Water bureau seeks school board OK for Eversource easement at Regan Elementary pump station
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Summary
The Bureau of Water asked the board to approve an easement across Regan Elementary property to allow Eversource access to a new transformer serving a recently constructed pump station; bureau staff said the transformer is new, the change was made for safety reasons and approval is needed because the land lies on school property.
The Waterbury Bureau of Water asked the Board of Education for approval of an easement on school property to allow Eversource Energy access to a transformer serving a new pump station near Regan Elementary.
"The transformer's brand new," Bradley Mille, superintendent of water, told the board and said the transformer location was adjusted "in an effort to increase the safety" after on-site engineering review. Mille said the pump station supplies the neighborhood and the Blackman Tank north of Reagan and that Eversource requires the easement to access the transformer for maintenance.
Board members pressed on timing and why the need arose late in the project schedule; Mille said construction actually began earlier in the year and that prior delays (ARPA funding, COVID) had pushed the timeline, making the current request time-sensitive because internal testing and pump commissioning require electrical hookup. Board members signaled they expected no objection to granting the easement at the upcoming vote.
Earlier in the meeting the board voted to add the easement item to the formal agenda for consideration next week after Commissioner Lopez moved to add the item and the motion carried.
