Select Board agenda features wastewater loan vote, water rate hearing; committee minutes still pending
Decisions from a series of late-June town government meetings remain unavailable as official minutes have not yet been published. Agendas, however, outlined several consequential items affecting town finances, land use, and public services. The Select Board’s June 30 meeting—scheduled to include votes on a wastewater treatment plant loan and a public hearing on water and sewer rates—drew a wide range of other business onto a single night’s docket.
Select Board
The board was set to vote on loan documents for the wastewater treatment plant and to hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on water and sewer rates. Members also planned to discuss a potential payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for a commercial solar project at 12 Elm Street. Other agenda items included a request from the Old Mill Inn to change its alcohol service hours to 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday, and several appointments to town bodies: the Opioid Task Force, the 2040 Implementation Committee, the Affordable Housing Trust, and the Deficit Reduction Committee. The board further anticipated entering executive session for litigation and union negotiations.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee met jointly with the Select Board on June 30 to review end-of-year budget transfers and water and sewer rates. The committee then adjourned to attend the Annual Town Meeting. No additional items appeared on its agenda.
School Committee
On June 29, the School Committee held a virtual meeting with a vote-heavy agenda. Members were set to vote on internal committee appointments, budget transfers recommended by the Finance Subcommittee, the authorization of a band field trip, and the hire of a new district nurse. Adoption of the 2026‑2027 meeting schedule was also scheduled. The committee’s Finance Subcommittee met separately the same day to review the 2025‑2026 budget transfers.
Agricultural Advisory Commission
The Agricultural Advisory Commission met June 23 to discuss the status of the town’s mapping system and the completion of the Right to Farm signage and farm stand map projects. Members also coordinated their participation in a PVPC planning workshop held June 30 at Smith Academy Park.
Recreation Commission
The Recreation Commission’s June 25 meeting was dedicated to a continuing discussion of the Recreation Committee Coordinator position. No other substantive business was listed.
Opioid Settlement Funds Task Force
The Opioid Settlement Funding Task Force gathered June 26 to debrief a recent Chris Herren event and to plan future support groups and programming. Members also discussed the budget and potential activities for upcoming fund allocation.
Coming up
As of July 5, no public meetings are scheduled within the next 14 days.
Generated from official meeting agendas and minutes — every underlying document is linked from the city page. Read the primary source before you rely on a detail.