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Votes at a glance: Blackstone Water & Sewer Commission, Feb. 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes taken by the Town of Blackstone Water & Sewer Commission on Feb. 13, 2025, including minutes approvals, procurement authorization for the Lincoln Street tank, a 2.7% CPI monitoring-fee increase for High Rocks/BMR, payment of a secretary invoice, and a motion to enter executive session.
The Town of Blackstone Water & Sewer Commission took these formal actions on Feb. 13, 2025:
- Approve minutes, Nov. 14, 2024: Motion to accept minutes made by Tom Devlin, seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: unanimous (Aye). Notes: routine acceptance of prior meeting minutes.
- Approve minutes, Jan. 9, 2025: Motion made by Tom Devlin, seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: 3 in favor, 1 abstention (Jake Stanley abstained on one set of minutes he was not present for). Notes: procedural; minutes forwarded to town clerk after acceptance.
- Lincoln Street tank: Motion to authorize Weston & Sampson to prepare specifications and put repainting and interior cleaning of the Lincoln Street tank out to bid. Moved by Tom Devlin; seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: unanimous (approved). Notes: procurement step; no contract awarded at this meeting.
- Monitoring fees (High Rocks and BMR): Motion to increase monitoring fees by the Consumer Price Index amount of 2.7% for the current year. Moved by Tom Devlin; seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: unanimous (approved). Notes: Commission applied the CPI increase going forward; retroactive billing and arrears remain under legal review.
- Payment: Secretary invoice for $60 (meeting minutes Jan. 9, 2025): Motion to pay made by Tom Devlin; seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: unanimous (approved).
- Executive session: Motion to enter executive session to discuss a situation on Saint Paul Street. Moved by Tom Devlin; seconded by Jake Stanley. Vote: unanimous (approved); commission recessed into executive session.
Ending: The commission made several routine procedural votes, authorized the tank procurement step and approved a CPI fee increase while deferring disputed arrears to town counsel.
