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Committee urges Select Board to adopt wastewater ordinance; committee seeks fee decision amid added $500,000 grant
Summary
Design is roughly 90% complete and an additional $500,000 in state transformation funds was reported; the committee asked the Select Board to adopt the draft ordinance and to decide a fee-schedule approach (scenarios: 0%, 50%, 100% local contribution), noting the grant funding sunsets Sept. 2026.
Committee representatives updated the Select Board on the village wastewater project: design work is near completion (about 90%) and the project recently received an additional $500,000 allocated from a state transformation fund. The committee recommended the Select Board adopt the draft ordinance at the board's next meeting and finalize a fee schedule; committee members provided three scenarios showing varying residential contributions (0%, 50%, 100%) based on a $250,000 example property.
The committee noted that the additional state funds are scheduled to "sunset in September 2026," and urged timely action to keep the project on schedule. Board members debated whether the fee amount should be embedded in the ordinance or kept separate so the Select Board could modify fees without a 60-day readoption process. No final fee decision was recorded; the committee requested the Select Board consider the options and indicated outreach and a connection-application process will follow once parameters are set.
