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Committee presses for economic model and funding briefing from MassDevelopment
Summary
Committee members emphasized that a credible economic model is essential before presenting to town meeting; they asked staff to invite Rob Anderson of MassDevelopment to explain funding options and to gather regional examples for comparison.
Committee members stressed that an economic case will be critical to sell any wastewater plan to town meeting voters. Members described the need for revenue and betterment calculations, debt‑service modeling, operating cost estimates and a projection of how many customers would connect and what revenues would be generated.
The Chair asked staff to invite Rob Anderson at MassDevelopment to brief the committee on potential funding sources and economic models. Members also discussed examining publicly available studies from other towns (Harwich, Sudbury, Westborough were cited) to adapt assumptions and to populate a local economic model the committee can present at a future meeting.
