By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — Selectman Phyllis Hull wants residents to talk trash at the next meeting of the Board of Selectmen.

At a meeting this week, Hull asked the board to schedule an agenda item for their Oct. 27 meeting for a public discussion of a specific trash-related issue. She said that dwellings with six or more apartments are required to have Dumpsters for trash, but some are getting their trash picked up in barrels by the town trash collection.

“We are paying for that,” Hull said.

Town administrator Stephen P. Maio said that some non-residential properties may have been grandfathered for trash removal. He added that buildings that once had four or fewer apartments may have quietly been increased over the years to six or more units without pulling building permits. It’s possible that some of those buildings could be getting trash picked up by the town even though they shouldn’t, Maio said.

Selectman Betsy Sheeran asked Maio if he could get a list of those buildings in town that don’t have dumpsters.

Hull had suggested a public hearing at the next meeting for the trash/Dumpster discussion, but Town Counsel Thomas Mullen didn’t think that the formality of a public hearing was necessary. Instead, he suggested a regular agenda item and allowing the public to speak.

“You are always free to have the chair entertain participation by the public,” Mullen advised.

Hull reminded the board that she was one of the people who stood up at last May’s Annual Town Meeting and opposed the town’s plans to move to an automated trash collection system. She maintained that many other people also opposed the automated system but they failed to show up when they had a chance to defeat it at Town Meeting.

“They got what they deserved,” Hull said, adding, “Unfortunately, I got what I didn’t deserve.”

Hull recognized that automated collection was a settled matter, but she saw the new system as an opportunity to address the longstanding issue of apartment buildings with more than six units that are getting town trash collection when they should have dumpsters instead.

The board agreed to put the matter on their meeting agenda for the Monday, October 27 meeting.

Hull wanted to again stress that people didn’t show up the last time they had a chance to address trash collection in Wakefield. She strongly urged them to take advantage of the chance to be heard the next selectmen’s meeting.

The selectmen meet at the WCAT studios in the rear of the High School.

Regular Town Meeting Articles

The selectmen approved the 13-article warrant for the Nov. 17, 2014 Regular Town Meeting.

Under Article 1, Town Meeting will hear Maio’s report on the FY 2014 budget.

Articles 2, 3 and 4 relate to Police and Fire Department collective bargaining contracts. Maio told the board that all of the contracts are close to settlements. If any remain unsettled by Town Meeting, they will be indefinitely postponed.

Article 5 will seek to authorize the assessors to use $350,000 from Free Cash to balance the town budget.

Article 6 would authorize the selectmen to petition the legislature to enact special legislation that will facilitate a land swap between the town and Elijah Anjim of properties in the area of Stark Avenue.

Article 7 relates to a feasibility study concerning the possible repair, renovation or replacement of the Wakefield Memorial High School Building on Farm Street.

Article 8 relates to raising funds for an expansion of Forest Glade Cemetery.

Article 9 relates to appropriating funds for an adaptive traffic light control system for the five traffic lights along the Salem Street corridor between the north-bound on/off-ramp at Exit 42 on Salem Street and the south bound on/off ramp at Exit 42 on Audubon Road.

Article 10 would appropriate funds to upgrade the town’s core IT network systems.

Article 11 would set aside and put in reserve a sum of money designated for future collective bargaining contracts. The money could only be used after Town Meeting approval of such agreements.

Article 12 is a citizens’ petition to limit the height of any building in the Assisted living overlay district to a maximum of 30 feet.

Under Article 13, Town Meeting will be asked to hear and accept a report of progress on the new Galvin Middle School from the Permanent Building Committee.

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In other business this week, the Board of Selectmen:

• Approved a request from Maio to transfer $1 million from the General Fund to the Debt Service Capital Needs Account.

• Appointed Tracy J. Vincent to the Commission on Disabilities.

• Approved a request from Maureen Gallaher, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress to accept a donation of up to $1,000 for a tree-planting or bench with a plaque along the Buddy Walk route.

• Referred to the Planning Board for a public hearing a citizens’ petition for an amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to limit the height of buildings within the Assisted living Overlay District to 30 feet.

• Approved a request from John Cadman of Wakefield Auto Repair for a Class II used car dealer’s license.

• Approved a request from the Event Planning Committee to conduct the Holiday Stroll on Saturday, December 6, 2014, between the hours of 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Actual event time is 2:45 P.M., with the start of the Parade at the Civic Center.) The board also approved a related request to close Main Street to vehicular traffic from Yale Avenue to Richardson Avenue/Lincoln St., and to close Albion Street to vehicular traffic from Main Street to North Avenue. The Committee will meet with the Town’s logistics team as required prior to the event to ensure vehicular and pedestrian safety.