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Charlton Water & Sewer Commission approves warrants, budget updates and multiple service actions
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Town of Charlton Water and Sewer Commission approved minutes and warrants totaling $85,805.96, updated the water enterprise fund budget and voted on multiple service requests, surplus declarations and contracts.
The Town of Charlton Water and Sewer Commission voted on a series of routine and project-specific items at its April 9, 2025 meeting, approving minutes and warrants, updating the water enterprise fund budget and approving service connections and surplus declarations.
The commission approved the minutes of March 5, 2025, and voted to pay warrants totaling $85,805.96. Commissioners present — Mister Gagner, Mister Cantwell and Mister Jennings — recorded aye votes for those items during roll-call votes.
Commissioners also approved an updated water enterprise fund budget that had been prepared with figures from town staff. The record shows the budget update was submitted for re-approval by Ashley (staff) and accepted by the commission.
The board approved several vendor- and service-related actions: - RSI (RSI Construction) was authorized to install backflow prevention devices at two homes on Stevens Park Road under a quoted price of $9,000; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all three commissioners voting aye. - A contract for generator maintenance was approved after commissioners reviewed three quotes: Premier Solutions ($4,282), FM Generator ($4,625, including an additional minor preventive maintenance visit), and a nonresponsive quote from Hilltop. The motion and roll-call vote appear in the transcript; the motion language recorded in the meeting did not specify the contract amount selected in the board’s spoken record. - Veolia was authorized to list surplus pumps, piping and other equipment from the RAS/WAS project on a municipal auction site; the motion passed by roll-call vote. - The commission also voted to surplus old chemical storage tanks and transfer them to another municipality; that motion passed on roll-call vote.
On service connections and property matters, the commission: - Approved a sewer connection for property referenced as Map 12 B A 18 (Glen Echo Shore Road). The motion passed on a roll-call vote. - Approved a water connection for Boston Outdoor Living at 220 Sturbridge Road (Map 31, Block C, Lot 6); the motion passed on a roll-call vote. - Voted not to exercise the commission’s right of first refusal on Map 10, Block C, Lot 2 (Saint Mark Orthodox Church subdivision). The motion passed on a roll-call vote; commissioners noted the matter will also go before the selectmen.
The commission approved a staff action to prepare and mail a notice about meter tampering and associated fines. Commissioners discussed comparable penalties in neighboring towns (Sturbridge cited at $500) and informally favored a $1,000 fine and a quarter‑year grace period for voluntary corrections; the formal motion approved Vinnie and Cheryl drafting the letter and the fine structure was left to be finalized in that draft.
Other procedural items on the record: the board approved a motion to correct two deduct accounts from a prior quarter, took a vote to adjourn, and set its next regular meeting for May 7, 2025.
Votes were taken by roll-call with Mister Gagner, Mister Cantwell and Mister Jennings recorded as voting "Aye" on the motions listed above. Where the transcript shows a motion maker or seconder, that name is recorded in the action log below. The meeting record contains additional operational details reported by Veolia staff in a separate discussion (see related article).
