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August 12, 2025
2 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda
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Attendance
Present: Dean Nicastro, Jeffrey Dykens, Stuart Smith, Shareen Davis, Cory Metters
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
A. Consider amendments to the Water Rules and Regulations Article VI.15.b.ii (fines)
That the Select Board, acting as Water and Sewer Commissioners, adopt the recommendations of the staff as voted by the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee and; That the Town of Chatham Water...
That the Select Board, acting as Water and Sewer Commissioners, adopt the recommendations of the staff as voted by the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee and; That the Town of Chatham Water Department rules and regulations, Article VI, section 15, B2 be amended to include the revised penalty language outlined in italics of the staff report and also; No sooner than the start of the second summer quarter of 2025, households with irrigation systems but without a separate irrigation meter be billed based on an estimated usage split of 80% of total water consumption billed at the higher irrigation rate and 20% at the standard household rate once the Town has the capability to implement such a billing; With the modification that in the second paragraph of the proposed regulations1, after the words “water department,” the word “be” be inserted; in the second paragraph that the phrase “on or after August 13, 2025” be inserted; after the second line after the parenthesis insert a comma before the words “a fine”; and that in the third paragraph, second line at the end of the word “bylaw” that the word “regulation” be substituted for the word “bylaw”
From the minutes
“Mr. Nicastro made a motion that the Select Board, acting as Water and Sewer Commissioners, adopt the recommendations of the staff as voted by the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee and; That the Town of Chatham Water Department rules and regulations, Article VI, section 15, B2 be amended to include the revised penalty language outlined in italics of the staff report and also; No sooner than the start of the second summer quarter of 2025, households with irrigation systems but without a separate irrigation meter be billed based on an estimated usage split of 80% of total water consumption billed at the higher irrigation rate and 20% at the standard household rate once the Town has the capability to implement such a billing; With the modification that in the second paragraph of the proposed regulations1, after the words “water department,” the word “be” be inserted; in the second paragraph that the phrase “on or after August 13, 2025” be inserted; after the second line after the parenthesis insert a comma before the words “a fine”; and that in the third paragraph, second line at the end of the word “bylaw” that the word “regulation” be substituted for the word “bylaw”. Second: Ms. Davis Roll Call Shareen Davis: yes Jeffrey Dykens: yes Town of Chatham Rules and Regulations of the Water Department (link to PDF) Cory Metters: yes Stuart Smith: yes Dean Nicastro: yes.” (Motion: Nicastro, second: Davis)
Adjourn
To adjourn
From the minutes
“Ms. Davis made a motion to adjourn. Second: Mr. Dykens Roll Call Shareen Davis: yes Jeffrey Dykens: yes Cory Metters: yes Stuart Smith: yes Dean Nicastro: yes.” (Motion: Davis, second: Dykens)
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