Select Board Caps Trash Deal at $300,000
West Boylston's Select Board voted to cap a trash contract fix at $300,000 and clear warrant articles for Town Meeting.
Select Board · Meeting of April 29, 2026
West Boylston's Select Board voted to cap a trash contract fix at $300,000 and clear warrant articles for Town Meeting. Members Barur R. Rajeshkumar, Vanessa Kuzmanovski and David Ashwell voted 3-0 to authorize the chair to sign a solid waste amendment with vendor Republic, returning roughly $300,000 in appropriated free cash while spreading a $72,000 bin cost over four years, with rollout "on or about June 15th." The board also approved Article 18's Community Preservation Committee funding and advanced Article 19's $25,000 community housing item and $1.6 million Woodland Park renovation contingent on the CPC's own vote, then entered executive session on DPW bargaining strategy.
Resident Mark Frieden asked the board to consider suspending a stretch code moratorium to cut school building costs.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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