Board of Water Commissioners approves rate-study contract, plans June hearings.
Board of Water Commissioners · Meeting of May 27, 2026
WEST NEWBURY — Board of Water Commissioners greenlights Tighe & Bond rate study contract, schedules June public hearing. Chair Robert Janes led the unanimous approval of amended prior minutes and authorized immediate execution of the rate-study and master-plan agreement, with Water Superintendent Mark Marlowe to coordinate contract signature and delivery to Tighe & Bond. A legal notice for the June 15 public hearing on October 2026 water rates must be published in the Newburyport Daily News by Friday to meet the 14-day advance-notification requirement.
The board also voted to defer action on an Administrative Assistant job classification request until completion of an ongoing town classification study.
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Source: the Board of Water Commissioners meeting of May 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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