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Select Board caps Boston Area Gleaners’ building permit fee at $6,000 to speed cold‑storage project

Acton Select Board · February 24, 2026
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Summary

Boston Area Gleaners requested a reduction of a roughly $20,403 building permit fee for a refrigerated storage project at 91 Martin St. Building commissioner Ed Mullen recommended a partial waiver (30–50%). The Select Board voted unanimously to cap the fee at $6,000 to help the nonprofit meet state funding timelines.

The Select Board voted unanimously on Feb. 23 to cap building permit fees at $6,000 for Boston Area Gleaners’ refrigerated storage project at 91 Martin Street, after the nonprofit said the portal calculated a permit fee of about $20,403.

Usha Chikhar,…

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