Uxbridge Select Board adopts Tabor Road layout, refers Duly Lane, approves Clean Water Trust financing and routine licenses

The Town of Uxbridge Select Board on Sept. 8 adopted a series of routine and substantive measures, including accepting the order of layout for Tabor Road, approving the intent to lay out Duly Lane and accepting the terms of a Massachusetts Clean Water Trust financing agreement for a water treatment project.

Selectman Brian Plasco moved to adopt the order of layout for Tabor Road after planning staff reported required drainage work and paperwork were complete and the planning board recommended approval. The motion carried on a roll-call vote with Selectmen Plasco, McMillan, Butler, Wise and Glasgow recorded as voting yes.

The board opened and closed a second public hearing on the intent to lay out Duly Lane and voted to refer the matter to the planning board for a recommendation to be included on the fall town meeting warrant. Planning staff said surveys and right-of-way work are complete and that legal staff are preparing deeds where ownership is unclear; minimal grading work remains. The motion to approve the intent to lay out Duly Lane and refer it to the planning board passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.

The board also accepted the terms of a financing arrangement with the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust to support construction of a water treatment project. A reading of the financing vote stated that “the town shall issue a bond or bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $19,500,000,” and that interim notes, electronic signatures and related financing agreements with the Department of Environmental Protection may be used; the Select Board subsequently voted to approve the financing terms and to authorize town officers to execute necessary documents.

Other items on the agenda included approval of a common victualler license for prepared foods at the new Big Y supermarket at 242 South Main Street; appointments to local boards; declaration of a Council on Aging vehicle as surplus for auction; and acceptance of a $1,000 donation from the Uxbridge Knights of Columbus to the Town Scholarship Fund in memory of Peter J. Lynch. Each of those motions was moved and approved by roll call.

During Citizens Forum, Luke Gervais of 11 Johnson Road raised safety concerns about neighborhood streets that will serve as detours for work on Route 98, noting narrow, winding roads and limited sidewalks. “My concern is the safety of the residents…those roads were never intended to see the type of traffic they’re gonna be seeing from Route 98,” Gervais said. The chair said he would contact the police chief and the Department of Public Works about signage and possibly an electronic message board.

The Select Board set the fall annual town meeting for Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. and voted to place the proposed articles on the warrant and direct the constable to post it. The board approved the meeting minutes from Aug. 25, 2025 and adjourned; the next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the meeting packet and approved by roll call): • Adopt order of layout for Tabor Road — passed (unanimous) • Approve intent to lay out Duly Lane and refer to planning board — passed (unanimous) • Accept Clean Water Trust financing terms (authorize bonds/notes up to $19,500,000) — passed (unanimous) • Approve common victualler license for Big Y, 242 South Main St. — passed (unanimous) • Appoint Kate Marshall to Historic Commission (alternate through 2028) — passed (unanimous) • Appoint Gene Hackathon to Cable Advisory Committee (through 06/30/2028) — passed (unanimous) • Declare Council on Aging vehicle surplus — passed (unanimous) • Accept $1,000 Knights of Columbus donation to Town Scholarship Fund — passed (unanimous) • Approve meeting minutes (08/25/2025) — passed (unanimous)

The board’s packet and the official meeting record contain the full text of votes and the financing language approved for the Clean Water Trust transaction.