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The Select Board unanimously approved a Sustainable Purchasing Policy aimed at reducing waste and environmental impacts. Officials also reported that planned development could raise annual sewer flows from about 320 million gallons to approximately 340 million gallons, nearing the system’s 365-million-gallon annual allocation.
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The new purchasing policy directs the Town to consider reuse, recycling, resource conservation, environmental impacts, and value when buying goods and services. Sewer capacity remains a planning constraint: several proposed projects could use much of Whitman’s remaining allocation, and additional large developments may require further capacity. The Board also approved a junk dealer’s license subject to required fees and inspections and postponed changes to the Town Hall auditorium usage policy pending further review.
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