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Town authorizes Board to negotiate PILOT for landfill solar project; residents raise revenue and land‑use questions
Summary
Town meeting authorized the Board of Selectmen to negotiate a payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes agreement with Tangent Development LLC for a proposed solar array at the landfill; the vote authorizes negotiations but not project construction.
Town meeting authorized the Board of Selectmen to negotiate a payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (PILOT) agreement with Tangent Development LLC for a solar array proposed at the landfill at 370 Winter Street.
The Board of Selectmen presented the motion under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 59, section 38HB. “This is to not to approve the solar array, this is to approve the board having the negotiations on the agreement about it,” the motion said. The article authorized the board to enter the PILOT agreement; it did not by itself approve construction…
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