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Selectmen discuss sewer-rate structure and reject homeowner abatement for lawn watering
Summary
The board and residents debated quarterly billing, minimum charges, and a new finance charge to repay a sewer upgrade. The board voted to reject a requested abatement after discussion of the town’s deduct‑meter policy and prior precedents.
The North Brookfield Board of Selectmen fielded an extended discussion on Sept. 23 about changes to sewer billing after a recent wastewater treatment upgrade and then voted to reject an individual abatement request.
Board members and residents spent much of the agenda item examining how the town will recover debt tied to a sewer‑system upgrade. Town officials said the sewer upgrade’s loan repayments were incorporated into bills as a fixed per‑user finance charge while operating rates per gallon over the usage minimum changed only slightly.
A resident urged the town to consider quarterly billing to ease large single bills for people on fixed incomes; several speakers — including members of the public and at least…
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