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Merger plan would expand Ludlow Electric board and consolidate water/sewer governance
Summary
Trustees and merger‑committee members described restructuring that would expand the Electric board to include town members plus two non‑voting representatives from neighboring towns and create a consolidated Water/Sewer board elected at town meeting; officials said electric and sewer costs remain borne by ratepayers.
Members of the merger committee and trustees said the Plan of Merger includes specific governance changes for municipal utilities. Merger-committee member Logan Nicoll described a proposed expansion of the Ludlow Electric Commission: five town members plus two non‑voting representatives proposed by Cavendish and Plymouth.
Logan Nicoll said the Village budget is separate from the Electric Company budget and that "the Electric Commissioners asked for the current 3‑member board to be increase to 5 residents of the town, plus 2 non‑voting members, one from Cavendish and one from Plymouth." He added the Water and Sewer functions would be consolidated into a single board of three members elected at the town meeting, with the option to expand to five members later.
