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MINUTES
Water and Sewer Abatement Board
February 8, 2024
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Conducted by Remote Participation*
8:00 am Call meeting to order
Status Report of Abatement Requests;
1840 MASSACHUSETTS AVE APPROVED MULTI LEAKS
22 BRENT ROAD APPROVED TOILET LEAK
12 LOCKE LANE APPROVED TOILET LEAK
41 DRUMMER BOY WAY APPROVED TOILET LEAK
79 ADAMS STREET APPROVED TOILET LEAK
33 CONSTITUTION ROAD APPROVED BROKEN SPIGOT
24 OAKLAND STREET DENIED NO LEAK DETECED, CONSISTENT USAGE
APPROVED SEWER ABATEMENT – HAD SEPTIC FOR 30
44 MORELAND AVE YEARS
APPROVED SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN BILLED – FIRE
45 BEDFORD STREET STATION TRUCK FILL
288 LOWELL STREET APPROVED REMOVAL OF WATER/SEWER LIEN
Disputed from last meeting;
31 MIDDLEBY ROAD – APPROVED AS IRRIGATION ON DOMESTIC – CUSTOMER ORIGINALLY
SUBMITTED FOR LEAK ABATMENT BUT DIDN’T HAVE LEAK
DISCUSSED ABATEMENT FOR 49 DEXTER ROAD. PROPERTY RECEIVED HIGH BILL DUE TO
CLERICAL ERROR ON DPW’S PART 20+ YEARS AGO. TOWN STAFF CLAIMED PROPERTY HAD A
DOMESTIC WELL AND INACTIVED METERED SERVICE – WELL WAS ACTUALLY FOR IRRIGATION
UPON INVESTIGATION BY CURRENT STAFF. METER WAS REPLACED DURING AMI PROJECT AND
HAD 199CCF OF USAGE. BECAUSE METERED SERVICE WAS INACTIVE, THE NEW METER HADN’T
BEEN BILLED EITHER UNTIL 3 BILL CYCLES AFTER REPLACEMENT. WSAB APPROVED TO ABATE
THE 199CCF OF USAGE ON OLD METER AND APPROVED TO BILL 117CCF ON NEW METER AT
TIER 1 RATE ONLY
Review for approval draft minutes of the 1/4/24 meeting – APPROVED
SET MEXT MEETING DATE FOR 3/7/24 AS NEEDED
Adjourn
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