{"id":2038,"date":"2025-11-05T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:24:33","slug":"consider-joining-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"Consider Joining Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_2039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 576px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2039 size-full\" title=\"A map of the Otter Lake landfill facility\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/otter_lake_view_11_2025.jpg\" alt=\"A map of the Otter Lake landfill facility\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/otter_lake_view_11_2025.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/otter_lake_view_11_2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/otter_lake_view_11_2025-175x131.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Otter Lake landfill facility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Community Monitoring Committee, known as the CMC, has a vacancy for an HRM volunteer member for which HRM is now recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in the municipality\u2019s waste disposal operations at Otter Lake and would like to be part of the 10-member community monitoring group that keeps an eye on activities there, please consider applying.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the position and how to apply can be obtained here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/city-hall\/boards-committees\/volunteer\/community-monitoring-committee-volunteer-opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/city-hall\/boards-committees\/volunteer\/community-monitoring-committee-volunteer-opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Deadline for submissions is 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community Monitoring Committee, known as the CMC, has a vacancy for an HRM volunteer member for which HRM is now recruiting. If you are interested in the municipality\u2019s waste <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=2038\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-jtimms","4":"post-2038","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7oNTv-wS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":646,"url":"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=646","url_meta":{"origin":2038,"position":0},"title":"CMC&#8217;s position letter to HRM on status of  FEP,WSF","author":"Mary-Frances Lynch","date":"March 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Otter Lake Community Monitoring Committee (CMC) tells Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to leave the Otter Lake Front End Processor (FEP) \/ Waste Stabilization Facility (WSF) alone. 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