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Weymouth adopts $500,000 bond to front lead water-line and sewer improvements
Summary
Weymouth Township Committee on Oct. 1 adopted Ordinance 620-2025, authorizing up to $500,000 in bonds or notes to advance soft costs for replacing lead service lines and sanitary sewer improvements; officials said the municipal utilities authority expects USDA funding for the $7 million project will reimburse the township.
Weymouth Township’s Committee voted unanimously Oct. 1 to adopt Ordinance 620-2025, a bond ordinance appropriating $500,000 and authorizing issuance of up to $500,000 in bonds or notes to cover soft costs associated with replacing lead service water lines and making sanitary sewer improvements.
The measure, introduced as part of the committee’s old-business agenda, was the subject of a brief public hearing. Henry Goldsmith, a member of the Weymouth Township Board of Education, asked what protections taxpayers would have under the ordinance and the related shared-service agreement. Mayor Kenneth R. Haeser responded that the Weymouth Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) already has a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan and grant for the larger, roughly $7,000,000 project, but those federal funds are not disbursed until the project is complete. "We are loaning the upfront costs to get the project started and will be repaid with the USDA funding," Haeser said.
The committee opened and closed the public hearing and then voted to adopt the ordinance by roll call (motion Norton/Keiffenheim; Norton-yes; Keiffenheim-yes; Haeser-yes). The ordinance specifies the funds will pay certain soft costs and expenses related to lead service line replacement and sanitary sewer improvements to be undertaken by the Weymouth Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
The adoption places the township in a lender role to provide interim financing so the MUA can begin work while awaiting USDA reimbursement. The ordinance text and the meeting record did not detail a repayment schedule, specific loan terms, or whether any township-backed security will be used; those details were not specified at the meeting.
The committee did not amend the ordinance at the Oct. 1 meeting. The MUA and township are expected to coordinate next steps; the ordinance record indicates the project is already planned as a larger, multi-million-dollar MUA undertaking.
