Building or buying bear-proof commercial dumpsters, drafting new code to regulate them and a push from some to kill bears who habitually feed at the landfill were among the topics discussed during Monday’s first Bear Task Force meeting.

Borough manager Debra Schnabel created the task force last fall after an increase in town bear activity. Dusty Trails tenant Larry Sweet was charged outside his apartment and bears also damaged people’s homes and other property. Haines…