BOWDOINHAM

Bowdoinham Town Manager William Post will update residents Wednesday on the status of the town’s public works facility and Recycling Barn.

The informational meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Coombs Municipal Building.

Post will discuss the progress the town has made on the public works facility and recycling barn; and the recent history of both facilities. He will also talk about efforts to improve efficiency and safety at the Recycling Barn and to find a new location for the public works facility.

A task force began meeting in December 2011 to review and evaluate the Recycling Barn, current solid waste and recycling programs and facility options — and to consider program changes. It considered purchasing, repairing and continuing to use the current facilities, to construct a new town-owned facility and to completely privatize the recycling and solid waste programs.

Post told selectmen Monday that about 100 people attended a public meeting on the options and wanted the town to pursue buying the Recycling Barn on Post Road and making it more efficient.

They also wanted the town to find a new home for a public works facility so the current facility along the Cathance River can be moved off the waterfront.

Since that meeting Post has looked at several properties.

“I want to make sure I get that information to the public because we do have property that is intriguing and we’re pursing and checking out,” Post said Monday night during a Board of Selectmen meeting.

Depending on what happens with that property, there may be another public meeting in November, he said, “and then we’ll go from there.”

This meeting will also be broadcast online and can by found at bowdoinham.com by clicking on “View Meetings.”