Sherborn Board OKs Revised Permit Fee Schedule for Public Hearing; Sets New Fees and Hourly Rate
Summary
The board voted to publicize a revised fee schedule (public hearing March 4) that raises some fees (replacement well $500, seasonal food service $250) and sets an environmental health hourly rate of $80.85; plan revision fees were left unchanged.
The Sherborn Board of Health voted on Feb. 11 to publicize a revised permit fee schedule and set a public hearing for March 4, 2026. BOH Administrator Sarah Lapin presented the proposed changes and the rationale: a new/replacement well fee would rise to $500 while well-repair would decrease to $210; soil testing would increase to $370; D-box replacement to $140; tank repair and replacement to $290. Lapin said seasonal food-service establishments would move from a $50 fee to $250 because those operations typically require one or more on-site inspections.
Lapin described how staff estimated an environmental-health hourly rate of $80.85 based on personnel costs, operating budgets and work hours and explained that plan-revision fees would remain at their current levels because the board felt those fees reflected staff time. The motion to approve the fee schedule as revised for the purposes of publicizing a public hearing passed unanimously (5–0). The public hearing was scheduled for the board's March 4 meeting.
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