Weymouth Committee holds first reading of $500,000 bond ordinance for lead-line and sewer work

The Weymouth Township Committee held a first reading by title only Sept. 17 of Ordinance 620-2025, a bond ordinance appropriating $500,000 and authorizing the issuance of up to $500,000 in bonds or notes to pay soft costs and expenses related to replacing lead service water lines and constructing improvements to the sanitary sewer system. The projects are to be undertaken by the Weymouth Township Municipal Utilities Authority.

The ordinance text presented to the committee says the funds would cover soft costs and expenses associated with those infrastructure projects; committee members voted by roll call to carry out the ordinance’s first reading. The motion for the first reading was made by Committee member Norton and seconded by Committee member Keiffenheim; roll-call votes were recorded as Norton-yes, Keiffenheim-yes and Mayor Kenneth R. Haeser-yes.

The first reading was taken "by title only," meaning fuller detail and any public hearing would appear at a subsequent meeting or statutory hearing required before final adoption. No final adoption vote was recorded at the Sept. 17 meeting. The ordinance and the work it anticipates are described in the meeting record as being implemented by the Weymouth Township Municipal Utilities Authority, which would oversee the replacement of lead service connections and planned sanitary sewer improvements.

At the same meeting the committee accepted routine department reports and engineering updates that outlined near-term road projects and inspections; those items were approved separately from the bond ordinance first reading. The committee adjourned at 7:07 p.m.