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Taunton mayor asks legislature to let city set a separate water rate for manufactured housing parks
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy · November 13, 2025
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Summary
Mayor Sean O'Connell and Taunton's city solicitor asked the committee to approve S2652, a home‑rule petition that would allow Taunton to set a municipal water rate for manufactured housing communities to address master‑meter inequities that push resident costs into higher billing tiers.
Taunton Mayor Sean O'Connell and the city solicitor told the Joint Committee that manufactured housing communities in Taunton are billed under a single master meter and therefore charged higher tier rates under the city’s three‑tier water schedule. The delegation asked the…
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