dispatch center for police and fire in Sudbury, Wayland, Lincoln, Weston, Acton, Concord, Maynard and Boxborough. Kimball is a professional services firm that provides project design and planning in architecture, civil and environmental engineering and communication technology services. The work will be paid for with a $150,000 grant Sudbury received from the State Emergency Telecommunications Board.

Wayland Town Crier 1/21/11: Future of transfer station collaboration uncertain. After an unsuccessful attempt to handle both Wayland and Sudbury residents at the Wayland Transfer…

Wayland Town Crier 11/24/10p: Towns to test traffic before consolidating transfer stations. Sudbury and Wayland officials have proposed closing the Sudbury transfer station two Saturdays in December to test another element of criteria before consolidating the two stations, Sudbury Town Manager Maureen Valente said at the selectmen’s meeting Monday evening. “Valente and Wayland Town Administrator Fred Turkington discussed closing Sudbury’s Transfer Station for two consecutive Saturdays to see if one location can handle the traffic,” said Sudbury Board of Selectmen Chairman John Drobinski. Because both towns want to reduce the cost of municipal services by sharing and improved cooperation, they implemented the transfer station pilot project Sept. 28. The pilot program allows residents of either town to use the transfer station in Wayland on Tuesdays and in Sudbury on Thursdays. Currently, residents of each town continue to use their own transfer station on Saturdays. If the transfer station pilot project proves beneficial, Sudbury and Wayland could each save between $40,000 and $60,000 annually.

Wayland Town Crier 11/23/10: Joint meeting with Wayland and Sudbury boards of selectmen. The Sudbury Board of Selectmen recently discussed the proposed agenda for a joint meeting with the Wayland Board of Selectmen, scheduled for Thursday, December 2 at Grange Hall in Sudbury beginning at 7pm with a social time and light dinner. The meeting is open to the public. At 7:40pm, the boards will convene to provide progress reports on collaboration efforts, including the transfer station pilot program; the shared recreation director and opportunities for further collaboration on staff and programs; regional telecommunications and police lockup facilities grant applications; G4, in which the school districts of Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury and Wayland are working to find ways to collaborate and/or consolidate key operations to save money or improve services; and Wayland's non-educational services delivery study. Also on the agenda, the boards will review and discuss major capital projects, potential areas for collaboration and legislative items.

Wayland Town Crier 11/17/10: School districts work on collaboration plans. The "G4" Working Group, comprised of the school districts of Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury, Sudbury and Wayland, has been working to find ways for the districts to collaborate and/or consolidate their key operations in an effort to save money or improve services.