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Lakeville voters approve town-controlled water system, enterprise fund and collection rules
Summary
At a Nov. 30 special town meeting, Lakeville voters authorized the town to establish its own water supply and distribution system, name the board of selectmen as temporary water commissioners, create a water enterprise fund and transfer $650,000 into that fund; they also approved state collection provisions for water charges.
Lakeville — Voters at a Nov. 30 special town meeting approved several steps to move the town toward operating its own water system, voting to establish a municipal water supply and distribution system, to have the board of selectmen act temporarily as water commissioners, to create a water enterprise fund and to accept statutory collection methods for water charges.
The meeting approved three related warrant articles: Article 6, which established the water supply and authorized the selectmen to act as water commissioners (passed by a majority, 129–33); Article 7, which accepted chapter 44, section 53F½ and transferred $650,000 from the water infrastructure stabilization fund into a newly created water enterprise fund and set the fund's FY2010 budget (passed by the required two-thirds, 114–25); and Article 8, which accepted Massachusetts General Laws chapter 40, sections 42A–42F (methods for collecting water charges) and passed by majority vote.
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