Sewer Commission 05/14/2026

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You can learn a lot about a town by listening to how it runs the systems nobody sees. We start the night with the nuts and bolts of public governance: reorganizing the Board of Sewer Commissioners, approving minutes, and moving straight into the superintendent’s report where the real work lives. We talk new sewer connections, pump station cleanup, no-dumping signage, and a resident complaint that turns into a plan for a chain link fence across a sewer easement with a maintenance gate so we can still get equipment where it needs to go.

From there, it’s budgets and projects. We review the FY27 sewer budget and what it takes to defend an enterprise fund plan at annual town meeting. We run through active infrastructure items like manhole lining, subdivision testing for gravity sewer deflection and low-pressure lines, developer coordination and permits, and the Route 44 pump control upgrade with new PLC and VFD equipment to replace obsolete gear that caused failures. We also cover how road resurfacing impacts our assets, including manhole frame and cover work timed to paving schedules.

Then we shift into a public hiring decision with real stakes. We interview two finalists for sewer superintendent and dig into collections system operations, plan review, GIS mapping, contractor oversight, payroll and union step schedules, and the hardest unknown of all: getting clear answers from Taunton on treatment plant upgrades and cost sharing. After deliberation, we take a roll call vote and select Kylie Breedy as our next superintendent. If you care about municipal infrastructure, wastewater collections, and how local government makes high-impact decisions, listen through to the vote and tell us what you would prioritize first. Subscribe, share this with a neighbor, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.